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VGKing on 08 February 2013
SwansVanTerif said:
All these rumors have been bad! I wondered if Sony and MS were going to go the same route as Nintendo, and it looks more and more like it.I don't care much what MS does, but please, let these rumors about PS4 be false.

Are you serious? We already have leaked specs....they're not pulling a Nintendo.

You can have both power and innovative features and services.

In case you have low reading comprehension, what this article means is that the way PS4 will be marketed, it won't focus purely on how powerful it is. People will already know that PS4 is more powerful than a PS3. So why put so much focus on the obvious? It's much better to focus on stuff like GAMES and innovative features.



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VGKing on 08 February 2013
pr3st00 said:
I thought the ORBIS rumors were pointing to a super powerful machine. Does it mean all the rumors are false?

OMFG. Go re-read this article, it does not in any way mention the console won't be powerful.



Cheebee on 08 February 2013

So, looks like people will need to get a 3rd job to get a PS4! But they'll gladly do so!



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pr3st00 on 08 February 2013
VGKing said:
pr3st00 said:
I thought the ORBIS rumors were pointing to a super powerful machine. Does it mean all the rumors are false?

OMFG. Go re-read this article, it does not in any way mention the console won't be powerful.


I said super-powerful, not powerful. Go re-read my post.



tonymarraffa on 08 February 2013

As long as the great games keep coming, that's all that matters!



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pr3st00 on 08 February 2013
tonymarraffa said:
As long as the great games keep coming, that's all that matters!


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Screamapillar on 08 February 2013
platformmaster918 said:
Screamapillar said:
PullusPardus said:
Screamapillar said:
Wait... so Sony is actually going to emulate Nintendo's philosophy with home consoles and not focus purely on higher specs to sell it?

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I suppose.


like they didn't do that with PS1 and PS2.


lol.  They didn't.  PS2 and PS3 were all about visual advancements. 

DVD and bluray were advertised along with them but of course the main selling points were the fantastic exclusives.

Well that's true with every platform.  I'm talking overall, the messaging for Sony/ Microsoft consoles has always been offering the latest and greatest graphical advancements, and proudly displaying their tech specs for all to see.

Nintendo stopped doing that after the GameCube, and since then they barely mention technical specs except when it's absolutely necessary to answer questions.  Even then, they are always very non-specific.  Nintendo decided that who has the best graphics no longer matters, and it seems only now that the other two console manufacturers are coming around to understanding that as well.



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platformmaster918 on 08 February 2013
Screamapillar said:
platformmaster918 said:
Screamapillar said:
PullusPardus said:
Screamapillar said:
Wait... so Sony is actually going to emulate Nintendo's philosophy with home consoles and not focus purely on higher specs to sell it?

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I suppose.


like they didn't do that with PS1 and PS2.


lol.  They didn't.  PS2 and PS3 were all about visual advancements. 

DVD and bluray were advertised along with them but of course the main selling points were the fantastic exclusives.

Well that's true with every platform.  I'm talking overall, the messaging for Sony/ Microsoft consoles has always been offering the latest and greatest graphical advancements, and proudly displaying their tech specs for all to see.

Nintendo stopped doing that after the GameCube, and since then they barely mention technical specs except when it's absolutely necessary to answer questions.  Even then, they are always very non-specific.  Nintendo decided that who has the best graphics no longer matters, and it seems only now that the other two console manufacturers are coming around to understanding that as well.

Nintendo should still put out specs instead of making us guess though.  They're kind of dicks about that.  I mean we get it that's not what YOU want to focus on but I should still be able to see what I'm buying.  Anyway Sony offers far more than graphical enhancements each gen and I think the big ones will be cloud gaming, PS+, the awesome first party studios making awesome games, and bluray player.  Of course I'm excited to see gaming advance with bigger envrionments, more interactivity, better AI, and yes better resolutions and framerates.  A lot of RAM will help with multitasking as well so specs matter to me.




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cunger on 08 February 2013

I think it really depends on who you are. To me the main selling point is gonna be exclusives games and tech specs. But for the broad audience who's gonna buy 70 plus million ps4's these other features may be the more relevant selling feature.



Somini on 08 February 2013
tonymarraffa said:
As long as the great games keep coming, that's all that matters!


So say we all.