Is PS 4 Pro worth getting or wait for PS 5?

[moggsie]

Does every thread have to turn into a format war? OP didn't mention PC anywhere. Frankly I expect better from a mod.

Bastich didn't turn it into that. He merely stated a fact - his PC runs faster than the PS4. If you want proof, I'm sure he'll offer it.

He also voiced his disappointment at the current PlayStation generation. Are we not allowed to have an opinion us mods? Would you think better of us if we just kept schtum about everything?

Grow up.

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Remembering that PC hardware is inherently handicapped by it's OS and hardware abstraction layers.... so to perform at the same level it must be considerably more powerful to begin with.

It's called Windows 10 isn't it?

 

[SparkTR]

There's no guarantee the PS5 will be backwards compatible, and it's unlikely to come out before 2020. I don't see how getting a Pro now would be bad especially since there's so many games out for it. It's a very mature platform.

 

[Harrison]

Remembering that PC hardware is inherently handicapped by it's OS and hardware abstraction layers.... so to perform at the same level it must be considerably more powerful to begin with.

Consoles are designed with a streamlined OS and geared 100% towards game performance, where as PC's come with a much larger/bloated OS that is geared towards being a full OS and supporting many things, not just gaming. This coupled with the fact that consoles use a standardised hardware platform and so do not require the hardware abstraction layers required on PCs means that a console that is considerably lower powered in raw hardware performance can meet and even exceed the gaming performance of the more powerful PC.

As a console generations life moves on more and more powerful PCs are released and eventually, even with the handicaps, they will outperform the highly optimised consoles, but assuming a PC will out-game a console simply because it is x% more powerful is simply folly.

Except both the Xbox One and PS4 area using PC hardware, so whilst thr PC world marched on the consoles remain static and fall behind month on month.

Also consider that the Xbox One is actually running on Windows 10. ;-)

Even the original Xbox run using DirectX.

The difference which you did mention is that being static hardware developed can optimise software to utilise its full potential. Something PC developers don't normally go to do as the hardware has already moved on before they have pushed it fully.

 

[custardo]

Grow up.

I certainly would've had a lot of time to do so, because that reply of mine celebrated its first birthday just three weeks ago. But reading back, I stand by my comment still. As PCs have been more powerful than consoles since the mid-nineties, it was a pointless remark. But you are right, mods have a right to voice their opinion as well.