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Is "Super Charged" the new "Blast Processing"

Yes, it is a meaningless marketing tool. 34 36.96%
 
No, PS4 has faster RAM th... 28 30.43%
 
Genesis does, what Nintendon't. 9 9.78%
 
Sorry Plaything, you're not worthy. 2 2.17%
 
Now you're playing with POWER! 14 15.22%
 
You're parents help you hook it up. 5 5.43%
 
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KBG29 on 23 February 2013
kain_kusanagi said:
KBG29 said:
It is basically the same concept as a super charger or a turbo charger. Both units force more air into a motor to give it more power. On the console they are giving the chips direct access to each other forcing fast communication. It is basically giving you more performance out of something than what it was initially intended for.

Sounds like a super charged system to me.


I don't know, my gaming rig has a lot more power and I wouldn't call it super charged. For one thing, my PC may be a lot more powerfull than the PS4 but it isn't the most powerfull gaming rig that money can by. And for anothing thing I wouldn't use "super charged" to dsescribe a PC or a gaming console. Overclocked maybe, streamlined sure, but calling mid ranged off the shelf PC  parts Supercharged is like calling a honda civic turbo for having an air scoop.

To me all they were trying to get across was that this was off the shelf PC tech with enhanced performance. I think they wanted to avoid the word custom, because developers don't want custom chips. The word supercharged just means it puches above its wait for what it is. It does not mean it is the best of the best. You can have a supercharged 4 banger, or W16. At the end of the day it was just a synonym for enhanced performance.

No matter what they said someone would have had an issue.



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kain_kusanagi on 23 February 2013
KBG29 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
KBG29 said:
It is basically the same concept as a super charger or a turbo charger. Both units force more air into a motor to give it more power. On the console they are giving the chips direct access to each other forcing fast communication. It is basically giving you more performance out of something than what it was initially intended for.

Sounds like a super charged system to me.


I don't know, my gaming rig has a lot more power and I wouldn't call it super charged. For one thing, my PC may be a lot more powerfull than the PS4 but it isn't the most powerfull gaming rig that money can by. And for anothing thing I wouldn't use "super charged" to dsescribe a PC or a gaming console. Overclocked maybe, streamlined sure, but calling mid ranged off the shelf PC  parts Supercharged is like calling a honda civic turbo for having an air scoop.

To me all they were trying to get across was that this was off the shelf PC tech with enhanced performance. I think they wanted to avoid the word custom, because developers don't want custom chips. The word supercharged just means it puches above its wait for what it is. It does not mean it is the best of the best. You can have a supercharged 4 banger, or W16. At the end of the day it was just a synonym for enhanced performance.

No matter what they said someone would have had an issue.

My original point still stands. Calling the PS4 "Super Charged" is no different or any more valid than saying the Genesis has "Blast Processing". They are both marketing tools to give fans a buzz word to talk about and use against other fanboys.

People make fun of Sega for coining the term "Blast Processing" even though it was an accurate way to describe the advantage of the Genesis' faster CPU compared to the SNES. I find it odd that nobody is making fun of Sony for doing the same thing.



Fireforgey on 23 February 2013
Chark said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Chark said:
By super charged, I'm sure they are just stating it has some minor customizations. Just making sure people don't think it is straight up PC parts thrown together. In essence it is "super charged", a console will be able to take far more advantage of the hardware than a PC would, even if it is not customized to hell and back.


Sega just wanted people to understand that the Genesis' CPU was faster than the SNES, but back then people thought a CPU was the big gray box for running Excel at work. Sega called it Blast Processing to give kids ammo on the playground. Sony is calling a a mid ranged PC "Supercharged" to simplify the advantages of a closed architecture and give kids ammo for the forums.

 


I think we are far beyond that now (thought I never experienced console wars growing up). Gamers are going to use real figures and numbers. Don't make this into something this is not.


hehehehehehe AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  Man we have regressed since Ninty V Sega.  Gamers went from normal school debates between kids to debates between grown men (and women) using very little more than the same marketing terms.  We went from BLAST PROCESSING to CELL PROCESSING OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH.   HE is calling a spade a spade, nothing more.



miz1q2w3e on 23 February 2013

What's "Super Charged"? Is it something they said at the Sony conference?



Sensei on 23 February 2013

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Chark on 23 February 2013
Fireforgey said:


hehehehehehe AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  Man we have regressed since Ninty V Sega.  Gamers went from normal school debates between kids to debates between grown men (and women) using very little more than the same marketing terms.  We went from BLAST PROCESSING to CELL PROCESSING OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH.   HE is calling a spade a spade, nothing more.


No doubt the debates are larger and the average age has grown. What I'm talking about is the information is more available to us and we generally have a better understanding of what the tech is and what the numbers mean.



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Moonhero on 23 February 2013

All I know is, if it can do 4K... I would call that supercharged by today's standards.
And "What the living fuck?!?!" by 1980's standards.



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animegaming on 23 February 2013

we need PS4 ads that says PS4 has super charge while the 720 and wii u does not



miz1q2w3e on 23 February 2013

^^haha that would be pretty awesome actually XP



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