The PC/Mac/Steam Gaming Thread --- Everything PC/Mac/Steam

iPhondTouch3G · Apr 23, 2011

I saw 360 and PS3 threads...so why not PC and Mac?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is the computer gaming thread! this will keep you updated with

News-

Games-

User reviews-

Favorite games-

Steam/In-game Achievements-

enjoy!

1337brian · Apr 23, 2011

Yay PC FTW!

Just sold my laptop, have another 2 weeks til my new desktop arrives...

Thank god for my iPad and iPhone I'd be lost right now..

iPhondTouch3G · Apr 23, 2011

Interesting article:

http://kotaku.com/#!5792913/consoles-your-sucky-insides-are-holding-pc-games-back

Luke Plunkett Patrick Bach, from DICE, the developers of the Battlefield series, certainly knows the way to a PC gamer's heart: tell them that, for once, the PC version of a game won't be a crummy port, but will be the glorious, lead platform.

In an "interview" with Nvidia, Bach is asked - without any self interest at all, of course - by the graphics card manufacturer whether console games are holding PC games back. And Bach lets fly.

"Yes, absolutely", he says. "That's the biggest problem we have today. Most games are actually still based on the same core idea that the consoles are your focus, the superior platform or something. I don't know why. That was the truth 5 years ago, but the world has moved on."

"PCs are way more powerful than the consoles today and there are actually almost zero games out there that actually use the benefits of this. So for our target of what we want to hit, we are now using the more powerful platform to try and prove what we see gaming being in the future rather than using the lowest common denominator, instead of developing it for the consoles and then just adding higher resolution textures and anti-aliasing for the PC version."

"We're [doing] it the other way around, we start with the highest-end technology that we can come up with and then scale it back to the consoles."

That'll sound a little snooty to console owners, but then, for once they can take a back seat. PC owners have been getting the shaft for years now when it comes to ports of major console games, whether it be poor customisation options, a lack of DLC, delayed release dates or no release dates at all. And all that on a machine which can generally run rings around a PS3 or 360.

It's nice to see the shoe on the other foot for once, even if it is only one shoe on one person for one game.

[Battlefield 3 Interview]

Click to expand...

1337brian · Apr 23, 2011

I use macs at school for video editing, it's my first experience with a Mac, they're really sweet! Fast too, my current computer takes forever on my video programs, the macs at school are perfect.

iPhondTouch3G · Apr 23, 2011

1337brian said: ↑

I use macs at school for video editing, it's my first experience with a Mac, they're really sweet! Fast too, my current computer takes forever on my video programs, the macs at school are perfect.
Click to expand...

But not for playing BF or Crysis

The PC/Mac/Steam Gaming Thread --- Everything PC/Mac/Steam

iPhondTouch3G Well-Known Member

1337brian Well-Known Member

iPhondTouch3G Well-Known Member

1337brian Well-Known Member

iPhondTouch3G Well-Known Member

Share This Page

TouchArcade

Support

Useful Searches

The PC/Mac/Steam Gaming Thread --- Everything PC/Mac/Steam

iPhondTouch3G Well-Known Member

1337brian Well-Known Member

iPhondTouch3G Well-Known Member

1337brian Well-Known Member

iPhondTouch3G Well-Known Member

Share This Page