SvennoJ said:
I'm the opposite. When I was younger I pirated a lot of games so PC was the way to go. One time investment, tons of games and plenty time to try everything out and find the best settings. |
Fun fact... I can boot my PC and load up steam faster than I can boot my Series X or Playstation 5 and launch a game. My SSD and CPU is just faster so I can expedite loading.
| super_etecoon said: I wouldn’t want to be associated with anything that dubs itself a “master race.†If you’re comfortable with that, have at it. |
It's a joke... Started by a comedian... Keep in mind it also has some reference to Nazi Germany. Aka. "Perfect Aryan Race".
Originally it was used to place irony on the fact that PC Gamers had an elitist attitude because they would spend untold thousands on their rigs and couldn't run games like the Witcher with full fidelity and framerate... And thus blamed it on the console port of the game.
Then it was reappropriated to make fun of console gamers who think their platform of choice had the best graphics, controls, online, hardware... (I.E. Power of the Cell) and in turn attacked the PC at every turn. So PC Gamers used the PC Gaming Master race moniker to make a joke at their expense.
And it actually served it's purpose.
I admit to using it fairly often in the past to get someone fired up for an engaging discussion.
| SvennoJ said: But why? It's working perfectly fine for me and I can't erase decades of stress working on PCs for work, which will forever be associated with Windows in my mind. Unless you have a way to erase my memory, consoles will always be the more relaxing experience! |
Respectfully, you could seek some therapy maybe? You shouldn't have stress/anxiety for gaming on a certain platform due to work.
| SvennoJ said: Part of gaming for me is collecting and sharing those games now with my kids. It was awesome to get the ps2 out again when they were growing up and play things like Baldur's gate alliance again. Plus with buying (and selling less games) I have my physical collection to browse through, relive the games while deciding on the next one to play. I simply don't get that feeling from my Steam library or ps+ collection. Same with GameCube and PS3, great machines. (360 sadly died, got a replacement but afraid to use it lol) |
Many of us, myself included have extensive PC game collections, but also extensive console game collections, you can have both.
(My game collection is larger than this as it doesn't include the games room or the new games (I.E. PS5) I have bought since this image was taken.)
PC also tends to have stronger preservation of it's games... Like you alluded to, once your Xbox 360 died, it's difficult to ensure the proper function of those games in newer console as the backwards compatibility isn't 100%... So you need to resort to buying second hand.
With the PC your games come with you through the decades, I have games from the early 90's that I can drop into my bluray drive and run without a hitch.
| SvennoJ said:
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The PS3 and Xbox 360 were fine consoles.
But they were far from seamless like you are trying to push. Skyrim on Xbox 360 required me to change my console audio settings otherwise it would crash.
With the Playstation 3, install times were extensive, long and boring.
The Xbox One and Playstation 4 had endless updates for it's games and OS and even peripherals, which took forever due to the spinning rust drive.
Yeah. I can see the relaxation in that...
| SvennoJ said:
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No one is saying we limit ourselves to the PC?
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