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The PlayStation 4 Is A Monstrous Console: But Specs Shouldn’t Matter

GamerFitNation: The PlayStation 4 on paper appears to be a console with no match. It is only comparable to a PC as it features a PC like architecture. The industry has been sent ablaze lately when the PS4 (PlayStation 4) was announced and was said to feature GDDR5 8 gigs of ram.

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Thatguy-3104063d ago

Specs don't matter as much but as a hardware company sony provides the good games that go with good specs

Jaqen_Hghar4063d ago

exactly better specs allow the creators to create more that they envision. They can make their games bigger, prettier, have better AI and physics, have more options, have more online interaction, longer, and obviously faster (fps and loading times). It's great that they are allowing ND, MM, GG, SP, SSM, Polyphony, Insomniac, Bethesda, etc. to make their games that much better.

Hydrolex4062d ago

PS4 is monstrous but specs shouldn't matter ?

This is the dumbest shizz ever !!!!

unless PS4 is physically monstrous, other than that, Specs make it monstrous

MEsoJD4063d ago

Specs are heavily tied to relevance/longevity and development.

BISHOP-BRASIL4062d ago

Yup, it's not 1999, we all now understand tech, or at least everyone discussing specs have more or less a grasp on understanding what those specs mean on performance down the road. Making an article just to say it doesn't matter is out right hyprocritical.

cannon88004063d ago

The ps4 itself wouldn't be a monster if it had poop specs. But thankfully, Sony has some really talented studios that could get around retardedly old tech if they had to.

can you imagine how bad it would be if the specs were the following;
8 core burrito processor running at 2.0 verde sauce. 8 gigs of diarrhea 5. Dualcock 4 with a 2 inch "feel my penis" touchpad. concave black nipples for the ultimate fps experience.

MysticStrummer4063d ago

Ha my PC's 4 layer chimichanga processor and 8 gigs of guacamole runs circles around your stupid console. Too bad PC games aren't better so it doesn't matter. :(

showtimefolks4063d ago

Tell that to PC gamers who have to make them self feel special by coming into every gaming story just to say better on pc

Specs do matter because this system will be here for next 10 years so we don't want to be playing something which will be useless in 1-2 years. I am glad Sony is pushing the console tech a bit for a bit better future proof console

Many developers have said Sony has shown very little so can't wait to see what they are holding back at E3

FlyingFoxy4063d ago

I have no problem with some console games, i just hate FPS games on them. But 10 years is too long for a console cycle.. 5-6 is enough.

After 3+ years some games will start having framerate problems because the console won't be powerful enough to keep up. This happens with a lot of console games.

Just recently i was watching a playthrough of Doom 3 BFG on 360 and some areas lagged extremely bad, it looked like the FPS was hitting 20.. and that's a game that barely looks any better than in late 2004 on my PC which also hit the same framerate on a 6800 Ultra but in graphically demanding parts.

solid_warlord4062d ago

@flyingfoxy if u hate FPS u shouldn't ever consider buying a console. U should stick with nasty, anti-social, anti-masculine RPGMMO on PC's. We don't like them in console. WoW, Diablo and these types of games should never be allowed to come to consoles. No keyboard for gaming, control pads is the masculine and ideal form of control.

ATi_Elite4063d ago

and the ONE Spec Sony has yet to release is the Spec of the PS4's GPU.

When that Spec is released then all this "Cancer Curing" talk about the PS4 will END cause we will know the PS4's Limits!!!

Dj7FairyTail4062d ago

yeah because the price will be over $500

linkenski4062d ago

If specs truly don't matter, then we should all just play NES over anything else. An improvement in hardware means less limitations, and THAT's what matters.

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NYC_Gamer4063d ago (Edited 4063d ago )

I believe specs are very important on the development side of things..Why do you think Sony listened to studios/devs when built the PS4?its because more things are capable on upgraded hardware gameplay wise..We would still be stuck in the Pong era with that idea of specs don't matter when it comes to hardware/development..

