I was looking at footage of The Witcher 3 on PS4 and Xbox One and could not help but be very impressed at what that these consoles were delivering.

PS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_dvkGwwny0

Xbox One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGG9yXmRCyQ

Graphically, the game is gorgeous. PC enthusiasts will make fun of the 30fps cap, but the fact is, we all know that 30fps is more than adequate for gaming.  

With 33.5 million sold as of April 11^th 2015(VGChartz numbers), we have 33+ million consoles which can run The Witcher 3 at those graphical settings.  High end PC enthusiasts know very well that there aren’t nearly as many PCs which can run this game on their mythical “ultra” settings.

Spending too much time at Digital Foundry will make you develop a warped view of what is actually happening when it comes to graphical progress in gaming…especially on consoles. They build high end PCs, crank up the graphical settings as far as they can, then make comparisons/face offs. The findings are accurate, but it does present an inaccurate view of what the actual gaming landscape is like.

PS4/Xbox One games look very good and they will continue to improve. If they continues to sell this well, we will have at least 120+ million of these consoles on the market at some point, and that will be good business for console gaming.

Judging from what we are seeing so far, there is a humungous amount of potential with the PS4/Xbox One. Game developers truly have platforms which allows them to spread their wings and innovate.

John Carmack (2013):

“There’s so much you can still do on the previous console generation. The 360 and PS3 are far from tapped out in terms of what a developer could do with them, but the whole world’s gonna move over towards next-gen and high-end PCs and all these other things,”

And John Carmack wasn’t even talking about PS4/Xbox One….

Feel free to leave your thoughts below.

PC is obviously going to be the best version of Witcher 3. No doubt about it, but this doesnt mean the console versionsdoesnt  look excellent as well.

And here is the thing, for PC enthusiasts who have built high end machines 60fps is a big deal because it is very noticeable.

However what is most important here is that 33 million other people can play it who doesnt game on PC. Its a win win and the e-penis war of what looks the best may go on, but in the end everybody (more people) has a chance to enjoy it.  That is truly what matters.  Being able to play the game.

I never expected those trailers to be PS4 / Xbox One visuals. But in future I have a plan to upgrade my PC. I was expecting those type of visuals when I get it for the second time. But in the end its good. As long as the game is good I am happy.

I agree 60 fps is the gold standard. 

But on a console, you can achieve so much more by going for 30fps. It's been done for decades and really lets the aging hardware sing. We would have never had Halo 4 or The Last of Us on previous gen if 60fps was mandatory.

I'm just glad the game will come to my console of choice and I'm sure it will look very good regardless of what some might think.  Heck even the xbox one version looks good even if it runs at a lower resolution.  xbox fans can't go wrong with that game.

It looks pretty good on consoles but I will be playing it on my PC instead since ultra settings + 60fps + maybe dx12

People who still think PC gamers only care about graphics and/or fps

Haven't really checked, but guessing my PC will be putting out roughly same graphics and probably same fps as the ps4.  I doubt much better. But the PC version will let me add mods such as tweaking combat if the game is too rediculously easy when higher leveled like Witcher 2 was. Making inventory management better, if its bad. Removing annoying armor or potion visual effects if distracting or something.

ECT.

It's not about the graphics, but if it were, those who care will spend the money and destroy consoles.

Gamespot - 10 / 10.

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