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Re: Should Sony Reconsider Killing Future Single-Player PlayStation Ports to PC?

stoper

I understand them. Consoles have very little to offer besides exclusive games at this point.
A decade ago you could argue that maintaining a gaming PC required some extra efforts, but now it's pretty much effortless - Windows updates are automatically executed when you shut it down, video drivers update with a couple clicks, Steam and GOG Galaxy work pretty much flawlessly. You can play with keyboard and mouse, you can play with every controller out there, you can play on a TV, you can play on a wide range of monitors in every conceivable format. You buy a game on PC and you can even play it on a handheld device. The only argument left in favor of consoles is that PCs are big and you can't just put them under the TV in the living room. And Steam is about to solve that with the Steam Machine. Add to that the rumor that the next Xbox will be a console/PC hybrid of a sort that can play PC games and the scales go completely off balance.
Sony's not making a choice here. They are playing the only card they have left.

Re: Nvidia's new DLSS 5 Brings Photo-Realistic Lighting To RTX 50-Series

stoper

@StooMonster I don't think they are lying to us. Nvidia is. And they just repeated what they were told. When they should have sat down and analyzed the images carefully.
And "why not" should be clear by the *****-storm that's going on at the moment. They are being blamed as if they themselves developed the f-ing DLSS 5.

Re: Nvidia's new DLSS 5 Brings Photo-Realistic Lighting To RTX 50-Series

stoper

@StooMonster Well, that's why some people are angry at DF. Because it's clearly not just lighting. Grace's lips look completely different. At one point a character blinks and his eyelids go bonkers. There is obviously AI layering on top of the characters' faces.
Don't get me wrong, I don't blame Rich and Oliver. They have their personal opinion, whatever. But they should have known this will be controversial and should not have rushed with a quick coverage from a hotel room.

Re: Digital Foundry's 2025 Graphics of the Year Awards

stoper

Some solid visual bangers this year. Doom truly looks most impressively on technical level.
I would definitely add E33 on the list of the best, though. May not have the bells and whistles, but artistically it's one of the most beautiful games I've played.