FACTS vs. FICTION – Volume 1

[MikeRox]

Justagamer said:

No one on earth thought the ps1 was more powerful than the n64. Stop joking.

The games often looked better. That gives the impression of being more powerful.

It's actually just that the PS1 had much more versatile architechture meaning it was able to make certain genres look better. Not all games were huge open 3D worlds, which is what the N64 was designed around. Put a PS1 game in a corridor or whatever, and it was able to pull of perceivably equivalent visuals. I can't think of a racing game on the N64 that looked better than say Ridge Racer Type 4 (or even Gran Turismo) on the PS1. Games like WipeOut 2097 and Destruction Derby 2 also looked better than their N64 equivalents. Plenty of 60fps beat em ups on the PS1 too which looked silky smooth whilst most N64 beat em ups ran at half that.

This was why I said considered. If you think no one thought that, you clearly weren't in high school when both platforms were out. I was the N64 owner. OMG TEH KIDDEH!" was all I got. because the N64 didn't do "realistic" graphics. And yes, I know Goldeneye and Perfect Dark etc completely blow that argument, but it was still a commonly held belief. Perception is key.