I hadn't heard any rumours about the PS4 being more powerful than gaming PCs. I'm pretty sure at this point that PC will always be the most powerful (at least in terms of graphics and processing power), but consoles are more "streamlined" (every console experience is essentially the same, where as I can play the same game on two different PCs and have them look vastly different). Really, the biggest bonus for console gamers is the "plug and play" aspect (hook it up to a TV and go), versus the amount of work that is sometimes required to get the best out of PC games (downloading/updating drivers, fiddling with settings, sometimes purchasing new hardware, etc).
In my opinion, it's getting to the point where consoles and PCs shouldn't even be compared to each other any more. They offer different gaming experiences, the same as mobile games (iOS, Android, etc) offer a different experience to handheld gaming (Vita, DS, 3DS, etc).
I'm just sitting down right now to watch highlights from the Playstation event thing earlier today, so I might come back and edit this post later. There are two things that are bothering me about it right now:
- It is not going to be natively backwards compatible. I understand why this is and I can honestly say that this doesn't shock me at all, but this will be a major purchasing factor for me. I'll wait until I hear more about it down the line.
- They really seem to be pushing the social networking/"all you need is Playstation" aspect with a built-in "share" button, the ability stream gameplay video from your console, and a whole bunch of social interaction stuff. Could be great, could be awful, we'll see, but I'm starting to feel like there aren't many of us left who just want our gaming platforms to be gaming platforms.
I might come back to this later. The other thing that's bothering me is just a rumour at this point, so I'll wait for more info to come. We'll probably hear a lot about it at E3 this year.
Originally Posted by gamerdude21
