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kain_kusanagi on 23 February 2013
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KBG29 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
KBG29 said:
It is basically the same concept as a super charger or a turbo charger. Both units force more air into a motor to give it more power. On the console they are giving the chips direct access to each other forcing fast communication. It is basically giving you more performance out of something than what it was initially intended for.

Sounds like a super charged system to me.


I don't know, my gaming rig has a lot more power and I wouldn't call it super charged. For one thing, my PC may be a lot more powerfull than the PS4 but it isn't the most powerfull gaming rig that money can by. And for anothing thing I wouldn't use "super charged" to dsescribe a PC or a gaming console. Overclocked maybe, streamlined sure, but calling mid ranged off the shelf PC  parts Supercharged is like calling a honda civic turbo for having an air scoop.

To me all they were trying to get across was that this was off the shelf PC tech with enhanced performance. I think they wanted to avoid the word custom, because developers don't want custom chips. The word supercharged just means it puches above its wait for what it is. It does not mean it is the best of the best. You can have a supercharged 4 banger, or W16. At the end of the day it was just a synonym for enhanced performance.

No matter what they said someone would have had an issue.

My original point still stands. Calling the PS4 "Super Charged" is no different or any more valid than saying the Genesis has "Blast Processing". They are both marketing tools to give fans a buzz word to talk about and use against other fanboys.

People make fun of Sega for coining the term "Blast Processing" even though it was an accurate way to describe the advantage of the Genesis' faster CPU compared to the SNES. I find it odd that nobody is making fun of Sony for doing the same thing.