First off, I am both a PC and console player. I've built desktops (and had a lot of gaming laptops), as well as played a lot on console. I usually will cross a platform when I believe a game is both competitive and solid. My mains games are: Halo (PC) Halo 3 (360) League of Legends (PC) Rocket League (PC and Xbone) Halo 5 (Xbone) Destiny (Xbone) CS: GO (PC)
Of course I play other games, but I usually get bored after a few months of playing them. But I do play a lot of games that are ports on PC. I typically only stay with games that have both a balanced matchmaking and with a good leveling system.
To me, the reason why PC gaming will not become the majority platform is simply because of developers. Performance on PC with a non ideal setup is abysmal on most games.
The PC I am currently playing PC games on is a Lenovo Y50-70 laptop. It has a 4710HQ with a Maxwell 860M 4GB GPU, the Maxwell 860M is identical to a 750Ti when overclocked (which I have done). I've had stronger desktops, but I ended up selling them off because I just wanted a strong laptop to do all that I needed. The desktop I have owned before this laptop was pretty powerful when I had it in 2013. It had an FX-8350 @ 5GHz and a R9 290X, and it ran into the issues that I am getting ready to discuss as well. If you don't have a Very High End machine (as in Quadcore i7 with latest and greatest Nvidia GPU), the experience plummets.
My laptop is not a powerhouse, but it is no means weaker than consoles. Even though both the 750Ti and the AMD based Xbox One GPU both have ~1.4TFLOPs, Nvidia's TFLOPs scale better in gaming scenarios.
Even when this is the case, my laptop struggles to reach a smooth consistent experience on most newer ports. Even when slamming all settings down and reducing the resolution to 720P. Sure I can average 150+FPS at certain locations, but as soon as any alpha effects come close to the screen I am down the 15FPS.
FPS averages are by no means accurate for rating a gaming experience. Frame times are both less consistent and higher on a PC that is low/mid range. 60FPS on BO3 on the Xbone is significantly more pleasant than a 60FPS average on my laptop (with much worse graphical settings).
And before you blame my laptop hardware being under powered (which it's not), the same thing happened with my desktop. Averages will be amazing (150FPS+), but it would still lack the smoothness of a console game that was optimized.
Another thing is that games simply don't scale well at low settings. If your PC cannot max a game out and run it smoothly, chances are it cannot do it on bare minimum settings either. You may can run DOOM at high with 50FPS, but only get 55FPS on very low. This kills any low/mid range gaming. Turning down graphics isn't a big deal, but turning down graphics to still have no effect on performance is beyond frustrating.
I'm not bitching about not being able to run games on high on my laptop, I'm bitching that almost all ports are unplayable. I am stuck to games like LoL or CS GO if I want a smooth experience. Where a $200 Xbox One can get a playable experience almost all the time.
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