Microsoft: We Think The Future Is Without Console Generations

[Cerebralbore101]

Pemalite said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

Up until the PS2, every new console generation was a quantum leap in graphics. Going from the PS1/N64 to the PS2/NGC was like going from modern graphics, to full blown photo-realism. Imagine a new console releases, and they put the game on the T.V. screen and people walk by and they think you are watching a movie, because it looks exactly the same as real life down to every little detail. Modern graphics improvements are small, incremental, and pathetic by comparison. 

Saying that console graphics have to keep up with PC gaming is just as dumb as saying that the SNES needed to keep up with the 3D0, Jagaur, etc.

And if you want those "big leaps" in image quality, then you will need to wait longer and longer between generations, tech advancement is slowing down and consoles very much rely on PC technology advancement, not to mention that in order to double the image quality of a game... You require orders-of-magnitude more hardware.

Consoles hold back the potential of PC gaming, that cannot be disputed and the PC is the largest gaming platform other than Android and iOS in terms of user numbers.

We agree that tech advancement is slowing down. That was one of my main points. Why claim that graphics are so important when, the improvements are becoming less and less? I'm pretty sure that both Consoles and PC rely on the same advancements in technology. Unless you mean, that the fastest chip/graphics-card/etc. always comes to PC first. But that's a given. Of course it is going to be on PC first, when the fastest graphics card costs $600 there is no way it will be on a console. 

Holding back indeed. Pay 1k for a top of the line gaming PC. Put your game in, expecting the most cutting edge graphics. Game doesn't have the graphics to take advantage of your hardware because it was developed for consoles as well as PC. The irony is hilarious. 

Yes. The PC has the largest number of users other than Android and iOS. Does it matter if the vast majority of those users only play three to four games every console cycle? Does it matter if they spend a grand total of thirty dollars on games, per person, per year? Lowest common denominator is a fantastic thing to brag about. 

- Moderated, Carl