The PS4 and Xbox One released this past November. What are your thoughts on the architecture of both and how they differ from the previous generation?asked by Ravi Sinha
TL;DRChris Roberts is happier with the PS4 and Xbox One than past consoles because they are essentially PCs, which he thinks benefits PC gamers, and he considers the PS4 the better gaming machine.
I'm much happier with what they've done with the PS4 and Xbox One than what they did in the past. Basically it's a PC and it's actually going to make it a better situation for PC gamers. Now a game built on next gen consoles is really just a PC game and so, I'm going to get half these ports for powerful games that are some dynamic technology of seven years that still work on PC. But I think it's good…certainly not as powerful as a really high end gaming rig but for the money, you can't really beat that value.
Basically Sony and Microsoft are selling at a cost. I sort of like systems as they are focused on gaming and you don't have a whole lot of other things in the way. The power up is decent and while it's not a high end game machine, you can do some interesting stuff on it. But I'm much happier with the newer consoles than the old ones. I'd say the Xbox One can be used for sort of kind of TV or non-gamey stuff and the PS4 is the better gaming machine.