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"Expensive graphic cards will push people towards consoles"

That's so stupid
https://youtu.be/jKmmugnOEME?t=1109

@LukeAlmighty i don't think it will push PC gamers back to consoles, but it will certainly help keep some console gamers as console gamers. they think "why would i pay $700 for just one component when i could pay $500 for the whole thing?"

@beardalaxy @LukeAlmighty i did at one point just get a new laptop because it was cheaper than getting a meaningful upgrade to my GPU.

@beardalaxy @LukeAlmighty well. kinda. i think the lowest meaningful upgrade was around 400$+ or something, with 'really good' upgrades being 800-1000$+, and this unit was on sale.

consoles have been getting in to the whole pro edition shit though which i don't think is good. the contract with console is simplicity but they've voided that ("can i play it? i dunno. i have an xbox one s minus two delta pro, is that good enough?")

@icedquinn @LukeAlmighty a lot of console games are starting to get PC-like settings menus as well, and none of them are cohesive because they all have different console gamer terms for shit. all these different "mode" toggles, sometimes that don't even make sense. it's probably doing more harm to the console gaming market than good, because instead of just focusing on putting out well optimized games they can just chuck the settings menu in there and say "well you're not playing on the performance mode, so that's why your game isn't running as good."

@beardalaxy @LukeAlmighty that is certainly why valve does it. i haven't had a post-switch console though so i dunno anything about them other than the 2077 disaster was a direct result of the way they're trying to refresh consoles without just formally calling it a new version.

i would honestly just sell them as a new xbox and say its compatible with all the xbox 4 games but this is an xbox 5 now because it completely circumvents the issue.