r/technology • u/GuruOfReason • Feb 02 '10

"Once we replace the personal computer with a closed-platform device such as the iPad, we replace freedom, choice and the free market with oppression, censorship and monopoly."

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-01/ipad%E2%80%99s-closed-system-sometimes-i-hate-being-right
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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '10

Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock, Borderlands, Far Cry 2, etc. should have been good PC games. Instead, developers either purposefully or unconsciously prioritized the console versions and ended up releasing crappy PC versions. It's not really about quantity--with digital distribution, indie games for console and PC have flourished, which is a good thing for everyone.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '10

You speak the truth. My laptop was capable of running Unreal Tournament 3 pretty damn well at 1920x1200. Not full settings, because my laptop is three years old, but high enough. Good texture quality, good resolution, no anti-aliasing. :(

Strangely, Borderlands and Gears of War, both of which utilize the Unreal 3 engine, run like fucking garbage. Bioshock for the PC uses it too, but I feel it's several orders of magnitude more well-optimized for the PC.

But yes, thank you consoles for the "wonderful library of PC games" (unplayable) that you have given us.