The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoI'm doing my part!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1388arrow-down1imageI'm doing my part!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square45linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·2 years agoEmulated games are free, polished, complete Modern games are $80+ steaming incomplete pile of shit This mystery will never be solved.
minus-squareMeaanBeaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years 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-squarefinkrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years 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
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