VALVE says most PC gamers' rigs can't touch next gen consoles, OH NO!

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#101 uninspiredcup
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Aside from YS, all anime games suck. Just a fact of life.

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#102 Spartan070
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Even in THIS thread, the PC gamers are rallying for Xenogears, that should tell you all you need to know. It's like Deus Ex or System Shock 2 for PC, whenever it's mentioned, even console gamers better pay respect.
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#103 LinKuei_warrior
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This reminds me of that time I tried to play portal and CS:S on a 2004 compaq computer..oh the humanity! 

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#104 Sagem28
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man, I miss SquareSoft so much... :(

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#105 Spartan070
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man, I miss SquareSoft so much... :(

Sagem28
So do I...your Kefka avy isn't helping...:cry:
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#106 rjdofu
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Aside from YS, all anime games suck. Just a fact of life.

uninspiredcup
Yeah, no. And anime game is not a genre.
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#107 Oil_Rope_Bombs
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THHBO
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#108 TheKingIAm
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That's what you get hermits
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#109 xsubtownerx
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I'm sure it's Cows or Lemmings trolling Steam and Valve to lower these statistics.
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#110 NFJSupreme
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not better than my rig so I don't care about a steam survey.
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#111 deactivated-5ac102a4472fe
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might well be due to the fact that there has been little need to upgrade for around 8 years? :s

Next console launch will change that for a few years. I know alot of people holding off buying a new pc to gauge what exactly the consoles are in real world performance, and then buying the new pc.

Not really odd considering that most games are either multiplat or indie, PC exclusives have specific target audiences typically and those tend to be the ones with the beefier PCs.

So when the requirement for most games go up, people will spend money, and likely not before that. Heck my old PC is still in use (donated it to a hardpressed friend) and it still performs over expectations in most games, and that be an old Intel C2D 3.0 Ghz.

What surprises me somewhat is that a relatively big amount of people have above console specs allready.

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#112 WilliamRLBaker
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What I find funny is the pira...hermits *its old but I don't care* have these powerful PCs and there will never be a PC exclusive that takes advantage of the power because PC games have to work on such a wide range of HW variations.

The only one that ever approached it was crysis and that was only cause crytek programmed it horribly.

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#113 themagicbum9720
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53% ftw
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#114 Puckhog04
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Talk big but have tiny swords...

Well I'm mildly entertained.

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#115 adamosmaki
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Yet a large number have a gpu of the level of 7790 or better so there is already quite a few pc gamers playing games at what unreleased next gen consoles will be playing and by the time next gen consoles will have enough userbase that number of pc gamers will grow larger
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#116 Blake135
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What I find funny is the pira...hermits *its old but I don't care* have these powerful PCs and there will never be a PC exclusive that takes advantage of the power because PC games have to work on such a wide range of HW variations.

The only one that ever approached it was crysis and that was only cause crytek programmed it horribly.

WilliamRLBaker
I Rather every multiplat to be better then a "few" exclusives that "takes advantage of the power". Ton of Multiplat games that look beyond Any console exclusive.
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#117 Rage010101
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[QUOTE="kipsta77"]

I didn't take the survey...

It's optional.

darksusperia

me either

I believe I took it once a long time ago back when I used to rock a GTX 260.  I haven't taken it since I got a GTX 670.

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#118 SchnabbleTab
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So following what VALVe says, about 10+ million hermits have PC's with the same power as next-gen consoles and right now 0 people have next-gen consoles, so that means hermits won. Plus it takes 2-4 years for MS and Sony to even get a 10 milllion user base and most hermits will upgrade when the new consoles release because of the new games, no one really needs a PC as good as a PS4 when 99% of games run with way less on Ultra graphics settings.

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#119 zekere
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Oh no, my GTX680 is going to cry...NOT!!!

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#120 SchnabbleTab
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What I find funny is the pira...hermits *its old but I don't care* have these powerful PCs and there will never be a PC exclusive that takes advantage of the power because PC games have to work on such a wide range of HW variations.

The only one that ever approached it was crysis and that was only cause crytek programmed it horribly.

WilliamRLBaker

 

1. Arma 2, Arma 3, Star Citizen, Rome 2 and then there are the thousands of multiplats like Crysis 3, Watch_Dogs, BF4, Metro:Last Light etc

2. Crysis was graphics king for many years, everything war real-time and it still looks better than most games that have been coming out lately

so no, it's not horribly programmed but keep making excuses, people love laughing at you.

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#121 Frozzik
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But we aren't in next gen yet so why would they. You only need a duel core with an 8800gt to match current consoles and run 90% of current games. What a stupid thread.
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#122 LegatoSkyheart
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I can still play the Best version of Skyrim with Ultra Settings and Modded. so I'm good, but I will need to upgrade soon.

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#123 The_Capitalist
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To be fair, PC gaming's flexibility allows anyone to spend as little or as much on hardware as they want. I don't see this as a compromise at all - not everyone needs an SLI rig powering a triple monitor setup. Sometimes, the laptop from work will suffice, at reduced settings. 

This thread is a fail. 

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#124 Krelian-co
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the jelly of consolite peasants is palpable on this thread.

glorious-PC-gaming-master-race-vs-Dirty-

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#125 DaBrainz
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The PC gamer is not always a graphics whore. I play awesome PC exclusives on my weak laptop. I could give 2 shits if I have to play on medium settings instead of high.
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#126 timbers_WSU
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[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"]I wonder how many lems or cows have upgraded to better hardware. Oh wait, yeah... ZERO

Cry much? This thread had 10 post at this point and half of them are yours crying.
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#127 lowe0
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the jelly of consolite peasants is palpable on this thread.

