Hi, this is a quick post I make to talk about something I keep seeing online everywhere.
A lot of people say that the price increases will force developers to optimize and to work with what hardware they have to make good games and stop using AI gen and DLSS tech as an excuse for poor optimization.
The big problem is that nobody thinks about those people that don’t have the hardware right now.
Those people that were waiting for a discount to buy a PS5 or a PC and now they’re left stranded.
Current-gen consoles are getting really hard to find and a lot of people have been left out, stuck on old-gen and old-games.
playing old-games is not a bad thing but you may have missed the fact that even old consoles are getting reaaally pricey thanks to scalpers and speculators of the market.
This is madness people. Fight AI, don’t embrace it!
I still rock a gtx 1060, I have no issue playing a wide variety of games, obviously most classics and many newer indie titles.
The games I “can’t run” are modern AAA titles that put a lot of emphasis on spectacle and pay no attention to optimization.
Yes it sucks for people who want new hardware right now because they have literally nothing, but even then something used from 5-10 years ago will play 95%+ of all games, including many many classics and very popular games like minecraft and fortnite.
Problem in that many games using UE5 are coming out, even AA and indy games. A GTX 1060 usually won’t do for UE5 unless you accept severely degraded graphics.
AA and indy games. A GTX 1060 usually won’t do for UE5 unless you accept severely degraded graphics.
well yes, I do.
I don’t usually play games like that, I think, you are free to name a few you think this is an issue for.
indie art isn’t that “high cost of investment/valuable” anyway. Meaning, they don’t have 500 people creating high vertex count 4k textures everywhere. YAGNI, I don’t believe this is an issue in practice.
UE is a commercial engine. With support and dev staff. And subscription pricing and everything. They can optimize?!
Yes indies need to use the optimizations or build them themselves. Skill issue.
I’m not calling you wrong, I doubt I could play “expedition 33” in “nice graphics”, but I have 0 interest in JRPGs, so it’s literally not a problem for me.
I’d say we should just stop buying these games, but it seems people have no standards anymore and will just buy anything marketed to them. Even if its a 30fps obvious cash grab.
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That’s a weird take.
I still rock a gtx 1060, I have no issue playing a wide variety of games, obviously most classics and many newer indie titles.
The games I “can’t run” are modern AAA titles that put a lot of emphasis on spectacle and pay no attention to optimization.
Yes it sucks for people who want new hardware right now because they have literally nothing, but even then something used from 5-10 years ago will play 95%+ of all games, including many many classics and very popular games like minecraft and fortnite.
Problem in that many games using UE5 are coming out, even AA and indy games. A GTX 1060 usually won’t do for UE5 unless you accept severely degraded graphics.
I’m not calling you wrong, I doubt I could play “expedition 33” in “nice graphics”, but I have 0 interest in JRPGs, so it’s literally not a problem for me.
I’d say we should just stop buying these games, but it seems people have no standards anymore and will just buy anything marketed to them. Even if its a 30fps obvious cash grab.