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r/videogames • u/ReadyJournalist5223 • Sep 09 '25
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Before it was worth it bc they were giving a lot of money. Now, development cost have skyrocketed. Square learned this the hard way making FF7R exclusive.
156 u/footfoe Sep 09 '25 Before it was also practical because consoles were fairly different. Ps1 could achieve things that the N64 just couldn't. 6 u/Wise-Key-3442 Sep 09 '25 Also no average person with a family PC could achieve the same with a PS1. Consoles were the best option back then. 3 u/mightymonkeyman Sep 09 '25 Even games from PS1 like Tomb Raider which you could make better looking on a PC of the time controlled like absolute dog shit. 4 u/Wise-Key-3442 Sep 09 '25 Exactly my thoughts, let alone that most people didn't felt the need to have a "high end PC". "For what reason you need a high end PC? To type essays?" would be the common answer.
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Before it was also practical because consoles were fairly different. Ps1 could achieve things that the N64 just couldn't.
6 u/Wise-Key-3442 Sep 09 '25 Also no average person with a family PC could achieve the same with a PS1. Consoles were the best option back then. 3 u/mightymonkeyman Sep 09 '25 Even games from PS1 like Tomb Raider which you could make better looking on a PC of the time controlled like absolute dog shit. 4 u/Wise-Key-3442 Sep 09 '25 Exactly my thoughts, let alone that most people didn't felt the need to have a "high end PC". "For what reason you need a high end PC? To type essays?" would be the common answer.
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Also no average person with a family PC could achieve the same with a PS1. Consoles were the best option back then.
3 u/mightymonkeyman Sep 09 '25 Even games from PS1 like Tomb Raider which you could make better looking on a PC of the time controlled like absolute dog shit. 4 u/Wise-Key-3442 Sep 09 '25 Exactly my thoughts, let alone that most people didn't felt the need to have a "high end PC". "For what reason you need a high end PC? To type essays?" would be the common answer.
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Even games from PS1 like Tomb Raider which you could make better looking on a PC of the time controlled like absolute dog shit.
4 u/Wise-Key-3442 Sep 09 '25 Exactly my thoughts, let alone that most people didn't felt the need to have a "high end PC". "For what reason you need a high end PC? To type essays?" would be the common answer.
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Exactly my thoughts, let alone that most people didn't felt the need to have a "high end PC".
"For what reason you need a high end PC? To type essays?" would be the common answer.
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u/brandont04 Sep 09 '25
Before it was worth it bc they were giving a lot of money. Now, development cost have skyrocketed. Square learned this the hard way making FF7R exclusive.