I'm commenting after the release of Astro Bot, but I swear Ive had this opinion for a while now: games need to get smaller. The budgets and the development cycle lengths required to make a triple-A 50 hour cinematic experience with state of the art graphics just isnt sustainable. Weve reached a point where games are taking longer than the lifetime of a console generation. Pare it back, reduce the cost of development, and trim the pricetags. Nintendo has demonstrated for years that you can make a visually appealing game without trying to make it photorealistic. I like amazing graphics as much as the next guy, but the current status quo of every game needing to be bigger and more lifelike is just not sustainable. People will continue to buy consoles and their games as long as theyre fun. Also bring back couch co-op
It's been fairly obvious for years that games---and budgets---need to get smaller, but I'm less optimistic than you about it happening without some kind of crash.
@@Ziko577 I feel like that game went through several iterations, and they ended up just deciding to delay it for two reasons. 1. Extra polish, 2. Closer to Switch 2
I think if AI/ML does anything positive, it'll be streamlining the most tedious and time consuming aspects of game development. Now I'm sure developers will still find a way to overwork their people, but that's just late stage capitalism for you
They released the consoles at the worst possible time: when alot of people lost their jobs during a pandemic. Their budgets for triple AAA titles are way too high, and they have unrealistic expectations on sales numbers. Not alot of games are going to appeal to a wide audience.
There is a very active 8-bit NES homebrew community where lots of people are making brand new NES old school games. Who needs 8 cores when you have 8 bits of retro goodness.
I don't think the creator of that video was trying to frame consoles as NOT having more ease of use compared to a PC or saying that PC has become MORE convienient than consoles. I think he was just saying the plug and play experience of past generations isn't in full force anymore, the differences between consoles and PC are less pronounced, and to a certain number of people it does begin to beg the question of why pick PC over console if one is an open-ended customizable experience with a few extra headaches and one is a closed echosystem with less headaches. I still use consoles(older ones with actual games), but nowadays I think the market has shifted in ways that make them more for people who are already heavily invested in the console ecosystem of choice or for people who are brand new to gaming, aren't already interested in any sort of ecosystem and just want to play games. The playstation 4 already had a fairly limited library of exclusives compared to past generations, and the playstation 5 has even fewer. To someone who already has games and friends on the playstation network, it may make sense to get a PS5. Same with someone who doesn't have any games on any network and just wants to play them, especially because crossplay allows you to play a lot of popular games with your friends on other systems. But exclusives are just, not a major selling point of consoles in the same way they were in the past, with the exception of nintendo but that's because nintendo deliberately used outdated hardware to make it simpler to develop games for their system and works tirelessly to make good quality exclusive games because having low-end specs means they can't use said specs as a selling point. Sony and microsoft aren't pushing exclusives as hard because... they did what nintendidn't. Which means their games are costly and time consuming to develop. So they simply do not have the time or resources to put out as many exclusives. Consoles now are more about relative convinience, separating ones workstation from one's playstation, and building brand loyalty and getting you into their ecosystems so you keep coming back even if they can only release maybe like 10 exclusive games per generation, and only 2 or 3 that you genuinely care about.
I have consoles to own physical copies of my games primarily. The convenience (and actually for me less distractions) factor is nice especially with limited time and energy, but also inconvenient to buy a console in addition to my PC. Console exclusives are my secondary reason to own them. Still a big factor for me too though. I also would much sooner trust my nieces and nephews with a gaming console over a PC, which most parents would also do I would think.
@@DanSutherland yeah, its easier to share those with young relatives. I stopped caring about physical games ages ago myself; old consoles have flashcarts which are harder to lose or break than physical discs or cartriages, and as long as you can get past the DRM you can just get a harddrive and keep yyour games forever. Or you can back them up to bluerays or something. Which are no more prone to physical damage or data corruption than game discs.
Funny you mention the Gamecube. Yes, it sold fewer units, but it released with a competitive price, with competitive performance and it was still profitable for Nintendo. It was not the fault of the hardware, the software on offer just did not captivate the general gamer audience at that time.
Also couldn't play DVD's, huge deal breaker in the early 2000's when parents are the one's with the purchasing power; they're not about to drop $$ on a multimedia device they can't even use outside of games.
@@agentbuckshot4697 That definitely didn't help the Gamecube either. It was the more economically sustainable model though compared to its contemporaries.
Editing this comment: Now the PS5 Pro has been announced, £700, £800 with drive, £830 with stand. Over 5 years with PS plus premium, that's another £600. £1430. This now costs more than my more powerful PC. LOL Your first point cost: Every PC game is cheaper. If not on Steam, use another place such as CD Keys. Recent example for me, I bought Tekken 8 for £40 rather than £55 on Steam or £69.99 on console. I also don’t pay for online which is at least another £50/60 a year for the basic subscription. My PC cost £1300 (5800x and RTX 4070 Super) how long are you going to have the PS5. Let’s be generous and say 5 years. So that’s an extra £250 on top of the £480 for a PS5. I save around £20 to £30 per new game on PC vs console and have access to a generous refund system through Steam and GOG. I Buy around 8 games a year. Say £20 saving on each one. Thats now cost me £940. I will continue to save as years go on compared to a console. Second point: shader compilation stutter. It happens. You seem to of omitted that many games are coming with shader compilations on first boot to alleviate some of those problems. But that is part of the parcel. Sucks sure. But let’s not pretend it outweighs the perks and QOL improvements. FOV sliders. Enough said. Backwards compatibility: Sure, some games to need extra patches generally made by the awesome mod community. But some don’t or are patched by companies like GOG. Find the answer in a week. Never used the PC Gaming Wiki. LOL. You also mention backwards compatibility, my PC can play 90% of video games made before 2005 for CONSOLE flawlessly. I can play Mario and Jak on the same box. Console can’t. Means I sold my PS2 and GC. I personally don’t mind the tinkering for some old games. If I want to play it. I will. Same to me as if I’m hungry I’ll cook. So the point to me is moot. The example of AC1 you also mention has never occurred to me. Because hardware and installed software varies. You stated it as a fact. When in reality. You are explaining your personal experience. I would also love to add recently. People couldn’t even play Xbox games they owned due to DRM issues. Something you never mentioned. Point of a PC: What’s the point of having a PC. How do you think your console games are made?? Did you edit this video on your phone?? Music is done on computers. I think I’m going to stop commenting now because your points fall to flat on there face it’s unreal. Let me make it easy to you. Consoles require a lower tier upfront cost and offer fantastic performance for the price point. But if you want the best experience, highest resolutions and 120fps etc… PC. It’s a multifunction powerhouse, get this. You can do different tasks in different “Windows” get it.
