2013-02-20, 09:44 PM
Lozmaster Wrote:I'm surprised at the vitriol against new consoles. I played quite a few games this gen that just literally wouldn't have been possible on a a ps2/Gamecube/Xbox/Dreamcast level of console. To argue that there will be nothing new on it, even if it doesn't have a significantly different controller design, and only upgrades on the technical side of it seems a little foolish.
Especially when someone mentions pc gaming as an adequate replacement. Realistically, you're going to have to replace a gaming pc more often than a console, AND pay more for it. Lord knows I have had to!
I agree with the first part, but for the second:
You only have that issue when you buy the top. Especially now. The only things that are expensive for a computer nowadays is the CPU and the GPU. Everything else is dirt cheap. 16GB of RAM, more than you'd ever need anytime soon, is like $40. If you were building a new PC, buy that and you'd be set until long after every other part in your PC dies.
The only advantage console gaming has over PC gaming, in my opinion, is that developers can develop knowing exactly what hardware they're working with. It allows them to make use of special features in the hardware that you couldn't if it was in the GPU or CPU of a PC, because there's no logical reason to spend a ton of time optimizing for a specific part when there's no way that it will be used by most players. That's why consoles can get away with significantly inferior parts compared to a PC. Plus, PCs have to run OSes and whatnot in the background while a console does not.
Meanwhile, every game doesn't need to be on max settings, a concept that many gamers (mostly spoiled ones) do not understand. This misconception that everything must be on max settings (Bundled with the "graphics are everything" mindset) forces people to buy the top grade everything, and as a result spend way more money than necessary. But even with that being true, there has been a HUGE decrease in price for just about everything, not just RAM. I remember when the newest NVidia Graphics card at the highest level and best specs was over a grand, if not double that. I was just looking at GPUs, and a Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 (Either best or second best) with ridiculous on board memory is only $400-500. Yes, it's a lot, but it's nothing compared to what they used to cost.
Consider how low that is compared to how it used to be, and if you get a few models back, it's dirt cheap too. You could easily build a PC that's far superior quality compared to a console for the same amount as a new Wii U or PS3. It won't be top of the line but it doesn't need to be.
Jedward Wrote:E3 is becoming less and less of an important thing. It's still important right now, but if you look at how most of Nintendo's conferences were basically outside E3, plus add in all the Directs, and now this meeting, the general focus is shifting farther away from E3.
Which is good, because it's not like E3 has been stellar lately.
E3 has been incredibly disappointing in the last few years. I'm happy they're shifting away from it.
Edit: As for the PS4 itself...
I've never really been that impressed by specs. Graphics are not the end-all to games, and they have never been a requirement to me for me to enjoy a game. Sony tooting high specs means literally nothing to me. I want to see games, and from what I understand the only major thing they've announced is Diablo 3 being on it...but also PS3...so I'm not impressed. I didn't see the conference so I might have missed a game that might interest me, but from what I've heard it's not impressive yet. That of course can change, but considering the price the PS3 started out with and the specs I'm hearing for the PS4, I doubt it will be cheap to buy the console.
To be fair compared to the Wii U, the only reason I got a Wii U myself is because of Monster Hunter, and I'm a gigantic Monster Hunter fanatic, so there was absolutely no chance I wasn't going to get a Wii U and a 3DS, because both are getting it, and 3DS is getting MH4 exclusively (at least right now, who knows if they won't do a MH4U too), so Nintendo getting Capcom to switch to them for MH pretty much sold Nintendo for me. Sony has lost Monster Hunter, which is a huge hit for them in my book, and they haven't had anything all that exciting recently. I guess it remains to be seen, but so far I'm not interested at all.