Are the "PC Master Race" days over?

[SvennoJ]

@Pemalite (sorry can't be bothered to figure out that fancy quoting) Actually since my laptop is always on, zero boot time. Yet every time I start Steam it wants to update first (or restart because it updated sometime earlier) probably because I don't use it all that often. And sure some games start faster, it's just a different experience. When I get behind the laptop I'll be checking my mail first, the weather, websites, and other distractions. Start a console, I get my drink, get settled on the couch and play what I was planning to play. PCs can simply do too much lol.

Consoles are my therapy, break away from dealing with Windows and iOS. Combining work and play didn't work for me, and led to many years of physical therapy from spending too much time behind a PC. Avg 9 hours during the day, then another 5 hours in the evening gaming and writing my own programs...

Great collection! Yep, both is best :) As for preservation, I'll leave that to Abandonware and GoG. I doubt any of my 5.25" and 3.5" discs still work and laptops don't even come with CD drives anymore.

Where am I trying to push that ps3 and 360 were seamless. It's when I started gaming more on consoles than on PC. During that time PCs were far from seamless as well. They still aren't but have made giant leaps since then in streamlining gaming. Skyrim on ps3 had me restart the game every 15-20 minutes since it stuttered to a halt even after disabling the crippling auto save. But still preferable than shutting my PC down (please wait while updates are being applied), disconnect all the cables, move it to my projector, start it back up (please wait while finishing updates) then play ETS2 with keyboard on my lap, mouse on the armrest and controller in my hands, while getting annoyed part of the edges of the screen (where games likes to put important info) are projected on the black bezel due to not getting the keystone correction perfect. Consoles have at least always respected a safe display area, PCs in 2007 weren't that friendly.

In the end, it kinda depends on where you game the most. Use it or lose it kinda situation. I game on consoles every day so a once in a while system update is a minuscule inconvenience. Game updates are annoying but you can play the old version while the update is being done. Can't do that with FS2020 for example :/ PC I don't use much so the chance of having to update first is much much higher. Like I said, I start Steam, it has to update, then it queues updates for a bunch of games after it loads.

When I was playing FS2020 daily, the monthly update was a one time thing. When you want a quick flight every other week, you're spending more time updating than flying. Same with Elite Dangerous. Was fine to play daily, check back in to the game now and then and everything has to update. The downside of GAAS. Use it or lose it.

I was looking at a 3070 gaming laptop the other day, thought about buying it, then just bought a bunch of 2nd hand xbox one games to play on Series X. Including Quantum Break which I have on Steam and Gears 5 which I already downloaded twice on PC GP and never actually played but will now play in local co-op :) The only game I really 'need' (a better) PC to play is FS2020 and that's still broken so might as well hold off on replacing my current 1060 laptop.