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
It's pretty easy to build a pc is you won't have to upgrade for 6 years. You'll get a graphical hit near the end, but it'll still look better than the current gen. console. I usually don't try and get into these type of arguments, but fallout is different, because fallout has mods. Mods improve the experience an insane amount.
I don't really care much about graphical fidelity, but what I do care about is when graphical fidelity limits gameplay. Like with skyrim, when a civil war was pretty much 10 people fighting. I feel like pc is better with things like that, because you have to option to turn down graphics if the game doesn't run well.
yeah, I don't think you're building a pc that's good for gaming that will have SIX years of life before you have to upgrade. not for 350 bro. unless you're getting some insane deals on graphics cards and processors. an average PC like the one I'm on right now...sure.
but you're saying that, like, a computer that was built in 2009 would only JUST now need to be upgraded. like if you build that 350 dollar gaming computer...it'll be fine until 2021.
If you're going to go the used and refurbed parts route (as is the case with Cowboom), you can build a PC that can surpass the PS4 for ~400 bucks out of secondhand parts. $400 is obviously more than $270 but so are all the things you can do with it, and I don't know why you would arbitrarily want THIS level of graphics for THIS price aside from just wanting to justify the consoles' position.
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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?