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Metallicube on 20 February 2013
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Weedlab said:
painmaster212 said:

 

You guys who are all joyful and jumping up and down at the graphics and saying Sony has won next gen already fail to see something... Whens the last time the strongest console has won the war? Lets begin



Nes                Won

Atari 7800     Strongest

 

Sega Genesis

 Snes              Won

Neo Geo       Strongest


3DO

Atari Jaguar

Sega Saturn

N64              Strongest

PS1               Won


Xbox

PS2               Won

Dreamcast

Gamecube    Strongest


PS3                Strongest

Xbox 360

Wii                  Won


What do we see since the days of the Nes days? The strongest console has never won and most the time leaped into last place cause of the price tag on it. PS4 is gonna be a very powerful console yes but with all that power comes a big price tag and if that is repeated then i see a early exit out of the market. Yes the Wii U could have and should have been alot better then what it is but they do get a year lead on the other 2 consoles and with the Nintendo's series still stronger then ever they will be ok once games start rolling out for the system. 


I am very eager to see what Microsoft has in place now and IMO they will be the middle ground which will more then likely take the market with a more powerful then Wii U and a better price tag then the PS4 and with power near the PS4 whats not to like about it? 



Also id like to say the ones who are worshiping the graphics from Killzone saying best ever,the PC says hello with The Witcher 2 and Crysis 2, both on ultra are the god sent graphic kings and Killzone does not even come close to what these 2 games look like and both of them came out last year....Just think what the games will look like on the PC by time the PS4 gets here at the end of the year?  All in all i am happy with the PS4 but i more then likey will not like the price cause i will not spend $600 to $800 on a console just for "good graphics" when my PC will continue to dominate the graphics category.

 


Are my eyes deceiving me? You have Gamecube as the strongest? Interesting .....

As for the Wii ... I hardly call that a victory. Ill refrain from making generalizations, but I think it is safe to say the great majority of gamers this gen got a lot more enjoyment out of their PS3 and/or Xbox 360 systems. Note I said most and not all. If that were the case next gen then by all means, let the Wii U have the numbers and the other systems have the stronger software support.

The Gamecube was not the strongest but was stronger than the PS2, and close to Xbox.

Lol sure.. If the numbers were reversed you'd be singing a different tune.. You can't measure something intangible like "gamer enjoyment." How do you know most gamers got the most enjoyment out of PS360? Yeah, I'm sure 360 fans "enjoyed" when their 360 red ringed on them, and I'm sure many Sony fans "enjoyed" spending $500-$600 on their console.

The only way to determine a "winner" is sales. Sure Wii tapered off at the end compared to the other two, but at the end of the day, it still sold the most systems, brought in several new gamers, and was home to several smash hit games that have sold well into the 20 millions. It was a sales phenomenon at one point, that simply flatlined prematurely thanks mostly to third parties jumping ship, as well as Nintendo cutting off its life short by cutting new releases for it in favor of 3DS and Wii U focus.

With PS4, I'm seeing a deja vu of the 2006 PS3 reveal (there's even a Killzone demo again!) where Sony and their fans rejoice from how powerful their console is and how that will somehow translate to sales. The average consumer doesn't care nearly as much about graphics as the core do. Hell, most don't even know what  "8 gig GDDR5" is let alone cares about it, and I think many people are going to be hesitant to invest in a $500-$700 console yet again (which is probably what the PS4 will have to cost unless Sony is prepared to take massive losses) for little more than beefed up graphics. I think it'll probably perform decent numbers, but I don't see why some are acting like it's going to set the world on fire when the now affordable PS3 isn't even do this.