Xbox One exec says PS4 specs are "meaningless", games more important
Asked whether he was cautious of comparisons with PS4 by our editor Jon Hicks, Penello pointed out that few players really buy consoles for the specs alone. "The problem is that Sony decided to go out and publish a bunch of numbers, which are in some ways meaningless," he told us. "Because this isn't like 1990, when it was 16-bit versus 32-bit.
"As a matter of fact," he continued, "they actually go out and they talk about how proud they are about their off-the-shelf parts. Our guys'll say, we touched every single component in the box and everything there is tweaked for optimum performance."
"For me, I'd rather not even have the conversation, because it's not going to matter," Penello went on. "The box is going to be awesome. The games are going to be awesome. I heard this exact same argument last generation and it's a pointless argument, because people are debating things which they don't know about. They're not [head silicon engineer] Nick Baker or [corporate vice president of IEB hardware Todd Holmdahl], and I'm not [lead PS4 architect] Mark Cerny, so why are we having this discussion?"
Penello feels consumers will pick a console for the games it offers, rather than for its capabilities on paper. "Here's what you care about," he said. "You bought a system to play great games and have great experiences. I feel like our games and experiences are going to be every bit as good, if not better, technically - on top of all the magic we're going to add with the instant switching, and the power of the cloud.
"So the whole numbers game - yeah, I've been following it online and it's like, we tried having that argument last time. Do I want to talk about HDMI 1.3 or 1.4, it's like 'argh!' It doesn't matter. Did you see Call of Duty, it looks f**king awesome! It's going to be great, you know. So we're just saying, it's not worth the debate."
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MicroSonyPCPosted:
Spy I'm getting the Plystation 4. Tired of Xbox 360 eating my money. I do like both consoles. I really hate console wars. I don't know which one I want. but I have decided to save money and buy a Playstation 4.
And how won't the PS4 "eat" your money?
SpyPosted:
I'm getting the Plystation 4. Tired of Xbox 360 eating my money. I do like both consoles. I really hate console wars. I don't know which one I want. but I have decided to save money and buy a Playstation 4.
MicroSonyPCPosted:
Vancouver_Canucks Better the specs, better the game. Exactly the same as PC, **** PC...**** Game quality. Good PC...Good Game Quality.
And no, this isn't the same as PC. Not all games on PC are optimized for your specific PC. Most PS4 games and Xbox games will be optimized for their respective console.
MicroSonyPCPosted:
Vancouver_Canucks Better the specs, better the game. Exactly the same as PC, **** PC...**** Game quality. Good PC...Good Game Quality.
Wrong. PS3 had better specs than the 360, didn't make a difference. I have both consoles.
AustraliansPosted:
Good points and all, I just don't like the fact how each company is basically dissing each other lol xD
Vancouver_CanucksPosted:
Better the specs, better the game. Exactly the same as PC, Shit PC...Shit Game quality. Good PC...Good Game Quality.
ItemPosted:
Exactly what i was thinking, how many games look at specs on console? Even if they do there isn't much difference between the two.
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