One point worth mentioning when arguing for PC, Microsoft is an evil and incompetent company. Windows is a God awful os that spies on you constantly and is prone to breaking itself or at the very least fighting you in you objective to do want you want. Not having to deal with Microsoft is a major boon for ps5 and switch. Xbox is the worst of all worlds though, belongs in the garbage. Granted Linux is a rapidly growing option that is far better IMO, even if a lot of deep set Windows users refuse to switch because they're set in their ways. Join me in penguin land, its better. Here you're free.
As good as PC is. Emulation is not much of an advantage at all, since you can run emulators on almost everything, a Pi, Wii, Mobile, Handhelds, hacked consoles etc. It will also not play all of the games prior to 2005 natively especially games from the 90's that require old hardware. Your going to have to rely on a Retro Build or ports/emulation to play the classic stuff. But there is GOG to save the day. As for what's cheaper, physical copies are the cheapest. I always wanted the old COD games on PC, but they rarely ever will drop in price. I can get physical copies of those games for the PS4 and the Xbox One for much much less. PC did away with physical copies. You're kind of stuck with MSRP prices. And it seems like consoles are now trying to do the same with the Pro not having the discs. I think Handheld gaming is where the wow factor is at today.
You stressed the increasing transistor count as increasing difficulty in development, but the Cell on PS3 was actually harder to work with than the current x86 chips in current consoles. We've been using x86 based CPUs since the 80s, and there's a ton of tools to work with them. Transistor count doesn't as have much of an effect on dev difficulty as you mentioned.
PS2 was also a difficult console to develop, even if it was the most popular ever. The Sega Saturn in the mid 90s is another example of hard console to develop for
@@Peb02497 thanks for reminding me of this comment, I forgot to add something. Current CPUs are EASIER to develop for because they’re so overpowered that devs don’t need to spend as much time optimizing as they used to.
Jesus man, I'm not sure what's your point in this video. The first part of the video was not even important for the discussion, by the title I thought you were going to talk about this generation, But first you spend a long time exaggerating problem that PC have for some reason, like, compatibility is not even a big problem, you say "specially when playing old games", man, that ONLY happens when you play old games. Consoles is in fact more convenient, that true, but I don't see how that's relevant for anything, you even make the point "at leat you have the games to play on pc", and yeah, that one the advantages, and there is also disadvantages. Either way, that has nothing to do with this generation or what people are even saying the problem are with the game industry.
Let's put it like this, I'm going to study education at university next year, the starting salary for a newly graduated teacher is 18k, how am I going to am I going to buy a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X when the baseline models go for 13k-15k?
argument of why PC is superior coz Console now basically just PC, I miss the day when I just pop in cartridge and play game, now day even Nintendo Console I need install it, update it, patch it and many of them need to connect to Internet for useless verification aka DRM, PC superior coz its can be fix while console you need so called hacked to fix it.
Being a game dev in the modern age must be awful and I do not envy them. Years or even decades of insanely hard work, crunch and sometimes even leaks all for sweaty entitled nerds to rip you to shreds on the internet over a rushed product that was out of your control and was the decision of know-nothing shareholders who only care about profits. I think us as gamers should all appreciate the work game developers do to make these products for us no matter how long they take to come out. We owe it to them for the hundreds of thousands of hours of fun we've all had in some game at some point or another regardless of platform.
OMG, enough with this silly developer romance. They get payed, they aren't working for free. And probably paid much better than the rest of us that do more essential work. You can live without a video game just fine, not the same without people getting your garbage, people cleaning the sewers, people driving trucks and ships to bring products to your supermarket or people bringing you home the things you bought and people maintaining your electrical network and pluming etc etc. Can we stop behaving like they are heroes? half of them this days are just bright haired colored weirdos making bad games as well. OMG the torture of sitting on an air-condition office wasting time half of the day. Whenever there is a big development team half to the real work and the other half are waste of space putting forwards silly ideas.
The thing is people want more and more. One thing he shows in his video is the amount of games came out. Then he takes out cross gen games and games that are on other platforms, first party gamas. Making only a couple games to be excited for. But when I got a series x. I was mainly playing cross gen games. Which was completely fine. The thing is that people have such a victim mentality that they will just make excuses to feel hurt. In reality there's a ton of games to play. Probably why games arnt nexr gen onlynis because ofnthe chop shortage and it wouldn't of been worth while for company's to make nexr gen only games when there's a console shortage. Also it takes games way longer to make. So usually there's not alot of games in the first couple years of a console launch. Since it takes like 5-7 years for a game to come out.
The machines are highly capable. The problem is the development of bigger games and messier, unoptimised code that runs like dogshit. That's the inherent risk of these huge 60-100 hour experiences and it's so depressing to see these "Pro" consoles trying to brute force their way past that problem.
@@8bitnation419 I'm too grown to walk around in public playing video games, I'm in my 30's. I'll wait till I get home and sitting down with a controller.
@@MrPunch36 Well I walk around in my house playing video games. I take my Gameboy to my room, to the living room, to the garden. I don't know why anyone would want to play in public and risk themselves getting robbed or attacked. Plus handhelds are too big to carry these days.
