| Nautilus said: The problem with thios is not only I would never pay that outrighteous price, as most of us probably wouldnt, but the problem is with the line of thinking that, for a system to be considered next-gen, it needs tyo be a powerful console, it needs to have x teraflops. This needs to stop.Especially now that the power jump is getting smaller and smaller.Compare an end gen game from PS3 with a game from PS4.The difference is really small.Not only that, but few games have presented new ideas that havent been done or couldnt been done last gen.This mindset that power comes over everything will end up being the end of consoles.For all the hate people have on Nintendo, he is the only one that is innovating and creating new possibilities for gaming out of the three console manufacturers.And thats why I also think that the Switch is the right choice for them. Gaming is a hobby.A luxury.Thats why it also needs to be as affordable as possible.After that, we have reached a point that extra power dosent necessaraly mean a better game, so innovation(as long as it is a good idea) should ALWAYS comes first.Not saying that there shouldnt be a power boost, but it shouldnt be the priority.You get the idea. |
I think what some people haven't realized is that the whole teraflops nonsesne is just silly. Now more so than ever.
PR has always cooked up new and improved ways to make gamers want that next best thing. Once it was sprites, then polygons.... but those things became less relevant when hardware was pushing more than was needed. And thats the same thing that will happen with teraflops or more specificaly resolution.
We can all talk boosts as much as we want, but I sincerely feel that by the next gen, graphical quality or resolution and framerates wouldn't be how games are told apart.
I don't know if I agre with the whole nintendo thing though, cause I don't think that there is anything wrong with what sony and MS are doing for gaming too. But I am with you that the chase for more power should not be a prority. My issue with nintendo though is that they seem to always be a generation behind. To say what they are doing is good is kinda disingenious cause you are looking at two extremes of the same situation. Nintendo may innovate in usage scenario and control interfaces, but sony and MS are innovating in hardware engineering and performance. Those two different things are very important.
