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Are the next gen consoles overhyped for gaming?

Celtic_34 · 2013-05-03 01:07:18

For someone who understands something about hardware and what it actually does outside of 'more memory good', I think they are. If you look at the potential teraflop performance of current gen consoles compared to next gen there isn't a huge difference. The new ps4 will just be more traditional architecture. It will be able to multitask better. Updated peripherals should allow for better functioning as far as chatting and multimedia and stuff like that. The 360 is actually already good at these things. It just is limited graphically. The ps3 as far as a pure game machine is still not even maximizing what it can do.I don't think there is going to be a huge jump next gen as far as quality in games. I think games like uncharted, mlb the show, killzone, beyond two souls are already doing pretty amazing things. I think next gen will be more about what this gen should have been hardware wise without the quirks that came along with this gen. But I don't think we are going to see a huge bump in quality. It will probably come along with it's own set of quirks as these comparnies really try to lock down their stuff.

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#51 deactivated-57d8401f17c55

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Nope. Ps4 will breath new life into the industry and there's no hype for the next Xbox at all, can't be overhyped if there's no hype there.

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#52 vashkey

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I think the important part is that it will hopefully bring about some much needed change. Besides, this generation has lasted long enough

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#53 SchnabbleTab

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[QUOTE="StrongBlackVine"]
[QUOTE="Rage010101"]
Killzone: SF @ 30 FPS = :lol:
Very much overhyped, but I'm sure it'll please the plebs, because they don't know any better.
tyloss

And most gaming rigs were running Crysis 3 on max settings with close to 60FPS...:roll:

It's funny because when herms get into an argument about the ps4's graphics they always post photos of games (like crysis 3) on ultra settings running on an expensive high end computer. And not their own rigs.

Okay, fine, I'll post a pick of Crysis 3 on low-mid settings on my $340 low-end computer.

I run the game in 1600x900 with a custom config which uses low-mid graphic settings. I get around 40-50FPS most of the time. Now let's look at KZ:SF: 1080p instead of 900p, so 1 point for the PS4 30FPS instead of 40-50, 1 point for PC Slightly better graphics (sharper textures and shadows) in KZ:SF, another point for the PS4 $340 for my low-end PC, $400+ rumored for the PS4, another point for PC. Results: 2 points for PC, 2 points for the PS4 (in this regard). So really, you don't need an expensive PC and you don't need ULTRA graphic settings to get a similar experience than PS4 gaming.

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#54 soulitane

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[QUOTE="ciorlandenis"]
next gen consoles will be equal to PC for a couple months tops, then after 1 year you will be able to buy a better PC at half the price of a "next gen" ( lol ) console
AM-Gamer

buy a pc of equal performance for half the price? Please STFU and GTFO.

Buy a PS4 that can do all the things a PC can, the price comparison of consoles and PC is really apples to oranges.

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#56 kipsta77

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What hype?

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#57 PAL360

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Looking at PS4 specs, the jump will be as big as in any previous gen (10+ times the power compared to 360 and PS3). It won't be as obvious as before, for some, since most improvements will be in small details (particles, animations, interaction with the environment, world size, etc).

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#58 Evil_Rage

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I think their capabilities have been blown out of proportion. As for PC versions of the games, I want developers to fully utilize PC hardware ( cpus with plenty of cores, powerful gpus, and up to 32GB of ram, 64 with intel, I think, and add a blu-ray drive to part of PC standards PLEASE, we need a higher capacity optical disc) that they had to ignore for 8 years because the priority was to make the game work on weak console hardware first, and PC was a port. I want a return to picking up my PC games in a physical store I don't want a STEAM or Origin or even a Uplay logo on it. I don't care for always online digital distribution/steam drm, but it should be optional going forward. The least they could do is offer the choice to people like me who would buy it with simplified offline drm, like an install code that is inside the blu-ray case. If CD Projekt Red can release drm free, the minimum these big publishers can do is offer me what I'm asking, I like going to the store and buying games, patching them myself, making my own backups, I don't like and never will like the notion of depending on some third party to manage the games I buy.

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#59 aroxx_ab

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Hermits should stop bitching and be happy new consoles is coming, it is the consoles that set the standard of gaming. PC games going to get a jump in graphics, most they get is console ports after all:lol:

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#60 yellosnolvr