Conegamer said:
Soundwave said:
Conegamer said:
Soundwave said:
Conegamer said:
From what I've seen, and what most non-anonymous sources seem to agree, is that its between 1.5-2x the power of the current gen. I'd be surprised if the PS4/720 are much more powerful.
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I think this is naive. I'm sure Wii U will be fine for Mario/DK/Kirby/etc. but what would be the reasoning for MS/Sony to make consoles just a tad more powerful than the 360/PS3 that they already make?
Sony's already said there's no point in releasing a PS4 if it's not a big leap over PS3.
This is basically going to be the Wii-PS3-360 all over again. Nintendo needs the touchscreen controller concept to come up big for them.
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Its not naive, it's a cost issue. Sony cannot afford to release a console several times more powerful than the PS3, and if they do, most devs won't use most of it so you won't see the difference.
Look at the rumour thread; all rumours price all consoles closely with all consoles similarly powered. Expecting a $600 beast is naive.
it'll be closer to PS2-Xbox-GC IMO.
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A modern $200 GPU blows away a PS3/360, especially in a closed console environment.
PS3/360 are nothing special, this is ancient tech nowadays, you don't need a $600 system to blow those away. The only reason the PS3 was $600 anyway was because of the Blu-Ray disc format. The 360 launched at $299/$399 seven years ago.
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Whilst true, I think the battle will come from the UI as opposed to the graphics. There's not far to go with affordable technology currently, whereas options for innovative control schemes are massive.
To make the consoles a winner next-gen, graphics will likely improve slightly, but control options significantly.
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There will be PS4/720 games by their mid-cycle that demolish current gen games, its just a matter of whether or not that's a big deal to the individual user.
As for UI, honestly I think Nintendo is in for a rude awakening if they think running back to the traditional controller and slapping a touchscreen on it will have the same impact as the Wiimote. That's nothing people are going to be that surprised with and its probably something easily copied by Sony/MS as well.
I actually think Kinect 2 probably will be the bigger step forward in UI for motion gaming as Nintendo basically has capped off the Wiimote (seemingly anyway).
I still love Nintendo software, but the Wii philosophy on hardware just isn't my cup of tea. The days of the SNES/N64/GCN are long gone I guess. Still looking forward to Mario Galaxy/3D on Wii U very much.
