toblix Posted October 22, 2008 I have played games almost exclusively on the console the past months. So now, trying to start the first "large" game (i.e. not tiny and indie, etc.), I get a dialogue telling me "your graphics drivers are too old. Pleas update them", and I click OK and the game starts anyway and crashes my computer. I can't say I miss these things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted October 22, 2008 Haha, that's exactly the reaction I had when I more or less switched to console gaming a few years back. Though there's also a sort of rebellious, nerdy pleasure to be had on getting obscure games to work on your computer by using all sorts of tricks and patches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted October 22, 2008 meh... it's not like certain console games don't require firmware upgrades, or don't crash... consoles will only become worse (when they become more like "PC"s) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Posted October 23, 2008 So upgrade your graphics drivers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted October 23, 2008 I'm not complaining. Obviously I did, and everything's working like a charm. It's just that I've spent so much time playing on consoles (not without their issues either), and when I return to play a PC game I face the most stereotypical of PC gaming problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted October 23, 2008 Because you never have to upgrade your console firmware... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted October 23, 2008 Firmware updates have always been supersmooth for me. Pop in the game, short load time, play the game. You honestly can't compare that to the many times PC gaming required hardcore DOS fuckery or the bazillion things that could and would go wrong with incompatible versions of DirectX, graphic software, audio, drivers of all kinds... no competition. No matter how much consoles will 'become like PC's' they'll always have much less problems than especially 90s PC software, because the games are developed specifically for their hardware, of which it is know exactly what's in the box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrobbs Posted October 23, 2008 To be fair though, back on my parent's old 286 (12Mhz! 1Mb RAM! 40Mb HDD!), DOS fuckery to get games working was kind of fun. Gave me a great head start in computers at any rate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twmac Posted October 29, 2008 Agreed, sort of, having to spend ages trying to get my P133 to run Tomb Raider made me understand computers a great deal more than I had thought I ever could. I lost all though and now struggle to update my Winamp and Firefox versions properly. I was talking to some one about Diablo III and I felt this weird desire to go back to PC gaming but I have to say that I couldn't face losing any more of my life to PC gaming (I really would do no work whatsoever if I started installing big proper games on it) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
