alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days agoPC games hardware prices to go up even as market shrinks due to RAM costsweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down12
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minus-square13igTyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·12 days agoI will completely quit games before going full cloud bs.
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·12 days agoIt’s only really an issue for AAA titles. There’s millions of indie games out there that will run just fine on 10 year old hardware. If this kills the AAA game industry, I think it’s doing us all a favor.
minus-squareAgent_Karyo@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·12 days agoEven with AAA, mid-range hardware from 5-6 years works fine at 1080p if you tune down the settings.
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-212 days agoYeah I have a backlog of games going back 30 years. If they don’t want her to spend any money, then I won’t. Simple as that.
I will completely quit games before going full cloud bs.
It’s only really an issue for AAA titles. There’s millions of indie games out there that will run just fine on 10 year old hardware. If this kills the AAA game industry, I think it’s doing us all a favor.
Even with AAA, mid-range hardware from 5-6 years works fine at 1080p if you tune down the settings.
Yeah I have a backlog of games going back 30 years. If they don’t want her to spend any money, then I won’t. Simple as that.