The same argument was said well over 10 years ago about US pc gaming vs console.
The problem really boiled down to pc compatibility issues.
With a console you only need one machine to test and optimize your game.
With a pc you have to deal with a room full of Windows XP, 2000, Vista, 7, 8, (now 10) running with different RAM configuration and different video cards with various driver versions. Inevitably when you release a game you get an outpouring of people saying "your game sucks because it doesn't run well on my machine even though my gaming rig specs says it should".
So console ports tend to be easier to manage because they know from day one it will work. They usually make it out the door quicker.
Look at this recent fiasco:
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‘Batman Arkham Knight’ Seems To Continue Trend Of Bad PC Ports
"WB and Rocksteady released
Batman: Arkham Knight today to the world, and while players on console may not be having any issues, PC players are in for a world of trouble.
Trouble first brewed when various sites spotted
Batman: Arkham Knight’s PC requirements change Monday. The requirements, spotted on the
Batman Arkham Knight Steam page notes a higher AMD card requirement, moving up to the HD 7950, as well as Rocksteady admitting issues potentially for AMD users.
We also want to note that there are some known issues with the performance of Batman: Arkham Knight for PC owners using AMD graphics cards. We are working closely with AMD to rectify these issues as quickly as possible and will provide updates here as they become available. We thank you for your patience in this matter.
However, Reddit users who have been able to test the new game as it releases in their area are reporting massive issues, memory leaks, and a 30-FPS cap on
Batman: Arkham Knight, regardless of their hardware choice. However, this cap seems to be
turned off during benchmark testing, as users are able to benchmark for higher frame-rate results.
While many may see PC gamers complaining about games on their platform,
Batman: Arkham Knight is an example of yet another game releasing in a halfway-broken state. While most optimization seems to take place for console players, which most companies deem the higher percentage of users, PC players are typically left in the waiting in the wind. Also, for
Batman: Arkham Knight to institute a
framerate lock (which
Fallout 4 was reported to do so till
Bethesda clarified Monday) on the game (though according to some it’s
unlockable via.ini files, though reddit is reporting instability issues when doing so) also shows that WB and Rocksteady don’t understand the PC audience, who upgrade hardware to avoid the “cinematic” framerates of their console counterparts.
Hopefully a patch will be rolling out soon that will fix issues hindering performance for PC users of
Arkham Knight, but the fact a patch is relied upon proves that this trend will continue. In the end, while Steam users may
exceed the number of PS Plus and Xbox Live users, PC ports will always play second fiddle to console versions of games, which is a shame. All versions should be treated equally and optimized to eke out the best performance of their respective platform. However,
Batman: Arkham Knight proves that yet again, that ideal is still a ways off in the future.
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