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PS4 Advantages Over PC Games

"PlayStation 4′s 8GB of GDDR5 RAM shared between GPU is an advantage, rather than not explains K^2."

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user74029314655d ago

ps4 holds a firm bleeding edge sci fi advantage.

NewMonday4655d ago

the PS4 advantage is value and convenience

PC advantage is power and being an open platform.

golding894655d ago

Games are ported from pc to ps4. Not the other around. This is a rather weird article. Only crazies think consoles have any sort of advantage over pcs.

http://www.reactiongifs.com...

user74029314655d ago

give me a C give me a O give me a N give me a S give me a O give me a L give me a E. what's that spell? im talking about consoles.

black0o4654d ago

@newmonday i agree power/cost ps4 is way compiling then a PC ..
planetside2 will run on ps4 at high lvl, which most avrg pc can't handle it on mid setting

also witcher 3 on high-end pc and x1/ps4 will be at same boot according to DEV

OT: this article has holes

TomShoe4655d ago

WATCH OUT! Here comes the glorious PC master race to wipe us all out!

/s

NewMonday4655d ago

many PC gamers also play on consoles, but like any platform they have their own insular fanboys.

I'v been plying on PC's for about 18 years now

MasterCornholio4654d ago (Edited 4654d ago )

Whenever i think of video game Nazis i think of PC elitists.

@newmonday

I completely agree that there is nothing wrong with playing games on a PC just like theres nothing wrong with playing games on consoles. Because in the end we play games to have fun and that is what all gamers have in common except for the extremists.

Corpser4655d ago

So why can't it max out cod ghost?

user74029314655d ago (Edited 4655d ago )

a ps3 could max out cod ghost lol

HammadTheBeast4655d ago

Cause Infinity Ward are one of the laziest devs out there?

If SOE can Max Planetside 2 on PS4 there's no reason CoD couldn't be maxed out.

Well, that and catering to the lowest common denominator of XBO.

user74029314655d ago

you know, planetside 2 is actually my most anticipated game next gen, and i know one of the developers/owners of the ip said it would run it maxed out. now that game takes a very powerful pc to run it maxed (and its one of the hardest pc games to run it maxed out) let alone the obvious dated engine ghosts runs on.

Corpser4654d ago

Would a lazy developer bother using higher res textures on a more powerful platform? That's the opposite of lazy. SOE is the only that's lazy for not taking advantage of more powerful PCs

HammadTheBeast4654d ago

First off. If you're saying that CoD Ghosts is graphically better than PS2, I'm done here.

2, IW are lazy for not bothering to optimize the game better, or at the very least, get a new engine going.

TurboGamer4655d ago

Fanboy article, by a PS4 fanboy who doesn't know shit about hardware. Not even a geforce Titan can fully utilize a PCI-E x16 Gen 2.0 socket, not to mention there is a PCI-E Gen 3.0. The only reason the PS4 and Xbone has unified memory is because it was cheaper.
Next-Gen games are going to be awesome because the devs doesn't have to cater for different architectures. Everybody wins!

HammadTheBeast4655d ago

PS4 is equivalent to about a $700-$800 PC depending on how it's built.

For $400 and the exclusives and the convenience, it's pretty sweet.

blackmagic4655d ago (Edited 4655d ago )

Actually, it can be built for $408

Intel Celeron G1610 - $42
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...
7850 - $150
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...
8GB RAM - $54
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...
Biostar MB - $40
http://www.tigerdirect.com/...
500GB HD - $50
http://www.amazon.com/Seaga...
Optical drive - $16
http://www.tigerdirect.com/...
Case and Power Supply - $56
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

HammadTheBeast4655d ago

Equivalent to that? Nope.

A PS4 will undoubtedly produce better visuals than a PC with comparative specs.

black0o4654d ago

can that run planetside 2 ? ....
what was that? NO
so what are saying?

blackmagic4654d ago (Edited 4654d ago )

PS4's CPU is made of two 1.6Ghz-4 core Jaguar Kabini processors with 2mb cache each, stitched together (8 cores, 4mb cache total)

The A4-5000 processor @1.5 Ghz is also a 4 core Jaguar Kabini processor with 2MB of cache - passmark score - 1139
http://cpuboss.com/cpu/AMD-...

Calibrate the score for a 100Mhz clock increase (not actually a linear performance increase but for arguments sake) - passmark score comes to - 1215

Double it to represent two processors (actual performance wouldn't double but for arguments sake) - passmark score - 2430

G1610 - passmark score - 2586
http://cpuboss.com/cpu/Inte...

PS4's GPU - 1.84 TFLOPS
7850 clocked at 900Mhz - 1.84 TFLOPS
p.s. linked the wrong 7850 above, intended link below
http://www.tigerdirect.com/...
http://www.msi.com/product/...

