re: Official PS4 Leaks/Rumors Thread

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Everyone has an up-gradable desktop computer? Interesting.

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everyone has the option to have one. if they didnt, thats their fault. fact remains a desktop computer can be your console, workstation, and television media device all rolled into one.

you cannot compare a console and a computer based solely on gaming when the computer is a multi use device. you also fail to include the higher price per game console users are forced to pay. oh and it looks like used games are out the window too

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everyone has the option to have one. if they didnt, thats their fault. fact remains a desktop computer can be your console, workstation, and television media device all rolled into one

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Its their fault for needing a portable more feasible computer solution? Alright.

Not to mention a solution that you would have to build yourself and maintain yourself to get a decent price...

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Say what?

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I'm just wondering if he meant you could build a $500 PC that could play PS3/360 games or PS4/720 games.

Because if he meant PS3/360 games, that argument means nothing because the consoles aren't even worth close to $500. Not to mention that I agree that a $500 console would play PS3/360 games,

If he meant PS4/720 games then he obviously can't make that statement either for the same reason he gave me. Not only do we not know the price but we don't know the specs.

Not to mention that the next gen games will most likely be 1080p/i games, not 720p like he mentioned.

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Not to mention that the next gen games will most likely be 1080p/i games, not 720p like he mentioned.

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hate to break it to you, but a phenom II x4 and a radeon 6850 will play skyrim on high/ultra in 1080p

throw that into a case with reasonable ram, mobo, and hdd and it will run you under $500. and its upgradeable. and its multi purpose.

its not hard, at all, to run a good game in 1080p on a single screen and get good FPS. its multiscreening that needs the expensive rigs.

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I'll just ignore the selective responses, but again...are we really talking about a PC that would play 360/PS3 games. Like I said, not only are those consoles 6 years old, they aren't even worth close to $500. And again, I agree that you could easily build a $500 PC that plays games for a console 6 years old.

I'm talking next gen here. But again you can't make that statement because you don't know price/specs, like you said.

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By the time the 720 and ps4 come out, you will be able to build a computer for $500 that could play the same games. Yes, I know my cousin built a 360, 3 weeks after release for $400, of course he then turned it into his gaming PC, but he still built it just for shits and giggles.

The ps3 was a little different, but the ps3 also released at $700 as well.

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I agree that you could easily build a $500 PC that plays games for a console 6 years old.

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A $500 PC can play games today that a 6 year old console can't. Any MMO is a great example of this. BF3 having to be cut in half for console is a great example of this.

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I will go out on a not so wild limb and say a $500 PC today will be better hardware than what a PS4/720 will ship with.

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Most just consoles guys do not understand a 500buck Steam Box will give them better graphics, more games, cheaper prices and a larger community. They will pay 400 bucks for a piece of hardware that wont be upgraded for 5yrs.

I love both platforms but most of the judgement come from users are selective with just 1 platform.

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that games made for specific consoles are tailored specifically to those consoles and therefore you can achieve better graphics with less hardware power.

Mass hardware prices offered to Sony are also lower.

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We aren't talking about power here because:

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limb and say that games made for specific consoles are tailored specifically to those consoles and therefore you can achieve better graphics with less hardware power.

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takes 2-3 years to achieve in every generation, you NEVER see dev's ability to use a console's strengths until you are 2-3 years into the life cycle.

This makes this argument completely pointless, because by the time 2-3 years has passed and the graphics have "finally been tailored properly" the cost of the parts in the console are significantly cheaper.

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that games made for specific consoles are tailored specifically to those consoles and therefore you can achieve better graphics with less hardware power.

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in other words they gimp your games. congrats.