Indeed, the odd thing was PS3 was more powerful of the two consoles, publishers just couldn't justify funding devs to spend the xtra time wringing the performance out of it. That's not a problem PS4 has this time, it'll more likely be a financial decision, with the platforms pretty similar will a publisher want to pay for additional/different code and graphical assets unless they are quick, easy and more likely, cheap to do. Any exclusive PS4 DLC could give an opportunity for improved PS4 specific graphics etc though if Sony can put the deals together.
Poll: Which Next Gen Console will you buy? - Final version (honest!)
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Agreed.
They may develop for the weaker console (like they did previously) but that doesn't mean a PS4 won't make the game smoother for example - its my biggest gripe about the xbox 360 at the mo - stutter city compared to my PC.
Thankfully both of them being the same hardware in essence (gpu and cpu) will mean the PS4 can take advantage without any further coding or development time from the devs
- unlike the previous gen (cell cpu was highly underutilised) due to major hardware differences.Those that do put in the extra time for the exclusives - thats only good news
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If games are fully multiplatform they won't need to pay for better graphical assets anyway since they will be producing them for the PC version anyway, it's just the Xbone will use a lesser version of those assets, or be at a lower resolution or have less effects running.
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PS4 is apparently 50% faster than XBox One.
http://kotaku.com/report-ps4-is-50-faster-than-xbox-one-1308239556
http://kotaku.com/report-ps4-is-50-faster-than-xbox-one-1308239556
Xbox one at launch for me, dont care a damn if the PS4 is 50% or whatever faster than the xbox one. Fact is that i cannot stand the controllers on the PS consoles and from what i have seen, much hasnt changed other than a fancy colour touchscreen on it.
Never had any issues with any of my xbox360's including the first one that i bought in that ugly white. Even the 250gb which ive had now for a few yrs still runs without a hitch.
But seeing as ive got over £200 worth of credit stored up on my loyalty card, ill use that and my 360 against the xbox one.
Never had any issues with any of my xbox360's including the first one that i bought in that ugly white. Even the 250gb which ive had now for a few yrs still runs without a hitch.
But seeing as ive got over £200 worth of credit stored up on my loyalty card, ill use that and my 360 against the xbox one.
I suggest you read some reviews of the dualshock4
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and still wouldnt touch a PS console...the control sticks are still in the wrong position and im not a fan of the D pad. Saying that ive always liked Sony products but for some odd reason i was never a fan of their PS consoles even from the very first one.The PS3 was a different matter, the architecture was different and harder to develop for and yes it would have been more time consuming to optimise for it. With the PS4 Sony learned from that mistake and made it easy to develop for and very close to PC. So in this case there wont be the need fund extra time, multi-platform will be just that and each version will be adjusted as such for the specific console, in this case and if the facts are right, possibly downgraded for the Xbox by way of FPS, Resolution, Textures etc. Similar to the way PC games work, a game may work on all PC's but will be better on the better ones.
Was posted a bit further up. I suppose the only thing that annoys me a little about headline articles like that (and let's face it, it's designed to drive page impressions) is that even if the memory and GPU are 50% faster, the X1 is quicker (we believe) for CPU and HAS bandwidth so as an all up package it's not going to be "50% faster", there's more elements to it than that. It's just lazy or sensationalist reporting. You don't put a new 50% faster video card in a PC then declare "my PC is now 50% faster", that's just silly.
Always a bit dubious about sensational headlines that come from "anonymous devs" or "having spoken to many devs", for all we know they all work for Sony on first party or exclusive titles.
Kudos to Sony though, PS4 is qithout doubt more powerful, cheaper and they've clearly got the PR sorted so pretty much anything they say gets repeated often enough it becomes true. With more than a few quid in the bank you'd have thought MS would get their finger out and do something to counter the bad press other than Albert thingy saying "it's not that bad honest, let me add some figures up". Shocking how bad MS marketing is at the moment although I wonder if we just see a quite polarized version of events.
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i have no problem with either pads, i personally think nearly everyone can feel like this if a bit of patience and time is applied. also when you pretend to hold a pad in your hands, dont your thumbs automatically go in ds4 stick position?
I'd be interested to know what the current status is - who has a PS3 or Xbox 360 or both. Because I think most people own both and most people will eventually own PS4 and Xbone.
^^^ This is very true
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Same here, and I agree completely. Any games fan should aim to own at least the two main consoles (Sony and MS) purely so they don't miss out on the great console exclusives. I don't care if you're a huge Sony or MS fanboy, no-one can deny that each console has some incredible exclusives, and all are worth playing IMO.
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Agreed. For example this generation I started off with the Wii playing some of my old time favourites, Mario Party, SSB and other Mario games. A few years later I grabbed myself an XBOX 360 and I think the first game I played on it was Mass Effect 1. Found out about Forza by chance and since then have been hooked on every iteration. Think I bought about 60+ games for the 360 until eventually, I think around 2010-11 I grabbed myself a silver PS3 and concentrated on buying only exclusives to that platform. I'll be going the same path except that I haven't got my hands on the Wii U yet...will do though. Don't lose out by being loyal to one platform. It's just pointless.
I disagree there. You would get a lot more out or a WiiU and one of the other consoles due to the number of multiplatform games shared between the XBone and PS4.