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
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      8 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·
        8 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·
          8 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·
            8 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·
              8 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.

              • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
                12·
                8 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.

                So this is same as buying Crysis and then having to pay for remaster on PC. And a new PC to run it.

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

                I won’t be defending PS5, situation there is dire, you could purchase Crash on PS3 in 2006 but it’s stuck there, hence I play on Xbox. I can play some games from original Xbox, loads from 360 (and I hope more since MS bought Activision) and everything from XbOne.

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

                This is not the point since author wonders if he should wait with replaying even more, until Switch 3.

                This whole thing is about something else entirely, I don’t know why we’re arguing over this but I’m bored at a hospital so I can go on :D

                • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
                  3·
                  8 days ago

                  So this is same as buying Crysis and then having to pay for remaster on PC. And a new PC to run it.

                  Most of the time you do not have to pay for a remaster. They just continuously update the original, or they offer it via DLC (as I said previously).

                  I’m just now seeing the TOTK remaster is only $10 so I retract my statement.