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Driver updates. OS updates. Driver update broke HDMI. OS update broke my controller config. Steam update broke my controller config. Bluetooth controller random

Driver updates. OS updates. Driver update broke HDMI. OS update broke my controller config. Steam update broke my controller config. Bluetooth controller randomly unpairs every other week. Game picks the wrong sound device so now it's coming out of the TV instead of my wireless headphones. Some game doesn't work with gamepad so I guess I need a wireless kb/m now, too. Oop game lost focus because of a Chrome update dialog, guess I need to alt-tab back into it, shit the keyboard batteries are dead... PC gaming sucks.

izzydata 4y ago
There is no fundamental reason why a PC can't be made to be like a console due to the fact that consoles are just PCs. It's pretty darn simple already, but Microsoft could take it one step further by having some kind of boot into gaming mode that does everything for you.
- lttlrck 4y ago
  That'd be great but they would still have all the driver luggage.
amcoastal 4y ago
zimpenfish 4y ago
> Oop game lost focus because of a Chrome update dialog This is particularly irksome on the Macbook when playing Minecraft because you can't just CMD-Tab back in (because Mojang's UI competence is on par with their optimisation competence) - you have to click out of the not-visible Minecraft and then click on it in the dock. (CMD-Tab only works when it's not fullscreen.)
dmonitor 4y ago
Consoles need updates too. Never had a driver update break HDMI, and I can't see how that is a thing in current year. Steam fixed controllers with their controller API. Changing the sound device is two button clicks. Consoles have system updates that remove features. Consoles add advertisements to the home screen. They can only play games approved by the hardware manufacturer, from their store, and pay their 30% "subsidize our hardware" tax. You have to pay $60/yr to use your own internet. You have to use their online chat system. You can't host private servers. You can't easily share your screen or have a second display for social features. You have to use a controller for all games, and if a game doesn't support controllers it just never gets ported. You also can't install mods, do any serious creative work, or emulate games from competitor's systems. Console gaming sucks
- coldpie 4y ago
  None of that matters to me. I just want to turn the thing on and play some Halo.
- lttlrck 4y ago
  It's almost as if different people like different things?

izzydata 4y ago

There is no fundamental reason why a PC can't be made to be like a console due to the fact that consoles are just PCs. It's pretty darn simple already, but Microsoft could take it one step further by having some kind of boot into gaming mode that does everything for you.

lttlrck 4y ago
That'd be great but they would still have all the driver luggage.

amcoastal 4y ago

zimpenfish 4y ago

> Oop game lost focus because of a Chrome update dialog This is particularly irksome on the Macbook when playing Minecraft because you can't just CMD-Tab back in (because Mojang's UI competence is on par with their optimisation competence) - you have to click out of the not-visible Minecraft and then click on it in the dock. (CMD-Tab only works when it's not fullscreen.)

dmonitor 4y ago

Consoles need updates too. Never had a driver update break HDMI, and I can't see how that is a thing in current year. Steam fixed controllers with their controller API. Changing the sound device is two button clicks. Consoles have system updates that remove features. Consoles add advertisements to the home screen. They can only play games approved by the hardware manufacturer, from their store, and pay their 30% "subsidize our hardware" tax. You have to pay $60/yr to use your own internet. You have to use their online chat system. You can't host private servers. You can't easily share your screen or have a second display for social features. You have to use a controller for all games, and if a game doesn't support controllers it just never gets ported. You also can't install mods, do any serious creative work, or emulate games from competitor's systems. Console gaming sucks

coldpie 4y ago
None of that matters to me. I just want to turn the thing on and play some Halo.
lttlrck 4y ago
It's almost as if different people like different things?