Teraflops are NOT a Measurement of Gaming Performance

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last92 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Most of that was addressed by launch, I don't think Kinect was even required but still bundled at launch and removed months later.

What didn't change was discussion about the GPU disparity. Either way, I just think its funny the OP cherry picked X1X as where teraflop numbers became a topic. Obviously it started years before with the 8th gen specs.

Well, the price difference was the biggest problem, and that stayed for a few months if I remember correctly.

I agree though that power stayed a relevant topic for a long time. But I still think that wasn't the biggest factor that led to PS dominating the whole gen. That's something only people on the web care about. It's still true, however, that MS has been focusing on power and tflops much more than Sony in the last few years. Looking at PS exlcusives for 2020 and how good they look vs what xbox one x is getting...well, I can't help but wonder if all this focus on tflops really means anything. And looking at xbox one x sales, I really thing that power is one of the least important characteristics, provided the gap is not too big.

Price difference was the biggest problem because it stayed this way for almost whole year, not a couple of months. Microsoft reaction was way too slow. And I'm also not talking about another big issue which is console availability. Xbox One was only available in less than 20 countries at launch if I'm not mistaken while PS4 was selling almost everywhere. It took a year for MS to catch up with Sony in terms of console availability on the market and the general public already bought PS4 by that time.