Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Yes, it used to render straight to the last post.

My guess is that they must have changed the web framework, or updated it so the scrolling down should be a native feature of it.

I was recommended the part 2 of the FFVIII AI remake.

... gonna check it out after work.

... somehow Im really hoping seeing a even more sluttish Quistis.

... somehow Im also looking forward for AI lame fails like the Quistis taking off her coat despite she not even fighting, while Squall, who fought, had the entire cloths on all the time

It is those funny failures who makes my day.

I'm seeing 780 for the 512GB OLED, I think it used to be around 500 before for the same one.
Either way, around 50% price increase for hardware that's over 4 years old by now is depressing and the LCD apparently isn't available anymore.

I wonder who buys that.

You can tell who doesnt keep up with the cost of components.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/internal-hard-drive/

It was inevitable. At some point they were going to have to restock components for the new hardware and that price jump was going to hit.


Anyways, "feelings > facts" has officially reached legal precedent.
https://notthebee.com/article/belgian-court-rules-factually-correct-stats-about-migrant-crime-are-hate-speech-during-sentencing-for-right-wing-activist

This is fine, right? Nothing wrong here?

I'm not living under a rock even though I sometimes envy people who do.

I still wouldn't pay 50% premium for 4 year old hardware, it's just a luxury item and not a necessity like a work PC. I in particular wouldn't at a point where the next gen is already confirmed to be worked on cause I'd suspect next gen steam deck to make more sense financially or I'd speculate gen 1 will drop in price once next gen gets released.
I guess the answer to my question is kids and adults who haven't learned impulse control.

Wonder what the hardware situation will do to PC gaming. I'm not sure it can thrive in these conditions, at least not AAA gaming.

They're going to push cloud gaming again. You'll own nothing and you'll be happy.

*you'll pay as much as you would to maintain a top end pc in exchange for an experience that has high latency and still requires a functioning machine

I could imagine that big tech would like that as a backup plan for when the AI bubble bursts and they have all those server farms with no purpose.
However, as you said cloud gaming has latency issues so it's no alternative for anything competitive and generally inadequate for FPS games which is AFAIK the most popular genre or at least very high up there.

The hardware isnt four years old. The specs may be, but there havent been major changes to spec requirements in over four years.

Recommended specs:
Forza Horizon 5, 2021:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher
Processor: Intel i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GTX 1070, AMD RX 590, OR Intel Arc A750
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 110 GB available space

RE Village, 2021:
Recommended:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)/Windows 11 (64 bit)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 ／ Intel Core i7 8700
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700 ／ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
DirectX: Version 12
Additional Notes: Estimated performance: 1080p/60fps ・Framerate might drop in graphics-intensive scenes. ・AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 required to support ray tracing.

Jedi Survivor, 2023:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: 4 core / 8 threads | Intel Core i5 11600K | Ryzen 5 5600X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: 8GB VRAM | RTX2070 | RX 6700 XT
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 155 GB available space
Additional Notes: Internet required for non-optional patching, no online play.

Black Myth Wukong, 2024:
Recommended:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / INTEL Arc A750
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 130 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device
Additional Notes: SSD Required. The above specifications were tested with DLSS/FSR/XeSS enabled.

Pragmata, 2026:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 11 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB / Radeon RX 6600 8GB
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 40 GB available space
Additional Notes: Estimated performance when set to "Balanced" preset: 1080p/60 fps. Frame rate might drop in graphics-intensive scenes. AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB required to support ray tracing. SSD recommended.

RE Requiem, 2026:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 11 (64bit required)
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB / Radeon RX 6600 8GB
DirectX: Version 12
Additional Notes: Supports 1080p gameplay (using upscaling, native resolution of 720p)/60fps. Note: Frame rate may drop when the processing load is high. An SSD is required.



The only thing thats changed in five years for recommended specs is a better video card. I highly doubt were going to see games requiring 32GB memory anytime soon.

The steam deck was released on February 2022, we have 2026 so to me it's ~4 year old hardware.

The point is I wouldn't pick up a current gen console if next gen was already around the corner, in particular if current gen is facing a 50% price spike.
In the past this far in the life cycle of a console you'd more likely expect a 50% discount so I don't get why people would want to put up with a 50% increase now for something that isn't a necessity, regardless of the market circumstance.


Sure enough Moore's law doesn't hold up anymore so maybe my way of thinking is also antiquated, I don't know.