Great logical video PC fans cannot comprehend economics and it’s consequences on the gaming market The US is going to head into a recession, economic crash in the next four years gaming might go back to being a luxury, hobby and not an affordable hobby
@@todesziege honestly that’s where my attention has been lately even if you don’t have a powerful computer any in the game will work on a decent computer and it’s a lot cheaper to spend as high as 20 or $30 per game
@@millabasset1710 Same. Although indie games still rely quite a bit on infrastructure subsidized by bigger budgets games---both when it comes to tools like Unity, distribution services like Steam, or consoles and graphics cards to run on. So an "AAA crash" would still cause ripples through the indie game sector.
@@todesziege Even for AAA games I have learned to fully utilize all my games and master them, instead of pumping money into new games on day 1. I recently bought a house last year and I am single, I obviously can't shell tons of money on games anymore. I recently returned to Doom Eternal, realizing the combat has so much to offer outside of just 'beating the game'. I find that AAA gaming peaked in 2020, it's like after the Pandemic things have gotten progressively lazy.
@@millabasset1710 I do think Doom Eternal is an outlier---it has a much greater focus on gameplay than most other modern AAA games, even ones from years before. Most AAA games are pretty shallow when it comes to gameplay, with most of the attention spent on looks and narrative.
For me the problem with this generation is that it doesn’t feel like a real evolution. Going from ps4/xbox one to ps5 and series X felt more like just getting the pro systems and had slight improvements. Most games are still coming out on last gen still so that even proves that point more. Sure the games are still good for the most part but the hardware on both sides are just lackluster. If they waited till this year it maybe would’ve been a better experience having games have time to be made and more improvements into the systems.
In my 18 years of sales experience I'm constantly looking at the economy or I'm reminded by my colleagues, this could be the case but none of these companies know how to ride out a crisis and are making the most stupid decisions
I would be more interested in buying Console games if every game had a VR mode with it. I'm loving the VR modes in the Resident Evil games on PS5 and am thinking about building a gaming PC to play my favorite old games and Re remakes with VR mods.
At this point, Maybe we're just outgrowing gaming as a whole, the younger gamers don't complain about what was and what isn't because they didn't grow up with the games that we did.
Pc is not suffering from any problems with game that the console has? Plus the guy never said computers don't have to download any updates. He wasn't making the argument that ppl should get a pc, Also pc is way simpler than you are making it,
Ever heard of Shader Compilation Stutter? All but 3 current generation Unreal Engine games has SCS on the PC. Also ever played the original Rogue Squadron? Or Command and Conquer? He literally said "I get all that and more on a PC, the market is basically being forced to go elsewhere." He said this after contrasting the 9th generation with not just the 6th and 7th, but also the PC. By omitting the flaws of the PC he gave a false impression to his audience.
@@The_Jedi_Exile You do know there are more than just 'muh unreal gaymes' on PC, right? Plus the issue is with the devs on how they handle the porting to PC, in which they are equally as bad when it comes to developing games on Console as well.
Another big issue I believe, at least when it comes to Hardware subsidizing. It's really hard to re-coup on software sales when the biggest games on your platform are Free To Play or games from 10+ years ago.
So glad that i switched to Handheld PC. Consoles are watered down PC's with barely any exclusives and no backwards compatibility support. But there is a deep issue with less triple a games which effects all platforms.
I used to be a fan of consoles like the PS1, Dreamcast, N64, Virtual Boy, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Switch because of their simplicity. However, I’ve recently switched to PC gaming, and wow! The emulation of all my favorite old games is amazing. Plus, games on Steam and other platforms are cheaper, with frequent sales. Everything is relative, and I’m super happy I didn’t invest in the current generation of consoles. I also always disliked having to pay for gaming services just to play with friends. Times have changed; back in the Xbox 360 days, people would chat about the gameplay. Now, it seems everyone mutes each other, so there’s no team spirit unless you’re in a clan or something. Consoles only came about as a spin off of old PC games. I think you may be stretching your narrative to thin.
Woah you’re getting hammered in the comments. I thought you made good points, and in time you’ll do even better. Check some of the more constructive comments, ignore the slander and keep going at it. Subbed!
Well there are a bunch of comments he was able to get a conversation started There aren’t many strong dislikes for the video, strong feelings for what he discussed, or the thumbnail, that’s not a bad thing It’s really good because a dialogue is forming, disagreements aren’t bad as long as we’re able to communicate properly what we had problems with Which I have seen, not a lot, but plenty of points related to what he said in the video
Partlybof the greed I guess? I mean, the fact that games like Wukong was made with $70million and able to outsold lots of games in 2024 is outstanding.
I think there is some truth to what you're saying. As a game, it's definitely a breath of fresh air. I definitely hope publishers like Ubisoft, Microsoft, and EA take note. The unique setting relatively unexplored in storytelling really helps too. We need a lot more exploration of Chinese art and legends. I don't think it's a good example of cost savings though. It was made in China and Chinese workers... are paid substantially less than Japanese, American, or European counterparts. I would hate to see publishers do what manufacturers did in the 90's and just migrate the development resources over to China.
bro you console fan boi console never cheap per year 70$ for online play you are just a fan boi crying pc is 3 x more expensive than console wow i dislike
There are games, many games. The problem is many of them are uninteresting, bloated and full of politically correct pandering. Technically they're great, but we're at the peak of a creativity crysis.
In all honesty i dont care 😂 As a consumer all i ahould care about is the cost and the release schedule which is my issue with current gen. Thats why my Switch gets a hundred times more play than my PS5 and Series S. Seems like youre fighting an argument that doesnt really matter.
