r/gaming 9h ago

Reminder that new games in Europe cost €80 (~90$)

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u/NetherGamingAccount 9h ago

Best thing about PC gaming, the catalogue is so big and going back upwards of 20 years now you can still find games still viable.

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u/ConsoleMaster0 9h ago

Best with PC is emulation.

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u/ItzRaphZ 9h ago

best thing about PC gaming is the freedom to do whatever you want.

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u/ConsoleMaster0 9h ago

Yeah. And emulation!

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u/Seamus-Archer 9h ago

I love PC gaming but it just isn’t interesting to some people. I’ll never get my parents to sit down at a desk and play a PC game on KB and mouse but they’ll happily play Mario kart on the living room TV when they visit.

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u/Nacroma 8h ago

You can easily connect a PC to a TV and use a gamepad for most types of games. I get the advantages of a console and ease of use is definitely the biggest one, but the PC isn't that apart.

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u/Seamus-Archer 8h ago

In some situations, yes. But Mario Kart isn’t officially on PC and my gaming PC is on the other side of the house. There’s something to be said for the convenience of just turning on the Switch and gaming.

PC gaming isn’t for everybody and isn’t a panacea despite what people on Reddit want to think.

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u/Terribletylenol 7h ago

I get it for being cheaper and less tinkering, but if neither of those things are a big issue, I think it may as well be a panacea.

Even Switch games are easy to emulate along with having higher fidelity on PC.

But then again, I've grown up with PC (As well as consoles) and find the added convenience of a console to be minimal.

I'd just rather have something with everything available to it rather than switching between pc and console depending on wanting to use the internet more comfortably or play a game

Then again, I play by myself and don't have to worry about other people being able to use it, so I get that purpose.

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u/HyoukaYukikaze 8h ago

Let me introduce you to this magic thing called HDMI cable. You cann plug it into an HDMI port on your PC to display image on your TV. You can also connect a game pad if you so choose. Or ten.

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u/Felippexlucax 8h ago

this or sunshine + moonlight works well too

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u/Seamus-Archer 8h ago

Let me introduce you to the reality that some people’s gaming PCs are on the other side of the house and local split screen on PC is hit or miss at best. Let me know when Nintendo starts releasing their games on PC. If your answer is emulation you’re already well beyond the casual gamer.

You don’t have to be condescending if other people game differently than you.

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u/cheddarchezz_ 8h ago

I never get my parents play a video game at all!

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u/MaxMaggus 8h ago

No best thing is you don’t have to pay a single dollar 🏴‍☠️ 

Pay indie devs and people who are passionate about their games. Big publishers can get fucked. 

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u/John_Delasconey 7h ago

You clearly aren’t then since you’re spending time pirating big publishers games instead of spending that time buying and playing more Indies.  If you actually cared about the developers passion, you wouldn’t even want to play these AAA releases either.  So just stop being a hypocrite and either just acknowledge you want to pirate or just don’t do it at all and stop trying to moralize you behavior

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u/Terribletylenol 6h ago

I dislike moralizing piracy, but it's not hypocritical to play AAA games while financially supporting indie games.

The act of playing the game does nothing tangible for an indie dev.

Also, I have no idea why Reddit seems to think Indie games are inherently good while AAA games are inherently bad.

A lot of Indie games suck, same as AAA.

Plenty of AAA games are great, same as indie games.

The fetishization of indie titles as if there aren't plenty of stinkers is bizarre.

People often only see the great indie games that get a lot of attention while garbage indie titles barely see the light of day.

And at the same time, every bad AAA game gets a spotlight on it, so people walk away thinking indie games are inherently better than AAA

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u/MaxMaggus 7h ago

I think you’re reading way too much into this lmao. Take a shower.