You cant just simply compare the data to PC hardware equivalent and call it a day. All the tech sites that are trying to simulate/recreate the performance of the next-gen systems using PC hardware, are guessing based off numbers, and even still, many of these sites make it known that despite the numbers, they do not know exact specifics of the next-gen hardware, and they also cannot account for the differences in how they process data.
The consoles are using their hardware di...
The amount of power consumption involved really doesn't matter in this context, since the overall theme here seems to be convenience. Furthermore, if power consumption was such a grand concern, then simply using a wired controller would be the optimal choice, which neither MS or Sony are offering, unless you leave the charge cord plugged in, so even if that was your concern, the option is still there, so please, leave the power consumption rhetoric out of it - it is essentially a non-issu...
Really, dude?! Wow...
It's 2013, I shouldn't have to cram batteries into my flashlight!
It's 2013, I shouldn't have to cram batteries into my TV remote!
It's 2013, I shouldn't have to cram batteries into my kids toy's!
It's 2013, BATTERIES SHOULDN'T EXIST!!! AHHHH!!!
I will give you this - in today's world, batteries should've been replaced with a better, tech, but ...
I just never really like those type of action adventure games in general, whether it be this, Tomb Raider, Splinter Cell games, Batman, even Uncharted - the genre isn't interesting to me. As for me mentioning FF, it's a jrpg with an anime theme, and I hate both. MGS is also a Japanese game, and I'm generally not a fan of Japanese games. I tend to not like their art direction, their stories, and/or their overall atmosphere or "feel." On my "greatest games list,"...
@jonatan221
I get the "PS4 controller has been improved, you should try it first," counter-argument a lot, but it matters not, because me nor my friends need to actually hold or tryout the new controller to know that we are going to prefer the X1 controller more, due to one simple design aspect - the location of the sticks. Regardless of the different reasons me and my friends dislike the PS controller, one constant reason we all have is the location of the sticks....
Meh, Metal Gear is a game I never had interest in. I never played any of them (except the original on NES)and never had an urge to. I honestly don't see why there is so much hype over the game - same for GTA and FF games.
@Mounce
"Hardware wise PC are constantly upgrading,..."
- In the PC market, hardware may constantly be upgrading, but users are not constantly upgrading their PC's. I just built my new rig last year. The PC I had before that, was from 2005. The reason I upgrade my systems, is not simply to play the new games - it's to play them on max settings. Call me spoiled, but I like my games to look as good as they can.
Something else...
Consoles fans always claim they don't want to game on a PC, that consoles are better, etc. yet over the years, consoles have taken advantage of more and more features that used to be PC exclusive, and tend to be behaving more like PC's - and I don't hear any complaints from console players...hell, some of them will even use these features as ammo in console vs PC debates.
I think "sport" is the wrong term. Sports involve physical assertion and athleticism - gaming does not. It's the same reason I do not consider billiards a "sport." It is good that gaming has been officially recognized, but "sport" is the wrong title for it.
Here's an update for anyone using a third party headset:
http://www.ign.com/articles...
In defense of MS, many people I know prefer the xbox controller over PS, even those that have both consoles or decided to get a PS4 instead of an X1. After all the disappointment and hate towards MS, causing some of my friends to get a PS4, the one thing they will miss about Xbox, is the controller. In fact, it seems many like the xbox controller over PS - now these are just polls, and I'm not attempting to use this as any sort of scientific evidence, but they do suggest one over the othe...
If you want rechargeable batteries in the controller, you can easily put them in yourself. The controller currently uses standard AA batteries, meaning you could just use AA rechargeable ones - I have a couple charging in my wall as we speak. You don't need a battery pack for them to be rechargeable.
And as mentioned, some do prefer batteries? Why? Because they are simple and easily accessible. If your batteries die, you can buy them virtually anywhere, be it a grocery st...
@johnny
The input on the new X1 controller, is proprietary dataport, meaning no input currently on the market, will fit into it. This has caused a lot of discussion in the realm of third party headsets, since this port effectively makes them all obsolete and useless - Astro, Razer, Turtle Beach, etc. all current headsets are not useable on the X1, for voice chat. However, there are talks going on about how to resolve this issue. The Xbox support team tweeted: (June 26, 2013) ...
@scott182
"That's actually what I don't like about Microsoft right now, they have such crap ideas. The only reason they are backing out on a lot of those ideas is because the PS4 is so popular. You really think they wanted to get rid of all that junk because they love their fans? It would be a bad day if Microsoft had a console monopoly."
I see this rebuttal a lot - the whole "MS didn't change their ways for gamers," argument, ...
"System parity" is why many of your RAM and performance arguments, are moot. Other than exclusives, games on either system will be largely identical, likely with no substantial differences on either platform. Why? Because that's how the "game" is played.
You can't have one console version of a game looking and/or performing substantially better than another - it doesn't work that way, because....you guessed it, "system parity." - onl...
@DigitalRaptor
"This argument that many gamers prefer multiplats is weak at best...Your argument is just as selective when you say "many gamers"".
- No, it's not.. I could mention just one multiplat - COD, and my "many gamers" statement is justified. I think the term you were searching for was, "most gamers," but I never said that.
I specifically avoid using "most" over "many" in...
@DragonKnight
"You make a poor argument. Your Xbox won't allow you to make pancakes either, does that mean you shouldn't get one because it can't do that?"
- PS4 can't make pancakes either, but more importantly, it doesn't allow me to play games with my friends.
"Buying a specific console because all of your friends are buying said console is not the work of a rational mind. A rational mind looks at what the...
The "exclusive games argument" is selective at best, since many gamers prefer multiplats - COD, Battlefield, Borderlands, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, etc. these are games that many, many gamers are playing.
Furthermore, I have no "bad blood" with MS, despite the whole trend of it being cool to hate on them. Their actions (initial and otherwise) don't bother me, largely due to being a rational thinking human being, and not blowing the entire thing out of ...
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"Forza 5- is being released unfinished"
- This can easily be an issue of semantics. I'm not saying that this is the case, just that if the tables were turned, many PS fans would bring a similar arguments. What is defined as "unfinished?" Was Skyrim "unfinished" when it launched on PS3? Is virtually every game that gets released with a day one patch touted as "unfinished" by many among the gaming community, truly &quo...
Games like this can be very ambitious, and if done well, turn out very good. However, I am so over the zombie/infected fad - for me, that ship has sailed. I would rather just like to a real life survival game. Just trying to survive in the world without zombies, is a challenge on its own.