PCs are a lot more hassle if you just want to chill and play games.
Not such a big deal if you’re using the computer for other stuff, but a 2nd living room PC just never made sense to me.
Not such a big deal if you’re using the computer for other stuff, but a 2nd living room PC just never made sense to me.
PC gaming usually means more freedom but also more responsibility:
- Windows wants to update random stuff all the time
- Other person can't hear me. 5 different software apps want to install their own audio mixer apps
- Game overlay bars - Steam, Epic Games, Windows, Nvidia, all have in-game overlay bars that have to be disabled
- Drivers, drivers, drivers
- Many others.
On the flip side, I wanted to game at 120 - 240 FPS and PC made this easier. For console games, you have to wait for the game developer to support 120 FPS mode and they never do more than 120 (because most people lack high refresh TV's / monitors anyway)
I've got like 3 apps trying to hijack either Print Screen or the Xbox Controller big center button.
Obviously it's not gonna work for everybody and everything. Depending on what you want to do it might be harder to setup. If you have games from platforms other than Steam you are gonna have a worse time. Also, if you insist on streaming you are gonna be limited to 720p on most services due to DRM (though you can delegate that to a smart TV). And if your hardware isn't quite Linux friendly it will probably end up being more trouble than windows.
Windows gaming is unstable AF, games crash, peripherals don't work, wifi and firewall issues galore. You won't know until you install all 160 gigs.
Linux games work when they work. If its linux compatible or runs on Proton, you are fine. However, not all games are like this. Your favorite 22 year old game, probably wont run, even with proton.
A console is still a more streamlined experience, but you get 90% of the way there with Steam BP, plus you have a general purpose computer as well.
But you spent more for the PC.. Different priorities for different people, for sure..
Oh come on, really? Big Picture is on par or arguably better than the PS4 interface was, and way better than previous generation consoles, and those all sold very well to the "general consumer"...
I think you're just trying to argue for argument's sake here...
I picked 90% as an arbitrary number, so you're literally arguing against a made up number..
My point to the GP was that gaming on PC doesn't have to be "Windows, keyboards and mice" and there's a perfectly good, and polished, store/couch/controller experience available to anyone who wants it, even if consoles are still incrementally better.
I'm telling you for a fact that almost all the people I interact with day to day RE games don't give a shit how good or accessible PC gaming is now. They're going to buy a console no matter what. That's the general consumer I'm talking about.
I'll come back to this and eat my words if this thing doesn't sell out. I think they've got more money than sense personally.
If the answer is "yes" then I would say Steam is 100% of the way there. In that case the slight overhead of a desktop OS is not an issue.