Developers Explain Why PC Ports in 2023 Run Poorly.

The sheer diversity and variability of PC configurations that games will be played on can expose unexpected issues, according to developers. The problem comes down to the scale of different configurations that developers need to test, as well as variables they can’t account for. Developers can fix the biggest problems for the most popular PC configurations with the newest driver and OS updates, leaving only small, specific issues to address after launch. The way forward is to let publishers know that players would rather see a delay than a broken game and to be cautious about picking up a new PC game on release day.