| TheMisterManGuy said: New generations are always important. As I said, there's always room for improvement. I agree that power did play a part in the successful launch of the PS4, but it wasn't the only factor. Smart marketing, key properties, and an attractive price point, all while being really the only next gen console worth buying made the PS4 a success at launch. |
Great.
So we have established that the Playstation 4 originally sold on the premise of:
* More power.
The Playstation 4 Pro is essentially sold on the premise of:
* More power.
Ergo, power is an essential selling point to a large swathe of gamers who desire better fidelity, happy we can agree.
| TheMisterManGuy said: I made that late gen comparison to show how 7th generation was a turning point. Yeah, it might not make sense to say that games very early in the generation don't look much better than current gen. But even this late into current gen consoles, the difference in graphics isn't as big of a leap as the past. Like I said, 8th gen's more of a sizable bunny hop than a major leap. The main improvements made all have to do with consoles switching to PC based hardware and development philosophies, so even last gen games can be touched up to be presentable on current gen systems. |
I disagree, the jump in geometric and lighting complexity is rather impressive.
2011 is roughly the year that you would compare Xbox 360 game releases to releases today on the Xbox One.
And that is also the year of Battlefield 3, Gears of War 3, Halo: Anniversary. - Compare that to titles coming out today and the difference can be rather startling.
Now I don't know about you... But running Battlefield 3 on the Xbox 360 makes me want to poke my eyes out with a fork, where-as Battlefield 5 on my Xbox One X or PC looks like to be in another league entirely... The fact it's not running at 720P is a massive massive advantage that improves clarity.
| TheMisterManGuy said: Next generation will be a similar, if not smaller leap in technology, Even then, very few games will really need that much power, especially as AAA game development costs continue to rise. Next gen consoles won't be failures, far from it. The novelty of a new generation promising new technology will always lead to successful launches. But many gamers and developers will still be fine with making and playing games on PS4 and Xbox One for quite a while afterward as well. |
Development costs do continue to rise... But so do profits.
More power doesn't automatically equate to larger development costs anyway, some improvements in graphics actually reduces development time.
For example, having dynamic lighting in-engine takes far less time than designing all the individual textures with baked lighting details in it, which was a common practice during the 7th gen due to lack of power.
I personally have no issue with higher development costs anyway... That isn't really our problem, they can simply make games with smaller budgets.
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