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Majority of gamers play with subtitles turned on (gearsrealm.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For instance, Assassin’s Creed Origins had subtitles turned off by default and 60% of players turned them on.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interesting, I thought the sound mixing in films was poor because it was designed for cinema viewing and then not optimised for home setups. But I don't watch many movies on the big screen anymore. I thought at least some people were enjoying good quality mixing haha

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a big part of it. And people can have so many different set ups now too. And there isn't time/funding to redo the mix for them all. There was a good article that covered some of the various reasons, I can't find it but some others...

https://www.slashfilm.com/673162/heres-why-movie-dialogue-has-gotten-more-difficult-to-understand-and-three-ways-to-fix-it/
https://www.avclub.com/television-film-sound-audio-quality-subtitles-why-1849664873

The article I'm thinking of also mentioned mics changing, and actors not having to speak directly into it to get anything. So it opens up far more realistic acting, but makes capturing/mixing that dialogue more difficult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That's really interesting too! I guess there are so many combinations of recording equipment, the quality of the mix, the streaming services spec, and the consumers set up, that they can't accommodate everyone.

Thanks for the links 👍

[–] ono 1 points 2 years ago

I've been lucky enough to watch most of my movies on sound systems that were made for it. Modern voice mixing is still awful. Still needs subtitles.

It wasn't always this way.