I agree with this. Although I will say having superb graphics in a game can substantially increase the immersive feel. I don't want my PS4 having a GTX 690/Radeon 7990 in it (as an example) I want it to be cost effective, bringing the latest technology when it comes to the mobile platform. Valve can pull off Steam because they are currently only doing software. What's it hurting them to ask devs to promote their games with sales? Sony and Microsoft are seeing a profit from pay to play because they always have to undersell their platforms to make anything in the long run. Sure Valve is going to make the Steambox but it's not going to hurt them in any way because they have no competition in that area. If anything next gen will promote better ports and better multicore and multithreaded support as they're sporting x86 architectures and 8 core CPUs.

Isn't that enough, Nvidia? Let it go, man. Why are you still butthurt?

PS3 has a split pool of memory. 256MB of RAM for the GPU and an additional 256MB for the system. Take a 256MB GPU on a PC and run any current gen game, good luck.

Take a current PC game and try to run it on a PS3, good luck.

Well, it's 7 years old. PS4 will play PC games, I believe Planetside 2 is coming to PS4. As well as a number of other free to play PC games. Build a PC for $400 and beat the PS4? :) There's truly nothing wrong with either platform. I currently do not care though, my 7 year old PS3 is playing GTA V at a native 1280x720 and I'm happy with that.

If you want PS4 level graphics, you are probably looking at $1,000 machine day 1. Then each upgrade to keep it at that level is going to cost another few hundred $.

Speaking at someone who owns a high end PC, I see the economics as being highly favoured towards the PS4. I just happen to have enough money to get both

Luckly Steam isn't the only store in town

www.greenmangaming.com is your freind use the discount code and you can get 25% off almost everything including pre-orders until the 27th. They usually offer 20% off. You can't really ask for more than that on brand new games, devs have to eat after all.

i am just glad it has already been determined that graphical power is irrelevant

While new consoles can't compare to the best possible computer around, they are still faster than most PCs. Remember that Notebooks sell more than Desktops and many people don't give a shit about specs. nVidia isn't even the biggest GPU manufacturer, that would be Intel. Yes, their shitty integrated graphics that don't come near the power of the Next Gen consoles are what is sold the most. So the question is not what is theoretically possible on a PC but what specs the average joe has. That is and always will be the target for developers. There's no point in developing a game that runs only on those 10.000 super fast machines.

That is also the reason why console games will always look good. They might not get to the same levels as PC games, but it will be good enough for most people. It's always good to know which hardware your customers have. It's impossible to know just that on PC. Direct X can only do so much, the results will always be best if you work as close to the metal as you can. Not possible on PC.

So in the end, just pick what you like. After all, there are no differences in Multiplats other than graphics. The games themselves are the same and you won't miss anything if you don't play BF4 not in 4K with 240fps or something. Exclusives are another thing. If you like strategy games, there's no way avoiding a PC. If you like console exclusives, get a console. Or just get both.

I would like to see a PS4 play games how I play them on my PC. It would probably curl up in a ball and implode upon itself.