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am happy with current console power 88 56.77%
 
would rather have paid more for more power 67 43.23%
 
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I'm happy with current power. Sure, graphics could (and can) be so much better, but they are still pretty good anyway. I mean, when I look back at 7th gen games without nostalgia glasses I can see real improvements on overall fidelity that greatly help on the immersion.



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Nope, and I won't. Not buying any more hardware for the rest of this gen.



Currently I only own a N3DS as my 8th gen console since back in 2013 I wasn't impressed by the specs of the PS4/X1, plus, the thing that really matters for me (the games that I find appealing) seem to be arriving on said devices only from this fall so I think I'm really lucky, I'll now buy an NX and, if there are a good ammount of games that I'm interested in that don't get ported to NX, I might also buy a regular PS4...



hershel_layton said:
Consoles are for people who like to play locally and have family or friends who frequently visit

PC is for people who play alone or with online friends

That's the difference. I play with console because I like to play with siblings.

What does that have to do with performance? Don't your siblings deserve smooth gameplay?



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No, the price and power of the consoles was fine at launch, I look forward to upgrading soon.



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We are 7 years in. Graphics have improved if we look at games like UC4 in comparison to TLOU remastered, Infamous SS, Forza Horizon and others. If we look back at E3, we see the games being released later this year and next look even better meaning developers haven't got everything out of the system yet.

I paid around £560 at launch for my PS4. I got the console, 4 games, a headset and the PS4 camera with it, which i think was a great launch bundle. A more expensive console would have probably got me less than half of the games etc with it.

I think this console gen was priced right and gave a good entry into a new gen. Now with the updates, it also offers options which is perfect and it would still cost less than buying an overly priced console at launch.



No, I'm pretty fine with what we have.



I'd rather spend less money for less powerful systems. Or just allow the previous generation to continue uninterrupted.



I would've paid $500 for a PS4 but how much more performance would I honestly notice? Would more games run at 1080p? I believe it does 1.84 terraflops on the GPU now and given that the RAM is pretty powerful I'm guessing the extra horse power would go to GPU or CPU



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Yep, no more than $499 though.

I think the entry price and power of this generation is right for the masses though.