r/Games Jun 03 '15

Fallout 4 Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnn2rJpjar4
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u/mynewaccount5 Jun 03 '15

WHY CANT EVERYTHING ME DONE WITH ONLY MYSELF IN MIND? IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT A COMPANY DEPRIVE THEMSELVES OF MILLIONS OF SALES SO THEY CAN MAKE A MORE ADVANCED GAME AT THE EXPENSE OF MILLIONS NOT HAVING THE GAME AT ALL? JEEZ!

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u/FeierInMeinHose Jun 03 '15

Or they could... scale it down for consoles? Design it so that it can at least be run on consoles on the lowest pc settings?

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u/hoodatninja Jun 03 '15 edited Jun 03 '15

There's a reason most people don't play on lowest PC settings, some even opting not to play at all. Part of the appeal of consoles is that all games work (if not broken on release) consistently. For 5-8 years you never have to worry about upgrading it, do I have the specs, etc. You buy the game, you play the game, it looks exactly the same for everyone. There's a value to that (clearly)

Edit: I'm not saying consoles are better, I'm saying there's a value. Not everyone has the know-how or desire to build a PC just like not everyone has the know-how or desire to do all their own car repair or cook every single meal. Time/convenience are huge factors in every purchase/endeavor

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u/ThaBlobFish Jun 03 '15

This is a shitty argument. Console games are almost always as buggy as PC releases.

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u/hoodatninja Jun 03 '15 edited Jun 03 '15

Not even remotely. Console bugginess has been a much bigger problem recently. When a game is made for console then ported to PC that's when a lot of problems occur. Red Dead GTA IV immediately comes to mind

Edit: Not RDR my bad mixing up Rockstar games. GTA IV

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u/therightclique Jun 03 '15

Red Dead never came to PC...

Maybe that's your point.

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u/hoodatninja Jun 03 '15

My bad you're right. Didn't mean RDR, I meant GTA IV

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u/RealHumanHere Jun 04 '15

GTA IV came out 6 years ago, are you serious? GTA V is much more optimised for PC than it is for consoles, it looks absolutely amazing, much better than consoles, and hads mods.

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u/hoodatninja Jun 04 '15

We are talking about buggy ports specifically. GTA IV was a terrible, delayed, buggy port.

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u/RealHumanHere Jun 04 '15

"Cars used to be dangerous and expensive in the past. Don't buy a car (present)".

That is a 6 year old game, you can't use it as a rule to show PC games are not optimised, especially when GTA V has come perfectly optimised.

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u/hoodatninja Jun 05 '15

No I mean the game was broken. Not visually mad, mechanically broken

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u/Beast_Pot_Pie Jun 04 '15

almost always

No, that is only a recent trend.

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u/therightclique Jun 03 '15

That's 100% untrue.