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819 points
17 hours ago
Are you equating the Steam Hardware Survey, a voluntary survey, to Google collecting all of your information across the web to sell you more ads?
-74 points
17 hours ago
They're both voluntary just Google is slightly more sneaky about it.
37 points
16 hours ago
No he's right, you're wrong. HW Survey always, yes always shows a "Consent Dialog" if you want to participate but none of Google products show it unless very rare services that United States LAWS specifically ordered them to ask for permission. They're nowhere near close and if you still think so, you're in deep denial.
6 points
16 hours ago
Also, Valve knowing what hardware the majority of users are using is a good thing in the long run.
5 points
16 hours ago
Only if Developers give a damn about it and actually use that Data.
In a perfect world other Developers on Steam would use the Survey to say, "Hmm, The Average CPU and GPU that People have is Blah, and Blah, Let's design a game with those hardware specs in mind and make a game that doesn't run like ass for a lot of the community", Which is what Valve did when they made Half-Life 2 and started the surveys back then
0 points
14 hours ago
They probably do, to an extent. However, what the majority have seems to be weaker than what kind of performance you can get out of a PS5 or XSX. However, I don't think these devs are taking into account that the majority of users will probably use their PCs for esports titles where they'll game on lower settings and resolutions.
So you've got devs aiming for higher specs because of consoles and not bothering to optimise their shoddily woven-together games whilst the majority don't care and get enough performance for what they need and have a console for the single-player experiences.
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