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naaa this isn’t even spicy - someone just did a “gaming isn’t an expensive hobby” thread on resetera and I expect that to get much spicier

Also the actual trend with shader comp is a rise in actually doing pre comp and reducing them now, so either way if we are talking about things getting worse..that is a thing getting better. Micro stutters of all kinds have been an issue long before this gen started.

Jedi I mentioned, Elden Ring is a good one I don’t think they did ever fix that, but probably most stable version is ps4 via BC on a ps5 for 60 or steam deck for 30fps so kind of a wash there depending on how you define pc and a proper working console version. FF7R is fixed up and you could mostly resolve it day1 by forcing DX11 and adding hdr back in with SK. Dead Space has the traversal stutters also on console, I’ll easily take 120fps 4k dlaa and enhanced RT for any slight perceived difference in the frequency there. I haven’t played Wild Hearts so I’ll give you that one and you are right that Stray, while I consider it very minor there, they never did fix that. But yeah, there isn’t much to speak of in the “best on console” pile.

It’s not so much of an innovation a much of a rising of standards

Also while developers are going back to the low IQ well to push the generation forward, even pairing it down from last gen, they are doing so along with a real push to bring console gamers to 60fps for most games for the first time in the 3D era.

I think most of this feeling atm is indeed a playstation centric one. And lol yeah you really have to get creative with Switch when thinking of generations especially right now.

It depends on how you split things. I’m happier with gaming now than I ever been do to multiple reasons (the types of games we can have, where tech is, the combining of home and handheld, a strong indie scene, and recently seeing a trend back to the return of the AA) but if I try to stick to console only then idk. Switch is probably my favorite console - is it still the gen of the switch? Then that makes it easier without having to even factor in the other stuff. Switch 2 being delayed is probably the biggest issue right now, and also why the hardware sales are down so much when they would have otherwise seen a boost.

Is the source for this a thought bubble over your head as you took a shower

All of them!

While it’s going to be dependent on your hardware I can’t think of a single game I would consider the optimal place to play them being a console, let alone “quite a number”. There was a period into last year with too many games skipping the precomp step but that got ironed out mostly by now and most games that had shader comp issues were later patched. I can’t think of anything past like two weeks from launch at most that wasn’t significantly better on pc. The only exception I can think of is Jedi but you still have the traversal stutter there on console and you lose a ridiculous amount of image quality and cut the frame rate in half. Edit: I think too many people see people like Alex going off on stutter on DF and think it’s like this big negative vs consoles. Not realizing that Alex wouldn’t touch the console version of most things because of those same standards. There was a bad period but they mostly got cleaned up near launch with shader comp steps and not many remain in that state. It’s just more frustrating on pc because you are used to better and also because these things SHOULDN'T be a problem there. But I notice stutters just the same even playing Stellar Blade which is being herald as an amazingly well optimized console game (and it is!) but UE gonna still UE. If you had these same stutters on a pc version though, you damn well know Alex wouldn’t call it “perfect”

IT IS ALMOST TIME

I know this is console specific so other reasons why gaming is better than ever don’t apply (mobile gaming for what it’s worth is at its best with AA, netflix games, and good gamepad options while we also now have VR gaming and mixed reality gaming, and pc gaming continues to roar foward) but the indie scene alone puts consoles now at least on equal footing as last gen and way ahead of 360era which kicked off the indie scene but didn’t have as many quality releases yet. We lose a lot of genres and types of games I love through the years as they no longer are deemed big money makers, and the indie scene has been vital in keeping those types of games alive. Platformers are my favorite genre and they all but died during the 360 era and really started coming back to where I had frequent new ones to play last gen. I’d say right now both 2D and 3D platformer states have never been better due to indie games. Also Switch is probably my favorite console anyway so idk what this is all about.

I played last night for the first time since it actually came out and I think there might have been a bug in the early access with difficulty. I did much much better. I think maybe it was stuck in normal and not actually going to easy before? I was struggling winning a match at all on very easy in my career mode but last night I did two tournaments and won 16/18 matches.

I’m at the white haven resort now in FO76, really cool area. About to take a trip to the Pitt!

NBA2K is still like that on pc! It’s the ps4 version currently. I didn’t play Vegas1 but Vegas2 was fine on pc. There were some bad ports still, but you just avoid those games, and play the many games that ran perfectly at 1080p/60. But my general point is that the experience of actually playing games on those consoles was probably the poorest to me of all genz. Though era wise I love the games that came out that gen. edit: You might be just thinking of the first two years or so also as ubi games like the AC series and Far Cry were transformative how upgraded they felt over console.

One thing the 360era had going for it is that console gamers had piss poor standards for iq and performance so they could really push a good generational leap. Myself, it’s when I moved back to pc. Partially because that’s when everything became multi platform but also because my goodness those games were smeary chugging garbage for the most part. If you play an actual ps360 game now that shit is rough.

Solid all the way through though it does get tough! Fucking rad game with VIBEZ.

Batman announcement got me hype to dive back into Meta3 and I saw Star Wars Galaxy Tales or whatever + its expansion for $11 so I picked that up and EP3 of Vader for $3 (it’s an early May the 4th..sigh..sale) and Max Mustard which seems awesssommmmeeeee so far. Pretty hyped to play more of that one. Finally some more good VR platforming. I also picked up The Quiet One on Steam for $2 via GMG sale. Worth it just for the novelty looks horrible.

It’s kind of funny that their follow up is..another vampire game

I see.

I can fix Redfall

I just was playing this a little bit the other night and man is it gorgeous on the oled deck

Oh lol I just realized the Netflix app on ios provides an interface to access them all and you can make a “my list” of them in the app and then launch from it. Also one thing that’s nice is you only have to sign into one Netflix game then you just click on the profile in subsequent ones. Also omg check out Cats&Soup

Is it just me or is Trump looking more attractive these days?

Oh yeah I forgot to mention finding the games. On ios I just do a publisher search on netflix (you can just go to the netflix app in app store and click on the company name) and then they all pull up. I assume android is the same but maybe they have a portal or something there.