PS4 Versus PC

[Eye_Gore]

Just a side note- you CAN hook a PC to a tv and play using a controller. In fact, PS4 controllers can be synced with some PCs, and of course they make Xbox 360 controllers for PC that I personally have used and work great.

I actually use my PC on my 55" whenever I feel like playing on my recliner. It's just like being on console, but with all the perks of the PC!

This is the only way to go I think for a PC. Ever since I got my 52" flat screen and I hooked up the PC to it, I'll never go back to that little monitor. Though I don't play this game on the PC. I mainly use it for games that the console could never run the game the way the PC does.

[AngelMoon]

Might wanna reread

Re-read what, he changed his post like 3-5 times.

[Steady]

PS4 with Hybrid SSD. I have no issues.

[Tashigi]

More nonsense goes here.

I guess if I am the PC Master Race, then you'll be the console peasant? I am okay with that.

The system I was refering to was 5 years old, playing current games, at near PS4 level of graphical fidelity (Including this game, FFXIV). If I was to compare it to the PS3, it would destroy it in every direction, as most PS3 games ran at 720P and some at even lower, with a constant 20-30 FPS in most games (with a few exceptions).
The system in question ran most games at 45+ FPS and often at 60+ despite the lower end components (Phenom II 555 BE, an 80 USD processor and a medium end GPU that costed me around 115 USD at the time; GTX 460 SE; throw in some overclocking and voila).
Not to mention, if I really felt like it, I could upgrade that old thing and it'll easily surpass every console in the market in a heartbeat; specially with overclocking options.

Yes, the Dreamcast and XBOX could emulate; totally limited to a couple of systems and that was that.
Big woop. Still didn't emulate a lot of games properly nor decently.

You'd have to be totally blind to the absurd amount of advantages that you gain by shelling out a few extra hundred dollars for a PC instead of locking yourself to a console environment.
Consoles only advantage: Dirt cheap on the consumer level. (Note: Consumer level; as the PS3 lost money in hardware sales until late 2012. Look it up before you start talking nonsense again).

[Black91CRX]

Consoles only advantage: Dirt cheap on the consumer level. (Note: Consumer level; as the PS3 lost money in hardware sales until late 2012. Look it up before you start talking nonsense again).

Console's offer far more convenience.

[Kaze3434]

Why would anyone do that? The PS3 is 8 years old, you can't even find a PC that old even if you tried. The whole point of PC is that you're not stuck for several years with whatever hardware some company thinks is good enough. You can buy better. Trying to purposefully scale down defeats that point.



The only console that had emulators was the original xbox and it had up to N64. Even ignoring emulators, PC has a huge library for the simple fact that its library doesn't reset like it does on consoles with every new generation. So you bought a bunch of PS3 games and now have a PS4? I hope they look good on the wall because that's where they're going to stay from now on. If I buy a new PC 4 years from now all my games I bought will still work.

my dreamcast that has super nintendo games would like a word with you.

[Kaze3434]

Wait... what are people arguing about again?

Just as an FYI, I have the PS4 version of Final Fantasy XIV as well as the PC version. I usually choose to play the PC version more often for a few reasons. Firstly, my kids are more likely to be watching TV, so using the PC means they can keep enjoying their toons. Secondly, having a keyboard I can use effectively makes chatting to people a lot easier. Thirdly, more space for my lovely skill icons.


Live and let live, guys.

while i agree with your first point, the second and third point can be done on ps4.

[Elven]

No problem when setup exactly the same as a PC I play on both depending where I am in the house have had the PS4 hooked up to the lcd m/k obviously if you have a 280x or 790 don't expect it to out perform a high end PC but since I have both I don't really care where I'm playing it.

[Saccharin]

I heard IBM's Big Blue called Sony's PS3 a little bitch.

/popcorn

The Cell processor in the PS3 was actually a fantastically powerful CPU. Sony's original idea what that everything would run on it, including graphics but the only problems was... no one knew how to program it to take full advantage. Oops! In the end the PS3 was a very impressive piece of technology but software development wasn't mature enough to fully take advantage of it. This cost Sony a lot of money. This is why current consoles use old proven PC tech.