Debunking the Myth that Next Gen Consoles are too weak

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fps_d0minat0r said:
A lot of the difference in GPU power between last gen and current gen went in getting games from sub-HD and dropping below 30fps to getting them to (or close to) 1080p and/or 60fps.

The same will happen next gen too. People will expect an insane graphical leap, but wont consider that if developers opt for 4k resolution, a lot of the difference in GPU power will already be eaten up.

4K will not be here for a long time! Next Gen, I am expecting Video playback up to 4K but there is absolutely no way (and need) for games to be there. There are a magnitude of reasons.

a) The 4K TVs will still not be cheap

b) The 1080p TVs are usually sufficient unless you're talking 50+ inch TVs. (I am not saying that the difference is unnoticeable, it is just worth the cost yet, and for many people 1080p is good enough)

c) The vast majority of TVs will be 1080p or sub-4K, so 4K is not a viable option for console games just yet.

Slimebeast said:

Exactly.

So it's not a mith.

Personally I am very unhappy with the horsepower of PS4 and Xbone. I'm in the process of going back to PC gaming because next gen graphics on consoles are so underwhelming.

Xbox 360 beated almost every high end PC when it was released. I member buying a Radeon X1900XT GPU for $650 back in Spring of 2006 and still the Xbox 360 was just as powerful. Oblivion looked almost better on Xbox 360 than it did on my PC.

In comparison, today, my Radeon R9 290 ($400) PC is miles ahead the PS4 in grafix quality.

Yes, it is a PC Elitist Myth.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-myths,3694.html#xtor=RSS-998

Most people seem to ignore what I am actually saying and instead understand what they like it seems. Let me repeat, I am not claiming consoles have equal performance with high end PCs or there is no difference. Please read clearly....

The visible performance gap between PS4 and PCs at the maximum possibble resolution on the console of the era (dictated by the TV Standards, which is 1080p today, but was 720p last gen) is minimal. This gap used to be a lot larger with the PS3 vs PC, or PS2 vs PC, or PS1 vs PC. So, for its era, Playstation 4 is the most capable of all playstations. So yes, that is not a weak console at all, serves its purpose.

And yes, although X360 had a really good GPU for its time, it still had a significant disadvantage compared to the PC for various reasons, even at 720p or lower (the standard of the time). The same is true for PS3.

Once you settle for a highly reasonable 1080p to play, PS4 is way more than capable, and that is unless you want to go higher resolutions, which are just not possible on most TVs, and pointless for a console anyway. So if you don't game on a console any more, it's not because PS4 is weak (which it isn't) but it's because the common TV resolution is just not enough for you and/or you're spoiled by the ultra clarity provided to you by high end PC equipment.