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Well, the PS4 is certainly better than the PS3 and I'd say the Nintendo Switch is certainly better than the Wii. Modern ARM chips are certainly better than what

Well, the PS4 is certainly better than the PS3 and I'd say the Nintendo Switch is certainly better than the Wii. Modern ARM chips are certainly better than what we had in 2009 in every respect. There are certainly things that did improve, though I agree a lot of things did regress-- I'm just saying that not EVERYTHING regressed. It's all about perspective.

systemvoltage 6y ago
Hah, it was mostly a tongue in cheek comment with a broad stroke, of course you're 100% right.
grishka 6y ago
> Well, the PS4 is certainly better than the PS3 I don't know about PS3, but the thing that bugs me about PS4 is that it requires installing games. It can't just run a game straight off the disc like PS1 and PS2 did, it has to copy it to its hard drive first. > Modern ARM chips are certainly better than what we had in 2009 in every respect. Modern processors are, generally, great and very fast, regardless of the instruction set. Their greatness is usually compensated with mediocre software that is being constantly rushed to meet imaginary deadlines that no user cares about. The result is that the end user never really realizes how fast and capable modern hardware actually is.
- danbolt 6y ago
  The PS3 had the same problem, I think. It’s miles behind the Switch, but I’ve found installing on the PS4 to be less of a hassle.
- Firehawke 6y ago
  Well, when optical drives are no longer capable of performance fast enough to avoid load times, HD installation is going to be required. That was inevitable and I certainly could foresee it going back to the PS2 era; the creation of HDLoader made it pretty clear. I'd still say modern ARM is a major improvement simply because performance/power ratio-wise it's already neck and neck or better than x86 in a lot of areas. x86, dating back to the P4 era and onward, has been a painful slide into power consumption/waste heat hell.
dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
I really miss Kinect though. Yes I know everybody wants me to put on a VR headset but I just want to move in front of my screen and have fun without forcing on myself something I don't feel comfortable with. I recently tried to play Power Up Heroes online. At first, I thought something was wrong with my Live account, but no - I just couldn't find anybody to play online. A quick look at the leaderboard showed two records. In the whole world.

systemvoltage 6y ago

Hah, it was mostly a tongue in cheek comment with a broad stroke, of course you're 100% right.

grishka 6y ago

> Well, the PS4 is certainly better than the PS3 I don't know about PS3, but the thing that bugs me about PS4 is that it requires installing games. It can't just run a game straight off the disc like PS1 and PS2 did, it has to copy it to its hard drive first. > Modern ARM chips are certainly better than what we had in 2009 in every respect. Modern processors are, generally, great and very fast, regardless of the instruction set. Their greatness is usually compensated with mediocre software that is being constantly rushed to meet imaginary deadlines that no user cares about. The result is that the end user never really realizes how fast and capable modern hardware actually is.

danbolt 6y ago
The PS3 had the same problem, I think. It’s miles behind the Switch, but I’ve found installing on the PS4 to be less of a hassle.
Firehawke 6y ago
Well, when optical drives are no longer capable of performance fast enough to avoid load times, HD installation is going to be required. That was inevitable and I certainly could foresee it going back to the PS2 era; the creation of HDLoader made it pretty clear. I'd still say modern ARM is a major improvement simply because performance/power ratio-wise it's already neck and neck or better than x86 in a lot of areas. x86, dating back to the P4 era and onward, has been a painful slide into power consumption/waste heat hell.

dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago

I really miss Kinect though. Yes I know everybody wants me to put on a VR headset but I just want to move in front of my screen and have fun without forcing on myself something I don't feel comfortable with. I recently tried to play Power Up Heroes online. At first, I thought something was wrong with my Live account, but no - I just couldn't find anybody to play online. A quick look at the leaderboard showed two records. In the whole world.