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Intrinsic on 20 October 2014
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Landguy said:
Intrinsic said:
I dunno, but I think if we were all being objective and realistic here, we all would have come to terms with the fact that we have reached a point where a lot of things will look really good, but nothing will ever blow us away again.

And I don't think that is a bad thing. There are only so many ways you can make a ball look like a ball.


I agree with your comment the most so far.  I t seems that the diminishing returns aspect is what it is.  Sure, the worlds are bigger(look at minecraft) and the graphic are 1080p vs 720p.  But, the whole difference from one gen to another is a lot less visible.  

Can we tell the difference?  of course we can.  I will say, when we went from PS2 to PS3, you could see it without people doing screen captures and counting the pixels.  It was that obvious, the games were a big step up graphically.

Exactly. That is really why I find it funny when I hear people talking about how good a game looks and how powerful Pcs are and stuff. The simple truth is that we are now at a point where everything that sets out to look good looks good. Thats why the most obvious way to diferentiate games now from platform to platform is to strat throwing specs and numbers around. 

Like think about it. a GTX Titan Z is a $3000 GPU. $3000. On paper it runs circles around the GPUs in a PS4 + XB1 combined multiplied by 4. And thats just the GPU. By the time you put in a CPU and everything else you will have a $4000 gaming rig. But if we were to be honest with ourselves, like really sincerely honest. Does BF4, Wtcher 3, Watchdogs...etc look $3600 better on that Rig than the do on the PS4? Does that rig run a game that will be impossible to run on the PS4/XB1? Yes, it will look sharper, run smoother.....etc. But its not $3600 better. 

That is why I am not disappointed wth the PS4/XB1. I am just being realistic. Nvidia and AMD wants gamers to keeping chasing numbers and specs and making them feel like they "need" to always be on the bleeding edge. Thats just not true. I believe that gams will still keep looking better and better every passing year. But I also believe we will never see a game that will blow our minds away gain cause it looks so damn good. We will never have a KZ2 trailer (even if it was faked) moment again. Never.