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Zekkyou on 06 October 2014
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the-pi-guy said:
Zekkyou said:

I'm sure you've heard of the question "what weights more, a pound of leather or a pound of feathers?" If you ask people that, many will say leather instinctively. Why? Because despite them obviously weighting the same amount, one is perceived to weight more. That effect is very much comparable to the current PS4/X1 situation.

I was going to say it's more like 1 lb of brick versus 1.5 lbs of feathers.  The feathers weigh more.   

But really, the situation is more like 2 almost identical cars, except one can go 50% faster in the same amount of time.  

Car A = 60 mph.  

Car B= 90 mph.  

But in theory, they work the same and depending on the highway you may not see advantages of a faster car if you so choose to drive on that highway.  Though the faster car could be slowed down if it is carrying a lot more stuff. 

That's a good way of looking at it ^^ And yes, in real world terms (relative to the PS4 and X1) the feathers would way 1.5lbs. Change them both to bricks and the perceived difference increases, despite no actual change.