Teraflops are NOT a Measurement of Gaming Performance

[sales2099]

DonFerrari said:

sales2099 said:

I remember plenty talk about the power of the CELL from Sony and the community. Multiplats looked better because “devs wouldn’t take the time to master the cell”. A popular line was “360 is now, PS3 is the future” which implied that the Cell would make PS3 future proof.

Clearly the fans care and discuss it online and that’s where this Tflop PR is addressing. I just find a double standard at play where power only matters when it seems the PS console has it.

Yes fans did that.

And there were several publications putting emphasis on the differences between the versions on PS360. Still that didn't make Sony talk about Tflops. And the talk about the power of cell was during the reveal and how it would be used in several other situations (never happen we know).

For me power still matters, only reason I didn't buy X1X is that for me the best games are the PS exclusives and for that the best HW I can use is PS4Pro. And I would prefer PS5 stronger than XSX even if more expensive (I know I'm minority) also have no issue saying X1X is stronger and that difference made it have more 4k games or higher res of most or all multiplats (if not higher that would be devs "fault").

Be that as it may, this PR is simple in concept and geared towards the fans to boost the Xbox image and limit negative internet chatter about Xbox.

Because now everybody is talking about how teraflops don’t necessarily matter instead of how Xbox is weaker like in 2013. I say that’s a PR victory in itself and addresses the people that talk the loudest on the internet. 

Last edited by sales2099 - on 09 March 2020