2025 PC hardware preview: This is the tech we want in our gaming rigs from the coming year
Some of this is more certain than others, but it's all very enticing.
January 2025 PCG Article Discussion
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Zloth
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The video cards will be a Big Deal for sure. If they are crazy expensive again, I think we're going to start getting into a world of hurt. If they go back to sanity, it should be an amazing hardware year.2025 PC hardware preview: This is the tech we want in our gaming rigs from the coming year
Some of this is more certain than others, but it's all very enticing.www.pcgamer.com
On another front:
After 2024, it feels like the games industry is poised for a vibe shift—or maybe a reckoning
This year's trends and hardships are setting up 2025 to be a year of big change.
On another front:
After 2024, it feels like the games industry is poised for a vibe shift—or maybe a reckoning
This year's trends and hardships are setting up 2025 to be a year of big change.
I wonder if we'll see fewer games being released on Steam in 2025. I imagine most of the 19,000 games released in 2024 didn't turn a profit and at some point I would guess it isn't worth it to even try.
Why do some games get a pass for jank and others don't?
When encountering jank I either find myself charmed or gnash my teeth in anger. No middle ground.
I think jank is easy to forgive if it feels like the developers did their best. It's a lot harder to forgive if it feels like the developer screwed up and either they didn't even check their own work or they were aware of the issue and just didn't fix it even though it seems like it should've been an easy fix.
A mistake that slips through from someone who's trying their best is fine, a mistake that slips through from someone who doesn't care feels disrespectful to the player.
What is it with all the doom and gloom? There has never been a time with more options. Live service style games have been around since the 90s so it's nothing new except now you can play a ton for free. There are games from strat, rpg, fps, driving, sims, adventures, Vns, building games, city builders, with new stuff coming out all the time, The list is endless of options yet people act like if it doesn't fit their needs to a T, then its horrible and shouldn't exist
I dunno about everyone else, but I'm glad there is so much diversity in games these days. Options on what to play, how to buy or free, early access, to dlc growth add ones, or complete single players that are one shots and done. Add to that so many unique stories that don't revolve around the classic tropes and even those still exist, but thankfully there are new options for those that want them. Then to top it off there has never been more great games for a couple if dollars and great games from history to top it off.
Some how all of this combined is horrible for gaming because some choose to go with the masses like they are zombies going from latest craze to the next, well people did that 20 years ago too.
The only thing that bothers me about gaming today are the gamers themselves. The ones that do nothing but troll and hate on things just because they don't Like
I'd like to think things will go back to people finding something they enjoy and get to talk about it with others but I think that's a lost cause, hate and lies spread Like wildfire and a positive post won't even get a reply.
But judging by the amount of hate Mass effect Andromeda gets 10 years later I don't think there is any hope of that changing. you'd think people could let others enjoy something they don't, but apparently Like everything else it's too much to ask.
I dunno about everyone else, but I'm glad there is so much diversity in games these days. Options on what to play, how to buy or free, early access, to dlc growth add ones, or complete single players that are one shots and done. Add to that so many unique stories that don't revolve around the classic tropes and even those still exist, but thankfully there are new options for those that want them. Then to top it off there has never been more great games for a couple if dollars and great games from history to top it off.
Some how all of this combined is horrible for gaming because some choose to go with the masses like they are zombies going from latest craze to the next, well people did that 20 years ago too.
The only thing that bothers me about gaming today are the gamers themselves. The ones that do nothing but troll and hate on things just because they don't Like
I'd like to think things will go back to people finding something they enjoy and get to talk about it with others but I think that's a lost cause, hate and lies spread Like wildfire and a positive post won't even get a reply.
But judging by the amount of hate Mass effect Andromeda gets 10 years later I don't think there is any hope of that changing. you'd think people could let others enjoy something they don't, but apparently Like everything else it's too much to ask.
I find that I see more posts complaining about toxic gamers than posts from toxic gamers. There are plenty of gaming communities without hate, like the one on this very forum.
Just like there are a lot of options for video games there are a lot of options for gamer communities as well. If you see one that tolerates hate, leave it alone and find another one.
I don't have any facts to back this up, but I think a large percentage of those 19,000 games are by solo developers or very, very small teams (like 2 or 3 people). At least, that's what I gather from looking through them. It's kind of a really complicated hobby, so for those people I'm not sure how important a profit is, although I'm sure they'd like to hit it big.
Is it just me or does PC Gamer actively ignore the fact that the Stalker 2 devs' country was invaded by Russia, and that they endured a vast amount of hardships, including at least one developer killed in action?
At least twice recently PCG writers seem to be at a loss for why people are giving Stalker 2 so much leeway when the devs could have launched just about anything and most people would have been fine with it because of what the devs have been through. I know that for me personally there was a zero percent chance I was ever going to write a negative review for that game.
I have just been looking at the price of the latest 50 series nvidea cards. Even though i can afford one i dont think my wife would be happy if i had a new rig built and told her i was gonna have a 5090 that is £2,020 , and then of course the rest of the parts would have to all be in the high end price range to get the best out of it and i bet it wont fit in many cases. Like everything else in the wonderful world of gaming they will sell a lot because its a worldwide market instead of a single high street shop , its to hope they dont have overheating and melting plug/cable problems like the 40 series.
Thanks to Doom, I can finally solve captcha prompts without wanting to spoon my eyeballs out and wander into the wilderness
AI crawlers must now surely be Doomed.
