Is this Gen of Consoles just WEAK?

[TheJimbo1234]

Landguy said:

Earlier, a thread was started claiming that the PS4 was lame.  The basic thought seemed to be based on the idea that the PS4 was not revoltionay or even evolutionary.  Just a more powerful PS3.  That thread has been locked.  So, let's try to be civil here.

That led me to the following thoughts:

I would say that the WiiU has the gimmick controller. Other than that, it is way under powered. But, coming from the Wii, that was a significant upgrade in graphics and general horsepower.  The reality is, that hasn't stopped it from having good games. That is something lost on people nowadays.

The PS4 does seem like just a PS3.5. The thing is, if you buy the XB1 without Kinect, it too is basically the same as a suped up 360.

This is all about the fact that all of the new consoles are just too under powered to "impress" us with their capabilities. Sure, the games look a little better. But do they really seem "Next Gen"? Not really. Even with a lot of small new features, the biggest one is gameplay. In that regard, none of the new consoles have really shown that there is a big improvement YET.   When that happens, people will be more impressed.

So, do you think this current generation PS4/XB1/WiiU are WEAK or not fully taken advantage of yet?

Oh they are weak.

When the ps2 came out, it beat PCs hands down and eaily out stripped them for power to price as well. The 7th gen just stopped short of PCs as they were not dx10 enabled, but again, they were far cheaper than a PC of equal power.

However the 8th gen is just weak. They came out and a £150 gpu out performed a console. A top end gpu at console launch (which is now only £215) absolutley destroys the consoles meaning that the consoles are already very dated and when SteamOS comes out, you could build a steam machine which will be the same size as a console and probably a few times more powerful....for only £100 more or so.