Anonymous
7/21/2025, 5:51:57 PM No.716060789
PC exclusives in the 90s and early 2000s used to be boundary pushing masterpieces of the medium. Now they're just Twitch streamer FOTM games. What went wrong?
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Thread 716060789 - /v/ [Archived: 199 hours ago]
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 5:54:44 PM No.716060994
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 5:54:58 PM No.716061015
>>716060953
That came later and was considered by everyone to be a downgrade
That came later and was considered by everyone to be a downgrade
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 5:56:15 PM No.716061093
>>716061015
Not exclusive for very long, now was it?
Not exclusive for very long, now was it?
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 5:56:36 PM No.716061125
>>716060789 (OP)
Console focused development so you have to make only one version and port the scraps to PC.
It's simply cheaper to do.
>>716060953
Case in point, this is essentially a different game thanks to how much they had to butcher it.
If this version was made first and ported to PC it woud have been forgotten in a few months.
Console focused development so you have to make only one version and port the scraps to PC.
It's simply cheaper to do.
>>716060953
Case in point, this is essentially a different game thanks to how much they had to butcher it.
If this version was made first and ported to PC it woud have been forgotten in a few months.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 5:56:40 PM No.716061128
>>716060789 (OP)
deus ex wasn't really boundary pushing. its unreal engine 1.
deus ex wasn't really boundary pushing. its unreal engine 1.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 5:57:49 PM No.716061209
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 5:58:58 PM No.716061291
>>716060789 (OP)
No real boundary to be pushed.
No real boundary to be pushed.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 6:00:43 PM No.716061441
>>716060789 (OP)
Game development became absurdly expensive.
Game development became absurdly expensive.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 6:05:48 PM No.716061842
>>716060789 (OP)
Console multiplats. That's it.
>game needs to be able to run on a gimped CPU and GPU equivalent
>controllers are vastly more limited when compared to mouse and keyboard, completely unable to play games with more involved movement, interaction or combat, because dual analog can't actually provide adequate camera/cursor control
It really doesn't help that modern console controllers are practically stuck in gen 5 1/2 due to the Xbox and the rest are only 7th gen at most. The archetypal 360 pad is basically just a less capable Dreamcast controller with dual analog.
>>716061441
Absurd expenses are almost entirely due to catastrophically poor management, not the increasing scope of games.
Console multiplats. That's it.
>game needs to be able to run on a gimped CPU and GPU equivalent
>controllers are vastly more limited when compared to mouse and keyboard, completely unable to play games with more involved movement, interaction or combat, because dual analog can't actually provide adequate camera/cursor control
It really doesn't help that modern console controllers are practically stuck in gen 5 1/2 due to the Xbox and the rest are only 7th gen at most. The archetypal 360 pad is basically just a less capable Dreamcast controller with dual analog.
>>716061441
Absurd expenses are almost entirely due to catastrophically poor management, not the increasing scope of games.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 6:07:34 PM No.716061984
>>716061209
>you didn't play the shitfest that turned a masterpiece into IW 0.5
Indeed I did not, I have watched a lets play and that was enough.
I vomited.
>you didn't play the shitfest that turned a masterpiece into IW 0.5
Indeed I did not, I have watched a lets play and that was enough.
I vomited.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 6:40:04 PM No.716064457
>>716060953
thanks for beta testing
thanks for beta testing
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 7:06:01 PM No.716066546
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 7:35:42 PM No.716069101
>>716060953
One says Deus Ex
The other Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
So um, sweaty, that makes it a spin-off or DLC, doesn't it?
Also, pro hint: save a pic of StarCraft 64 copy to bring up in similar thread to mention that's StarCraft is not an exclusive as well
One says Deus Ex
The other Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
So um, sweaty, that makes it a spin-off or DLC, doesn't it?
Also, pro hint: save a pic of StarCraft 64 copy to bring up in similar thread to mention that's StarCraft is not an exclusive as well
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 7:40:24 PM No.716069470
>>716069101
Deus Ex PS2 isn't competitively viable. It's over bros, the retards have won...
Deus Ex PS2 isn't competitively viable. It's over bros, the retards have won...
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 7:41:43 PM No.716069571
>>716069224
lol.
lol.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 7:42:56 PM No.716069675
I got a zoomer to play deus ex and they're enjoying it, I did my job