ICECREAM4062d ago

He only writes when he is high.

ICECREAM4062d ago

I need only one answer, can he play nex-gen games on sega genesis, if not then we need power house ps4 to play the games.

GribbleGrunger4063d ago (Edited 4063d ago )

I have never understood this line of thinking. If it was in any way true then the PS1 would have been enough, as would the PS2 or PS3. In order for developers to push their games to the next level they do need that extra power. I know that conceptual games like Journey or Unfinished swan don't rely entirely on power, but they're the exception to the rule. If we are to have meaningful characters with realistic AI, and if we are to have immersive environments with real time lighting, weather and natural events, then we DO need that extra power.

It's all too easy to dismiss something before we've had chance to see what it brings. There WILL come a time when more power isn't needed because the differences will be too small to justify that extra power. But we are not there yet ... not by long chalk.

-Falaut-4063d ago

I have an inkling we will see more "articles" like these leading up to the reveal of a certain console, of which specs are not as high as Sony's offering. But then again that just might be my tin foil hat self talking.

GribbleGrunger4063d ago (Edited 4063d ago )

Doffing my intuitive hat, I'd have to agree. ALL of the leaks so far suggest that the PS4 will be more powerful than the 720 (whether that's true or not ... we'll see) but I've now seen a couple of articles talking about power and better graphics not being everything. Putting it into context with what we suspect, it's not that much of a stretch to see these articles as nothing more than damage control. I'm not saying that's a fact, but it's certainly a trend to keep an eye on. When the specs of the 720 are officially released, or at least we get to see what it can do, THEN we will see if our suspicions are grounded because these articles will disappear.

If these articles disappear then we were probably right. If these articles continue then we were probably wrong. If suddenly power does matter and the 720 happens to be more powerful ... then I'll just bang my head on the nearest wall in disbelief lol.

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GribbleGrunger4063d ago (Edited 4063d ago )

mmmm ... I'm not sure the excitement for 8GB of fast RAM is fan generated. I was under the impression (from the many articles I've read on the subject) that the excitement for that RAM is being generated from the development community and the fans are excited because of that. Most fans don't understand why faster RAM is better, let alone 8GB of that fast RAM, so they take their cues from those that do know. They're just happy. Clearly you're not happy that they're happy.

I'll never understand that way of thinking but to each his/her own as they say.

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BitbyDeath4063d ago

"Can anyone name the last time the type or amount of RAM has been the deciding factor in a console race?"

I've seen a lot of comments that people have bought a 360 over the PS3 because it didn't have X-Game Chat.

PS3 didn't have enough RAM set aside in the OS to allow for that feature.

Outside_ofthe_Box4063d ago

@DK

Didn't you and 'certain others' always harp on the way the PS3 handles RAM compared to the 360? And how it doesn't allow for 'simple x-game chat' and leads to 'inferior' open world multiplat titles? Now that the tables might possibly be reversed next gen you are flipping the script? lol?

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Root4063d ago

Of course it matters it's a next gen console....it's the whole appeal towards next gen consoles because you expect better specs then the console you have now, it's what will make you want a new console when you see how much better it is.

smashcrashbash4063d ago

Oh the specs matter all right.But no need to worry cause Sony will be bringing the games too. So we will have awesome games that play with awesome specs.We don't only care about how the games will look we also care about the gameplay. I was already impressed with what Infamous and Uncharted 2 were able to accomplish on lesser hardware so higher level hardware will push them even further. Just imagine Infamous with a city three times bigger then the ones we have been in. That means more places to fight and play around in not to mention more enemies at a time and more space to move around in.The specs will give the developers the tools to do more and Sony's studios i am certain will take advantage of it. If Uncharted 2 made me drool next Uncharted could be around the world to every major country with open world space like GTA.

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mkis0071h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows901h ago(Edited 1h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

Leeroyw1h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno1h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

phatak47m ago(Edited 38m ago)

I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

andy858m ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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