Madword said:
ShinmenTakezo said:
How is my argument not solid? Especially when you fail to prove otherwise. Why talk about coding when we are talking about a dev's knowledge of hardware? Do you really think a game jurno is going to talk to an artist instead of a coder about specs? How was I generalizing? The people on NeoGaf are very knowledgeable. A lot more knowledgeable than the people on this site. There are a good amount of insiders there. This is proven week in and week out when gaming sites and publications are citing users fron NeoGaf about rumors and such. Again with the coding.We weren't talking about just coding, it was being used to prove a point. You're reaching for something that isn't there.
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I thought it was quite well known already that the PS4 development environment is nothing like the PS3, and has been stated as being better than the XboxOne development environment. To me it seems that Cerny got in early, gathered all the intel on what was awful about the PS3 (which is pretty much detailed on the internet already)... and fixed it. While Ms seemed to have left it quite late, made the hardware more complicated (maybe because they didnt want to risk GDDR5 memory issues) and have a worse development environment. I don't think there is anything to argue about here. Can MS improve their systems, yep... can Sony continue to improve theirs... yep. MS might have a bit more wiggle room to improve theirs if its really as bad as people say, but ultimately that gap is still going to be small in terms of performance catch up.
The question will be what types of performance differences we will see. Who knows.. Sony had a worse console to develop on with the PS3, but ultimately developed and published a better and wider range of exclusives, while MS started off strong and dropped then console. Xbox360 was no doubt the better console to develop for - for 3rd parties, but ultimately MS dropped it in the last few years and doesnt even have a good set of launch titles to show for dropping it.
If they are equal in performance, I would still say Sony will do a better job of releasing a wider diverse range of games on the platform. While Sony's 3rd party studios are larger and seemingly better placed to release the better looking/running games on the platform. MS will show interest for a few years and then get bored.. unfortunately that's what MS is like. That's what they were like on PC. If the PS4 is substantially more powerful it will just make the whole situation even worse.
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That's just it. The PS4 is a good amount more powerful by all accounts except for MS employees and loyalists. Not only is PS4 architecturally better built, but it has stronger parts all around. The One will never, can never close that gap. That's why MS needs to put their penis back in their pants and make it about the games and extra features. They will never win the spec or graphics or performance war.