Game companies biggest failure is they spend money on BS and then wonder why their multi-million dollar projects are ignored by gamers. It is enough to look at PSX hits - less BS in games and more fun gameplay. Why not focus on gameplay and let people with vision make games as in their vision? Today's AAA titles don't even feel like designed to be a game and more like product and one which isn't designed for gamers but "expanding reach". No wonder there is crisis with gaming and why no new games. How much money does it make to make some dumb story and make you shoot some baddies? Not much. How much money does it make to try to appease to people who don't play games and won't play games? As much as to cause no game to be released out the door and these released flop immediately.
you can build a mini-itx pc the size of a console with more power, for not a whole lot more, and the savings from no online subscription = about $500 in 6-7 years
Consoles will continue to exist because the PC requires too much setup in comparison. Average Joe/Jane gamer just wants to download a game for their shiny living room box and know it'll run on their 70" TV. They're not interested in wading through menus in order to optimize the performance. That's just added friction. They likely use their phone for everything outside of work and may not even own a PC. They don't know about DLSS/FSR, let alone even think about framerates. They care about their FIFA ultimate team or Madden roster updates, new CoD maps, etc. The enthusiast crowd forgets we are a small vocal minority of gamers who are very passionate about all aspects of gaming. Enthusiasts will complain loudly about the death of consoles but they're not going anywhere. Sony easily will sell 100+ million PS5 units, even if the PS6 comes out in 2 years. PS4 is just shy of 120 million sold, so gamers have yet to abandon them by any significant margin.
Is all good, but you forgot cloud games you can play on your pc or on android device g force now work on my z fold 5 end all android devices only have to be 5gUC that all I play all my games on my phone through g force now you don't need download eny more
I guess my original comment was deleted for showing PC part picker link to a build that was about $650 (Including monitor and peripherals) and more powerful than a PS5 or Series X. Disproving your point @ 2:51 that you need to spend $1000 plus to get better performance than a current console.
You could've made two videos cause the first half of the video doesn't have any correlation to the second half. Or you can consider changing your title to "In the defense of console gaming"
Pc is king hell I play most of my games Xbox PS4/5 and PC on my steamdeck consoles are like telephone booths when I can play god of war Ragnarok anywhere I go anytime I feel like makes consoles nothing to me 😮
you lost me at "you have to buy a graphics card that is at least the cost of a console". Didn't realize this was going to be a console fanboy video. I don't know why UA-cam pushes this trash to me.
im a console and PC gamer also a pc enthusiast and you are wrong i love my series x its a great console but PC is far better PC isnt actually that expensive you just need to know what your doing 4070's and 4080's are WAYYY more powerful then any console on the market right now and way more powerful then any average joe will ever need to play games, just look at the steam hardware survey most people are running 3060s 1650s and 1060s you just need to be educated on how to get the most bang for your buck the issue is most people arent the GPUs inside the ps5's and xbox series consoles are about as powerful as GPUs released 5+ years ago new graphics cards come out all the time you dont need the current one all issues with old pc games arent at fault of the PC its the developers ubisoft is infamous for horrible pc ports they have been doing good recently but in the past horrible ports, also PIRACY making games completely free and Steam key sites making games cheaper then steam already sells them for seriously ive gotten triple a games for CENTS, consoles are great but this is just a horrible uneducated take
I would assume you were hired by sime big company of the gaming industry to excuse and justify them for making shitty games. "Game development is hard", duh...
For me the problem with this generation is that it doesn’t feel like a real evolution. Going from ps4/xbox one to ps5 and series X felt more like just getting the pro systems and had slight improvements. Most games are still coming out on last gen still so that even proves that point more. Sure the games are still good for the most part but the hardware on both sides are just lackluster. If they waited till this year it maybe would’ve been a better experience having games have time to be made and more improvements into the systems.
the ps5 is 5x more powerful than the ps4 + instant ssd load times So no dont be silly. The reason u feel this way is too many ports and remasters thats allh The hardware is great
I'm commenting after the release of Astro Bot, but I swear Ive had this opinion for a while now: games need to get smaller.
The budgets and the development cycle lengths required to make a triple-A 50 hour cinematic experience with state of the art graphics just isnt sustainable. Weve reached a point where games are taking longer than the lifetime of a console generation. Pare it back, reduce the cost of development, and trim the pricetags.
Nintendo has demonstrated for years that you can make a visually appealing game without trying to make it photorealistic. I like amazing graphics as much as the next guy, but the current status quo of every game needing to be bigger and more lifelike is just not sustainable. People will continue to buy consoles and their games as long as theyre fun.
Also bring back couch co-op
Cries in corner waiting for Metroid Prime 4. 😢
It's been fairly obvious for years that games---and budgets---need to get smaller, but I'm less optimistic than you about it happening without some kind of crash.
Spot on.
@@Ziko577 I feel like that game went through several iterations, and they ended up just deciding to delay it for two reasons. 1. Extra polish, 2. Closer to Switch 2
I think if AI/ML does anything positive, it'll be streamlining the most tedious and time consuming aspects of game development. Now I'm sure developers will still find a way to overwork their people, but that's just late stage capitalism for you
They released the consoles at the worst possible time: when alot of people lost their jobs during a pandemic.
Their budgets for triple AAA titles are way too high, and they have unrealistic expectations on sales numbers. Not alot of games are going to appeal to a wide audience.
Absolutely 100% agree and have been saying this since the consoles came out, they never should've released them during the pandemic.
There is a very active 8-bit NES homebrew community where lots of people are making brand new NES old school games. Who needs 8 cores when you have 8 bits of retro goodness.
That's not the PC's fault that publishers wanted to inflat the budget of some of their games to where they never see a profit.
Game studios being stuck making PC games for current gen consoles takes 5x longer than it did on the PS2.
@@andrewwright5535 they were not forced to make only PC. And making ps2 games were not easy
@@REDPILLDLUFFY Making PS2 games is fast and much less expensive.
@@andrewwright5535 we talking about when PS2 was relevant. It was harder compared to GameCube/ps2
Pc is nothing, it not a real platform.
Where are all the games
there are some good games, but for every 1 good game, theres like 9 bad ones. (AAA games)
on the Nintendo Switch :)
I don't think the creator of that video was trying to frame consoles as NOT having more ease of use compared to a PC or saying that PC has become MORE convienient than consoles. I think he was just saying the plug and play experience of past generations isn't in full force anymore, the differences between consoles and PC are less pronounced, and to a certain number of people it does begin to beg the question of why pick PC over console if one is an open-ended customizable experience with a few extra headaches and one is a closed echosystem with less headaches.
