With games no jumping from one generation of consoles to the next, when is the best time to play something? Is there ever a best time?

With games now jumping from one generation of consoles to the next, when is the best time to play something? Is there ever a best time?

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    215·
    14 days ago

    Just buy a PC. Then you don’t have to wonder about this sort of nonsense.

    E: you can safely ignore this exchange, I was wrong, Switch 2 is backwards compatible and the “enhanced editions” are only $10 for the upgrade.

    • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      13 days ago

      Don’t buy, build. It’s easier than a Lego set, and extremely satisfying when it boots up for the first time. Plus by hand picking all your parts you can ensure that you have high quality components that will last you a long time.

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      511·
      14 days ago

      Games don’t get upgraded releases on PC? That sucks.

      • biscuitswalrus@aussie.zoneEnglish
        13·
        14 days ago

        You just turn up the quality settings in the menu. You already paid for the texture and models, you don’t need to pay again.

        • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
          2·
          14 days ago

          In my experience the PC version usually is just the ‘upgraded’ console version, like Insomniac’s Spider-Man or GTAV where the PC release comes later. Or it’s been a free upgrade like Skyrim Special Edition where the upgrades on PC were very minimal besides the lighting engine improvements.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        9·
        14 days ago

        Of course they do. They just don’t require you to buy the game again (typically). Or if they do, it’s at a deeply-discounted price via DLC.

          • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
            41·
            14 days ago

            …is the point of the article not that you have to time your purchase according to the hardware?

            Today, games move around with you or are re-released/remastered, making the decision about when to play something less obvious than it may seem. There may be even better examples, but Gears 5 (a game I think is a little underrated if you’re wondering), is a brilliant achievement on Xbox One considering the hardware, but it’s significantly better on Xbox One X, and even betterer on Xbox Series X. If you’re not someone who replays games (some of us barely have time to play them a first time), there are some decisions to be made about what you play and when.

            • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
              22·
              14 days ago

              Author ponders where is the perfect time to play a game because they get improved versions so commonly now. What platforms they release on isn’t that relevant because I’m not going to be able to play Crysis remaster on a Nvidia GeForce 8800GT like the original, no?

              • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
                5·
                14 days ago

                they get improved versions so commonly now.

                They get “improved” versions that they have to buy a second time on new hardware.

                I’m not going to be able to play Crysis remaster on a Nvidia GeForce 8800GT like the original, no?

                I’ve no idea, but its very plausible if you bought higher end hardware at the time.

                • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
                  15·
                  14 days ago

                  There is backwards compatibility on all consoles at the moment, and it’s likely to become a standard moving on. I can play Crysis from X360 or remaster from XOne on my Series X.

                  My point with that 8800GT is that you need new hardware for the remaster anyway so it’s pretty much like consoles.

                  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
                    41·
                    14 days ago

                    I think you missed the point of the article. The Switch 2 is getting exclusive versions of older games that you have to buy a second time, at full price, on new hardware.

                    There is backwards compatibility on all consoles at the moment

                    Really? So the PS5 can play Crash Bandicoot? Because my PC can still play the copy of Half-Life that I bought in 2006.

                    My point with that 8800GT is that you need new hardware for the remaster anyway

                    Crysis was released 20 years ago. TOTK was released 2 years ago.