Cloud gaming latency is totally irrelevant for most games

normies playing stardew valley aren't phased

Also like standard disclaimer: it's the worst it will ever be right now, it will only get faster

...until corpo decides to throttle latency for higher subscription fees

xbox already does that, if you read between the lines on tiers of gamepass

prices may not be current just the first pic I found.

I've played cloud gaming on xbox at my friends place and I was stuck relying on dodges because I couldnt parry *** all in Clair Obscur.

*** outta here with latency dont matter. The only games where latency dont matter are turn based games.

Cloud based subscription gaming services are the biggest scam around.

Yet people still buy them.

I mean. When ram is $500 GPU is $5000, $10 a month a scam, really

star dew isn't the best example cause 2D games like that run on almost anything, you don't need a streaming service for that.

I can't stand input latency and delays even for games where it doesn't matter as much, it just feels sluggish.

Do they? I had the impression the last push for cloud gaming was a failure, at least google stadia shut down.

google, amazon, m$ all had ads for cloud gaming services at the last game awards. since they already have the servers they'll continue to push for cloud gaming no matter what. costs them very little to do so.

Theyre invested because they have the hardware from other foolish ventures things and trying to salvage it. Cloud gaming wont work with the gaming market thats actually spending money.

Yet, you all still play FFXI

Forget Cloud gaming, what if the next step is Claude gaming, where it makes a game based on what it thinks you want, as you go?

Here we have adventurer Richy, wielding a hockey stick about to go save princess Avril. Now there's a level that's just puppies. Oh sorry, you gotta purchase premium to pet them.

Did anyone else's windows decide to spontaneously drop half of the task bar icons when they booted their machine today?

And what's with that submit button, it didn't always look blue did it?

Just to add to this, the recommended spec GPU for a game released in the big two-six was released in 2018 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_RTX_20_series url popup isnt working on mobile), thats 8 year old hardware. The 4 year old steam deck hardware will still hold up for a long time.

Are you gonna play 2032 releases at 4k with 120 fps? No, but youre not playing 2016 releases on your steam deck at 4k with 120 fps either without frying the entire thing.

Yes, it's a scam. I bought a used last gen motherboard, 20 (twenty) core cpu and 64gb ram for $250 a couple months ago. Graphics card another 250, last gen.

Only fools buy new hardware they don't need when last gen used hardware does the same job for 1/20th the price.

Which is also why steam machine uses older hardware. The new stuff just isn't necessary for most people.

That 10 a month gets you access to games you do not own, you still need something to play them on.

Since the steam decks display resolution is listed with 1280x800 you're probably right but it depends on what you want. I suspect the AAA audience are more on the graphic *** side of the spectrum.

I don't remember what a game boy cost back in the day, wiki lists it at ~90$ (~234$ today) but I sure would have had a hard time talking my parents into buying one if it went for 800.

800 bucks could have bought you a PS2 when it was new, usually with a controller and a game on top.


Money sure lost it's value.

Anyone buying a steam deck to play games on their 70 inch tv is mentally challenged.


Which would probably be your average AAA enthusiast.

Where are you shopping man. I've been considering to add 2x more DDR4 16Gig RAM to my system but they aren't produced anymore and I can rarely find them used with the correct timings. If I find some the asking price usually starts at like 300 bucks.

To be honest 1280 x 800 is quite low, even for 2022. I think quite some cell phones and tablets had higher resolutions back then.

thanks gobbybox

Ebay. Ex-datacentre hardware.

Better to buy RAM in kits. Don't mix sticks. The one I got was a bundle, tested and working together.

Most of the time it's cheaper to buy an entire new bundle, used, than to replace/upgrade an old machine with new parts.

I'm an old hat and remember the days when "enthusiast" hardware was just regular hardware that got modded by consumers to run at better-than the-top-end performance.

Back in the olden days a Pentium 100Mhz would happily run at 120Mhz with a little persuading. Then there was the legendary Celerons with their 2x overclock headroom which made them faster than the 4x more expensive Pentiums.

Now days companies have wised up and purposefully neuter hardware so you can't do that. And then charge you an arm and a leg for the privilege of modding stuff you already own.

Vote with your wallets.

What's wrong is THIS IS POLITICS. It isn't USA politics but it is still politics.

At this point, he just does whatever he wants.

By that logic, everything is politics.

Cant talk about the problem with gaming these days because politics.
Can we discuss why gas prices are so high? Nope, thats politics too.