I still use consoles(older ones with actual games), but nowadays I think the market has shifted in ways that make them more for people who are already heavily invested in the console ecosystem of choice or for people who are brand new to gaming, aren't already interested in any sort of ecosystem and just want to play games. The playstation 4 already had a fairly limited library of exclusives compared to past generations, and the playstation 5 has even fewer.
To someone who already has games and friends on the playstation network, it may make sense to get a PS5. Same with someone who doesn't have any games on any network and just wants to play them, especially because crossplay allows you to play a lot of popular games with your friends on other systems. But exclusives are just, not a major selling point of consoles in the same way they were in the past, with the exception of nintendo but that's because nintendo deliberately used outdated hardware to make it simpler to develop games for their system and works tirelessly to make good quality exclusive games because having low-end specs means they can't use said specs as a selling point.
Sony and microsoft aren't pushing exclusives as hard because... they did what nintendidn't. Which means their games are costly and time consuming to develop. So they simply do not have the time or resources to put out as many exclusives. Consoles now are more about relative convinience, separating ones workstation from one's playstation, and building brand loyalty and getting you into their ecosystems so you keep coming back even if they can only release maybe like 10 exclusive games per generation, and only 2 or 3 that you genuinely care about.
I have consoles to own physical copies of my games primarily. The convenience (and actually for me less distractions) factor is nice especially with limited time and energy, but also inconvenient to buy a console in addition to my PC. Console exclusives are my secondary reason to own them. Still a big factor for me too though. I also would much sooner trust my nieces and nephews with a gaming console over a PC, which most parents would also do I would think.
@@DanSutherland yeah, its easier to share those with young relatives.
I stopped caring about physical games ages ago myself; old consoles have flashcarts which are harder to lose or break than physical discs or cartriages, and as long as you can get past the DRM you can just get a harddrive and keep yyour games forever.
Or you can back them up to bluerays or something. Which are no more prone to physical damage or data corruption than game discs.
Funny you mention the Gamecube. Yes, it sold fewer units, but it released with a competitive price, with competitive performance and it was still profitable for Nintendo. It was not the fault of the hardware, the software on offer just did not captivate the general gamer audience at that time.
Also couldn't play DVD's, huge deal breaker in the early 2000's when parents are the one's with the purchasing power; they're not about to drop $$ on a multimedia device they can't even use outside of games.
@@agentbuckshot4697 That definitely didn't help the Gamecube either. It was the more economically sustainable model though compared to its contemporaries.
Editing this comment: Now the PS5 Pro has been announced, £700, £800 with drive, £830 with stand. Over 5 years with PS plus premium, that's another £600. £1430. This now costs more than my more powerful PC. LOL
Your first point cost:
Every PC game is cheaper. If not on Steam, use another place such as CD Keys. Recent example for me, I bought Tekken 8 for £40 rather than £55 on Steam or £69.99 on console. I also don’t pay for online which is at least another £50/60 a year for the basic subscription. My PC cost £1300 (5800x and RTX 4070 Super) how long are you going to have the PS5. Let’s be generous and say 5 years. So that’s an extra £250 on top of the £480 for a PS5. I save around £20 to £30 per new game on PC vs console and have access to a generous refund system through Steam and GOG. I Buy around 8 games a year. Say £20 saving on each one. Thats now cost me £940. I will continue to save as years go on compared to a console.
Second point: shader compilation stutter. It happens. You seem to of omitted that many games are coming with shader compilations on first boot to alleviate some of those problems. But that is part of the parcel. Sucks sure. But let’s not pretend it outweighs the perks and QOL improvements. FOV sliders. Enough said.
Backwards compatibility:
Sure, some games to need extra patches generally made by the awesome mod community. But some don’t or are patched by companies like GOG. Find the answer in a week. Never used the PC Gaming Wiki. LOL.
You also mention backwards compatibility, my PC can play 90% of video games made before 2005 for CONSOLE flawlessly. I can play Mario and Jak on the same box. Console can’t. Means I sold my PS2 and GC.
I personally don’t mind the tinkering for some old games. If I want to play it. I will. Same to me as if I’m hungry I’ll cook. So the point to me is moot.
The example of AC1 you also mention has never occurred to me. Because hardware and installed software varies. You stated it as a fact. When in reality. You are explaining your personal experience.
I would also love to add recently. People couldn’t even play Xbox games they owned due to DRM issues. Something you never mentioned.
Point of a PC:
What’s the point of having a PC. How do you think your console games are made?? Did you edit this video on your phone?? Music is done on computers.
I think I’m going to stop commenting now because your points fall to flat on there face it’s unreal. Let me make it easy to you.
Consoles require a lower tier upfront cost and offer fantastic performance for the price point. But if you want the best experience, highest resolutions and 120fps etc… PC. It’s a multifunction powerhouse, get this. You can do different tasks in different “Windows” get it.
One point worth mentioning when arguing for PC, Microsoft is an evil and incompetent company. Windows is a God awful os that spies on you constantly and is prone to breaking itself or at the very least fighting you in you objective to do want you want. Not having to deal with Microsoft is a major boon for ps5 and switch. Xbox is the worst of all worlds though, belongs in the garbage. Granted Linux is a rapidly growing option that is far better IMO, even if a lot of deep set Windows users refuse to switch because they're set in their ways. Join me in penguin land, its better. Here you're free.