Krelian-co
I still don't quite get why you keep convincing yourselves that we're jealous. If we were, wouldn't we just switch?
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#128 Krelian-co
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[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

the jelly of consolite peasants is palpable on this thread.

lowe0

I still don't quite get why you keep convincing yourselves that we're jealous. If we were, wouldn't we just switch?

not really, i doubt most basement dwellers that are in this forum can afford gaming pcs and keep them updated

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#129 BPoole96
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Not really surprising considering the most played games on Steam (Dota 2, TF2, CS, L4D, etc) all run on Source and only require a laptop to run at good settings. People that play those games don't need a $300+ GPU

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#130 lowe0
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[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

the jelly of consolite peasants is palpable on this thread.

Krelian-co

I still don't quite get why you keep convincing yourselves that we're jealous. If we were, wouldn't we just switch?

not really, i doubt most basement dwellers that are in this forum can afford gaming pcs and keep them updated

And your evidence to back that up is...?
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#131 donalbane
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:lol: pc peasant race has been owned mems_1224
If one ignores the fact that most of the PC gamers here that will read your little retort on this board have mighty rigs, you have a great point.
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#132 foxhound_fox
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And there is a portion of the market that could wipe the floor with them.
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#133 Rage010101
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[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

the jelly of consolite peasants is palpable on this thread.

lowe0

I still don't quite get why you keep convincing yourselves that we're jealous. If we were, wouldn't we just switch?

lol at self acknowledging that you're a console peasant :lol:

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#134 BeardMaster
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[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

the jelly of consolite peasants is palpable on this thread.

Krelian-co

I still don't quite get why you keep convincing yourselves that we're jealous. If we were, wouldn't we just switch?

not really, i doubt most basement dwellers that are in this forum can afford gaming pcs and keep them updated

 

Odd, because hermits on here are usually saying PC gaming is cheaper than console gaming.

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#135 awptical
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Good thing my PC and 99% of other PC gamers' PCs on this forum absolutely obliterate next-gen consoles. Lol keep tryin console peasants. Youll never reach our level.

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#136 jhonMalcovich
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But we aren't in next gen yet so why would they. You only need a duel core with an 8800gt to match current consoles and run 90% of current games. What a stupid thread.Frozzik

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#137 Heil68
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Mine demolishes them so yeah for me.
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#138 PurpleMan5000
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I'm planning on upgrading in 2 years. I will just get the best GPU available for $200 or less and that should be enough to get me playing next gen games at max settings.
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#139 tormentos
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lol what... 47% have dual cores? I've been rocking quadcore for 7 years now... common people.

Mozelleple112

 

7 years ago in this day there wasn't any quad core on the market they arrived in late 2006 and were not true quad core rather just 2 dual core join and they were 1,000 dollars.

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#140 Lumpy311
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Peasants still trying to find ways to be better than a PC? Haha. I laugh at your attempt. Go back to the fields, peasants.

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#141 skrat_01
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And all of todays consoles are underpowered. What do you expect, the majority of users on Steam eclipsing unreleased consoles? That's silly.
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#142 Krelian-co
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[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"] I still don't quite get why you keep convincing yourselves that we're jealous. If we were, wouldn't we just switch?BeardMaster

not really, i doubt most basement dwellers that are in this forum can afford gaming pcs and keep them updated

 

Odd, because hermits on here are usually saying PC gaming is cheaper than console gaming.

im not one of them, i do think even mid range pcs are better than consoles but i like to have high end gaming pc and is not cheap, still, it gives me miles better gaming experience than consoles, you get what you pay for.

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#143 jhonMalcovich
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Consolites forget that that they are still gaming on ancient hardware, 512RAM and 256 VRAM :P Every Steam user beats current gen consoles hardware-wise.

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#144 ShadowriverUB
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Not really surprising considering the most played games on Steam (Dota 2, TF2, CS, L4D, etc) all run on Source and only require a laptop to run at good settings. People that play those games don't need a $300+ GPU

BPoole96
Actully Laptops can run better games then that, PC gamers simply does refuse understand that it's POSSIBLE play games on other then max settings. PC gamers also refuse to understand that PC machines does not evolve by themselves and not everyone upgrading PC in regular matter. And they saying that consoles holding back gaming..... look on yourself first :p Thank you Valve to finally enlight those people, since same as by complaing about Xbox Live internet locking, it 2nd thing that im only one saying this here :p
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#145 -Snooze-
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I've got unused PC's in my house more powerful than the next gen consoles. I'm not even a 'PC Gamer' I don't own Half Life, ARMA etc, and have only just bothered puchasing battlefield 3 via humble bundle sale. Not that I'll play it longer than an hour, I just wanted to see how much better it was.

Infact the only game I play on PC is DOTA

I'm quite content with my games on console.

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#146 lowe0
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[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

the jelly of consolite peasants is palpable on this thread.

Rage010101

I still don't quite get why you keep convincing yourselves that we're jealous. If we were, wouldn't we just switch?

lol at self acknowledging that you're a console peasant :lol:

I am a console gamer. Why wouldn't I acknowledge it?
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#147 ShadowriverUB
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Consolites forget that that they are still gaming on ancient hardware, 512RAM and 256 VRAM :P

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Well it enoth to run Crysis 3 :p
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#148 Truth_Hurts_U
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I got the best of both worlds and my PC isn't gimp. So I win!

:cool:

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#149 Chris_Williams
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let the butthurt commence

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#150 jhonMalcovich
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[QUOTE="Rage010101"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"] I still don't quite get why you keep convincing yourselves that we're jealous. If we were, wouldn't we just switch?lowe0

lol at self acknowledging that you're a console peasant :lol:

I am a console gamer. Why wouldn't I acknowledge it?

Because as a good peasant you MUST obey your rich masters. Doh.