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asqarkabab on 13 June 2017

If you are a hardcore fan you will buy it



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Marcusius on 13 June 2017
Bandorr said:
"Better". Like replacing a working iphone with the latest iphone. A car with one that has a sun roof. A wallet that can hold more credit cards.

You are spending money to make what you have already "better".

Up to you if "better" is worth it or not. I rarely think it is.

And looking better wont make the game funnier and fullfiling.

 

I have a Xbox One, Ps4 and Nintendo Switch... If i was following their logics, I would play more on the PS4 while in real life i am playing more on the Switch.

For my point of view the contents is more important than the graphic fidelity.



superchunk on 13 June 2017
AnthonyW86 said:
superchunk said:

Same reason people buy new phones every couple years. They want the latest and greatest

Not an ideal comparison. Just like a console a phone only gets a limited number of years of software support. So even if the phone still works it can become obsolete because if it can't run the latest version of the operating system/apps. Just like if you buy a new generation console you will get game support for years to come, and the support for the old system will stop.

However the PS4 Pro is a just a refresh of the same product and will probably not get (much) longer support than an original PS4. In other words, the number of years of software support isn't extended by replacing an original PS4 with a PS4 Pro.

Continuing my mobile comparison, I feel PS5 will allow full support of at least PS4Pro. I don't think we're going to see significant shifts in hardware that would cause a divesture in supporting the last hardware version and the latest. Xbox One X is a perfect example. X is a good jump in power over S, yet software support is unchanged.

PS5 will be notably more powerful, but it will be based on the same base OS and architecture in such a way that a game made to take advantage of PS5 will run with minimal changes on PS4Pro (possibly ps4). That is the mible model morphed to work in a game console world.