KBG29 said:
A field that looks to have much more of a drive to make the best product on the market, much higher accepted hardware prices, and a much larger push at advancing technology. The next Tegra chip is said to be a mini Kepler design which should destroy this tech. Then with the major advancments in CPU design set for the coming months, this should be a breeze to surpass. Granted it will only be in $800 models, but I spend the money were tech is being pushed, so it don't bother me. The good thing is, with all the competition, and the massive spike in capable hardware, devs should be more able to make whatever they want without limits. Hopefully we are heading back to the time when having a $3000 computer actually affords you something special. These past couple years of higher res, high framerate console ports have taken the edge off PC gaming. |
I think you grossly misunderstand the gap between desktop PC hardware and mobile hardware. They are not even in the same range. Tablets and smartphones havent even caught up to current gen consoles, and yet you say that when new consoles are released they will overtake them in a year.
Complete bullshit right there.
The vita is currently the most advanced mobile device in terms of hardware specs, it will probably remain so for the most part of this year. Most manufacturers have already released/announced their 2012 lineups and almost all are inferior to vita. The next wave of tablets and smartphones will probably be on par with vita coming end of this year/begin of next. Only after that wave of releases will we see most manufacturers move to next gen tec from mobile tec companies like the power vr rogues series etc. Those devices will probably release mid/end of 2013 and will still be behind CURRENT console hardware based on current trends in mobile hardware power increases.
So i really dont know what you are on about. You talk about the "drive" of the mobile computing industry? The only reason such great steps forward has been made is because its easier to get better the worse you are. And 5 - 10 years back mobile computing wasnt anywer. So obviously given the increase in popularity of smartphones/tablets etc. there has been a greater focus on the hardware and theres been great progress over the years. But the more they progress the slower that progress will occur.
And, what about the progress and drive of intel, nvidia and amd? The last two/three years intel particularly has made some amazing progress in terms of performance as well as price. And since next gen consoles will all in some way benefit from the progress of these companies, it itself becomes a industry (the console gaming industry) that has progress and drive in terms of hardware performance and aspirations.
