Why has the focus has shifted from games to resolution and console sales?

Ejectulate writes:

Many moons ago, before the invasion of elitist fanboys, there was a time of peace and respect in the gaming community. A community which valued the opinion of others, a community that would stand by their fellow gamer but alas, these times are a distant, pixelated memory

[mikel1015]

In the old days it was all about bits, but bits became irrelevant in the gaming community, so they swapped over to something else they could beat off to

[fr0sty]

Bits, blast processing, mode 7, CD, polygons per second, shaders...

All of which made/make the GAMES better. Of course people want the most powerful console, as it enables the most immersive experiences to be created.

You can give 2 painters of equal skill a paintbrush and a crayon. You can't expect both to produce as realistic of a picture just because both are just as good at what they do as the other. Not to say that the crayon won't draw a picture pleasing to the eye, but if an accurate reproduction of a virtual world is what you are going for, the more power you have under the hood, the better.

[randomass171]

No real substance when you think about it. :/

[kewlkat007]

" so they swapped over to something else they could beat off to"

Lol....

[3-4-5]

This title has me no has comprehend

[Abash]

The person who wrote this article must not have been around during last gen.

[Claudinho69]

or they're xbox fanboys, 2 options.

[Kiwi66]

or they could be sony fanboys or just a troll

[Vegamyster]

It happened in the past but its much worse now.

Last gen if a PC guy brought up better graphics the console crowd would say "It's about the games", you bring up how the Wii outsold both the 360/PS3 it apparently doesn't matter because sales don't determine what is good. Fanboys only care about something until its turned on them, i pretty much avoid all sales related/Resolution based articles because its full of people being douche-bags.

[miyamoto]

LOL!

Agree.

But to inform him:

This whole sales figures madness started during the 360, PS3 & Wii generation.

With M$ PR Boss Aaron Greenberg and their partner VG Chartz as the main & worst offenders. Greenberg like post sales news on a weekly basis. It was pure PR carpet bombing!

Unfortunately Wii fanatics fell victim to this M$ PR practices and spammed the net like crazy.

[Pain]

"With M$ PR Boss Aaron Greenberg and their partner VG Chartz as the main & worst offenders. Greenberg like post sales news on a weekly basis. It was pure PR carpet bombing! "

Pretty sure that's it! they made/created the asinine fanbase matured with pr dribble and they gobbled it up.

And I would add that now since the tables have turned one could say they and there fan base "media/gamers" are compleaty in denial and in defense mode so
desbelieving truths because they pledged life and soul to a corporation's product that's not doing as well as the really wanted it to be.

hence the call to war "Xbox Defence Force Hooo!"

[TitanUp]

sony also brought up ps2 sales often at e3s and other events back in the ps2 days. i remember reading about it in magazines and on gamespot.

[TheRealHeisenberg]

That same line of revisionist history has been repeated over and over again to the point that it is treated like the gospel. Most of you believe it because you hate MS/Xbox so much. But hey, believe what you must to get through the night.

[MysticStrummer]

…said the revisionist.

[corvusmd]

Fanboyism/trolling has definitely gotten worse. Last gen it was pretty bad too, but before that (and internet not being as huge) it didn't really seem to exist as much. To me, it seems like the REAL reason that "resolution wars" are so big now isn't because it makes a huge tangible difference in the final product, but more so because there is a number that fans/fanboys can point to and say "see my console(/opinion) is better than yours...can't argue it, it's science". Which is why when people disagree with those statements, it is usually met with anger and "you're just a stupid fanboy". Using number is supposed to be a "factual" and "final" argument....so it's frustrating when it doesn't work...because the truth is, that while we all love having great looking games...at the level that we are at, games look SO great all the time, it's important but at the end of a long line of other important things. To me, simply having a controller I like better is more important that any resolution differences in the end-state.

My PS4 does have some great looking visuals, absolutely no doubt, but my XB1 is doing all the entertainment heavy lifting around my house. The truth is that it's really all just about games. Betting on a brand name is just going to disappoint you in the long run. Admittedly I like my XB1 more now than my PS4, but it wasn't always that way. I was a Sony Pony for years. Despite having Nintendos, Dreamcast and Xbox and Xbox 360...till about 2010, I used to trash talk all the other systems for not being as good as PS's. Eventually I realized that I was just buying into marketing a little too much, and its okay to like companies, they provide us with great services, but at the end of the day they all need to make money to stay around and support their own interests.

