Interesting Links for 22-02-2013

[andrewducker]

• The Playstation 4 is announced. And basically, it's a PC.
  (tags: sony computers consoles playstation )
• Bullies Called Him Pork Chop. He Took That Pain With Him And Then Cooked It Into This.
  (tags: bullying poetry video )
• Appendix Evolved Over 30 Times, May Perform Useful Function
  (tags: biology )
• Sherlock Homles vs Batman
  (tags: SherlockHolmes

Comments

[gonzo21]

Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of 'my unreleased console is better than your unreleased console'.

The extra system memory will be handy, fewer loading screens. Beyond that, I can't see the next gen of gaming being all that different to the current gen. Supporting higher resolutions won't make that much difference.

[andrewducker]

Yup. Slightly prettier, but other than that, I can't see what we'll get out of this generation.

[gonzo21]

And I'm not sure consumers have £400 burning in their back pockets to buy consoles for games that are going to look more or less just like current gen games. I suppose it will come down to how much money Sony and Microsoft throw at games developers to make their new games exclusives for the new consoles.

(Which is the problem the WiiU currently has, because there are bugger all games for it.)

[a_pawson]

Especially not since it seems it won't be backwards compatible. I mean I wouldn't expect it to play PS1 or PS2 games but if it won't support PS3 games I can see that putting a lot of people off.

[johnbobshaun]

They're talking about cloud-based streaming for PS3 compatibility. The problem with backwards compatibility is that it's one of the most requested but least used features in gaming.