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EricHiggin on 03 September 2017
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Pemalite said:
EricHiggin said:

PS consoles seem to make opposite jumps each gen. Like PS1 had a great CPU and decent GPU. PS2 had a decent CPU and great GPU. PS3 had a great CPU and decent GPU. PS4 (Pro) had a decent CPU and great GPU. (This is taking into account whats to be expected from console hardware and price at launch).

I wouldn't say the PS2 had a "great" GPU or the Playstation 3 having a "great" CPU.

But it's all relative I guess.

I get what your saying. I didn't want to get too technical (Cell SPU/SPE, AMD APU etc) or complicate things by using different words like amazing, awesome, great, good, decent, ok, etc. I just picked great and decent and rolled with it for all gens, just to make the point clearly without writing a novel about each console. That's why I also made the point about launch hardware and price, not just comparing all consoles directly, but also taking into account the hardware and where it sat in terms of overall computing performance at its time of launch, to meet its necessary sales price. It's not that simple, I know, I just tried to make it as simple as possible. Much easier said than done.



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.