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Mr Puggsly said:
maverick40 said:
What do you expect them to say?


"Check out the great exclusives coming in 2015." :-p

The same could be applied to Xbox one. 



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Hynad said:
Dusk said:

What the hell are you talking about? We are talking about what consoles are, not what PC's are. A console is a computer system designed to play games on a TV. Therefore the PS4 is NOT the most powerful console. Sure the Wii U is the most powerful console if you don't count the PS4, X1 and Steam Machines/alternatives. The X1 is the most powerful if you don't count the PS4 and Steam Machines/alternatives. This is no different. 

Oh my... Whatever makes you sleep at night. 

And I'm sorry to break it to you, but steam machines haven't been released yet. ^__-

So, there's that.


That's why I said alternatives. 

Keep that head in the clouds bud, but you'll find that the air gets pretty thin up there. 

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fps_d0minat0r said:
Dusk said:


You realize that console just means a computer system designed to play video games that is connected to a TV right? 


so then why did you bring up only steam boxes and not all PC's?


Why would I? PC's generally aren't designed to be hooked up just to TV's. Some people are using their PC's like that, but they are still meant for more general purpose while consoles are generally meant mainly for gaming but of course that has expanded to quite a bit of multimedia as well now. 



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I dont get why people are all rilled up.

SteamMachines are PCs that run a custom OS, they arnt consols (they lack alot of the benefits that make a consol a consol).
The OS and the controllers arnt shipping/ready, so there is no way to experiance the steammachines as a consol atm.

Basically you can discount the steammachines for now.

That leaves the other consols:

Wii U, Xbox One, Ps4.

the strongest of those is the PS4.
The ad isnt wrong, its the most powerful consol in the world (right now).



Dusk said:
Hynad said:

Oh my... Whatever makes you sleep at night. 

And I'm sorry to break it to you, but steam machines haven't been released yet. ^__-

So, there's that.

 


That's why I said alternatives. 

Keep that head in the clouds bud, but you'll find that the air gets pretty thin up there. 


And those alternatives are PCs. Which I've already made clear aren't consoles. 

It's quite clear you'll say anything to discredit the PS4 at this point.

You started the thread by saying: "Unless you count steam machines aka steam consoles. But hey, why not." (But as I pointed out, those aren't out yet). 

But then people replied and you kept moving goal posts to try to make sure the PS4 couldn't be viewed as the "most powerful console".

It's not "but hey, why not" anymore?



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There really is nothing to argue against, unless you cont a good gaming PC with Steam Big Picture mode as a gaming console... I mean it's 40 to 50% more powerful than the closest competition, there is really no argument to have there... specs are specs! the sky is blue and the grass is green... move on now, and if you find this "offensive" in some way, maybe you should have yourself checked.



damn....the people coomplaing or criticizing about this sure are pathetic.

Its called adverticing, there isnt anything classy about it. facts also prove that its working for then.



well no PS5 is the strongest,

( i come from the future )



JRPGfan said:

I dont get why people are all rilled up.

SteamMachines are PCs that run a custom OS, they arnt consols (they lack alot of the benefits that make a consol a consol).
The OS and the controllers arnt shipping/ready, so there is no way to experiance the steammachines as a consol atm.

Basically you can discount the steammachines for now.

That leaves the other consols:

Wii U, Xbox One, Ps4.

the strongest of those is the PS4.
The ad isnt wrong, its the most powerful consol in the world (right now).


How is using a 360 or X1 controller not a viable controller option? The OS does't make it a console, an OS is just an OS, all it does is give you a way to access the games you want to play. Whether it's Debian Linux (SteamOS), Windows, Mac, a Unix variant (most consoles), it makes no difference. 



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Hynad said:
Dusk said:


That's why I said alternatives. 

Keep that head in the clouds bud, but you'll find that the air gets pretty thin up there. 


And those alternatives are PCs. Which I've already made clear aren't consoles. 

It's quite clear you'll say anything to discredit the PS4 at this point.

You started the thread by saying: "Unless you count steam machines aka steam consoles. But hey, why not." (But as I pointed out, those aren't out yet). 

But then people replied and you kept moving goal posts to try to make sure the PS4 couldn't be viewed as the "most powerful console".

It's not "but hey, why not" anymore?

How so? When did I move goal posts? Because I didn't mention the alternatives? They are the same machines that were meant to be steam machines but since Valve pushed it back that means that it's less viable? Many were going to be shipping with both SteamOS and Windows to enable the user to be able to play the most games with the machine. If you think it's about the OS that makes it a console then I suppose the X1 can't really be considered a console since it uses a variant of Windows. 

Again, a console is just a computer that is designed to mainly play games and be hooked up to a TV. 

If you disagree, that's fine, but please post something that actually says any different. Your link to the steam machines said nothing about them not being consoles, that's why I completely dismissed it. Other than a bunch of forum posts like this, you aren't likely to find anything that says anything to the contrary that isn't entirely opinion based with odd restraints to make a console a console. I really don't see why it's that big of a deal. Sony is using dishonest marketing, nothing new here. 



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