alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoValve first came up with the Steam Hardware Survey more than 20 years ago because it wanted to know what specs it should target for Half-Life 2www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down19cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkValve first came up with the Steam Hardware Survey more than 20 years ago because it wanted to know what specs it should target for Half-Life 2www.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down3·1 month agoNowadays publisher just say “buy a new PC” when being asked about specs. Fuck them.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoYou could attribute it to Crisis being so popular for not running on typical hardware But optimizing a game is a waste of money when the majority of sales occur before release
minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s not really true. A good high end PC can still last a solid 5+ years of the latest releases if you’re willing to stop running everything at max settings. That’s pretty much exactly how it was back then too…
Nowadays publisher just say “buy a new PC” when being asked about specs.
Fuck them.
You could attribute it to Crisis being so popular for not running on typical hardware
But optimizing a game is a waste of money when the majority of sales occur before release
That’s not really true. A good high end PC can still last a solid 5+ years of the latest releases if you’re willing to stop running everything at max settings.
That’s pretty much exactly how it was back then too…