I agree that having a current gaming PC really cools the hype for the next gen consoles. I feel comfortable knowing that I can wait and see how the launches play out. Then catch a great black friday deal in 2014.
Really depends. What is are your favorite genre's to play? How about list those so folks can make some suggestions based on that? Most games on console are also on PC. Really only games that are still pretty pc exclusive are RTS, mmo's and certain indie titles.
I love these threads. If you spend more then 500 dollars on a video card you are a fool. Only time you need cards of the caliber of 690's or Titans are when you are attempting to run multi-monitor ultra high resolution settings. For myself I purchased a Sapphire 7970 OC edition for a little over 300 bucks. Which was complete overkill for my use since I run this on my television with maximum res of 1080p. Still I have begun to play more and more games in stereo 3D so the extra juice helps keep a smooth framerate. That being said look at your use. If you are going for some insane setup then I guess go for it. I still think that extra dough could go to plenty of other great upgrades like water cooling, large solid state drive or a shit ton of games.
No way they will try to get over 500 for a deluxe model. 400 for base then 450 to 499 for deluxe. If you want this thing to penetrate the market quickly you better price it right.
Wii U will be fine. It will still sell to families with young kids and parents who are not iterested in gaming. It will sell to Nintendo fans like myself who only buy the console for Nintendo games. Been that way since N64. Will it sell near what the original Wii sold? Hell no. The Wii U will be that secondary console that hardcore gamers purchase to go along with either the PS4 or the next Xbox.
I think your core online multiplayer will remain free. All the other bells and whistles will be put behind the PS+ service. Especially the Gaikai streaming function. For those wanting to play BC games on the PS4 you will pay a monthly fee.
I'm playing it currently. The reviews are pretty accurate depending on where your priorities lie when purchasing a game. If your looking for a visual treat this game delivers. My pc is not super high performance (7970 3gig, I5-3570k) but it usually eat's up most games no problem. Crysis 3 is one of the few games lately to really push my config where I had to dumb down settings to get the framerates I am comfortable with. I'm one of the few people who felt Crysis 2 was superior to 1 when it came to how they presented the scenarios you would encounter. Very similar to Halo. So 3's approach being somewhere in the middle is a plus. Plenty of reviews are stating that the bow breaks the gameplay. I would agree if you play on the default difficulties but if you pump it up to the one without aiming reticules then the bow becomes much more balanced. Especially considering when cloaked you no longer see the sight on the bow. It forced me to line up shots much more carefully because otherwise I was missing quite consistently. The story is no better or worse then most writing in current FPS. If your expecting Bioshock story and dialog then look elsewhere. Like others I do feel that a 5 to 6 hour campaign is a big knock on what would otherwise be another great entry in the Crysis series. Let's face it there are certain games where even though multiplayer is provided most have no intention of experiencing it. The Crysis series is one of those games for me that I purchase because of the single player campaign only. So folks should base their purchase on exactly what reviews are stating if they speak to your sensibilities on what constitutes value. For me it's single player length, story, gameplay and visuals in that order. Might be worth day one for some but for me it would be a no. Only reason I did pre-purchase is because greenman gaming gives great preorder discounts for digital downloads so I paid a little over 40 dollars which is fine for a day one purchase in my mind.
Depends on the situation I suppose. Unless you've been there I don't think one can form a proper opinion. I haven't been in that situation, and I'm not about to go gung ho in favor for or against it.
This is the most wise statement I have seen concerning it. It's easy to stand on moral high ground for either side when you are not faced with a situation that forces you to choose. So me being safe in my basement about to play a video game I'd say no. Let one of my children be in danger and a prisoner has the information that could possibly save them then I'd say do what needs to be done to obtain that information by any means necessary. Situation and personal stake in that situation dictate all things.
I wish many of these FPS franchises would simply chuck the SP portion of the game all together. Concentrate on a excellent multiplayer experience which is what gives the game legs and focus on that. Games like Crysis, Far Cry and BioShock that do single player justice can continue. Your CoD's, BF's and yes Killzone's SP campaigns while pretty to look at are completely redundant and needless. I can honestly say I haven't finished any of them.
Heard already that Sony has reconsidered the 4 GB and gone up to 8 (which their Devkits did have), not really much else to say about it - the reveal is in 2 weeks, so we'll see. I don't think we'll get a huge boost in performance from the extra RAM though, with faster optical drives and maybe an SSD? (I mean where would you even get a 120 GB magnetic drive these days, it would probably cost more to dig up that fossil than to just go for an SSD)
Devkits have more ram than the final hardware usually.
Honestly, 4 gigs is fine. VRAM is where its at.
This guy just answered the million dollar question. CPU/GPU and the amount of vram included are the specs people really need to worry about.
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