So I'm sure everyone has been reading/watching the PC Beta announcements and trailers this week. The selling point here seems to be the [b]"uncapped framerate"[/b] slogan plastered just about everywhere. I realize they get a [b]different pvp map[/b]; but obviously that is not enough to sell the [b]hand-me-down Beta[/b] that they get to experience.
My point here is that Bungie is trying very hard to grasp the PC audience, but constantly promoting the [b]uncapped framerate[/b] option for that version of the game. To me, this is a [b]direct confession[/b] that [i]smoother gameplay at higher framerates[/i] is a boon to a game, and something that should have been incorporated into the D2 engine for the [b]console version[/b].
Don't get me wrong, you can allow PC to go up to 240FPS with a 10,000$ Alienware for all I care, but 60FPS should have been [b]standard[/b] on the updated current gen. There are [b]plenty[/b] of FirstPS that run at 60FPS on console. For Luke Smith to say that the PSPro or the leaked Scorpio specs [b]simply can't do it[/b], I'm going to say that they [b]aren't trying hard enough[/b] or that Luke Smith is [b]directly lying to us[/b].
[u]So what does this all mean? Why make this post?[/u] The takeaway here is that console players are getting an [b]inferior product, on purpose, by design[/b]. We are not getting even a comparible product. Also, PC version is getting a 2nd staff to moderate their servers and content, a double-panel of security and help that console versions will not be getting. Now [i]I don't take anything away from PC[/i], but for all intents and purposes, your "console" did not contribute a damn thing to the survival of this game for the last 3 years, and to be automatically promoted to "golden goose" because of hardware freedom seems like the ultimate betrayal. I don't like it. That's how I feel.
And I suppose that is all I have to say. Thanks for reading. I hope D2 isn't trash.
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[quote]The takeaway here is that console players are getting an [b]inferior product, on purpose, by design[/b].[/quote]We're playing on inferior consoles, so umm.... obviously?