aLkaLiNE said:
In the interview where he said that the ps4 pro only competes with the xb1s, he was making a point about how all third party games would have no reason not to look better on xbx over the pro unless there were some dubious plot to force parity. And yet throughout this generation we've seen the rare occasion where an xb1 port ran better than ps4. It's really annoying that Phil puts the onus on Sony here so that in the future, when there are games that look identical between pro and xbx, the scapegoat will be Sony rather than on the lazy devs who choose not to invest the time or resources into these mid gen upgrades (which we've already seen on Pro) |
This is exactly why a mid gen console refresh doesnt do much for gaming. Aside from a smoother experience in the menu or a slight improvment in textures/framerate it really isnt worth a second purchase. The 1X is a beast aside from the CPU, since games will be playable on all Xbox 1 varients, they will be limited by the weakest for online play. If I were to get the PS4 pro it would only be because I wanted a second console and may as well get the newer hardware. I would not however spend $500 bucks on an overclocked console with some extra ram that will not see any significant games designed to fully utilize its hardware. Even with a pro purchase I would wait until the price drops.
A new generation console is designed to allow developers to utilize a set hardware spec for parity accross all users of said hardware. When you start making different SKUs with different specs it gets very costly for developers to make games for the different versions. Inevitably you will get a game designed for the weakest and ported to the stronger versions.
