Lower-priced kits are disappearing by the day
  • djdarren@piefed.socialEnglish
    102·
    1 day ago

    I quite like the idea of people just not engaging with this.

    Can’t play the latest AAA because I can’t afford the equipment for it? No worries, there’s literally thousands of other games out there.

    More realistically though, people will end up subbing to a streaming service, which is almost certainly what the companies would prefer.

    • other_cat@piefed.zipEnglish
      22·
      19 hours ago

      I’m mostly just concerned on what I’ll do if a piece of hardware dies or corrupts at this point.

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      37·
      1 day ago

      If you’ve got a PC built in the last few years you can play them anyway.

      Mostly this affects people whose PCs are pretty old already :/ but like if you’ve got an AM4 build you can just upgrade your GPU and maybe CPU if necessary and keep your good ol’ DDR4. AM4 truly the GOAT of CPU sockets in terms of longevity.

      • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        18 hours ago

        This is so true.

        My PC I built has parts from as far as 12 yrs ago and day to day tasks go very smoothly especially since I switched to Linux. I haven’t bought a newly released game from a big publisher since Borderlands 3 and that ran fine. Most recent indie games still run well too.

        I’m currently planning on upgrading with used parts from 2020 ish not because I need to, but because I’d like to play some games from 2010-2020 in medium-to-high graphic settings and hopefully make it last another decade.

        Chasing AAA highest setting has always been an expensive hobby, but not it’s straight up luxury that only those with a lot of disposable income or make a living off gaming can afford. And honestly that’s fine because there are just so many good games out there that don’t require the specs.

      • zebidiah@lemmy.caEnglish
        152·
        23 hours ago

        or maybe, just maybe… You could, are you ready for this idea…?

        Play on medium settings !!!GASP!!! Or worse, play it at 1080!

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          I mean if you’ve you hardware that needs upgrading, you aren’t playing new games at medium anymore either and your display is probably 1080p anyway.

        • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          1080 and 1440 is a pretty big difference. 1440 and 4k, not so much. Definitely agree that there’s a point with settings where you just don’t really notice the textires/reflections/etc. when you’re playing the game.

        • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          9·
          19 hours ago

          Idiot me bought a 4k laptop and be fucked if I’m not gonna use every single pixel on that screen (even if I can’t tell a difference between 1440 and 4k)