starcraft said: This is just a wash, rinse, repeat of the last few generations arguments. First it was the Xbox's slight power and occasional resolution differential over the PS2, then it was all about the huge difference a here-and-there resolution difference would make to the PS3's library over the 360's, more recently its been about how 1-200 extra horizontal lines of resolution makes the PS4 enormously more powerful than the Xbox One. The reasons this is getting more attention than usual are mainly two fold: 1. Its been a long time since Sony fans have faced being on the losing end of a resolution/most powerful console debate (largely due to Sony's admirable commitment (in my opinion) to powerful and high quality hardware) and they are not taking it very well, reversing course on the importance of resolution etc. 2. Its been a long time since Xbox fans faced being on the winning end of a resolution/most powerful console debate, (largely due to the stupid decision to spend hardware budget on Kinect) and some of them are failing to be the bigger person and having too much fun with it. Ironically, the jump to 4k resolution could be the first major change in visual acuity seen in consoles since the switch to 'high def,' if Microsoft pulls it off correctly. As Zekkyou has already noted, there are a range of reasons why that is not entirely likely. |
This is a good summary of what is happening and it all comes down to a shift in the way people are arguing.
Many Playstation people think that their system is the better one because better games - this goes down all the way to the PSX but really grew with PS2. This is why you always see the "Gears/Halo/Forza" argument, leaving out other games intentionally.
Also WW brand recognition is what Sony is strong with and power is of course not an argument why the PS4 is successful.
Now with Scorpio on the horizon, we see a lot of people arguing about a console that isn't even released but will easily outperform the PS4P which easily outperforms the PS4 which many people bought with in mind that they bought the "superior" console, only to be outperformed next year. What many don't see is that this doesn't mean their current system is not getting worse - it will work like before.
And given that Sony has better and more games, combined with WW brand awareness, they should still feel superior because they are still with "team win" but as one can see in recent forum discussions, there seems to be a "disturbance in the force" and this is what I think is apparent and what I was trying to address in the other thread about Scorpio when I was wondering why many people even care and express theirself like they do.