Stop competing against PCs and start enjoying consoles for what they are
Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.
Sony has launched the PSN Store "PlayStation Indies" sale this May 15, and this one is full of smaller titles at a discounted rate.
The Arctis Nova family of headsets expands today with the introduction of the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 series and Nova 5 Companion App.
Nobody it´s comparing with Pcs, the reason for those Consoles has more to do with 4K adoption of Tvs than anything else, most people on Pc still play at 720p or 1080p with like 0.1% at 4K but Tv penetration is much much bigger of 4K unlike Pc monitors wich sell a few thousands, 4K Tvs are selling tens of millions each year and in some years hundreds of millions so it makes sense going that way, 4K will be standard sooner than you might think.
Not saying it will be mainstream by next year but by 2020 most tvs will be 4K across the world.
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Or maybe they want to add more power for vr,game developers or just their playstation fans.
PC gamers think it's all about them.
It's about games.
I never seen a pcstop but there is ton of gamestops.
If it wasn't for consoles games wouldn't be were they are now.
Sony makes great games,Nintendo makes great games and MS makes great games.
What does pc offer other then graphics and framerates???
MS and sony been feeding pc gamers their hits but but is the master race blah blah blah.
No mario,no zelda,God of war??nope,
Last of us? not going to happen.
Better be happy MS shares all their games with pc or you would need emulators.
But consoles want to be PC's
Whatever!
But they are acting like resolution is the only factor than matters in making one system better than another.
Really there's a number of reasons people prefer consoles to PCs, that the graphics whores will never comprehend-- well maybe one day when they grow up, have responsibilities and require tech that just works out of the box.
First, some games will be 4K native on PS4 Pro and others will be upscaled to 4K. Not "faux k." Games on Scorpio will be native 4K and some upscaled to 4K. Is that also going to be called "faux k?"stop the nonsense.
Second, consoles were redesigned to cut costs making them over time and passing the savings to customers. Not just from PS1 days but from the beginning since Atari. Sony didn't start redesign of hardware. 360 was redesigned because it was shoddy hardware that was rushed to market and red ringed. That scratched your discs and also lacked HDMI. Get the facts right.
Consoles are closed boxes and the new Pro is a closed box. It may provide better performance, but it's still closed and not a PC. Buying a Pro may seem similar to power/wallet, but Sony is still offering PS4 at lower price with slim that allows VR at a good performance. You don't have to buy Pro to have VR. But with Scorpio, you have to buy it for VR because Microsoft is not providing a solution for Xbox one. An abandonment of 20+ million people.
Mods were already offered on PS4. Not only just because of Blizzard. LBP anyone? Also it was the way Blizzard wanted to do it knowing how Sony allows it and wanted to sidestep it.
If Pro sells 5+ million in a year, the basic PS4 will be at 55+ million in a year. If you think Sony will abandon that amount of owners, that crack you're smoking must be powerful. Pro is an option just like PSVR is an option just like the camera was an option. Pro just gives PlayStation fans less reason to by a PC. If you like Sony games you have a system that makes your **Sony** games better. But Sony PS4 games aren't on PC. Not like their competitor who gives you the option to not by an Xbox one for Microsoft games.
The last part of the article makes sense. Current consoles are powerful. Only because of rushed development do we have poor performance on some games. New mid gen upgrades aren't necessary. But consoles have never been competing with PC in power because they are closed. No console has ever claimed to be more powerful than the most powerful PCs. Console gaming is happy where it is. Only graphics whores make the comparisons because they are never satisfied. But not a gamer who just plays games.