He's right. Way too much importence is placed on comparing the console hardware to PC hardware. Taking PC (a notoriously inefficient platform) out of the equation and just judging the PS4 on its own as a dedicated gaming machine, and it is a very powerful machine . And one that will not reach its full potential to the end of the generation, just like every other console before it. It's not just a matter of hardware , it's matter of better, more efficient game engines made with it specially in mind (which to my knowledge applies to no games yet. A lot of games are even still being made on engines incapable of using more than 4 CPU cores), new graphics technology (such as the new more hardware efficient AA Ubisoft invented which looks great on FC4) and a continually improving API.
This generation is no different to any before it. It'll take a while for game design to align with the new hardware. Similarity to PC architecture doesn't change that. It might accelerate the process but that's it. And people forget when they talk about this that devs haven't even really come to grips with PC technology in the first place. How many horribly broken or ridiculously badly performing PC games are still being released? Look at Project Cars, I have a powerful PC and yet I can barely maintain 30fps at 1080p because the game runs so poorly on AMD cards. I'd have been better getting it on PS4. Buying games on PC is STILL a lucky dip.
The proof is already here. Star Wars Battlefront looks incredible. I had my doubts when Sony showed it off at E3, even though they specifically said it was captured straight off a PS4, but journalists got to play the game themselves running on a standard PS4 and were blown away. Likewise, many reviews are calling Arkham Knight the best looking next gen game so far, and Digital Foundery have also shown it to be also one of the smoothest performing.
I don't think we'll get the sort of jump we got last gen, where we went from GTA IV to GTA V which look like they don't even belong to the same generation, but the PS4 will be ever evolving and improving right up until the last game is made for it.
On another note, if anyone hasn't played last gen games for while and thinks graphics haven't already massively improved, I suggest they go back and have a look... I played Uncharted 2 a few months ago after more than a year of just playing PC and PS4 gsmes and I couldn't get over how bad it looked. It was one of the best ooking games of last gen, but after getting used to PS4 games, wow did it loo, bad. I was literally shocked at the low resolution, muddy textures, the pop up and graphics glitches, the tiny field of view. Sometimes you just need a little perspective..
Why are we ignoring the elephant in the room? Namely that this is early days in a new generation with only a comparatively small number of possible buyers. Why compare it to COD sales in the prime of last gen with ten times as many potential buyers? I know the game came out on last gen systems too, but overall sales on those systems for everything are in freefall.
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Re: Take-Two Boss Says PS4 Hasn't Hit Its Full Potential
He's right. Way too much importence is placed on comparing the console hardware to PC hardware. Taking PC (a notoriously inefficient platform) out of the equation and just judging the PS4 on its own as a dedicated gaming machine, and it is a very powerful machine . And one that will not reach its full potential to the end of the generation, just like every other console before it. It's not just a matter of hardware , it's matter of better, more efficient game engines made with it specially in mind (which to my knowledge applies to no games yet. A lot of games are even still being made on engines incapable of using more than 4 CPU cores), new graphics technology (such as the new more hardware efficient AA Ubisoft invented which looks great on FC4) and a continually improving API.
This generation is no different to any before it. It'll take a while for game design to align with the new hardware. Similarity to PC architecture doesn't change that. It might accelerate the process but that's it. And people forget when they talk about this that devs haven't even really come to grips with PC technology in the first place. How many horribly broken or ridiculously badly performing PC games are still being released? Look at Project Cars, I have a powerful PC and yet I can barely maintain 30fps at 1080p because the game runs so poorly on AMD cards. I'd have been better getting it on PS4. Buying games on PC is STILL a lucky dip.
The proof is already here. Star Wars Battlefront looks incredible. I had my doubts when Sony showed it off at E3, even though they specifically said it was captured straight off a PS4, but journalists got to play the game themselves running on a standard PS4 and were blown away. Likewise, many reviews are calling Arkham Knight the best looking next gen game so far, and Digital Foundery have also shown it to be also one of the smoothest performing.
I don't think we'll get the sort of jump we got last gen, where we went from GTA IV to GTA V which look like they don't even belong to the same generation, but the PS4 will be ever evolving and improving right up until the last game is made for it.
On another note, if anyone hasn't played last gen games for while and thinks graphics haven't already massively improved, I suggest they go back and have a look... I played Uncharted 2 a few months ago after more than a year of just playing PC and PS4 gsmes and I couldn't get over how bad it looked. It was one of the best ooking games of last gen, but after getting used to PS4 games, wow did it loo, bad. I was literally shocked at the low resolution, muddy textures, the pop up and graphics glitches, the tiny field of view. Sometimes you just need a little perspective..
Re: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Sales Continue Series Decline
Why are we ignoring the elephant in the room? Namely that this is early days in a new generation with only a comparatively small number of possible buyers. Why compare it to COD sales in the prime of last gen with ten times as many potential buyers? I know the game came out on last gen systems too, but overall sales on those systems for everything are in freefall.