Pemalite said:
EricHiggin said:
Well SNY did boast about the PS3's power because 360 wasn't a slouch, and PS3 also didn't have the same quality online or third party titles. SNY screwed up with PS3 and they know it, which is a good thing going forward. MS needs to do a ton of brand building and the power narrative is an easy way to start that off. Hopefully that's the case because the hardware boasting eventually wears off if it's not eventually followed by stellar games.
SNY didn't even need to bother bragging about PS4 early on because MS just kept punching themselves over and over. PS3 wasn't all that much different in terms of negativity initially, it's just that it was the gamers that were punching SNY after seeing Kaz punch himself just once, hard, while MS celebrated.
 
This gen could be more proof of whether hardware performance really matters that much. As long as it remains XBSX vs PS5. Odds are good with mid gen consoles, XBSXX will still outperform PS5 Pro on paper. Now if Lockhart shows up, then the power narrative will be tough to decipher unless MS puts out separate sales info, if they release it at all.
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Sony did embellish it's capabilities at it's E3 presentation where they demonstrated some physics effects that... Put simple, we never saw in 7th gen games anyway.
Plus the target renders that never matched up with actual game releases... But that is pretty normal for the entire gaming industry. *cough*Ubisoft*cough*
The issue is when the general fanbase latches onto something and runs with it... The "Power of the Cell" was a pretty potent "catch phrase" throughout the entire consoles lifetime, to the point where people thought the PS3 was superior to a PC or a Super Computer.
Same thing happened with the Playstation 4 where people latched onto it's 8GB of GDDR5 and it's Teraflop advantage...
And now we are seeing it again, this time with the SSD.
It's the same old cycle, just with slightly different heading.
Don't get me wrong, I think it is fantastic that people are so enamored with their brand preferences and are genuinely excited.. But for those who almost live in the tech-sphere, it gets droll rather quickly... Because these people are flaunting specifications without actually understanding their ramifications, heck even their purpose.
Intrinsic said:
I know I am beginning to sound like a broken record now... The XSX has a very specific advantage. GPU compute. And its such a small advantage that it is not going to amount to the kinda difference most seem to be suggesting. These consoles have the smallest differences between the HD twins..... ever. You don't have to take my word for it, and in time we will see.
Oh by the way, if MS is going with "worlds most powerful console", Sony should go with "worlds fastest console".
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Microsoft can leverage "fastest" as well. It's CPU, GPU and Ram is faster.
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Well if you don't know anything about game development, partially because it's never really talked about much in general, and especially in a casual friendly way, hardware specs are something they can latch onto. Not that they understand that well either, but it's easier to grasp in general and much easier to market.
Some of XBSX RAM is slower though. That would only be a partial truth. Also depends on how you want to look at the GPU speed. On paper, PS5 is clocked higher, so that's something MS would have a hard time pulling off in terms of marketing. Even if MS does keep fastest, it wouldn't be dumb for SNY to use that as well, since it will just confuse some customers, and if they can't decipher who's really faster and what each means, things like price and games will become much more important to them. If SNY doesn't use something like being the fastest in some of their marketing, they will be handing XBSX easy consumer points to their own detriment.