@@MrJhwan not reading all of that it is literally just an operating sytem, and linux is worse when it comes to fighting with the os
As good as PC is. Emulation is not much of an advantage at all, since you can run emulators on almost everything, a Pi, Wii, Mobile, Handhelds, hacked consoles etc. It will also not play all of the games prior to 2005 natively especially games from the 90's that require old hardware. Your going to have to rely on a Retro Build or ports/emulation to play the classic stuff. But there is GOG to save the day. As for what's cheaper, physical copies are the cheapest. I always wanted the old COD games on PC, but they rarely ever will drop in price. I can get physical copies of those games for the PS4 and the Xbox One for much much less. PC did away with physical copies. You're kind of stuck with MSRP prices. And it seems like consoles are now trying to do the same with the Pro not having the discs. I think Handheld gaming is where the wow factor is at today.
@@oo--7714Steam OS is nice and there is a Desktop equivalent too Linux designed for gaming.
@@8bitnation419I had one, sold ot, I didn't like it in general
You stressed the increasing transistor count as increasing difficulty in development, but the Cell on PS3 was actually harder to work with than the current x86 chips in current consoles. We've been using x86 based CPUs since the 80s, and there's a ton of tools to work with them. Transistor count doesn't as have much of an effect on dev difficulty as you mentioned.
PS2 was also a difficult console to develop, even if it was the most popular ever. The Sega Saturn in the mid 90s is another example of hard console to develop for
@@Peb02497 thanks for reminding me of this comment, I forgot to add something. Current CPUs are EASIER to develop for because they’re so overpowered that devs don’t need to spend as much time optimizing as they used to.
Jesus man, I'm not sure what's your point in this video. The first part of the video was not even important for the discussion, by the title I thought you were going to talk about this generation, But first you spend a long time exaggerating problem that PC have for some reason, like, compatibility is not even a big problem, you say "specially when playing old games", man, that ONLY happens when you play old games. Consoles is in fact more convenient, that true, but I don't see how that's relevant for anything, you even make the point "at leat you have the games to play on pc", and yeah, that one the advantages, and there is also disadvantages.
Either way, that has nothing to do with this generation or what people are even saying the problem are with the game industry.
You got my sub with this incredibly accurate video. Thank you for your work.
Excellent insight into the current state of the console/game industry. Great video and keep 'em comin'!
Let's put it like this, I'm going to study education at university next year, the starting salary for a newly graduated teacher is 18k, how am I going to am I going to buy a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X when the baseline models go for 13k-15k?
Loved your video pal. Keep it up!
argument of why PC is superior coz Console now basically just PC, I miss the day when I just pop in cartridge and play game, now day even Nintendo Console I need install it, update it, patch it and many of them need to connect to Internet for useless verification aka DRM, PC superior coz its can be fix while console you need so called hacked to fix it.
Is it that hard for you to download a patch to make old games compatible ..?
Being a game dev in the modern age must be awful and I do not envy them. Years or even decades of insanely hard work, crunch and sometimes even leaks all for sweaty entitled nerds to rip you to shreds on the internet over a rushed product that was out of your control and was the decision of know-nothing shareholders who only care about profits.
I think us as gamers should all appreciate the work game developers do to make these products for us no matter how long they take to come out. We owe it to them for the hundreds of thousands of hours of fun we've all had in some game at some point or another regardless of platform.
OMG, enough with this silly developer romance. They get payed, they aren't working for free. And probably paid much better than the rest of us that do more essential work.
You can live without a video game just fine, not the same without people getting your garbage, people cleaning the sewers, people driving trucks and ships to bring products to your supermarket or people bringing you home the things you bought and people maintaining your electrical network and pluming etc etc.
Can we stop behaving like they are heroes? half of them this days are just bright haired colored weirdos making bad games as well.
OMG the torture of sitting on an air-condition office wasting time half of the day. Whenever there is a big development team half to the real work and the other half are waste of space putting forwards silly ideas.
The thing is people want more and more. One thing he shows in his video is the amount of games came out. Then he takes out cross gen games and games that are on other platforms, first party gamas. Making only a couple games to be excited for. But when I got a series x. I was mainly playing cross gen games. Which was completely fine.
The thing is that people have such a victim mentality that they will just make excuses to feel hurt.
In reality there's a ton of games to play. Probably why games arnt nexr gen onlynis because ofnthe chop shortage and it wouldn't of been worth while for company's to make nexr gen only games when there's a console shortage.
Also it takes games way longer to make. So usually there's not alot of games in the first couple years of a console launch. Since it takes like 5-7 years for a game to come out.
The machines are highly capable. The problem is the development of bigger games and messier, unoptimised code that runs like dogshit. That's the inherent risk of these huge 60-100 hour experiences and it's so depressing to see these "Pro" consoles trying to brute force their way past that problem.
Very well done with the observation. I'm thankful I came across your video.
PS3 and 360 era games work just fine and if you want to play anything older than that you can simply get emulators that run 4K 60
I always preferred emulation on a handheld and a console. Never used an emulator on a big power hungry PC.
@@8bitnation419 why not? they run 4k 120fps
@@MrPunch36 So can my phone. It has a 4k 120fps OLED screen. Also emulating 360 era stuff is pointless since most of those games are on Steam.
@@8bitnation419 I'm too grown to walk around in public playing video games, I'm in my 30's. I'll wait till I get home and sitting down with a controller.
@@MrPunch36 Well I walk around in my house playing video games. I take my Gameboy to my room, to the living room, to the garden. I don't know why anyone would want to play in public and risk themselves getting robbed or attacked. Plus handhelds are too big to carry these days.
Great logical video PC fans cannot comprehend economics and it’s consequences on the gaming market
The US is going to head into a recession, economic crash in the next four years gaming might go back to being a luxury, hobby and not an affordable hobby
Indie games will still be cheap, I guess.
@@todesziege honestly that’s where my attention has been lately even if you don’t have a powerful computer any in the game will work on a decent computer and it’s a lot cheaper to spend as high as 20 or $30 per game
@@millabasset1710 Same. Although indie games still rely quite a bit on infrastructure subsidized by bigger budgets games---both when it comes to tools like Unity, distribution services like Steam, or consoles and graphics cards to run on. So an "AAA crash" would still cause ripples through the indie game sector.
