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kain_kusanagi on 15 September 2012
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NightDragon83 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
NightDragon83 said:
kain_kusanagi said:

Will NextBox and PS4 be double the power of the Wii U like the PS360 were to the Wii? I doubt it will be double, but most would agree they will be true next gen machines.

Why do folks continue to insist on saying this, as if the only thing that qualifies a game console as being "next gen" is how much superior the visuals are to previous generations?

Newsflash... the Wii U is more powerful than PS360, and is capable of doing things that neither of those consoles can do like displaying a multiplayer shooter in full HD at 60 fps on a TV screen while simultaneously displaying the game on the controller's second screen for player 2.  And the visuals, AI, and other features for Wii U games will only improve as developers move their resources from PS360 to creating games and engines from the ground up with all 3 next gen consoles in mind. 

And if you really think that the jump from current gen to PS4 and 720 is going to be leaps and bounds over current gen consoles right when they launch next year like we saw at the beginning of the HD era this gen, then you are sorely mistaken.  If you want a glimpse as to what you can expect from those consoles at launch, just look at games like Star Wars 1313 or Watch Dogs.


This chart is how most people feel about the difference between generations and what they expect of the next generation:

So $599 for both 720 and PS4 confirmed then?  lol!

I expect the NextBox to be sold at a loss at the same price or lower to what the Xbox 360 launched at. I also expect Sony to match the PS4's price to the NextBox or be slightly more if they think they can get away with it. But most of all, I fully expect the Nextbox and PS4's hardware to be powerfull enough to put the Wii U in the same position that the Wii was in. By that I mean that devs who want to be on the cutting edge will have to choose between cutting the Wii U out completely or building seperate games for it that look like inferior ports like Modern Warfare 3.