EA Exec: Xbox One and PS4 Are "A Generation Ahead" Of PC

[Playful Pony]

Let's imagine he IS right, and the new consoles are somehow incredibly powerful and will beat even most extreme gaming PCs out there, for a bargain of $300-$500 (sorry, I have NOT looked for actual prices!). Would I be willing to make the move from PC to this glorious new console generation? I wouldn't even sacrifice the mod support I enjoy with my PC, not to mention the posibility to play Star Citizen when it becomes available (can't wait!). And in the end, the games my friends and I play the most are not the prettiest, most beautiful games on the market... Gems like Minecraft and Guns of Icarus, Killingfloor and the Project Reality mod for Battlefiled 2... This is the stuff we mostly play!

But I can only asume he's NOT trying to convince any PC gamers to migrate to a console... He's just gently patting the console players back, wisper sweet promises into his ear, promises of soon being able to claim graphical superiority over those uppity PC gamers! Not that a lot of PC gamer's aren't obnoxious as hell...

It's always fun to see people talk shit. I can't wait to see how his words measure up to reality.

Edit: Can someone please tell me what exactly a generation is in terms of video game systems? Like, what technological change defines a generation?

From what I understand, a generation is defined by the manufacturers jointly deciding it's time to increase the number at the end of their console by 1. Well, Sony does that anyway... Nintendo and Microsoft still seem caught up in trying to make up spilly names for their machines.

 

[Fayathon]

I could leave it at this to sum up my feelings on the matter, but I know for a fact that the PS4 and the Xbone have nothing on a custom built medium level gaming machine.

 

[Mr Companion]

Thats like saying your new sports cars will be further ahead in the face than the finish line.
Unless they have access to a time machine I find myself doubtful.

 

[Eiv]

Just posting to say that this thread seems to have brought together the trifecta of gaming. PC/PS/XB gamers alike are all banding together to call this guy an idiot.

Now we know that all that was needed to bring us together in one big happy family group hug was an EA douche spouting crap.

THANKS EA! xoxox


/CAPTCHA - Fezes are cool ---- Yes....yes they are

 

[devotedsniper]

Oh look more things EA say things that makes me laugh, the only reason a console can compete with a Gaming rig is because they know the exact hardware they don't have to deal with interface software such as Physx and DirectX. Please EA stop pretending the Xbox 3 is the ultimate box in the world, no gamer was impressed even the biggest fanboys of Xbox weren't.

Come tell me this again when I buy a Titan or 2 780's in a couple of months time.

 

[Mr_Terrific]

So if the Xbone is more powerful than the most godly PC, that means the PS4 is 50% more powerful than Super Saiyan 4 Jesus...and I can't stop laughing....what the shit is wrong with EA?

 

[Vhite]

Hey guys, not to be controversial or anything be as a PC gamer I got to say he is right. On the competing race track consoles have turned 180 degrees and from their perspective they really are now generations ahead of PC which is in fact heading completely opposite direction away from them.

 

[Da Orky Man]

A tip for console manufactures and desginers in general: NEVER say what Microsoft has just said. You may be right about the mojority of even custom-built gaming PCs used, but there will always be that inexplicably well-off sector of games who drop 10 grand on 4.6 Ghz 20-core monster with a dozen Radeon HD 7990s, cooled by liquid nitrogen and powered by its own diesel generator, outclassing the combined computing power of South Korea, which is really saying something.

 

[creamy5000]

They are right about my 2 year old rig and maybe even current laptops. I am sure if that was really true about current destop computers Nvidia wouldn't had given up on making chips for consoles.

 

[Snotnarok]

The claim just has no logic behind it, the games FOR the Xbone are developed on PCs and what? They're not going to be able to handle the games they're capable of creating? Sure the specs are pretty spiffy but then you weigh it down with the layers of DRM on the Xboned the required use of controller & kinnect vs the infinite options you have for controlling PC games and it's more capable ...how? It's more limited in every way and the DRM is only multiplying that.

 

[Little Gray]

Console tax.

Publisher tax.

Retail "encouragement" to put your game on the front shelf.

How is that not a lot of overhead? PC gaming is cheap as hell, and you don't even need a full publisher contract with STEAM around.

You are right of course because we all know that the costs a publisher chargers to release a game on their console has a direct effect on the potential power that said console is capable of.

 

[hazabaza1]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Haha.
Ha.

So do these guys even keep up to date with not being retarded or they just get pushed out the womb into public spotlight?

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Honestly, I don't think these people are even trying to convince the players who care anymore. It's more of a comfort thing for those less well acquainted with what PCs can do.

 

[Kathinka]

if past console generations are any indication, it will actually be more like 1-2 year old middle class hardware in those weaponized toasters.

at any rate, i'm still laughing so hard that my tummy hurts. oh ea, you and your shenanigans..

 

[Aikayai]

My PC IS faster than an Xbox One. Your turn Rajat.

No idea what this guy considers a high end PC to be, but I built this PC about 4 months ago and I'm already complaining because my friends new PC out-guns mine. I can't use a lot of my PC's power because no developer will ever provide proper support for crossfire. If a console spec ever had the power of a high end PC then this wouldn't be a problem.

 

[Excludos]

Hahahaha.. I'm sorry...Ahahahahah

No.

edit: So it is possible that what he said was taken out of context.

He does say that the architecture is way ahead of any pc today. This is actually true. SOC (System on a chip) where everything is bonded together into a neat little ball (Like your phone has), is capable of producing a huge amount of horsepower pr cm. This is because a computer has the same layout its been using since forever ago. Having the CPU a completely different place than the GPU, and the ram separated from both of them, is not a real good when they are suppose to communicate with eachother. If this is what he meant, then he is completely correct.

However, architecture and layout aside, any modern PC is way quicker than both PS4 and XBone, if you compare them directly. You can't, obviously, because games for consoles are made entirely different than for computers. So a true comparison we can't really make until the console is released.

 

[RicoADF]

"Excuse me Mr. Taneja, both of our presentations didn't really go over as well as we would have liked. Would you mind saying a couple nice things about our consoles that might appeal to the hardcore demographic for us? Oh don't worry we'll pay you for your comments." -Microsoft or Sony Exec

Sony's reveal did quite well tbh, it focused on the games and told us what we needed to know.

OT: This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard EA say, seriously someone needs to smack this guy over the head. Consoles always have and will always be the equiv of a medium range PC for the time they are released. Thats a good thing, thats their strength. By being middle range they get the perfect cost - reliability - power balance for the average consumer looking at a gaming machine in their living room/bedroom/kids room. It's not too expensive so most people can buy one, their using parts that are proven to work and be reliable *cough* except the xbox 360 *cough* and have the power to play modern games with good graphical settings that while not the max PC is still higher than most computers their level due to the device being dedicated to that purpose (Microsoft fails at this one today and most certainly with the XBone, seriously they don't understand their demigraphic or what a console's strength is).

 

[Olrod]

I read the first two words of the OP and knew exactly what to expect.

There are only so many topics that can start with "Electronic Arts" and none of them are good. Unless of course the following words are "is going out of business".