[citation][nom]CaedenV[/nom]And that would be your problem, you cannot look at console specs and assume that you are going to get performance anything like you will on the PC side of things. Back in the PS2 days the console could do some really impressive things, but it was nowhere near the power of the Pentium 2 and 3 processors popular at the time. Same with the PS3, when it came out it had nowhere near the power of modern Pentium 4 and Core series processors... and yet it did just fine for what it was. You are looking at dedicated hardware, with an OS designed to stay out of the way, and developers who are often coding for the specific device rather than using a more generalized language like DirectX. Meanwhile on the PC side you have a wide varieity of hardware, an OS that is prioritized before the game, and the use of generalized coding which makes all games run slower than they could.Plus, consoles only have to do 1080p at 30fps, because that is all that most TVs will take, and it is the industry standard. Also, consoles have never had to do AA or AF, which is pretty much required on the PC side. These next consoles might actually be able to do a little bit of it, but if a console game does not have it, it is not going to bring the ire of the fan base. Consoles simply do not have as much that they have to do, and all of that overhead has a huge performance cost on the PC, and brings large advantages to the console.In short, no, you were still wrong in your original post. This is not a step sideways, this is a major increase in console hardware. Granted, not as major as I would like it to be, and PCs will always have an edge on consoles; But at this stage in the game, any major improvement in consoles will bring an exponential improvement to the PC market. Because of the new console launch I am expecting to see some nice graphics on the new consoles, and absolutely lifelike graphics on the PC, and that will be a nice change to see.[/citation]
i don't care to be wrong. nor do i think my post is even in the context of right or wrong. my main points being not excited.
to compare pentium 4 vs. the ps3's cell processor was also not my intention. my intent was purely being excited at that time of a console having something different than pc's.... and cutting edge at that time. the gpu was also at the time of the ps3 launch--a powerful gpu in pc terms since it shared the same architecture at the 78oo series, if i am not mistaken--which launched in the same time frame as the ps3.
in comparison, the rumored specs of the ps4 gpu is an HD6670 equivalent, which is like two yrs old.
so, i am just meh for the next generation since i don't see anything next about it, in terms of rumored specs.