Thoughts on PC gaming?

[Prowler]

As a kid/teenager, I never had a lot of games for the PC since the specs requirement always were a hassle and my mother never looked into those when buying a new computer, since she was not a gamer. Plus, good gaming PCs are rather expensive.

I missed out on most 90s and early-mid 2000s classic PC games. I've played The 7th Guest, Gorillas and Ultimate Soccer Manager 98 back in the 90s. In the 2000s I played Championship Manager 00/01 and Football Manager 2009.

I did not get the chance to first play Doom and Wolfenstein 3D until I was a young adult. Ditto for Civ 4.

Around 2012 I joined Steam and discovered a whole new world. Granted most games you find for PC are multiplatform titles, but as someone who did not have a a 360 or a PS3, it was a good way for me to play a lot of games I would have been deprived off from being a Nintendo console owner. Since then, I've been a Nintendo + PC kinda guy. No need for Sony and Microsoft consoles.

However, I no longer have the time or patience for huge time sinking games like Civilization, Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron. And Civ has stopped being a PC exclusive a while ago already, anyway. You can play Civ VI and VII on the Switch if you want to. Football Manager? 2026 bombed, so I just stuck with 2024. Won't be getting another game of the series unless SI get their act together.

So my decision to get the PC version of a game boils down to:

1. Can my rig run it?
2. Is the PC version good while the Switch port is rather lousy?
3. Is it on sale for much cheaper than on the Nintendo eShop?