Interesting question and a good read. I believe Virtual Reality could be something that will change things a bit. Oculus Rift holds great promise and I for one can't wait to try it.
As a side note, it seems that this generation has a much more pronounced focus on financial gain rather than innovation and that regretful.
This console generation will be very short lived IMO and will be replaced by cloud gaming sooner than expected. This will be a transiti...
I have personally build recently 3 ~800$ Pc (it's kinda my Job) that have no issues at 1080/60. Do they remain constant throughout the game, that depends on the game. You know as well as I do that the 680 you have is roughly the equivalent of a 770 now that's a ~250$ card. yours was probably ~500 when you bought it so I now your pc WAS more expensive. Plus I see from your specs listed bellow that you chose to go with 16gb of ram, an 250 ssd and a i7. Fantastic rig BTW and more than su...
One last thing, I said it before and I'll say it again. 720p, 900p, even 1080p at 30fps is not acceptable in 2014. These were already available. Stop doing damage control, if you don't care about resolution or frames per second why bother to buy a "next-gen" console? Especially now. For the exclusives? You mean the remakes and the over hyped mediocre ones?
So, 720p at 30fps is unacceptable for a "next-gen" console but 900p at 30fps is? Did Sony and MS gave you your consoles as gifts or something? Stop with the damage control. 30fps in 2014 is unacceptable regardless of the resolution. If resolution or frame rates are not of interest to you why did you buy a "next-gen" console so soon in the first place? For the exclusives? You mean the remakes and the over hyped mediocre titles?
This x100
Congratulations on your first blog post. If I may, I have some issues with some of your statements. First 1500$ pc's are indeed a excellent starting point if your going for 2k or 4k resolutions. For 1080 750-800$ are more than sufficient. Speaking of cost I see that you omitted to talk about game price on consoles Vs pc. Second, by today's hardware standards current consoles are below average. You are correct in regards to optimization, it's much easier and more profitable for de...
Why are we still surprised. This is Ubisoft remember! What, just because they said that they'll pay more attention to PC?! Remember Watch Dogs? It's like they're trying to beat EA for the title of most heated publisher. They clearly have my vote if they keep this up.
Someone that puts 20$ PSU in their PC have no idea what PC building means. If I was to build a gaming pc with cheap components I would probably end up spending less on it than a console and that's not even funny. Reliability should be a priority for anyone looking into building a PC.
Sorry to hear that. I personally use Razor Game Booster to help with those pesky background processes and it really works you should give it a go. I disagree with your first statement although I see your point. I've build my current PC 2 years ago with 600$ dollars and only upgraded my video card 1 year ago not for necessity but because I managed to sell my old one at an excellent price. My current build is an FX8320 with Corsair 2x4GB Vengeance a Corsair Carbide 300R SW Case, CX600M PSU,...
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I'm afraid I have to disagree you with on that one and I'm sure I'm not the only one. May I ask what makes you think that though?
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I had to cut a lot from this post as N4G imposes a size limit.
Your list and that of kingdip90 are filed with interesting topics I would love to read and discuss.
@GamingTruth I believe you are referring to my opinion regarding "maxing" out a platform's graphics. What I said is based on personal observation and reading individual reviews that compared last gen multi platform games. I'm looking forward to see if my assumptions are co...
I'll be more than happy to hear your thoughts on the matter and I'm always open for suggestions.
This is the second post of yours that I read today and I must say dear Sir that you restored some of my faith in the N4g community. Well done and have a bubble vote.
@Torque Finally someone that has brain cells left. I really don't care about these pointless flame wars but NOTHING can change the fact that both Sony and Microsoft launched obsolete machines for this generation ans no matter how many exclusives they'll have it won't change that. 4k resolution will be the norm in a few years for even mid range pc and right now consoles struggle with 1080. And if resolution doesn't matter why is it that every time someone compares the x1 with t...
First, thank you for reading. Second, unfortunately the majority of this site's user base favours Sony's brand. I don't mean to imply there's something wrong with that although the reasons behind such corporate loyalties elude me, especially when considering that when it comes to this generation's exclusive content rat-race Microsoft is playing catch-up. When it comes to these kind of back-room deals everybody is affected regardless on what system they on.
TR2 will sell better IMO, and that's because it will launch early into the current console cycle. The last one came out in a saturated market, especially when it came to third person shooters
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Speaking from a neutral point of view, I really hope Microsoft gets it's head straight and start giving Sony a run for it's money. The last thing gamers need is a console monopoly.
Why were misinformed my friend, this generation Microsoft is playing catch-up...
Exclusive, Pre-Order, Extras, Iconic, Revolutionary, Next-Gen, all words that make my ears bleed lately.
http://reviewtruth.com/hell...
Here's a good piece on "Gamers are Dead" delusions