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zeldaring on 10 June 2024
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Soundwave said:
zeldaring said:

We all know graphics don't sell games on their own but that data obviously shows more people care about perfomance and graphics then you think when the majority of PC gamers have more powerful hardware than ps5, they want to run their favorite games at descent resolution and framerate so that throws your argument right out the window.

I don't think it's anywhere near that simple. The whole "I've bought a new console/graphics card and now will buy a graphics showcase game to show it off" I don't think even that is happening anymore. These people "upgrade" in the same sense they upgrade their phone for a few quality of life features, but they really don't care about the performance that much. It's "iPhone-ization" of hardware in general. 

It used to be if you got say a Dreamcast, you would definitely want Soul Calibur even if you're not a big fighting fan to show off the system and say "hey bet your PS1 can't do this" type of thing. I don't think that's really happening at all anymore. 

Lots of people just buy what's on the shelf at a certain point because they just want something new, just like they want the newer iPhone or whatever, take it home and then just go straight back to playing Fortnite or Genshin Impact and pay zero attention to an Alan Wake 2 or Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora or Senua's Saga ... zero fucks given. In Japan they can't even bother to show up for FF7 Rebirth, an uber expensive, quite pretty remake of one of most beloved Japanese games ever made, like something is definitely changed massively here. They'd rather play a smartphone game on their PS5? When did that become normal, and how is that just some small thing. It's absurd that this doesn't even get talked about, lol, like "yeah this is just normal now" .... whaaat? 

I think part of the problem in discussing what the industry is now is some people just hold to a belief that "well this is how things worked in the past, so everything will just do that over and over and over again" ... when it's clear things are no where near that simple. 

I don't think it's that complicated at all if you have the money and you game 10-20 hours a week, you want the best performance that's in your budget, and the data shows that people don't buy graphic cards like phones cause dropping frames or being low resolution really distracts from the experience for many, and as far i know graphics cards are not sold in monthly plans.

Last edited by zeldaring - on 10 June 2024