Is PS4 going the wrong direction?

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

DarkD said:

You need to summarize your arguments shorter.  I don't have the patience to read that many arguments which are pretty much "agree to disagree".  

TL;DR isn't a valid response, just saying

The third party problems aren't because of the hardware.  

Uh...yeah it is. Play Sonic Unleashed on the PS3 than go to Wii version. The PS3 one is a proper game minus the werehog, while the Wii version is an on rails joke. And the difference between the Xb1 and Wii U is much larger than the PS3 and Wii's difference.

Upscaling is hard, downscaling is easy.  Developers are making a bigger issue out of that than they should be.  The real reason is simply that Nintendo doesn't have a receptive audience for most third party games.  It's easier to blame it on Nintendo's hardware than to admit they can't tap the audience.  

Yeah says the guy whose never developed before. Upscaling means that the new platform has more resources, less optimization has to be done, even if assets have to be rescaled, its the same for downscaling, while there is the additonal limitation of less resources it must be highly optimized. However, a quality PC can easily handle buffering of 1080p textures and high fidelity models of a PS4, while put it in a Wii U and the game will crash in less then a couple of minutes

Third parties actually have no choice but to go out of their way customizing their games from scratch to try and draw in the Nintendo crowd.  That's a plus if anything not a minus.  Take "The Last of Us: Remastered" for instance.  The changes from the previous console are pretty much cosmetic with a few bells and whistles thrown on.  However, a third party game redone for the Wii U usually has dramatic changes to it.  Even if it's just a port, the added gamepad functionality alone is usually pretty impressive.  

Sure. Rayman Legends was designed for the Wii U, got outsold by the PS3 version. Pretty impressive indeed.

My initial argument was that fans would get more for their money if they supported Nintendo or Microsoft this generation.  That still stands.  I've given you half a dozen angles from which Sony has failed to capitalize on.  I've shown you that the other two are amped and ready to move in with huge results.  I stand by my argument that Sony is a dead horse who's crawling in the lead because fans are making up the slack.  

Wow, that is bullshit of the highest order. People play what they want, and my friends got excellent support on the Wii U, meanwhile I've through enjoyed my PS4 while only buying one 19.99 game. Its not even an argument, its just your biased opinion because the console that you don't like is in first place. Welcome to 2006, looks like you're going to have to deal with it.