It IS, and SHOULD be about games....even if people are losing sight of that.

[UnceasingElias]

That's why I like the wii u (and xbox one). The wii u improves the GAMES and make them more fun. New and improved gaming experiences is what every gaming company should aim for!

[randomass171]

That's definitely something no one can take away from Nintendo or their fans. The games are super high quality for their systems.

[Bigpappy]

Because PS4 has better resolution at the moment and is selling better. Were the X1 to somehow magically exceed that performance, we would go back to taking about which system has better exclusives.

[creatchee]

Both sides are guilty of goalpost moving and browbeating forums with false equivalences.

My problem is with the people who unabashedly claimed the importance and superiority of exclusives, multiplats, or sales last gen only to change their tune when their brand switched their strengths this gen.

[incendy35]

Good question, I have no idea. Has nothing to do with playing games.

[Kemosabe]

Who said it did? As for me I'll keep enjoying my games in 1080p on ps4.

[-Foxtrot]

Well for Console sales thats on Microsoft fanboys who went on about it all last gen.

The whole resolution/frame rate thing is just observation, I mean your expected to pay 100 pounds/dollars more for the Xbox One but it can't do these things which a cheaper console can do.

I mean how can you not see anything wrong with that.

[randomass171]

Bad behavior from one group of fanboys doesn't make bad behavior from another group any better.

[jammmie7]

You sound like a child where if someone took your toy you would take there's just because they did it. Doesn't make it any better just because someone else has done it.

[MasterCornholio]

Same as last gen but the differences are bigger between the two systems plus neither firm last gen had a tremendous PR disaster like Microsoft this gen.

[nerdman67]

People feel insecure about what console they buy, so they end up trying as hard as possible to defend it. really, it is all about games.
If resolution truly mattered to anyone like they said it does, they would just get PCs so they can run the games at higher settings.
It will die down eventually and everyone will go back to arguing about the quality of the gameplay

[UnceasingElias]

I hope you are right. I am getting tierd of the graphics war.

[randomass171]

As long as there are people who are insecure about gaming platforms, it will never go away. :/

[il-JumperMT]

Do I need to remind you last gen PS3 VS X360?

[corroios]

When you pay more, you expect more.

This is a new generation and the jump was from 720p to 1080p. And not almost the same with a little bit more of AA.

Last gen people were fighting because a diference of 3 or 4 frames, and grass, sub-HD.

[Frankfurt]

Because Sony warriors had an entire generation where their PS3 exclusives sold a fraction of what 360 exclusives did (in 2010 Gears 3 alone outsold all Sony exclusives combined), and all their multiplats looked worse. Back in those days Sony fans said that all that mattered in the multiplats was the gameplay, not the graphics. Now they have changed their tune.

[Hicken]

Funny that Sony fans were touting the graphics of their exclusives, then.

Funny that it was only Sony fans when Xbox fans were quick to praise the minute differences on multiplats.

Funny that reality tells a different story than your comment.

[Destiny1080]

Xbox fans have already given up all hope, that's why there's so many, but it doesn't matter that the resolution is 720p its all about the gameplay, when your favorite games look like a pixelated mess on the screen of course your going to look at how great the gameplay is

[SovereignSnaKe]

~Well I have nothing to play on my Xbox One currently, in fact I'm playing Deadlight on my 360 because it was free and there is nothing even worth mentioning releasing until Wolfenstein and that is still a month away.

[osprey19]

Apart from his comment about watch dogs, i pretty much agree with what he said. Fanboyism from either camp is pathetic and counterproductive. It should be about the games, simple.

[jeremyj2913]

Couldn't even bring myself to click on the article because the way that title is written just pissed me off.

[CEOSteveBallmer]

actually, its the 360 fans who started it way back in 2006 and the game journalist who prefers it. And now sony fans are just doing the same. "Karma is a bitch" - nathan drake