| TheBardsSong said: The only possible reasons the other two next gen consoles wouldn't be a massive jump over what we have now, is because of development costs or following the Wii's example, but I have no doubt the technology is there. People have said "there isn't any room for improvement over what we have now" 7 generations in a row... and been proven wrong every single time. I think we're going to see the same deal with the eighth generation, at least from the PS4 if nothing else. I fully expect the PS4 to support 4K, though not as a standard. I view it more like how the PS2 and Xbox were capable of HD resolutions, but hardly ever utilized it. I really don't know what direction MS will go, but I have a feeling they're intrigued by Nintendo's direction and will follow them in the next generation. |
That's why I said it doesn't necessarily mean next gen won't have a massive leap, it's just that other gens benefit from things that were truly ground breaking at the time. Those things were extremely noticeable, but like I said, everything will remain in HD so most of those changes will be better textures, AA, etc. And those changes will be noticeable (at least extremely noticeable) by a relative small group of people (the hardcore gamers), not the normal consumer which is the people that makes Nintendo, Sony and MS more money.
As for the PS4 being the one that gives the best graphical leap, I can see that but only because that was Sony's philosophy with the PS3, but their are other things that makes me believe it will be different next gen (not going in detail since it has been discussed numerous times on the forums), but we just have to wait and see.
Edit: just look at this 2 images
(Not putting the second image since it's too big)
http://s.pro-gmedia.com/videogamer/media/images/pub/large/agni.jpg
The second one being what next gen games will probably look like, the difference it's not really all that big (at least comparing it to previous gens), you can probably see those changes in more detail but keep in mind we are hardcore gamers, the normal consumer won't notice those extremely big changes.
Nintendo and PC gamer