PS4's RAM - 8Gb GDDR5 @176GB/s shared between GPU and CPU
PC's RAM - 10 GB total, 2GB GDDR5 @ 153.6GB/s and 8GB DDR3 @ 37.5GB/s

PS4's HD - 500GB (typical laptop drive) 4-8mb cache @5400rpm
PC's HD - 500GB with 16mb cache @7200rpm

Seems the computer is actually MORE powerful to me. And YES, it will run planetside 2 and with a single G1610 core being significantly more powerful than a single PS4 cpu core, it'll likely run it better because the team is definitely having trouble breaking up that primary gameplay thread.

"The PS4 is a much more consistent, stable platform for us to be able to develop for. The big challenge with the PS4 is its AMD chip, and it really, heavily relies on multi-threading. We have the exact same kind of Achilles heel on the PC too. People who have AMD chips have a disadvantage, because a single core on an AMD chip doesn't really have as much horsepower and they really require you to kind of spread the load out across multiple cores to be able to take full advantage of the AMD processors.

"Our engine sucks at that right now. We are multi-threaded, but the primary gameplay thread is very expensive. The biggest piece of engineering work that they're doing right now, and it's an enormous effort, is to go back through the engine and re-optimise it to be really, truly multi-threaded and break the gameplay thread up. That's a very challenging thing to do because we're doing a lot of stuff - tracking all these different players, all of their movements, all the projectiles, all the physics they're doing.
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

MasterCornholio4654d ago (Edited 4654d ago )

Dont forget the operating system which elevates the price of the system to 500€.

And the heavy operating system will decrease the gaming performance of that PC plus the lack of optimization on the hardware wont help matters at all.

Just admit it.

400€ PC < 400€ PS4

dcj05244654d ago

Ok but take out windows. Add in a custom os and optimize the foshizzls out of you're games. Oh and make sure it can run planetside 2 on max.

Gridloc4654d ago (Edited 4654d ago )

OS? Free?

blackmagic4654d ago (Edited 4654d ago )

Windows will happily run using only a gig of system resources. ps4? 2.5 gigs. Sweet.
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

Windows - $65
http://www.tigerdirect.com/...
PS4 - $50 To get online for each and every year of ownership, $100 for 2 years, $150 for 3, hey, that already pays for some upgrades!!!

Games? ps4 +$10 per game. Yes!

planetside 2 RECOMMENDED requirements.
CPU - Intel i5 or better
Celeron G1610 - passmark score 2589
i5 s 750 - 1139
i5 u 470 - 1292
i5 u 430 - 1323
i5 u 540 - 1532
i5 u 560 - 1568
i5 520 - 2244
so... check
GPU 6870 with 1 gig or better - passmark G3D - 2565
7850 with 2 gigs - passmark G3D - 3706
so... check
8Gb RAM... check
http://www.cpubenchmark.net...

All we hear as an argument over and over is "optimizaton" like that will turn a 1.84 TFLOP GPU into a 5 TFLOP monster. It doesn't. Any advantage of optimaization for the PS4 is overcome with a simple overclock on a PC, and these days all you have to do is drag a slider over to do it. And you talk about a shared memory pool like that is an actual advantage yet no where other than consoles, where low hardware price outweighs performance, do you see this technique being taken. Not even in the most extreme setups where price is no object do you see this approach.

ZBlacktt4654d ago (Edited 4654d ago )

LOL, trolling, where's your $60 value PS4 controller? That does all the PS4 features? The tower case price?

addictgamer4653d ago

@zblacktt
Blackmagic is educating not trolling.
Why would you ever use a gamepad when M+K is so much better? That's a big part of why people game on PCs in the first place!

And look again, he has a link for a Coolermaster case and power supply.

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Playstation Plus Monthly Games for May: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nine Sols

All available May 5.

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FPSRUSSIA17d ago

What's Point in commenting your basicly closing down the site.

LiViNgLeGaCY17d ago

I'm surprised it's still the old site. I thought he said starting today?

Eonjay17d ago

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Profchaos16d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7217d ago

Insert the Ferris Bueller end scene... "You're still here? It's over.."

LiViNgLeGaCY17d ago

I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.

TheColbertinator17d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum17d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z17d ago

Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.

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Naughty Dog Was Reportedly Divided On Joel's Controversial Fate During Development Of TLOU Part 2

Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.

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SimpleDad17d ago

NO, that can't be... No! I can't... Really?/s

Cacabunga17d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot16d ago

Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.

Makes you think…

HectixRose17d ago

I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.

JEECE17d ago

It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.

CantThinkOfAUsername16d ago

I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.

Soy17d ago

Didn't have to kill him. Just have them part ways or Joel can "retire," whatever.

DarXyde17d ago

I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).

From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.

But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.

Ashunderfire8617d ago

Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!

Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.

Ashunderfire8617d ago (Edited 17d ago )

I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.

Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.

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InUrFoxHole17d ago

The only ND game that was so disappointing to me I couldn't finish it.

pwnmaster300017d ago

Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot17d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle17d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7717d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments