PlaystaionGamer said:
zarx said:
PlaystaionGamer said:
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I'm sorry, I am in a weired mood today and it's like 2 A.M.
But if you were fully aware you would know that the Wii U is likely 2* more powerful than the PS3 and that, that is a puny jump in the scheme of things and something Sony would not do.
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thats ok :D
i know it may seem like an odd prediction and may seem 'low' BUT Sony spent soo much money making the PS3 and it cost so much to launch and get in homes that it cost them billions that they have only recently started to get back. They watched Nintendo release a system with last gen graphics and power take a huge chunk of the market and grab massive profits. Sony is only in this for profits and there is no way they will release the PS4 under the same conditions they did the PS3. 2 PS3's is still a powerful system.. just not compared to what some computers are right now. i just think they will try to get away with having as little of a power leap as possible.
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But Nintendo pulled off something magical with motion control, something like that just doesn't come around that often . I don't think Sony is argant enough to belive that they could pull that off especially while placing themselves in direct competition with the Wii U. All they would really be doing is giving Nintendo an advantage by allowing them to continue to get ports. The only way that would work is if Microsoft went for a big leap and Sony decided that keeping multiplatform games away from the next xbox is more important than keeping up with tech and providing their core base with a reason to upgrade. I mean think about it imagine if PS4 games looked and played like PS3 games exept they were in 1080p. Would you go out and buy a PS4? Why?
Sony have no real choice but to make a large leap in power. If they don't they might as well not release a new console. As for cost Sony have been involved in R & D for the PS4 since the PS3 launched, they are not going to make a new custom CPU architecture this time round. And they won't have to lose as much per unit sold at launch as this generation has already gone on far longer than usual and even off the shelf parts are already 8x as powerful as the PS3 so by 2013/14 it really won't be an issue.
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yeh thats very true, tbh i hope the PS4 is insanly powerful.. im not all that good with the insides of computers etc so to me 2X powerful seems alot! i honiestly didnt think sony would do what they did with PS2 to Ps3 and make it lik 32x powerful.. but i guess they could.
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For a significant leap in visuals and gameplay possibilities you need a significant leap in power about 8x is about the average leap in power, the PS3 was closer to 10x (more for the CPU but the GPU lagged a bit). I think arround an 8x leap is the most likely TBH the cost won't be to extravigant because as I have said the extra length of this generation, it is possible that it will also be th biggest leap in power we have ever seen if Sony decides that they want people to buy ultra HD TVs which is possible, the PS3 pushed Blu-Ray and HD because other business interests and they will likely do it again.
While 2x more powerful seems like a large leap logically the actual improvements you get from that in games is actually small. For example Uncharted 4 could look exactly the same as 3 on a sytem that is 2x more poerful but just run at 60fps and I think the number of people willing to invest in a new console for a higher framerate or slightly higher resolution is actually small. And they have already set the precedent that they add more features like new controlers and online features to the PS3 I doubt they could sell the system without a large power leap.
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