With the next generation of gaming already set to become a reality in the next few months, expectations are high as to what's up being offered from the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
However, there has been some criticism in the recent past related to the horsepower of the PS4. A debate has been raging whether a high-end PC is more powerful than the Sony-based console. Now, Sony has answered its critics by pointing at the number of pre-orders for the game.
In a recent interview with VG247, when asked whether the company is feeling under the weather with claims that PS4 is not that powerful than a high-end PC, and if the technology for PC will distract fans from next generation consoles, Sony UK’s VP and MD Fergal Gara stated:
“It doesn’t look like a concern at the moment. You always have to keep your eyes open to see where potential threats might come from. The only thing we know for sure is that the initial demand, and the initial weeks and months of PlayStation 4 is almost guaranteed to be exceptionally strong. That’s based on pre-order numbers that we’re delighted with. They’re the best we’ve ever seen, so that gives us huge confidence.”
“Let’s not forget that PlayStation 4 is a dedicated, specialist device that has become architecturally involved with the PC environment, but it’s configured in a way to deliver a rich experience above all others. It’s designed to deliver gameplay at the best possible level, which wasn’t compromised in terms of the decisions we’ve made,” Gara said.
Although Sony sounds pretty confident in waving away any fear of its market being overtaken by high-end PCs, it was not long ago when NVIDIA’s Senior Vice President of Content and Technology, Tony Tamasi stated that both the next generation platforms (Xbox One and PlayStation 4) are already out-dated when compared to a latest PC with high-end configuration.
“It’s no longer possible for a console to be a better or more capable graphics platform than the PC. I’ll tell you why. In the past, certainly with the first PlayStation and PS2, in that era there weren’t really good graphics on the PC,” Tamasi told PC PowerPlay at that time.
“Around the time of the PS2 is when 3D really started coming to the PC, but before that time 3D was the domain of Silicon Graphics and other 3D workstations. Sony, Sega or Nintendo could invest in bringing 3D graphics to a consumer platform. In fact, the PS2 was faster than a PC.”
Sony’s PlayStation 4 is currently scheduled to release on Nov. 15 in North America and Nov. 29, 2013 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
