Comment on GTA 6 is likely to skip PC again and only launching on current gen consoles

• 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?

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  • 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.

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    • 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.

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  • 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.

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    • 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…

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      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sure, but itd still be nice to have the option ya know.

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• tryptaminev@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because you would need to buy an extra console.

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  • 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.

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    • 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.

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