Is the current state of PC gaming good?

Is the current state of PC gaming good?

No but it's better than consoles

Meh. It's okay I guess.

No, look at the amount of great games released this first quarter

PC has fucking nothing except mass effect to show for and it looks like shit

Care to name some good recent releases?

I can name several for console(s) from Nioh to Story Of Seasons, Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Yakuza 0, Dragonquest 7 Remake, Gravity Rush 2

Here's what I played on consoles in 2017

Project Diva Future Tone
Gravity Rush 2
Yakuza 0
Nioh

Here's what I played on PC in 2017

Modded skyrim to rub one out

I don't see how this is better than consoles.

Emulate the good times of consoles pre 7th gen.
I know it's not much, but that's PC gamings gimmick; leeching off older consoles glories.

Nobody counts anime shit games u fucking weeaboo

I do. And my opinion for my own enjoyment is more important than yours.

Don't forget Horizon™: Zero Dawn™ which is only available on the Sony™ PlayStation™ 4™.

It will be soon

>the things I play represent entire industries
alright then

Not really. There are some cool indie games but most of them are still in development and are early access. Some older games still have good communities, both in general and for modding. Not many high budget games outside of console ports but that's fine.

Though I don't think the state of consoles is much better. Sure, they get all the AAA attention but most of those games are garbage. And recently I've been playing nothing but modded Stalker which you can't play on consoles.

>PC gaming
>Console ports
>Of games that were originally PC games
>Deus Ex creator himself labels PC an afterthought to developers

I love it. PC had a niche and an excellent pool of developers and PC-only genres and games and it was killed because faggots wanted to turn it into a console on PC hardware and only play AAA multiplatform games.

It's sad but fuck modern PC users and their shitty taste in games that killed the platform. They made their bed and now they have to lie in it, morons. /r/pcmasterrace-types fucked true PC gaming and turned it into a clown platform.

To me, the last couple years have been pretty shit for games. I'm pretty sure the only game I got in 2015 was Fallout 4 which I didn't even finish. Last year I got Dark Souls 3 and Overwatch.

I've been itching to play something new, but other than Zelda, no big realeases have interested me in a while regardless of platform.

It's hit and miss just like anything.

The main reason I always keep a high end PC is for photo editing and running multiplats at 60+ fps. Even if I didn't game I'd have a fast computer.

I don't think that's the reason. Consoles are the more popular platform and developers wanted a piece of that pie. Doesn't have too much to do with console retards moving to PC. If it did I would think that would mean more focus on PC because the audience would be there.

1. All of those games you just listed would run better on PC. It's not the PC's fault that a company coded their game to require what is basically a $400 physical DRM check.

2. Those games you listed are exclusive to multiple consoles and the cost of all of them would exceed the cost of a mid tier gaming PC.

3. PC doesn't have exclusive games because there isn't an international conglomerate controlling it to make exclusive deals. The openness of the platform is the reason it's so free. You don't need to pay a subscription to go online with your own fucking internet connection.

4. None of this matters because this is a console war bait thread.

>soon

Witcher 3 was probably the biggest nail in the coffin in regards to this.

i think gaming in general peaked a year before xbox one/ps4 were announced

after that, it just kind of started stabilizing but nothing really new coming out.

think of this gen as filler content until the real next gen shit comes out.

Nioh, SoS, Yakuza and GR2 are all kusoge though.

stay mad you don't get to play any of it, stuck with undertale and stardew valley on your 3000$ machine. Sad!

at least we know they'll be at e3 this year h-haha

PCuck here. Not at all. It's actually in a shit spot. So much indie trash and the only thing to look forward are ports. Consoles unironically are much better than PC, game-wise. Seriously, between PS4 with it's great releases as of late and Nintendo with it's Switch, PC is in a drought.

No.

DLC, indie, pre-order, Overwatch, sjws, weeb games, premium/deluxe editions, ASSFAGGOTS replacing RTS (now dead) games..

Pretty great honestly
There's a lot of shit out there but there's also a lot of shit art out there and the Mona Lisa still exists
There are excellent PC games too

>DLC, indie, pre-order, Overwatch, sjws, weeb games, premium/deluxe editions, ASSFAGGOTS replacing RTS (now dead) games..
only one, maybe two of those only applies to pc gaming

Name 1 then. For 2017

100% agreed.

