I don't know about you but I've noticed a lot of inconsistencies when it comes to the desirability and importance of raw power in video game hardware.

Some Nintendo fans pooh-pooh the idea of incremental upgrades like PS Pro and Scorpio and then drool over the graphics in Breath of the Wild.

Some Microsoft fans bragged about superior performance on X360 vis-a-vis PS3 then dropped the issue when PS4 proved more capable than XOne, then picked up the case again with the emergence of Scorpio.

Some Sony fans mock the graphics fetishism of PC gamers and then hold the PS4 as the ultimate in video game hardware. But PCs can be even more powerful, sayeth the PC deities on Mount Valvesuvius! Yeah, but can they play Uncharted 4?

So let's cut through the hypocrisy and waffling and doublespeak. Do you care about power? And if so, how much. Be brave and go on the record, knowing what you say can and will be used against you...

I care. Within reason. All 3 current gen systems push graphics that impress me. I am more than happy with the graphics on the Vita. So yes, but also.....no?

I'd rather a 420p game at 60fps then a 1080p game at 30. To the point where I wish there was a game on current gen brave enough to try. Imagine how good that'd look and play, sacrificing only clarity.

That's my stance.

I do care about power and that is why I have a PC. I don't buy consoles for their power but for their exclusives. I like having max + 60 fps tyvm. Yes yes, I am planning to buy a Pro cause it is faster than the ps4 but that logic really comes down to, if I am gonna buy the hardware, I may as well buy the best of the best. And I am not gonna buy the Scorpio so...

Not really, no. I can enjoy The Last Of Us and I can enjoy Shovel Knight. Graphics doesn't matter to me if the game isn't fun to play. I'm fine with PS4 and XB1 graphics, I don't feel the need to upgrade to PS4Pro or Scorpio when I can play the same games for the consoles I have. I did buy the XB1S, but that was more because I wanted the Gears 4 Limited Edtition. I don't care what else it can do besides play XB1 games. I only care about framerate when its very noticeable.

I care about power. But on for as much as i can get at a certain price point.

I am not willing to spend any more than $400/$500 for a gaming console. So while i know PCs are infinitely more powerful, I don't see the sense in ever comparing them to consoles cause you simply get what you pay for. And as far as power to performance goes, you can always get more from a giving console price point than you can from a similarly priced PC.

I do not take part in this game looks better on this console than that console arguments, because I don't feel the IQ difference between the two HD consoles are big enough to be distinguishable at a glance when just looking at an image. So the whole 900p and 1080p nonsense is moot to me. I also think it's hypocrisy. Gamers champion their platform handling a game at 1080p and piss on the other running same game at 900p. then another game comes along that peaks at 900p on their platform and 720p on the other and all of a sudden they are good with 900p. Dame can be said about PC gamers. just in reverse.

That is one sexy console :D

It really is. Just had to have it

Power is one of the least important things to me when it comes to enjoying a game, right now the most time I'm spending in a game is currently in tumble pop emulated on my vita which is an old arcade game running on a Motorola 68000 chip at 14mhz,less than 1/10 the power of an ngage but still in my mind gaming perfection.

Also there are times I enjoy getting into a Ferrari f40 and driving thorough blizzards in thunder filled nights in drive club loving the power of the ps4 as the drops of rain run perfectly down the windscreen, but again. . I'm enjoying the game, the power of the machine adds to the game but the game isn't designed solely on graphics. .. It's designed around driving and the power just makes that prettier but still the same great exp.

I do care about power, I like a good looking game but more important than that is that games can be more ambitious , better A.I, more expansive and interactive worlds, better and more interesting physics, new mechanics etc. I think that the current push for 4k resolutions is a waste of resources, better left for next generations to come (when we can get 20 TFlops GPU's at mass market price).

In the end, I think that power is not as important as MS/Sony fanboys and PC elitists say, but way more important than some Nintendo fanboys wish it was, there's a sweet spot right in the middle of the argument.