| Pemalite said: You can buy external USB optical drives. You can buy USB external 5.25" and 3.5" drives and run these games directly... In-fact, they have existed for 20+ years which you could have brought forward to every laptop.. You can't do that with that HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360 or the Nintendo 64 DD... Consoles have historically relied on propriety interfaces and drivers so you can't bring accessories with you. Get yourself a desktop... Your brand new Geforce 3070 notebook would have been inferior to my year+ desktop... It's comparatively more or less a mid-range desktop in terms of performance in 2022. |
Thing is, I got older, my eyes are deteriorating, I don't care about the best graphics, best audio and mod support anymore. 1440p is about the best I can make out, I see some benefits of it over 1080p but the difference between 1440p and 4K is lost on me. Audio is important for me in movies, in games I usually have the sound very low unless using headphones and the 3D audio from ps5 is more than good enough. Mod support is nice, but usually is a big hurdle when games still get regular updates and just add more things that need to be updated.
The 1060 is still more than capable to give me a fluid experience in 1080p. I could run Halo Infite at 'only' 48fps, and FS2020 at 20 to 40 fps, plenty for me. I actually notice judder and hickups more the higher the frame rate gets. 30fps is still looks perfectly fine to me, as long as it's a stable 30 fps. Horizon FW in quality mode was stable and stunning. I mostly played it in 1080p SDR on a 92" screen as the HDR implementation triggered migraines a few times :/
So nope, don't care for the best anymore. Convenience is now my nr 1 priority and nothing is more convenient than turning a console on, press X to start / continue the game that's in the drive and play. I usually never even notice the UI / OS.
I moved away from desktops to have less clutter, hence the gaming laptop. The spot where I use it has no room for a desktop and monitor, and thus also not interested in hanging peripherals on my laptop.
@pokoko That's another reason I prefer consoles. Just a little extra barrier to simply looking up the answer or follow a guide :/ Yet alt-tab is what kept FS2020 engaging so I could follow along on google maps and watch videos of the places I was flying over. But on consoles, when I play something like TLG I'm glad it has a shit browser so I'm less tempted to look up what to do next :)
I'm 2 years shy of reaching half a century endured on this planet. Focus shifts as you age, at least it did for me. From chasing the best graphics and playing tons of games I've gone to being satisfied with the fun games deliver, play more of fewer games, and appreciate the ease of use of consoles while holding on to physical as that's how my mind works.
I still have my desktop, it's my backup machine. That has the external backup drives and what not. Running a stable version of Windows NT and has all the drives, just no USB-C.
Anyway, if you do want the best graphics, the highest fps, mod support, you indeed need to go PC. Better online networks is debatable, FH5 online was a mess, FS2020 keeps losing Azure text to voice and cuts out altogether often. As for more vibrant and engaging communities, I don't notice any difference between the online communities for Elite Dangerous, FS2020 or Gran Turismo.
