http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion

Someone on Kotaku introduced me to this:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

With console zealots, I see this a lot.

So are you saying what you stated is an opinion?

Leaked specs dont mean much huh? Even if they pan out as rumored the PS3 was also more powerful then any of the other consoles. How much power does one need to last another 7 years? The current consoles were also low to mid range ( compared to PC ).. And yet they still have acceptable graphics. The problem lies in comparing a console to a PC... The console doesnt run an operating system that slows it down while the game is running.

Sony had better hope the PS4 isnt AGAIN the most expensive system - systems with "superior" components do cost more PERIOD. The smartest thing is to make it more powerful and still be balanced. This makes me doubt the PS4 will be anywhere near Wii U's price.

And 'Move' looks horrible.. How can that possibly compete with next gen 'Kinect' which would be much more responsive and handle more users completely handsfree...

Sony better hope this pans out after 4 straight years of losses and 5 billion in losses reported 6 months ago for the gaming division...Sony can DEFINATELY no longer afford to sell another console at a loss for a sustained amount of time..

Lastly, Sony basically has admitted CELL was a mistake. They ditched the original plans to use an updated CELL for PS4.. And have made a console thats basically a PC! It seems to me alot of PS3 fans made a big deal about the Xb360 essentially being a PC, huh?  Now that Sony has said "yeah cell was not the best processor for developers" and they are making a PC.. All the Sony fans buy right into it.. And why?  Because Sony is putting their name on it... Hahah

Good points. I'd imagine that sometime down the line they'll offer cheaper options for PS4 development to smaller developers. But in light of how dev kits tend to be somewhat scarce in the early going, it'll probably be a year or two until that begins.

I would be extremely surprized if somehow Microsoft didn't already know about Sony's specs a while ago.

Hardly; There aren't that many companies that can match them financially. Sony surely isn't one of them.

Thats actually quite fascinating. I think everyone is a little guilty of this. Its also very hard to almost impossible to detect if youre trying to examine yourself and personal opinions and beliefs...

Unfortunately the games software industry is a brutal place, like many other places. If your company made a good game for X, that doesn't guarantee that you now have a job for life working for X, or Y or Z. The cycle starts at zero. Companies that are surviving have at least several projects in various stages, but even that cannot guarantee that you survive should any of those projects fail. Developing games means an exciting life - sometimes because making the game is great, more often because you don't know where you are in a year or two. A lot of burnt-out people lie on the paths to glory, I'd suppose.

Agreed... Sony ditched Cell to make a console most like a PC.. And funny enough alot of Sony fans blasted the Xbox 360 because it was more like a PC then the PS3 ..

Now the PS4 will essentially be using the same Gpu as the Next Xbox.. At least very close in specs & Its even made by the same company!  And yet now that Sony abandoned plans to use an updated Cell for PS4.. The Sony fans eat it up.. Next Xbox wont be losing compatability to play 360 games.. But theres now just no way to play PS3 games on the PS4.. I doubt they'll even try it due to keeping launch cost as low as possible for Sony