Console Peasants Vs PC Master Race

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Console Peasants Vs PC Master Race

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CONSOLE PEASANTS VS PC MASTER RACE SHOWDOWN! 💀

Left side: Nintendo and PlayStation sobbing uncontrollably because they've locked you into their walled gardens where backward compatibility is treated like some mythical unicorn. "WHAT?! Play a game from TWO WHOLE GENERATIONS AGO?! The AUDACITY! Here's our carefully curated list of 20 ancient relics we bothered to port... now pay full price again, peasant!"

Right side: PC gamers stroking their majestic beards while emulators like GOG, Dolphin, and PCSX2 let them run literally ANYTHING. "Oh, that obscure 2001 gem? Not only does it run flawlessly on my RTX 5070, but I've added ray tracing, 8K textures, and it probably looks better than games releasing next year. No big deal."

The eternal struggle between console limitations and PC's "hold my beer" approach to preservation continues! 🏆

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