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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AngelBeatsFanPosted:
I couldn't care too much about slightly better specs, I just think PS4 is gonna be all around better.
UG_UnknownPosted:
G9HShadowBoltDashieNinjaWizardimgurBDBlelReeveShadowBoltDashieBDBunvers Seriously how are they meaningless? I don't understand
They're not meaningless, they mean everything. Specs are very important, they decide how good the graphics can be.
No he was asking how Microsoft could say that they're meaningless. He doesn't understand why Microsoft said that.
i understand why they said that, there just trying to bash on the new playstation so no body buys it, the playstain 4 has better specs then the xbox one.
Both of their specs have their ups and downs, but the gpu is better on PS4
True, that's one of the reasons I'm getting it!
The exclusives on the XBox are way better...
Not really. PS3 has a ton of good exclusives.
I personally don't care which specs are better or anything like that. As long as the console runs, isn't littered with glitches and will be enjoyable for me, I will get that console.
Most people won't even understand the specs anyways.
Agreed!
UG_UnknownPosted:
Cokes That is complete garbage. If we want games, then we could use the current gen consoles.
It Is!
CokesPosted:
That is complete garbage. If we want games, then we could use the current gen consoles.
IlcamorristaPosted:
ShadowBoltDashieNinjaWizardimgurBDBlelReeveShadowBoltDashieBDBunvers Seriously how are they meaningless? I don't understand
They're not meaningless, they mean everything. Specs are very important, they decide how good the graphics can be.
No he was asking how Microsoft could say that they're meaningless. He doesn't understand why Microsoft said that.
i understand why they said that, there just trying to bash on the new playstation so no body buys it, the playstain 4 has better specs then the xbox one.
Both of their specs have their ups and downs, but the gpu is better on PS4
True, that's one of the reasons I'm getting it!
The exclusives on the XBox are way better...
Not really. PS3 has a ton of good exclusives.
I personally don't care which specs are better or anything like that. As long as the console runs, isn't littered with glitches and will be enjoyable for me, I will get that console.
Most people won't even understand the specs anyways.
TaigaAisakaPosted:
NinjaWizardimgurBDBlelReeveShadowBoltDashieBDBunvers Seriously how are they meaningless? I don't understand
They're not meaningless, they mean everything. Specs are very important, they decide how good the graphics can be.
No he was asking how Microsoft could say that they're meaningless. He doesn't understand why Microsoft said that.
i understand why they said that, there just trying to bash on the new playstation so no body buys it, the playstain 4 has better specs then the xbox one.
Both of their specs have their ups and downs, but the gpu is better on PS4
True, that's one of the reasons I'm getting it!
The exclusives on the XBox are way better...
Not really. PS3 has a ton of good exclusives.
I personally don't care which specs are better or anything like that. As long as the console runs, isn't littered with glitches and will be enjoyable for me, I will get that console.
PlusnetPosted:
imgur Games are more important...
Of course they are. Without amazing games, the system wouldn't be anything.
PlusnetPosted:
imgurBDBlelReeveShadowBoltDashieBDBunvers Seriously how are they meaningless? I don't understand
They're not meaningless, they mean everything. Specs are very important, they decide how good the graphics can be.
No he was asking how Microsoft could say that they're meaningless. He doesn't understand why Microsoft said that.
i understand why they said that, there just trying to bash on the new playstation so no body buys it, the playstain 4 has better specs then the xbox one.
Both of their specs have their ups and downs, but the gpu is better on PS4
True, that's one of the reasons I'm getting it!
The exclusives on the XBox are way better...
Not really. PS3 has a ton of good exclusives.
KatsumiPosted:
imgur Games are more important...
I agree. For a console to be a success it needs a good line up of games. A small difference in specs does not really mean much to me
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