You are definitely speaking of hardware in a totally different context than the OP is stating. I think you know that he is talking about power, not tech that drives motion controls because obviously, running them on the Wii didn't take much power at all. 

I'm laughing if you think your comments sound smart.

I find PS4 and Xbox One fans bragging about their technically advanced machines rather funny.It's a lot like a fourth grader bragging that he's taller than first grader. Sure, you're six inches taller. But you're still a shrimp.

In a lot of ways, the PS4, just to pick on the harder target, is very dumbed down compared to your standard gaming PC. You can build a solid gaming PC for around $600 or $700. That's not including things like monitors and speakers, but you don't include the cost of a TV in console costs, do you?

Anyhow, that $650ish PC would get you 1080p and/or 60 FPS, depending on your personal choices and the game's settings. Considering how Battlefield 4 runs at 900p and roughly 45 FPS on the PS4, that's roughly equivalent. You'll get 8 GB of RAM, like in the PS4, except with Windows 7, the OS isn't as bloated, leaving game's with extra RAM to work with. The 500 GB of storage in a PS4 are more suitable for an entry model PC than a gaming machine, especially if you want games that take advantage of all that prowess. My old 2007 Dell has about 500 GB of memory! And that's not including SSD memory, something that only the Wii U offers this gen.

And there are places where PC gaming is simply cheaper than console gaming. There's no paying extra for online services, games often are launched at $40 or $50, Steam sales happen regularly, and backwards compatibility actually exists.

Oh, and for the extra $250ish, you can do things other than playing games.

But go ahead. I'm sure you're incapable of building your own machine. Screwing things together is hard! PC's are for nerds! And only the PS4/Xbone have loads of exclusives right now!, Unlike the PC.

This is actually a really good point I always ignored. I will use that in the next debate if you don't mind. You can make it even juicier by claiming they don't have enough confidence in their platform that they don't think a smaller profit margin or a higher price could be successful.

instead of taking an existing game and imagining it without said effects imaging an existing game with the gained effects of more powerful hardware. Any great game could be better with more powerful hardware. Sometimes its the sum of the parts that make a good game not any one effect. I remeber back in the day when PS3 launched and they had that FFVII tech demo i was like holy cow it would be so awesome if they rebuilt my fav game of all time with modern tech why is that? the thing about software is its limited by the hardware it utilizes. what game would you say is better FFVII on PSone ore a completly overhauld version on PS3. both the same game just one looks and  better.

Wii U was first to the market, with no competition besides the PS3 and Xbox 360. They had 12 months headstart ahead of the competition, yet the software sales for the platform are bad in comparision to XB1/PS4 (outside a few select titles by first party). Nintendo already launched 3 flagship titles in 2013 - Mario Bros, 3D Mario and Zelda but hardware sales remain mediocre at best.

PS4/XB1 demand is still very high despite having very few actual new, compelling titles that are exclusive to their respective platforms. Its the hardware that's selling it at the moment.

But of course. We need to educate those in the dark. ;)

So you've admitted he's right and that hardware matters? Yes?

/arguement

You see this is what most people don't realise. Hardware stretches way beyond just graphics.

Are you serious? I think you simply ignored my question

Would you mind answering for me? (the question on the post you quoted)

That's why I, like most real gamers, game mostly on PC.

(see how that works.)

Of cource they matter. Everything does. The question is how much, and this depends on the other consoles and various other factors. It's as simple as that.

Really? How do you expect anyone to answer that? How should we know in what ways developers are going to utilize the extra power they now have available with the PS4/X1?

The simple and undisputable fact is that more power opens up more possibilities in game development, you cannot deny that. How that extra power is going to be used remains to be seen.