@@todesziege Even for AAA games I have learned to fully utilize all my games and master them, instead of pumping money into new games on day 1. I recently bought a house last year and I am single, I obviously can't shell tons of money on games anymore. I recently returned to Doom Eternal, realizing the combat has so much to offer outside of just 'beating the game'. I find that AAA gaming peaked in 2020, it's like after the Pandemic things have gotten progressively lazy.
@@millabasset1710 I do think Doom Eternal is an outlier---it has a much greater focus on gameplay than most other modern AAA games, even ones from years before.
Most AAA games are pretty shallow when it comes to gameplay, with most of the attention spent on looks and narrative.
For me the problem with this generation is that it doesn’t feel like a real evolution. Going from ps4/xbox one to ps5 and series X felt more like just getting the pro systems and had slight improvements. Most games are still coming out on last gen still so that even proves that point more. Sure the games are still good for the most part but the hardware on both sides are just lackluster. If they waited till this year it maybe would’ve been a better experience having games have time to be made and more improvements into the systems.
In my 18 years of sales experience I'm constantly looking at the economy or I'm reminded by my colleagues, this could be the case but none of these companies know how to ride out a crisis and are making the most stupid decisions
Our economy is shit rn
I would be more interested in buying Console games if every game had a VR mode with it. I'm loving the VR modes in the Resident Evil games on PS5 and am thinking about building a gaming PC to play my favorite old games and Re remakes with VR mods.
this felt like it came from a 100k subscriber channel, excellent work man
Because it does. This guy stole this vid from Zenkai Goose
@@quppaaa2959 did you even watch the video??
That was pirating on consoles too, PS1, PS2, XOrignal, X360. And that is one of the major aspect that made gaming popular.
At this point, Maybe we're just outgrowing gaming as a whole, the younger gamers don't complain about what was and what isn't because they didn't grow up with the games that we did.
Thank you for this presentation.
Pc is not suffering from any problems with game that the console has? Plus the guy never said computers don't have to download any updates. He wasn't making the argument that ppl should get a pc, Also pc is way simpler than you are making it,
Ever heard of Shader Compilation Stutter? All but 3 current generation Unreal Engine games has SCS on the PC.
Also ever played the original Rogue Squadron? Or Command and Conquer?
He literally said "I get all that and more on a PC, the market is basically being forced to go elsewhere." He said this after contrasting the 9th generation with not just the 6th and 7th, but also the PC. By omitting the flaws of the PC he gave a false impression to his audience.
@@The_Jedi_Exile You do know there are more than just 'muh unreal gaymes' on PC, right? Plus the issue is with the devs on how they handle the porting to PC, in which they are equally as bad when it comes to developing games on Console as well.
Pc has no pc games.
nah. lazy devs and greedy companies.
Another big issue I believe, at least when it comes to Hardware subsidizing. It's really hard to re-coup on software sales when the biggest games on your platform are Free To Play or games from 10+ years ago.
So glad that i switched to Handheld PC. Consoles are watered down PC's with barely any exclusives and no backwards compatibility support. But there is a deep issue with less triple a games which effects all platforms.
6:10 - Yup, I recall this paha! AC needs a serious patch, istfg.
I used to be a fan of consoles like the PS1, Dreamcast, N64, Virtual Boy, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Switch because of their simplicity. However, I’ve recently switched to PC gaming, and wow! The emulation of all my favorite old games is amazing. Plus, games on Steam and other platforms are cheaper, with frequent sales. Everything is relative, and I’m super happy I didn’t invest in the current generation of consoles. I also always disliked having to pay for gaming services just to play with friends. Times have changed; back in the Xbox 360 days, people would chat about the gameplay. Now, it seems everyone mutes each other, so there’s no team spirit unless you’re in a clan or something. Consoles only came about as a spin off of old PC games. I think you may be stretching your narrative to thin.
Woah you’re getting hammered in the comments. I thought you made good points, and in time you’ll do even better. Check some of the more constructive comments, ignore the slander and keep going at it. Subbed!
Well there are a bunch of comments he was able to get a conversation started
There aren’t many strong dislikes for the video, strong feelings for what he discussed, or the thumbnail, that’s not a bad thing
It’s really good because a dialogue is forming, disagreements aren’t bad as long as we’re able to communicate properly what we had problems with
Which I have seen, not a lot, but plenty of points related to what he said in the video
No one wants to say it. Of my ps4 breaks i have a switch. If that breaks i have a laptop...
Gaming... might be too expensive for my future.
This video was awesome.
which company do u work for? Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo?!
I'm on the payroll of all three, but don't tell them that lol!
Partlybof the greed I guess? I mean, the fact that games like Wukong was made with $70million and able to outsold lots of games in 2024 is outstanding.
I think there is some truth to what you're saying. As a game, it's definitely a breath of fresh air. I definitely hope publishers like Ubisoft, Microsoft, and EA take note. The unique setting relatively unexplored in storytelling really helps too. We need a lot more exploration of Chinese art and legends.
I don't think it's a good example of cost savings though. It was made in China and Chinese workers... are paid substantially less than Japanese, American, or European counterparts. I would hate to see publishers do what manufacturers did in the 90's and just migrate the development resources over to China.
bro you console fan boi console never cheap per year 70$ for online play you are just a fan boi crying pc is 3 x more expensive than console wow i dislike
You raised some interesting points. However, it's only fair to mention that consoles also have piracy to be consistent.
Huh? But you can play old games on a PC just fine thanks to emulators like Dolphin, RPCX3, PCSX2, and Duckstation, which allow for this easily...
There are games, many games. The problem is many of them are uninteresting, bloated and full of politically correct pandering. Technically they're great, but we're at the peak of a creativity crysis.
You're not wrong.
In all honesty i dont care 😂 As a consumer all i ahould care about is the cost and the release schedule which is my issue with current gen. Thats why my Switch gets a hundred times more play than my PS5 and Series S. Seems like youre fighting an argument that doesnt really matter.
great video with a perfect honest take on the industry
Game companies biggest failure is they spend money on BS and then wonder why their multi-million dollar projects are ignored by gamers. It is enough to look at PSX hits - less BS in games and more fun gameplay. Why not focus on gameplay and let people with vision make games as in their vision?
