The Picard Maneuver to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoI'm doing my part!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1767arrow-down1imageI'm doing my part!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Jimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish80•30 days agoEmulated games are free, polished, complete Modern games are $80+ steaming incomplete pile of shit This mystery will never be solved.
minus-square@MeaanBeaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish27•edit-230 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.
minus-square@finkrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-230 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-squareEmma LivlinkfedilinkEnglish2•29 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…
Emulated games are free, polished, complete
Modern games are $80+ steaming incomplete pile of shit
This mystery will never be solved.
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.
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
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…