328
Consoles continue their trend of just becoming worse PCs (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I have to admit as a pc gamer who also plays console that i like the plug and play experience of consoles as well. Usually when i boot up a game it's to take a break from tinkering with linux, only to then get stuck tinkering with game settings lol. With the direction ps6 is going though, it's not worth it anymore to me and i'd rather have to tinker with my games instead of losing all my freedom.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    There’s something to be said about developers being able to target standardized hardware, and ship a game pre-loaded with graphics settings already tweaked. Also, it’s nice knowing a game will just work no matter what, with no “Oh right, I switched my audio output to my headset earlier” or whatever.

    That said I find my PC experience to be way more satisfying for pretty much every other reason. And the pre-configured graphics settings are a lot less attractive now that devs use TAA by default. I will move heaven and earth to turn off TAA.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, even though they are still PCs i think that's also one of the advantages of the steam deck/machine. Developers can make graphics presets for that specific hardware like cyberpunk did, or you can just look online and see what graphics settings other people used to get the best experience. And yeah i also despise TAA lol, i actually hooked my ps5 up to a different monitor when i saw it ghosting cause i thought my monitor was broken or something lol. I really hate that most console games don't give you the option to turn it off.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    i actually hooked my ps5 up to a different monitor when i saw it ghosting cause i thought my monitor was broken or something lol

    This is the thing that bothers me most about TAA. The current industry and many users have this attitude of “There’s no problem. Whatever you’re seeing is probably your fault” gaslighting that makes you second guess yourself.

    I’ve never found someone IRL that knows what ghosting I’m talking about. When I describe it or show them clips I took, they always say “Oh, mine doesn’t do that. It must be your settings.” Five times now it’s come to a head where I’ve gone to their house and recreated it on their PC to show them what’s going on.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    My last console was a PS4 but even that wasn't exactly plug and play was it? I thought every time you'd bring a game disc home it would usually have to do a major update before it would be willing to launch the game

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent