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HappySqurriel on 23 September 2008
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MikeB said:

@ HappySqurriel

If the PC stays x86 I think a PS4 will have a CPU processing advantage over the PC, like is currently still the case with the PS3. I think both PS4 and new PCs by then will come with (faster) Blu-Ray drives, so this current PS3 technology advantage will go away.

I think the PS4 may not arrive yet by 2012, although I expect a Wii and 360 successor to become available before that. The PS4 will likely have a much easier entry on the market, launching at a cheaper entry pricing, much more mature and efficient game engines due to PS3 adaptations and will have a very mature XMB OS with Playstation Home (taking your PS3 customized Home and charaters with you onto the PS4), PS1/PS2 software emulation and full PS3 compatibility out of the box.

 

What are you talking about?

As Moore's law would have predicted, a modern Intel CPU outclasses the Cell processor in the PS3 by quite a wide margin which is one of the reasons why PC games run at a (dramatically) higher frame rate while having more happen in the game (the higher detailed graphics and higher screen resolution is the result of a much better GPU).

If the next generation consoles take the approach I expect, of being a couple years behind cutting edge performance in order to sell the system at a lower price while taking less of a loss on the hardware, there is no way that they will even be remotely close to the performance of a new Gaming PC when it is released.

This isn't saying the system won't be powerful, just that the laws of physics do not change because you write "Sony" on a box.