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submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 76 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Emulated games are free, polished, complete

Modern games are $80+ steaming incomplete pile of shit

This mystery will never be solved.

[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I assume they're referring to actual hardware. I'd imagine the percentage of gamers playing emulated games is much higher than 14%.

Edit: Found the article

It appears I am correct.

[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Modern games: requires $300+ game console or a $300+ GPU to get 30 FPS

Retro games: runs on your grandma's Dell Pavilion still running Windows XP that she refuses to stop using, gets 50/60 depending on region

[–] not3ottersinacoat@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Almost all of my modern games are indies. Most cost between $5 and $30. I love retro too but if we're going to only include modern "AAA" titles in the comparison...