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kutulu · 05-04-2004, 02:54 PM

I have to rant about the gaming industry and the video card industry. It's all based on gut feelings regarding the industries and my not be accurate at all. Please call me out if I'm way off. I'm not that knowledeable about how graphics work and how sales and marketting work either.

It might be off topic, if it is please move it to a new thread or let me know and I'll do so myself.

1) Graphics do not make the game, sadly game companies and the entire gaming industry doesn't get it and all the new games have to be set up for the most up to date card. Instead of releasing games that run really well on the average gamers system and super badass on the ubergamer system, they release games that have shitty framerates on average systems. Therefore you have to tone it down on your average system because you don't want to spend $500/yr on vid cards.

I don't need to see each button and crease in the the uniform of the asshole NPC that I'm about to blow to bits, I don't need to see his intestines fly out of the body, and the blood droplets don't need to be perfectly realistic either. It may "wow" me when I look at the box or read a review but when I'm playing I don't have time to care about it because there is another asshole NPC getting ready to rip me to shreds.

Is there some sort of spoken or unspoken collusion between manufacturers and the reviewing industry or are the fans really pushing for it? I'd really like to know.

2) Company A has a new card to debut. It's top of the line and when your sniper rifle is zoomed in on the bad guy, it allows you to see the boogers in his nose, so it's going to it's going to cost about $500. That's a lot of money, so they decided to make three variations, the A1, A2, and A3. The A3 is the one that the bulk of the R&D was focused at and the A2 and A1 versions are stripped down versions, but they still kick ass compared to what you have right now (or do they?). Since they are different, they have to make 3 production lines, 3 different types of packaging, they also had to spend a lot more money in R&D deciding how they different levels would be different and how they'd implement those changes. If they had decided to just make the best version of the card and forget about the two downgraded versions, couldn't they make just as, if not more money?

It sure as hell would seem a lot more consumer friendly at the least.

05-04-2004, 02:54 PM	#16 (permalink)
kutulu Junkie	I have to rant about the gaming industry and the video card industry. It's all based on gut feelings regarding the industries and my not be accurate at all. Please call me out if I'm way off. I'm not that knowledeable about how graphics work and how sales and marketting work either. It might be off topic, if it is please move it to a new thread or let me know and I'll do so myself. 1) Graphics do not make the game, sadly game companies and the entire gaming industry doesn't get it and all the new games have to be set up for the most up to date card. Instead of releasing games that run really well on the average gamers system and super badass on the ubergamer system, they release games that have shitty framerates on average systems. Therefore you have to tone it down on your average system because you don't want to spend $500/yr on vid cards. I don't need to see each button and crease in the the uniform of the asshole NPC that I'm about to blow to bits, I don't need to see his intestines fly out of the body, and the blood droplets don't need to be perfectly realistic either. It may "wow" me when I look at the box or read a review but when I'm playing I don't have time to care about it because there is another asshole NPC getting ready to rip me to shreds. Is there some sort of spoken or unspoken collusion between manufacturers and the reviewing industry or are the fans really pushing for it? I'd really like to know. 2) Company A has a new card to debut. It's top of the line and when your sniper rifle is zoomed in on the bad guy, it allows you to see the boogers in his nose, so it's going to it's going to cost about $500. That's a lot of money, so they decided to make three variations, the A1, A2, and A3. The A3 is the one that the bulk of the R&D was focused at and the A2 and A1 versions are stripped down versions, but they still kick ass compared to what you have right now (or do they?). Since they are different, they have to make 3 production lines, 3 different types of packaging, they also had to spend a lot more money in R&D deciding how they different levels would be different and how they'd implement those changes. If they had decided to just make the best version of the card and forget about the two downgraded versions, couldn't they make just as, if not more money? It sure as hell would seem a lot more consumer friendly at the least.