This hasn't been true since the transition to the 8th generation. The PS4's performance is equivalent to GPU's with the same theoretical performance. Just compare an r9 270x or Nvidia 750TI with the PS4's performance. It has remained quite the same. The exception might be Sony exclusives, but those are a small percentage of total games. 

is that why every time I see a how to make a console rival pc guide, it never comes close to a ps4 in price? Unless they use second hand parts, and its still a litle more expensive, but then again I could buy a second hand ps4 and we are back to the same deal.

is that why every time I see a how to make a console rival pc guide, it never comes close to a ps4 in price? Unless they use second hand parts, and its still a litle more expensive, but then again I could buy a second hand ps4 and we are back to the same deal.

The real question I have is why anyone in their right mind who actually cares about PC gaming would want to build a gaming PC that comes close to the PS4 in price? 

Even at $400, it was an exercise in building a bare bones rig. At $350, it's scraping the bottom of the barrel and usually results in the "if you reuse parts, buy dated or used parts, etc." argument which is really not the point at all when it comes to doing PC builds. So, buy a used PS4 for $200-250. Get a free old gaming PC from someone and buy a new video card for $200. Steal a PS4 off the back of a truck. It gets ridiculous at this point. 

No worries here, since consoles perform better with same power caps. Unless they start adopting revision every couple of years and screw up the fix hardware for at least 5years that consoles always had. Im way to worried and excited at the same time for ps4 neo.

I wouldn't say that and even devs have already said that consoles usually pack more punch than a similar GPU on a regular PC. Thirdy party titles just aren't that much into extreme optimization and such, because it won't generate any kind of financial return. It's not like making a shooter that looks way better than CoD will make you magically outsell it, so why expend more money making a technical masterpiece?

First party studios don't have to worry that much with money since their titles aren't there just to sell well, but also to be technical showcases to make nice looking trailers to move hardware. Trying to make a showcase AND make money at the same time is risky. Crytek almost went down doing it and they are now focusing on F2P. Epic already said that one of the reasons why they sold Gears is because the kind of game they would have to make now would cost 100+ million and that was too much of a risk.

It looks blurred.

You should always play with native resolution for the best image quality.

2k=1080p

4k=2160p

So 1080p on a 2k monitor is the native resolution

The real question I have is why anyone in their right mind who actually cares about PC gaming would want to build a gaming PC that comes close to the PS4 in price? 

Even at $400, it was an exercise in building a bare bones rig. At $350, it's scraping the bottom of the barrel and usually results in the "if you reuse parts, buy dated or used parts, etc." argument which is really not the point at all when it comes to doing PC builds. So, buy a used PS4 for $200-250. Get a free old gaming PC from someone and buy a new video card for $200. Steal a PS4 off the back of a truck. It gets ridiculous at this point. 

When were we talking about price? You were talking about performance optimization for the same theoretical hardware constraints. I illustrated why your claim was faulty by giving real-world examples of how the PS4 compares to equivalent hardware.