"Shoot all the demons wearing a light green chiffon."
Me: What's a chiffon again? Oh, God, they are all wearing green! *starts panic shooting hoping that will prove I'm a human*
Gaming is a good thing for the workplace, apparently—so if you'll excuse me, I'm off to 'do some extensive training'
It's for the good of us all, honest.
I guess I no longer have to feel guilty about sneaking in some gaming time during work hours.
The company behind a 'mental health action shooter' envisions a health insurance-funded 'golden age' for gaming, and it just got FDA clearance to treat stress
"If you're a game dev and you're just tired of building economies, this is going to be a real alternative," says Deepwell DTx co-founder Ryan Douglas.
And then after gaming to get better at my job I can do some gaming to improve my mental health.
Zloth
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How are you ever supposed to know the difference? I might be able to figure it out if the person was doing the coding in a chair next to me all day long. If it's a whole team, forget it.
I could swear there was something in that article along the lines of '...and the Stalker 2 developers have a crazy good excuse...' phrase right in that very article, but I don't see it now!? Maybe it was a different article?
I feel like I remember that line from an article the other day.
It's purely based on your knowledge of the development team and general vibes, which is why some people are very forgiving of jank and some people have no patience for it.
The article mentions this, but it's extremely important that the games be true games first that simply have mental health benefits. I've played a couple of games that were designed to relieve stress and they were miserable and boring.
Gaming is a good thing for the workplace, apparently—so if you'll excuse me, I'm off to 'do some extensive training'
It's for the good of us all, honest.
We had a raspberry pi set up in the office for the IT team and had a arcade tournament. Each week we had an arcade game of the week and winner was the guy who got the highest score. No prizes at stake, just bragging rights. We usually played during tea breaks, lunch time, etc. Something to take our minds off the work.
Good times. When my company was on the up and up.
These days my office colleagues work on 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles. Was an absolute christmas miracle that somehow we finished the christmas themed one before the office closure for the holidays.
Gaming is a good thing for the workplace, apparently—so if you'll excuse me, I'm off to 'do some extensive training'
It's for the good of us all, honest.
We had a raspberry pi set up in the office for the IT team and had a arcade tournament. Each week we had an arcade game of the week and winner was the guy who got the highest score. No prizes at stake, just bragging rights. We usually played during tea breaks, lunch time, etc. Something to take our minds off the work.
Good times. When my company was on the up and up.
These days my office colleagues work on 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles. Was an absolute christmas miracle that somehow we finished the christmas themed one before the office closure for the holidays.
I used to work at a place that had a pingpong table that almost every co-worker played on during breaks. Then someone set up Jackbox and we started playing that too. Those were some good times.
My current office did set up a PlayStation, but almost no one uses it.
Zloth
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In the old place I worked, there was a central area with glass walls for having big meetings. Our IT applications group had a team builder where we did a tournament playing Mario Cart. Great fun!!
However, we were having it while there was a total network outage. We were all software people, so there's nothing we could do about a network outage. A lot of people don't really know the difference, though. All they saw was a bunch of IT people playing video games while they fell behind on their work because their computers didn't work. Management caught hell for that.
Floridians appear to be frantically Google searching for VPNs in the wake of the state's invasive porn ban
Understandable. But also kinda funny.
I fail to see how requiring people to verify their age before looking at adult material is such a tragedy. There are a ton of problems, psychological and otherwise, related to underage usage of this material. Unfortunately, a list of these problems would probably be inappropriate for this site.
Floridians appear to be frantically Google searching for VPNs in the wake of the state's invasive porn ban
Understandable. But also kinda funny.
I fail to see how requiring people to verify their age before looking at adult material is such a tragedy. There are a ton of problems, psychological and otherwise, related to underage usage of this material. Unfortunately, a list of these problems would probably be inappropriate for this site.
From what I understand it's a law that might sound good on paper, but isn't actually effective.
It's the process of verification that's the issue. The state has contracted a third party site that collects a lot of data from you and that data is openly available to state agencies...including any websites you visit that require said verification.
Basically not only do you have to verify your age, you are letting the state of Florida know which adult sites you're visiting. They will absolutely weaponize that information.
I seriously doubt that, but I'm not going to debate it. Let me know when they weaponize it, and I'll admit you were right.
6 games that could be bigger hits than you're expecting in 2025
We were hyped for Helldivers 2 before it became a bestseller, now here are our predictions for 2025's sleeper hits.
Depends on what "sleeper hits" really means. It's hard to have a huge hit that isn't multiplayer these days.
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says violence will be the default in AAA RPGs as long as we keep buying it: 'Companies don't make them because they feel like it. They make them because they sell'
"Companies make games—and in general, products—that people will buy."
Boys like to tussle. End of story.
Notch sort of announces Minecraft 2
He's immediately visited by a bald Microsoft employee wearing a dark suit and a red tie. If anyone has talked to Notch since the announcement, please contact his parents who are worried.
Seriously, though, this should get interesting, but there's no reason to think that his "spiritual sequel" would be able to get any traction over the original Minecraft.
He's immediately visited by a bald Microsoft employee wearing a dark suit and a red tie. If anyone has talked to Notch since the announcement, please contact his parents who are worried.
Seriously, though, this should get interesting, but there's no reason to think that his "spiritual sequel" would be able to get any traction over the original Minecraft.
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