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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WokzePosted:
GoldReaper300 It's true, as long as it has HDMI capability, I could care less about the stupid specs. It's all about the games. To all the PC fanboys out there, I've been playing on Steam for about 5 years now, it is not better than console, sure it has better graphics, but it is so boring to play on. :P
Its defiantly better, its just lonely compared to playing on consoles.
LuckyOtterPosted:
KickaLuckyOtterKicka specs are meaningless? ok so when your xbox one is being sent back for repair and you cant play it for 3 weeks, ill be having tons of fun on my PS4 which will have no problems lmfao.
Specs don't really have anything to do with that... That's more of the durability. JUst because something has faster processing rate doesn't mean it won't break as easily. Those are two separate things. So how about you go to the other news section fanboy.
looks like somebody is technologically declined. lmfao
So you're telling me that something with better tech will always work for longer? OK then explain this "mister technology advanced", my gameboy color still works after having it for 13 years now. My original DS though broke after three. Then I got a ds lite. It broke last year. Now I have a 3ds and so far it's fine. But after all that my Gameboy Color still work after playing it hundreds of hours. You literally are too dumb to insult. You honestly have no idea how anything works and are just posting against the One because you have nothing better to do.
LikeCrazyPosted:
True that the specs mean nothing.. I dont know which console to get but the Xbox has the better exclusives like Deadrising 3
MariahCareyPosted:
It's true, as long as it has HDMI capability, I could care less about the stupid specs. It's all about the games. To all the PC fanboys out there, I've been playing on Steam for about 5 years now, it is not better than console, sure it has better graphics, but it is so boring to play on. :P
WokzePosted:
Snowfl4k3z And PS4 will say vice versa!
they sure will, to be honest, both consoles look good, just abit expensive.
liamcole123Posted:
Ok, let me clear this up for people. Just because the consoles are "Next-Gen" does not mean that even PC games are going to be significantly different! PC evolves all the time and consoles remain the same for years!
AustraliansPosted:
I truly hope Sony and Microsoft can get along. It's so annoying seeing everyone argue about each console, once everyone has got the console, we will be happy.
AustraliansPosted:
DlCENikolaiLoverG935Sony sales is around 11 million behind the xbox 360 look it up.MW2-RushPane This Is True. PS3 Had Better Specs Than Xbox 360, And the Xbox Still Came Out On Top!!!
Actually Bro, PS3, has more sales than Xbox. Nuff said!
You do know that they just passed their sales in may of THIS YEAR? It took Sony 6 years to pass up sales. Nuff Said!
Oh my god? Really? I thought Sony were ahead after all this drama about the DRM and 24/7 online capability, thats awesome if Xbox is ahead :D
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