The release of Borderlands 4 did not overcome without another scandal. The head of the Gearbox Randy Pitchford, in response to players' complaints about the game optimization poorly, protested that they simply don't know how to use their PC and recommend buying a stronger car. Jokes, but this illustrates the current status of the gaming industry. Gamesindustry.biz information portal speakWhy.
Fiasco gearbox does not exist in isolation. In fact, this is just another reminder about two major issues that cause the dissatisfaction of many consumers of the video game.
The first problem in a sense can be considered a closed issue, even if it continues to cause inconvenience for many users. It is a long problem: even though it is allowed to display studios in the release of the game is clearly broken (in the technical sense), then quickly fix them with patches after debut.
The dispute about this did not settle down because developers had the opportunity to comfort their games. Here you can understand the supporters of the outdated control interface model: If the previous projects are released on the disc or only read cartridge, and they cannot propagate, now many studios abuse the comfort of modern technologies. But consumers have long lost this dispute. It feels like owners are quite comfortable with the technical conditions of the game, as well as the practice of patching of the first day. Of course, the PC market, this issue is always a “wild West”.
But the second problem is much more related. The developer and simple gamers are increasingly participating in the discussion of the price of the game and the threshold of the game as a hobby. Randy Pitchford has entered the territory in the past, saying that Borderlands fans really won't spend $ 80 each game, although $ 70 has received a price on the release. But, Pitchford wanted or not, his comment hit right on the nerves.
Awareness of games as an expensive hobby is probably the most serious danger to the industry at this time. The truth about inflation and the cost of development fade compared to the foundation of emotions surrounding this issue. Consumer transformation into a model, in which games are considered expensive joys, overcome one of the main advantages of the vehicle. Specifically, his benefits of the price and entertainment ratio received.
Moreover, it is not only about the price increase for AAA game or control panel. The components for the PC are also valuable, not to be missed, because playing PC is often positioned as an economic alternative for the control panel.
Nothing in the growth of Iron Iron price for PC. The price for many main components, especially video cards, has grown stably in recent years and random improvements from buying a new generation of iron are not always impressive. In addition, the explosion of the demand for GPU compared to the foundation of cryptocurrency fever simply tightens many users interested from the market.
The golden age has not had the same corruption, partly due to the fact that NVIDIA specially produces chips and equipment to be more optimized for artificial intelligence compared to consumer models. However, language models do not allow prices for components to drop to brands, which are considered the standard before the explosion of cryptocurrencies. The new video card can cost two or three times compared to PS5 or convert 2, even if you consider the options in the average price segment.
A similar link will not be too much if PC games are optimized for a range of characteristics, including weaker machines that work on old components. With the popularity of laptops and steam floor, nothing is impossible in this requirement. Even Tim Suini, the head of the monumental games, not long ago, reacted for a long time to support the optimization of hard work, note that many developers create projects for high -end systems, without putting enough power and resources to optimize PCs less powerful.
In fact, in a way, the situation is even worse than you may think of Suin. Many new games go in the opposite direction completely – they use to expand technologies, such as DLSS and frame. And on the platforms that do not support these technologies, some actual releases are not recorded. What is the problem, because most technologies and most technologies require new ingredients. For example, for DLSS relatively harmless, the video cards of the last generation pair are needed, as well as the generation of human resources is much more conflicting.
Dear PCs always and will be a welcome symbol of the situation between gamers. But, at the same time, computers should also be the most powerful argument of the industry that supports access. A personal computer is a gaming device and many people own it. You can play the games on it by buying them on available digital locations, without spending money on a new expensive iron.
I want this yard to become a powerful place for the platform, but that means developers will have to take care of PCs, laptops and even Mac popular devices – almost everywhere between students and high school students. That is, the main segment of the audience of the gaming industry.
The industry is at high risk if the PC suddenly stops fulfilling the role of the entry point for the new consumers and losing the condition of devices that are beneficial for those who cannot afford to pay too much cost. This is exactly what is standing in the shares if poorly optimized for weak systems to become a standard for the gaming industry – no one wants to be updated just to play new items.
