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Re:Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update by stetrain on Friday November 17, 2023 @02:18PM (#38308604)
I played it fine on my PC. But I have a VR headset for my PC. I'm not sure that makes it not a PC game.

In the 90s you might have needed to buy a graphics card or sound card to play a game, but it was still a PC game.

Re:Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update by vbeeaz on Friday November 17, 2023 @02:36PM (#38308929)
All games ended up needing a GPU and a soundcard - in fact they became so necessary that all CPUs and motherboards today come with a GPU and a soundcard respectively. While VR headsets were a gimmick of the moment.

(Yes I know some CPUs come with no GPU but that's because you will buy a discrete GPU which only furthers my point)

Re:Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update by stetrain on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:35PM (#38309727)
If I released a game on PC that required a peripheral, like a racing wheel, does that make it not a PC game?
Re:Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update by account42 on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:51AM (#38346138)
> all CPUs [...] today come with a GPU

This is not even remotely true.