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Rahxephon91
 Posts: 1859 Location: Park Forest IL. |
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Anyone who says it isn't time for next gen is crazy. Now, I'm perfectly happy with how games look on the PS3/360, but hell I'm playing BF4 on medium settings and it blows anything on current gen consoles out of the water.
Even FF14 on low PC settings looks better then the terrible PS3 version. It's time. |
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Emerje
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Indeed. FFXIV on PS3 has very choppy animation and has a pretty low draw range for PCs/NPCs/mobs (have fun doing Fates in Dragonhead). People buying PS4s and playing on PS3 should definitely upgrade. I play on PC on high settings and the difference is amazing, PS3 players are at such a disadvantage.
I'll probably buy a PS4 eventually, maybe at tax time. Emerje |
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enurtsol
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And more importantly, games aren't selling as they used to. Game sales have been declining the last few years. They have to revive that market; otherwise, it'd eventually wither away like the PSP in the West. |
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CrownKlown
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I like resistance, thought it was much better than Killzone 2, and the sequel was really good as well. 3 finally lost steam, but honestly in the alien war fps, I don't find a big gap in quality amongst any of them including halo. |
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EternalKnight001
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Really looking forward to that BlazBlue CP LE, my god, beauty.
As for PS4/next gen, yah, I'm getting the PS4 next week- but in all honesty, I'm more excited about receiving my import copy of Exstetra and beginning a new import visual novel I preordered.... so yah, I'll get it, but it'll probably just sit there with a few PSN downloads for a few months until FFXIV/FFXV/other RPG's or Visual novels arrive. Kind of as per usual for me when new consoles launch, anyhoo- so: used to it. |
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R. Kasahara
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Wasn't the PS3 originally $600? If it had backwards compatibility, a PS4 would be a no-brainer, as we never got a PS3 in our household and have a lot we want to play on that system. Neither next-gen console interests me right now 
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DKL
 Posts: 1957 Location: California, USA |
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Been playing a lot of Blazblue at Freedemonia and I really like the game, though I somehow ended up playing low-tier (Bullet) because our poverty fighter expert wasn't present at the time I made a selection.
I do damage, but apparently not Hakumen damage (I'm hearing like 6k or something at the very beginning of the round because of overdrive). 4 hours of footage (featuring Lord Raptor and Team Black People): http://www.twitch.tv/freedemonia/b/473774553 That said, not getting at physical version since me and friends did the ratchet thing where we bought the Japanese game off of the Hong Kong PSN store (it's the same damn game, but for less money) and then promptly game shared across two systems. Not getting physical Water Pizza (Aquapazza) either for the same reasons >_> (that said, yes, we do need multiple copies of the game... while people (me) are always too salty to run another setup for matches, the extra setup can be used for training mode) Last edited by DKL on Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
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I don't care how a game looks in all honesty. What I care about is the game fun to play, solid music, writing and so on. This is what makes or breaks a game for me, it can look pretty all it wants but if game-play controls handles like a**, the characters are just sheer cookie cutter/copy paste jobs. Do I agree it's time for new gen yeah it is, However I'm not getting a next-gen console period, this will be my last gen for gaming aside from hand-held's. |
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RyanSaotome
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My main issue is that there just isn't much of a jump between gens like we normally see. The jump from SNES to PS1 was huge. From PS1 to PS2 was huge. PS2 to PS3 wasn't as big but it had HD. Now its really not much of a jump at all, just more detailed character models and environment. I feel the consoles have pretty much maxed themselves out. |
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enurtsol
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IIRC original PS3 came in 2 SKUs: 20GB for $500 and 60GB for $600.
As tech advances, it becomes a case of diminishing returns. Plus, it used to be that consoles were ahead of the times by tuning its components all gained towards graphics and playing games, rather than all-around tasks like the PC. But now, gaming tech has been advancing at a faster pace that consoles would actually be running behind the times. By the time the XB1 and PS4 come out, it's already just a mid-range gaming PC - but unlike the PC which you can upgrade, the consoles would be pretty much stuck at that configuration for the next 5 or so years. They'd be left behind the dust of tech innovations, and that's why both MS and Sony are relying more on cloud computing because, while they can't do much to upgrade the consoles, they could upscale the computing on their end (the servers). |
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Rahxephon91
Posts: 1859 Location: Park Forest IL. |
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People say the gap lessens each time and for awhile I belived that.
Not anymore though. Sure the tech isn't radically changing, it is basically polygon's looking better. But they look a whole lot better. PS3 games look old and tired compared to thier PC equals, it's almost night and day with some multi platform titles in looks. There is no paradigm shift, but no I don't feel that next gen dosent look that much better. It looks leagues better. Is this going to lead to better games? No, but we aren't talking about that either way, so I don't even see the need to bring up " good gameplay durr". Of course, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be intersted in visuals and be excited about them. This is a visual medium. |
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CrownKlown
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Im spilt on whether tis an improvement. On the one hand, this being ANN a lot of people on here play jrpgs alot of which use retro styles like Disgaea. We like these retro feels and don't need the MC to look life like, so in that sense you only buy the next gen when it gets games you want.
But I agree Raph, looking at the comparison of AC IV side by side, the ps4 does look that much better. And although I love a lot games with dated or purposefully retro graphics, I do appreciate the jump in graphics. Besides if the ps4 got no other games, I would get it alone for SOMA and Everyone's gone to rapture. |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
Posts: 3820 Location: Louisville, KY |
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I will agree with the visual department on a select few games that play on PC only now. You know that most have hd res patches now and I use them for games such as fallout 3/nv, gta sa, resident evil 4, elder scrolls III-V etc. PC gaming also offers for me with visual novels, more adult titles and so on aside from jrpgs that I do like play. I do have a pretty high end machine and I don't want to waste money on a new console when that can be invested into future upgrades. |
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CrownKlown
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Yes but how much do you have to invest, how many times a year, and then compound that with some gamers not being terribly hardware efficient, making putting a computer together yourself not a feasible option. Honestly PC gaming is probably the most expensive of any option. I can buy a console that will probably have a life of 5-6 years. A PC could be outdated in 5-6 months. Sure a PC has better potential, but in my opinion its just a money black hole. |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
Posts: 3820 Location: Louisville, KY |
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Yes but i save money due in part that games on PC are cheaper due to digital sales through steam and other online stores. This lets me build up some extra money so I can upgrade my PC which I haven't done in 2 yrs since I bought it. As I said I do have a high end pc with windows 7 64bit home premium, AMD phenom X II six-core processor clocked at 2.60ghz, 8gb of ram, 2 1tb hdd, 2 optical dvd/cd and a bluray/dvd/hd-dvd/cd drive. The only thing I need to update is the old ati radeon hd 5450 card which is holding me back. I do realize that most computers are out of date 5-6 months but let's be honest I don't care to run most games on ultra high settings. All I care about is being able to play the game in the first place, tweak if I need to and just play from there. |
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