+1
People say PC gaming is on the rise but when you actually read into it, it isn't really, certainly not for the triple a gaming space. The vast majority of income/profit is coming from competitive/esports and free to play games such as CS:GO, LOL and overwatch etc.
And again, if PC gaming was on the rise then surely PC releases would be a lot better (at least for the triple a titles) done rather than being released in the state that they are and then having developers take 4+ months to patch them up.... There's a reason why companies a lot of the time out source the PC version/port to a 3rd party developer i.e. it just isn't worth the effort/resources/time
If it was on the rise, PC would be lead platform with everything else coming after the PC as an afterthought, instead of mostly the other way around.
Pre Pascal, Nv were making noises about bringing the PC up to parity of console capable AAA titles.
The claim here seems to be that mining=bad because it's enabling lack of competition for high end discrete GPU sales, and this has been a contributory factor in the decline of PC gaming. Yeah?
I'd like to explore that further, however the post quoted below appears to be closing the conversation down. So, unless anyone feels like conversing about it I'm quite happy to move along.
Wasn't closing it down, only closed down the possible MrT type 'you fool' type comments that I wouldn't waste effort replying to, but to answer you, yes I do think mining is bad for gaming due to gamers not being able to have a purchase option and it will contribute to a further decline in gaming.
A few gens back you were getting 1070 type 1080p performance for ~£200, now it's doubled, they even marketed and priced the (imo)crap FE blower as a premium product because they added a silver die to the cooler mix, then the better coolers were/are priced above the crap one.
Bearing in mind that even though some gens there has been an increase in cost due to repeated milking from production all the way up the chain on route to the consumer, plenty times there has been an advancement in performance slotted in at the same pp as the outgoing replacement.
Plenty others not willing to purchase due to diminished bfb replaced with increasing costs instead of the more traditional new process=higher performance at roughly the equivalent outlay that you want to replace, 970 flew off the shelves, the lower segment 1060 is no where near selling like the 970 did.
While I don't think there is an absolute ellement of greed from the vendors, I do think they take the **** with moving performance tiers up the chain to con the user into thinking they are getting a new product when there has always always been the top end model, it just didn't have the Titan and now the Frontier edition marketing behind it.
Oh and Hail Hail mate.
