When I buy a new set of tires for my truck, I don’t get a free set of tires for my car as well.
Comment on GTA 6 is likely to skip PC again and only launching on current gen consoles
tryptaminev@feddit.de 6 months agoimo buying a copy for one platform should entitle to play on every platform it is released on. The crucial aspects of the work are the same. adapting to different hardwares and making controls for gamepads and mouse and keyboard only plays a small part in the total effort. Also you can play with a controller on pc in most cross platform games.
Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 6 months ago
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
no but if you wanted you could put your tires on your car
Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Yes, all tires are interchangeable, I forgot.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Maybe with the help of an angle grinder, but sure you could get those wheels on there if you wanted to.
linuxdweeb@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Tires cost materials and labor to manufacture, but digital games cost nothing to copy.
Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 6 months ago
True, but you create a game for system A, it’s not going to work with system B or C, without additional work required.
linuxdweeb@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Sure, but GTA 6 is 100% already working on PC. Not just because they develop the game on PC, or because they’re building on top of the RDR2 engine (which is already ported to PC), but because they planned to support PC from the beginning, and that type of engine work usually gets ironed out early during development or in pre-production.
I was just pointing out the flaw in your tire analogy though. TBH I’m not saying they should give free copies to people who bought it on other platforms. That’s unprecedented for giant publishers like this. But I am pissed that they’re delaying the PC version since you can be sure it’s a calculated plan to ensure PC gamers buy the game twice. They collected enough analytics and surveys to know that a significant amount of GTA5 PC gamers also own a next-gen console. It’s all very nefarious.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Valve’s steamplay already gives you access to win/mac/linux versions with one purchase so its not like its unheard of.
aulin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Also you can play with a controller on pc in most cross platform games.
Yeah, but why would you want to? If you’re going to play with a controller, why not just play on console?
force@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because a PC can do everything a console can do, but way better, plus way more, lol
Consoles are completely redundant, you can get a better performing PC for the same price or get a PC with equivalent specs for a lower price
Consoles are just shit value, you can’t use them for anything other than what, gaming and TV? And their specs are worth less than just buying similar parts separately and putting them together. So why would I spend up to $500 on a shitty console just to play a new game because of artificial exclusives that will come to PC anyways?
aulin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I didn’t know console games had subscription costs in ways the PC equivalents don’t. I’m a PC gamer myself, and wouldn’t buy a console precisely because it’s a unitasker. But the one task it does do well is couch gaming with a controller, and that’s not how I’d use a PC. Fair, if that’s someone’s thing, but I would just think a console was better for that usecase.
force@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There’s not really anything that makes using your PC in the same way inconvenient, you can connect it to your TV and wirelessly connect controllers, even more conveniently. Although switching between games or using different apps while doing so means you’d have to have a m&kb beside you I think, so if you’re playing with friends it might be less convenient.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
The one thing consoles have had for a long time over PC is physical disks. Fuck what I wouldnt do to have non-steam required disks. Btw I know itd be slow I dont care.
force@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m sure you could burn a digital game onto a CD/DVD, although I’m not sure there’s any benefit to doing that compared to just storing it on an HDD or SSD…
tryptaminev@feddit.de 6 months ago
Because you would need to buy an extra console.
aulin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you only play that particular game with a controller, sure. My point was that if you’re a controller player, I’d think you’d have a better time on a console, since they and their games are made for it. Mouse and keyboard controls with key remapping are the biggest reason I play on PC.
tryptaminev@feddit.de 6 months ago
There is also hybrids.
Some people i used to play battlefield with played infantry and ground vehicles with mouse and keyboard but used a controller for planes and helicopters.
I could also see controllers to be nicer for racing games and simiiar considerations. At the end of the day even a pure controller player still needs a PC for non gaming. So might as well have one device for everything.
CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
As much as I theoretically agree, I can immediately think of two problems:
The storefronts would have to communicate It’s against their own interest to do this. Imagine you buy all your games on Steam because of the sales (although the creators of the game of course decide the prices, but still) and then play them on your Xbox. No profit at all for Microsoft, yet they’re the ones providing all the additional services like the actual game hosting, friends system, etc. It’s not much by any means, but it does add up. The money all goes to Valve. You could even buy the games via the Steam mobile app if you don’t even own a PC. Also, even if they were theoretically fine with this, even coordinating it would be a pain. Since you could put a game on the Google Play Store, the App Store, hell maybe even F-Droid, Epic Games, GoG, Steam, the Xbox Store, and the Play Station store, and I am absolutely certain I forgot multiple other options, all of them would need to be able to communicate and decide on if you actually own the game. This would be a logistical and technical nightmare.
Companies would just sell mildly different versions and claim it’s a new game You know how for example Undertale has a slightly special Nintendo Switch version where there’s… I can’t even remember, but I think it’s an additional boss. That’s just something small and cute, but let’s go with the GTA example. I have played about five hours of 5 and dropped it, so excuse me if this isn’t the best theoretical example, but let’s say the PS5 and Series X/S get the base game. Then the PS6 and new Xbox get maybe five additional cars and the game they’re selling is GTA 6 Expanded. Afterwards on switch (although by that time Nintendo’s new console would’ve released) you get blue and red weapon skins or whatever and it’s GTA 6 Switched Up. And then finally on PC you get the GTA 6 Ultimate Edition with expanded settings, better graphics, and maybe five more cars on top of those from GTA 6 Expanded. These are all technically not the same game, so you would not be able to claim them. Sure, you could argue they’re similar, but where is the exact line? That’s quite impossible to figure out - is it a cheated rehash or a mediocre remaster? Who knows