You won't find many modern PC gamers excited for thimbleweed park because the damage has already been done by idiots wanting to turn PC into a console port machine. We can't go back in time though, they have already damaged the platform

I own everything and PC and Vita are all I really play on currently so I guess

I want to try Nier but that's about it

I'm planning to use my PC for a few games coming out this year, like Yooka-Laylee, Sonic Mania, Sonic 2017, Cuphead, and the new South Park (even though it will likely be chained to Uplay)

as an autist who has no interest in AAA dumbshit casual games like the shit that gets shilled daily here, I think it could be better but it's not terrible.

>look at the amount of great games released this first quarter

CDPR have wanted to make console games since TW1 and TW2 was already pretty consolized.

I too am jealous of PS4 and Switch's amazing library, fellow PCbro.

Pretty much this. the only AAA shit I've played recently has been Titanfall 2. I just wish indie shit wasn't all perma-early access shit.

been saying this for years, faggots crying for garbage console exclusives are the same faggots that hop ship with their 1800 dollar alienware laptops and only play league

at least indies are worthwhile right now

console games can be played in pc if you are haxxor

>imagine being this buttblasted

Nothing we could do.

Console platform owners are literally paying studios to avoid the PC.

Publishers get a cut from Xbox live/PSN monthly fees.

Publishers get pack in game deals, marketing deals, exclusive tie in deals if they don't release on the PC.

The biggest developers/publishers can ONLY exist with the existing console monopoly.

Rockstar/Ubisoft aren't going to be able to pay 1000 people to work on their games if consoles ever stop existing, so they will always treat the PC as second class.

>ITT: Only AAA games matter

0 indie games are worth playing. they don't justify your 3000$ PC except those early access survival garbo, it's 2d indie pixel platformer shit or walking simulators. it's funny how the masterrace shits on AAA games when indie games are literally made of that

Not to mention Pirates.

Best recent PC games are as follows:
- Haydee
- Nights of azure
- SENRAN KAGURA Bon Appétit!
- Criminal Girls: Invite Only
- Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel

Pretty much been proven pirates really aren't that big of a problem, most buy the games they enjoy

my PC is 800 dollars and you're implying I don't own a console

brigador and shadow tactics are better than every console game released since BB, though I haven't played Yakuza 0 or Nier yet

>0 indie games are worth playing

Yes, still have the immense freedom and library its had for a long time. Consoles continue to be the most cancer ridden shitheaps that continue to exist only because kids can't fathom the effect their support for consoles has on the industry and wageslaves who're stupid enough to think console gaming is cheap.

The industries only hope of success is to crash. Anticonsumer shit can rule over the industry because kids simply have mommy and daddy buy them it and wageslaves are just thoughtless goyim. Its terminal, please kill it.

if you are retarded

Yes?

>I LOVE PLAYING RETRO 8BIT INDIE GAMES ON MY $5000 PC

Quake?

Halo Wars 2?

Its fantastic. Never has PC gaming been in such a positive state. There is so much variety its wonderful.
I built a PC in 2015 and never have I felt like I have an infinite number of games to play. Its so wonderful, and everything looks gorgeous.
>look at the amount of great games released this first quarter
Tales of Berseria, Resident Evil 7, Atelier Sophie, and the upcoming Nier Automata, Atelier Firis, and Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.

>games are either battlefield 1 or undertale
>there is no in between

Not to mention Lost Ark looks pretty good

>PC is expensive meme

also yes uncharted is garbage, so is horizon

AAA shit caters to the average retard, just like a blockbuster movie. There's a handful of good ones but for the most part they're dumb games built to pull the average dumb consumer away from Fifa or CoD for a couple of weeks

What games are you talking about?
Fucking nothing?

Sure, if you like strategy, sims, and emulation.

Are you fucking serious? the PC market is oversaturated with steaming piles of early access games, some of them dated back 3-4 years ago and it remains unfinished!

Not to mention the list of discontinued early access games because the funding went UNDER. PC has NO GAMES that can justify buying an expensive rig right now.

>So much indie trash and the only thing to look forward are ports.

As opposed to the years of barely functional console ports? I'd say PC is in a pretty good spot right now.

Honestly, I don't even understand why PC vs console wars are even a thing. Anybody who can afford to build a gaming PC can afford a console.

>Switch's amazing library
wat?
1 game is a library?

>Resident evil 7
>Yakuza 0
>Gravity rush 2
>Nioh
>Nier Automata
>Tales of Berseria

No one's going to deny that PC is infested with early access. Honestly, though, at least PC has variety. If it weren't for Nioh, my PS4 would still be gathering dust in the corner as it has been for the past couple of years.

Bayonetta 2.

>more bad games
So? There are more good games on PC than ever before too. No one has to buy shit games. They don't have any relevancy.

