Differences between PS3 and PS4 besides graphics?

[NaliaBrown]

When I upgraded back in the fall, it was like playing a whole new game. The things I could see! And teleporting into Mor Dhona doesn't take three minutes anymore. If you're wearing a skirt it will move with the wind. I have fewer (next to no) lag spikes. I can hunt now if I want to - I can even see the S ranks, which I couldn't before. I can play with player effects on and party member effects, so I can see where my Scholar friend put down Sacred Soil.

Do you have one of the King Slime hats? Someone above mentioned jiggle physics. It jiggles when you move. Other things jiggle, too. ;-)

[Steady]

Best thing you can do for either console is add an SSD/Hybrid SSD.

[Kosmos992k]

Best thing you can do for either console is add an SSD/Hybrid SSD.

PS4's HDD is plenty fast, adding an SSD speeds some things up, but the degree of improvement when adding a SSD on a PS3 is like night and day.

The thing is that the HDD in a PS4 is a pretty standard 2.5-inch laptop drive, so you get load performance equivalent to a laptop running the game. Yes an SSD will improve things a bit, but it's not like the PS4 is suffering long load times.

[Steady]

PS4's HDD is plenty fast, adding an SSD speeds some things up, but the degree of improvement when adding a SSD on a PS3 is like night and day.

The thing is that the HDD in a PS4 is a pretty standard 2.5-inch laptop drive, so you get load performance equivalent to a laptop running the game. Yes an SSD will improve things a bit, but it's not like the PS4 is suffering long load times.

the PS4 HD is still 5400 RPM <<. Infact I got one out infront of me that I had replaced with a 99$ 1tb Hybrid a year back.

It's acceptable, not great. And the software is better than it was in the past.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/playstation...est_Comparison

[Maero]

Day and night difference between the 2, load times, graphics, etc.
One can also get a faster rpm hd and go with 1 terabyte (more space, yes please), ssd while true would load faster they just are not at all reliable.
A Hybrid would be a person's best bet if they have the money

[Kosmos992k]

the PS4 HD is still 5400 RPM <<. Infact I got one out infront of me that I had replaced with a 99$ 1tb Hybrid a year back.

It's acceptable, not great.

And as I said, "Yes an SSD will improve things a bit, but it's not like the PS4 is suffering long load times."

5400rpm standard 3.5-inch sata laptop drive, yes, I know.

3 things will make any system with a 5400rpm drive faster.

larger cache on the disc controller
higher RPM (risks more noise, more power used, and some additional heat)
SSD/Hybrid (though historically the better models of these are more expensive and smaller than equivalent HDDs).

However, unless the acceptable performance of the PS4 is a problem, you're spending money to fix something that's not broken.

I have to say though that I will more than likely upgrade the HDD in my PS4 at some point when I want more capacity, and will look for a faster option than a 5400rpm. If I'm already at the point of upgrading there is no reason not to upgrade performance as well.

[Steady]

IDK, I was sold on upgrading my ps3 the moment I stopped dying in Titan HM way back when it was something.

[Kosmos992k]

IDK, I was sold on upgrading my ps3 the moment I stopped dying in Titan HM way back when it was something.

110% agreed.

[Domira]

More specifically, PS3 runs at about half the framerate (Target 30fps, as opposed to PS4's 60fps target.)

Performance aside, the game looks much better on the PS4 than the PS3 since it has more effects and a higher resolution.

hmm i thought the ps4 version ran at 30fps as well.

[Spawnie]

As a person who passed from ps3 to ps4 - believe me the loading times are awesome, you won't know what hit you at how fast are they in comparison of the ps3 I was in awe for the first month XD

^ this i agree with 100% lol