The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoI'm doing my part!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoEmulated games are free, polished, complete Modern games are $80+ steaming incomplete pile of shit This mystery will never be solved.
minus-squareEmma Liv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoAlmost all of my modern games are indies. Most cost between $5 and $30. I love retro too but if we’re going to only include modern “AAA” titles in the comparison…
minus-squarefinkrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoModern games: requires $300+ game console or a $300+ GPU to get 30 FPS Retro games: runs on your grandma’s Dell Pavilion still running Windows XP that she refuses to stop using, gets 50/60 depending on region
minus-squareMeaanBeaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoI assume they’re referring to actual hardware. I’d imagine the percentage of gamers playing emulated games is much higher than 14%. Edit: Found the article It appears I am correct.
Emulated games are free, polished, complete
Modern games are $80+ steaming incomplete pile of shit
This mystery will never be solved.
Almost all of my modern games are indies. Most cost between $5 and $30. I love retro too but if we’re going to only include modern “AAA” titles in the comparison…
Modern games: requires $300+ game console or a $300+ GPU to get 30 FPS
Retro games: runs on your grandma’s Dell Pavilion still running Windows XP that she refuses to stop using, gets 50/60 depending on region
I assume they’re referring to actual hardware. I’d imagine the percentage of gamers playing emulated games is much higher than 14%.
Edit: Found the article
It appears I am correct.