And I don't know. I built my rig to play games at max settings 1080p 60fps, and there are still a select few games where I can't do that with. But what you can run looks and runs perfectly and is gorgeous. Even some modern games on a mid-tier rig can be run at 4k with downsampling. Its beautiful

Because retards need to show loyalty to their products
They'll even deny the fact that games in general are just dying

>not recognizing sarcasm

>y-you're just mad!
projecting much

buzzwords:thepost

>denuvo

Only one on there that has decent gameplay is Nioh

All those games are on other consoles that have more games of the same type. There is no point to PC if those are the games you like. DS, PS4 and 3DS all have those games but even more.

Sup Forums is half underage and are too poor to build a PC. You should know this by now.

prove it

that email was literally nothing more than a business inquiry, and if you try to say its anything else youre just sensationalizing it

Like what? give example, it has to be a finished Product. not F2P, Good gameplay, no PS3 era graphics at least and has a singleplayer online\offline mode the very least, not a AAA game, not a point & click game.

I'm having plenty of fun. It's gonna get a lot better when Quake Champions is released.

>Tales of Berseria, Resident Evil 7, Atelier Sophie, and the upcoming Nier Automata, Atelier Firis, and Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.

All On PS4* On 3DS*

So there's no reason to get a PC basically.

undertale

nope, it'll be an online catastrophe

Name 1(one) game for pc

runescape

Europa Universalis IV.
Tales of Berseria if you want a recent multiplat

Jackie Chan
FUCK

...

now, ya'll just fucking around, ya'll suck. Masterrace my ass.

You need PC to play the greatest game of all time, so yeah PC is pretty great.

>Atelier Firis

But there are. The games look and run at their best, you have massive amounts of control over how you play them and what they look like, and you won't have to move back and forth from a newer gen platform and an older one just to play them once the time comes.
Toukiden 2 and Dragon Quest Heroes II.
All the games I like you'd probably argue have PS3-era graphics or have bad gameplay. Subjectively speaking, I find PC gaming to be full of games to play.

yes

The fuck does Barneyfag have to do with Atelier?

>name a game that fits this specific criteria I give you, anything else is a bad game or doesn't count

>it has to be a finished Product. not F2P, Good gameplay, no PS3 era graphics at least, not a point & click game

>not a AAA game

choose one

All my friends are talking about how good Nioh, Bloodborne, Yakuza and I'm sitting here on my PC thinking of what to play next. kill me

yeah, cause you got nothing.

Name ONE (1), I repeat one, a single PC exclusive game to come out in the last year that is actually good and isn't indieshit or alphacancer.

I'll wait.

then by your own metric neither do you

I'm currently playing Gwent, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Torment: Tides of Numenera, and River City Rampage: underground.

I'm sure some shitposters will have a cry about the last 2. But whatever. I'm enjoying them.

I have plenty of titles, just nothing that fits every one of those criteria.
I keep a list of games that interest me getting releases on PC by release date:
Criminal Girls: Invite Only (Jan 11)
Caladrius Blaze (Jan 12)
Resident Evil 7 (Jan 23)
Panty Party (Jan 24)
Tales of Berseria (Jan 26)
Disgaea 2 PC (Jan 30)
Rosenkreuzstilette (Feb 3)
Mobius Final Fantasy (Feb 6)
Atelier Sophie (Feb 7)
Nights of Azure (Feb 7)
Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force (Feb 14)
Princess Maker Refine (Feb 17)
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk (Feb 21)
A Night in the Woods (Feb 21)
River City Ransom (Feb 27)
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (Mar 7)
Atelier Firis (Mar 7)
Nier Automata (Mar 10)
Monster Monpiece (Mar 14)
Dead Rising 4 (Mar 14)
Senran Kagura: Estival Versus (Mar 17)
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (Mar 24)
Toukiden 2 (Mar 24)
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy (Mar 27)
A Rose in the Twilight (Apr 11)
Yooka-Laylee (Apr 11)
Psycho Pass: Mandatory Happiness (Apr 24)
Dragon Quest Heroes II (Apr 25)
Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy (May 16)
Tokyo Tattoo Girls (May)
Tekken 7 (June 1)
Cladun Returns (June 6)
Ys VIII (Fall)
Ace Combat 7 (2017)
Ni No Kuni II (2017)
Freedom Planet 2 (2017)
A Hat in Time (2017)
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (2017)
Wonder boy and the Dragon’s Trap (2017)
Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord (2017)

But obviously most of these don't fit all of those criteria.

>B-b-but t-t-those games would be better on PC!!!!!!!!

Well they are not so you get nothing. Enjoy the windows 10 creators update though, that might be fun or something.