Today's AAA titles don't even feel like designed to be a game and more like product and one which isn't designed for gamers but "expanding reach". No wonder there is crisis with gaming and why no new games.
How much money does it make to make some dumb story and make you shoot some baddies? Not much.
How much money does it make to try to appease to people who don't play games and won't play games? As much as to cause no game to be released out the door and these released flop immediately.
you can build a mini-itx pc the size of a console with more power, for not a whole lot more, and the savings from no online subscription = about $500 in 6-7 years
Consoles will continue to exist because the PC requires too much setup in comparison. Average Joe/Jane gamer just wants to download a game for their shiny living room box and know it'll run on their 70" TV. They're not interested in wading through menus in order to optimize the performance. That's just added friction. They likely use their phone for everything outside of work and may not even own a PC. They don't know about DLSS/FSR, let alone even think about framerates. They care about their FIFA ultimate team or Madden roster updates, new CoD maps, etc. The enthusiast crowd forgets we are a small vocal minority of gamers who are very passionate about all aspects of gaming. Enthusiasts will complain loudly about the death of consoles but they're not going anywhere. Sony easily will sell 100+ million PS5 units, even if the PS6 comes out in 2 years. PS4 is just shy of 120 million sold, so gamers have yet to abandon them by any significant margin.
Is all good, but you forgot cloud games you can play on your pc or on android device g force now work on my z fold 5 end all android devices only have to be 5gUC that all I play all my games on my phone through g force now you don't need download eny more
Those bloggers are just noobs who just discovered this dust collecting box.
preach
Why are you using another youtuber as your thumbnail. Weird behavior. Disliked
let's also not forget how they gave a massive middle finger to white gamers with all their DEI crap
Bro is getting Cooked in the comments
Never be afraid to say what isn't popular!
@@The_Jedi_Exilechad
I guess my original comment was deleted for showing PC part picker link to a build that was about $650 (Including monitor and peripherals) and more powerful than a PS5 or Series X. Disproving your point @ 2:51 that you need to spend $1000 plus to get better performance than a current console.
cringe video bro good try tho
Lazy consumers dont build computers. Very simple.
You could've made two videos cause the first half of the video doesn't have any correlation to the second half. Or you can consider changing your title to "In the defense of console gaming"
Pc is king hell I play most of my games Xbox PS4/5 and PC on my steamdeck consoles are like telephone booths when I can play god of war Ragnarok anywhere I go anytime I feel like makes consoles nothing to me 😮
500 likes and 230 dislikes... I wonder why
Never be afraid to say what is unpopular. Especially when the popular opinion isn't sober.
he makes a good point
with pc there may be a few issues to fix
with console the games just don't exist
You own stock in this current gen of gaming, right got it
No he bought a gaming laptop and now he's salty about it
you lost me at "you have to buy a graphics card that is at least the cost of a console". Didn't realize this was going to be a console fanboy video. I don't know why UA-cam pushes this trash to me.
im a console and PC gamer also a pc enthusiast and you are wrong i love my series x its a great console but PC is far better PC isnt actually that expensive you just need to know what your doing 4070's and 4080's are WAYYY more powerful then any console on the market right now and way more powerful then any average joe will ever need to play games, just look at the steam hardware survey most people are running 3060s 1650s and 1060s you just need to be educated on how to get the most bang for your buck the issue is most people arent the GPUs inside the ps5's and xbox series consoles are about as powerful as GPUs released 5+ years ago new graphics cards come out all the time you dont need the current one all issues with old pc games arent at fault of the PC its the developers ubisoft is infamous for horrible pc ports they have been doing good recently but in the past horrible ports, also PIRACY making games completely free and Steam key sites making games cheaper then steam already sells them for seriously ive gotten triple a games for CENTS, consoles are great but this is just a horrible uneducated take
half the things you said in this comment prove you clearly didn't watch my video.
@@The_Jedi_Exile I watched the whole video explain how that proves i didnt watch it
@@Flampok watch the video again and find out. I'm pretty clear about the points I'm making.
@@The_Jedi_Exile yea everything u said about pcs completely wrong
@@Flampokprove it.
Deleting sound and constructed arguments comments... nice, wish you good luck!
PC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
50-60 weeks for 5 weeks is nothing.. sounds like a bunch of whining. They are making good money to sit in there AC’d office make it happen
Yeah I dont have a PC or laptop in my home, I have a smartphone & 2 tablets.
i dont believe u
@@zombl337og I don't all I need is my phone, my tablet & my printer, I don't have a use for a PC or laptop.
Nice vid
Yo if you can't figure out a PC. You deserve to play games at 30hz.
as if 30fps was somehow a curse.
And this is why no one likes the PC community. The tism is real in this post grow up.
@@millabasset1710why are consolecucks so menstrual? lol its like u never say in a gta or cod lobby
this is game community not reddit
go
I would assume you were hired by sime big company of the gaming industry to excuse and justify them for making shitty games. "Game development is hard", duh...
haha I was hired! By Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo! Got about $10,000 from each!
That is good, what separate us PC and Console players is a lot and i hope console people quit jumping ship to PC.
the more people on PC (an open platform), the better for the games industry
was this video AI generated or something????
Why do you say that?
For me the problem with this generation is that it doesn’t feel like a real evolution. Going from ps4/xbox one to ps5 and series X felt more like just getting the pro systems and had slight improvements. Most games are still coming out on last gen still so that even proves that point more. Sure the games are still good for the most part but the hardware on both sides are just lackluster. If they waited till this year it maybe would’ve been a better experience having games have time to be made and more improvements into the systems.
the ps5 is 5x more powerful than the ps4 + instant ssd load times
So no dont be silly. The reason u feel this way is too many ports and remasters thats allh
The hardware is great