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Console Gaming = Lag

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 10:22 AM | Monday, September 7, 2009 | (url: http://www.euroga...)

In basic terms, controller latency is very easy to define. It's the time, usually measured in frames or milliseconds, between pressing the button on your controller and the appropriate action kicking in on-screen during gameplay. The longer the delay, the less responsive the controls, and the more unsatisfying the game can feel.

In-game latency, or the level of response in our controls, is one of the most crucial elements in game-making, not just in the here and now, but for the future too. It's fair to say that players today have become conditioned to what the truly hardcore PC gamers would consider to be almost unacceptably high levels of latency to the point where cloud gaming services such as OnLive and Gaikai rely heavily upon it.

The average videogame runs at 30FPS, and appears to have an average lag in the region of 133ms. On top of that is additional delay from the display itself, bringing the overall latency to around 166ms. Assuming that the most ultra-PC gaming set-up has a latency less than one third of that, this is good news for cloud gaming in that there's a good 80ms or so window for game video to be transmitted from client to server.

Category: Console Gaming | 40 Comments
Tags: lag lol

09-07-09 - 10:26 AM
Somebody wasted too much time on this shitty article.
09-07-09 - 10:28 AM
laggy console gaming = gears of war 2

smooth console gaming = cod4 (and i guess world at war as well)

there you go: how to do it and how not to do it

end thread
09-07-09 - 10:29 AM
Originally posted by coombz  
laggy console gaming = gears of war 2

smooth console gaming = cod4 (and i guess world at war as well)

there you go: how to do it and how not to do it

end thread


Originally posted by coombz  

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 67ms-84ms
Call of Duty: World at War 67ms-100ms


:rofl:
09-07-09 - 10:40 AM
i've had more lag, bullet reg and server problems in online PC gaming than in console

i'm not arguing your stats, or saying that consoles are technically less laggy than PCs or something stupid like that

but i've never had a problem with online console gaming except for games with shit netcode like gow2 and ssbb

if it ain't broke, who the fuck cares?
09-07-09 - 11:03 AM
they arent my stats
09-07-09 - 11:06 AM
.....and then?
09-07-09 - 11:08 AM
The problem you don't seem to understand is that many people don't see or feel this latency in console games. The only people who seem to care about it are angry PC gamers.
09-07-09 - 11:12 AM
Originally posted by SuicideSnowman  
The problem you don't seem to understand is that many people don't see or feel this latency in console games. The only people who seem to care about it are angry PC gamers.


Why wouldnt I understand that people have become conidiation to laggy gaming? Not only is that in the article but that fact falls right in line with the onlive thread I posted.
09-07-09 - 11:13 AM
i don't even understand the need to try and belittle console gaming - i've always enjoyed both for as long as i can remember :shrug:
09-07-09 - 11:15 AM
People should put more time and energy into shit that ACTUALLY MATTERS.
09-07-09 - 11:17 AM
conditioned to laggy gaming? coming from years and years of playing competitive multiplayer team games on the PC, those of us who got into multiplayer games on consoles as well would hardly stick with it if the quality was so poor, would we?

i could understand if people didn't know any better, but i do, and you're actually full of shit :D
09-07-09 - 11:21 AM
oh snap, i'm off to maybe possibly get a kitten :wave: i will return to this laughable thread
09-07-09 - 11:21 AM
Originally posted by coombz  
conditioned to laggy gaming? coming from years and years of playing competitive multiplayer team games on the PC, those of us who got into multiplayer games on consoles as well would hardly stick with it if the quality was so poor, would we?

i could understand if people didn't know any better, but i do, and you're actually full of shit :D


you sure are defensive about you're gaming habits.
09-07-09 - 11:22 AM
lol who gives a fuck
09-07-09 - 11:23 AM
your not you're

maybe i am, but only because you're full of shit :]
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