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I think you are right, but what you are ragging on is the meta of PC gaming. It's like an old muscle car nut trying to optimize the top speed of their car, acce

I think you are right, but what you are ragging on is the meta of PC gaming. It's like an old muscle car nut trying to optimize the top speed of their car, acceleration, etc. They enjoy driving it, but the tweaking is an additive experience. It may eventually become the experience altogether. If this isn't you, consoles or mid-tier PCs are a great fit. I would say I straddle the two - if I buy great hardware, I expect to capitalize on it. But I don't overclock shit or care exactly what speed my RAM is, nor do I need the fastest SSD or top tier everything.

marcus_holmes 3y ago
yeah, it feels like a parallel hobby - it's not actually gaming, because the game doesn't matter, it's optimising the hardware. The game is just the benchmarking tool for the graphics setup.
apecat 3y ago
Due to how my head is wired, I've discovered that I enjoy gaming a lot more after I switched to console two years ago: all settings are curated (for better and worse). I'm not even sure why I didn't switch earlier. The only reasons I can think of are fear of the controller and slow load times due to mechanical HDD on last-gen systems. I don't spend time away from gameplay trying to get optimal setting. I'm just the type of neurotic that I will do that stuff even though I absolutely don't enjoy it. I can jump directly into gaming without anxiety over how my hardware is falling behind. With my PS5 being in my living room, gaming is also time away from my desk, which I, much like doing anything on a Windows PC, associate with my IT jobby job. A console is an appliance. It's like a toaster or dishwasher, except it lets me play games without any work. With PS5, I also don't have to worry about weird glitches with audio through HDMI in my living room setup, since that's how I prefer to play. And PS5 now also renders Dolby Atmos, without any glitches. These are of course all me-problems, but I thought I'd mention it here, since gaming is too much fun to be confined to the tuning-happy garage mindset of PC.

marcus_holmes 3y ago

yeah, it feels like a parallel hobby - it's not actually gaming, because the game doesn't matter, it's optimising the hardware. The game is just the benchmarking tool for the graphics setup.

apecat 3y ago

Due to how my head is wired, I've discovered that I enjoy gaming a lot more after I switched to console two years ago: all settings are curated (for better and worse). I'm not even sure why I didn't switch earlier. The only reasons I can think of are fear of the controller and slow load times due to mechanical HDD on last-gen systems. I don't spend time away from gameplay trying to get optimal setting. I'm just the type of neurotic that I will do that stuff even though I absolutely don't enjoy it. I can jump directly into gaming without anxiety over how my hardware is falling behind. With my PS5 being in my living room, gaming is also time away from my desk, which I, much like doing anything on a Windows PC, associate with my IT jobby job. A console is an appliance. It's like a toaster or dishwasher, except it lets me play games without any work. With PS5, I also don't have to worry about weird glitches with audio through HDMI in my living room setup, since that's how I prefer to play. And PS5 now also renders Dolby Atmos, without any glitches. These are of course all me-problems, but I thought I'd mention it here, since gaming is too much fun to be confined to the tuning-happy garage mindset of PC.