Video game consoles are no longer worth their salt because they use performance mode.

One reader complains about the performance modes in games and believes that they reduce the main benefits to owning a console.

Choice is not always good. Not when it concerns technology. Many modern marketing and social media promote the idea that you can own whatever you want. While everyone wants the same concept, there are times when the least desirable option is the best.

Video game consoles have always been limited in choice. Every console in the world is identical, at least until the last generation. It plays the same games exactly the same way, so you know you are getting all the performance that the console (or at least the developer) can offer.

You don’t need to worry about resolution, controller compatibility, or graphics card settings. The game is what it really is. You can spend as much time running the game as you like before you buy it. The beauty of consoles is that they allow you to jump right into the game without having to think about hardware. That’s at least how it worked.

The original start to it all were the Xbox Series X and PS4 Pro. Two new consoles suddenly appeared in the middle. They promised more power, but were vague about what it actually meant. There has been much talk about 4K resolution. It seems like it is the technical standard that all gamers want, even though it was rarely mentioned before.

It was difficult to decide between accuracy or performance. You can’t have one or the other. The game was not designed to be run in the best possible manner with the hardware. Instead, the developers abandoned any attempts at optimization and instead shifted the problem onto you. If the resolution does not meet your expectations, it is your fault. If the game does not run smoothly, it is because you made a wrong choice.

This situation has only gotten worse for the new generation. There are four or more game modes. The priority is to have a set of contrasting options. These differences are more important than a 4K resolution and you have to choose between a game that looks great and one that plays great. You can’t have them both.

There is rarely a middle option. It has to be the extreme. I don’t want to make the worst decision before I even start playing. I want the game designed to maximize the console’s capabilities, not to force me to make difficult decisions about my optimism.

I’m not safe anymore when I play a multiplayer game, especially one that is online. I know everyone else has the same limitations as I do. With multiplayer games, they can easily be a PC gamer with an even more powerful device, mouse and keyboard, as well as cheat installers.

I’m tired and frustrated with the choice. He’s not the one I want to become. I would love to be able to choose not to play with PC owners and people with keyboards, but it’s not permitted. If that’s true, I hope they will remove everyone else from the performance mode selection. If you don’t like to fiddle around with settings all day long, get a computer. However, if your goal is to be able to start playing games immediately without worrying about whether you have chosen the wrong performance setting, you should be. This option is no longer possible.

Imagine how much worse it will be with the next generation of consoles or the PS5 Pro. To make it worse, more console owners are making decisions that will undermine the purpose of owning one. Even worse, I don’t know if Microsoft and Sony realize this is the future, but they destroy the purpose and point of consoles. I wish I had a choice. .

By Hypo reader

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