The American Who Designed the PlayStation 4 and Remade Sony
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#2The Cerny Method sounds remarkably like the Lean Startup Method, but apparently pre-dates it quite significantly.
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#3PS4 is just a PC stuck in one configuration, linked to a popular delivery system.
I don't get what the hype is about.
Yes, it's a pretty good configuration at a reasonable price. But that will only be the case for a few months. PCs will catch up very quickly and will become cheaper, and then much cheaper.
As somebody who loves games, I don't see a reason to buy PS4. I'd rather spend a bit more on a PC, and then upgrade it as I go.
The positive thing I see is the PS4 PC game portability. No longer developers need to have to very different engines and codebases. That's why PS4 is a much better option than XBox One in my eyes.
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#4PS4 is just a PC stuck in one configuration, linked to a popular delivery system. I don't get what the hype is about. Yes, it's a pretty good configuration at a reasonable price. But that will only be the case for a few months. PCs will catch up very quickly and will become cheaper, and then much cheaper. As somebody who loves games, I don't see a reason to buy PS4. I'd rather spend a bit more on a PC, and then upgra…
The XBox One is an x86 architecture as well. Pretty much everything that you said about the PS4 also applies to XBox One. Now, there are differences between the consoles, but fundamentally both of the next-gen consoles are x86 CPUs tied to memory architectures that are designed to stream HD content to the screen as fast as possible.
Re: The American Who Designed the PlayStation 4 and Remade Sony
#5The Cerny Method sounds remarkably like the Lean Startup Method, but apparently pre-dates it quite significantly.
That's exactly what I was going to say. Even the terminology, "publishable first playable" echoes the "minimum viable product" terminology that's in vogue with lean startup practitioners.
Re: The American Who Designed the PlayStation 4 and Remade Sony
#6PS4 is just a PC stuck in one configuration, linked to a popular delivery system. I don't get what the hype is about. Yes, it's a pretty good configuration at a reasonable price. But that will only be the case for a few months. PCs will catch up very quickly and will become cheaper, and then much cheaper. As somebody who loves games, I don't see a reason to buy PS4. I'd rather spend a bit more on a PC, and then upgra…
>I don't get what the hype is about.
It's a video game console. Genuine question: what's confusing here?
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#7PS4 is just a PC stuck in one configuration, linked to a popular delivery system. I don't get what the hype is about. Yes, it's a pretty good configuration at a reasonable price. But that will only be the case for a few months. PCs will catch up very quickly and will become cheaper, and then much cheaper. As somebody who loves games, I don't see a reason to buy PS4. I'd rather spend a bit more on a PC, and then upgra…
Why would I get a mac, when I could get a PC for much cheaper and it will be faster and I'll have more control over the hardware.
Why would I get a iPhone, I can get a cheaper Android and have more control over how I use it.
Why would I buy Windows when I can get Linux which is more powerful, customizable, and free.
Not everything can be reduced down to specs and numbers. Everyone has different use-cases.
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#8The PS4 may well make for a better video game machine and more profit for Sony, but it's too bad the very interesting and powerful cell processor concept will be relegated to the dustbin.
Re: The American Who Designed the PlayStation 4 and Remade Sony
#9PS4 is just a PC stuck in one configuration, linked to a popular delivery system. I don't get what the hype is about. Yes, it's a pretty good configuration at a reasonable price. But that will only be the case for a few months. PCs will catch up very quickly and will become cheaper, and then much cheaper. As somebody who loves games, I don't see a reason to buy PS4. I'd rather spend a bit more on a PC, and then upgra…
Why would I get a mac, when I could get a PC for much cheaper and it will be faster and I'll have more control over the hardware. Why would I get a iPhone, I can get a cheaper Android and have more control over how I use it. Why would I buy Windows when I can get Linux which is more powerful, customizable, and free. Not everything can be reduced down to specs and numbers. Everyone has different use-cases.
This is beautiful.
Re: The American Who Designed the PlayStation 4 and Remade Sony
#10PS4 is just a PC stuck in one configuration, linked to a popular delivery system. I don't get what the hype is about. Yes, it's a pretty good configuration at a reasonable price. But that will only be the case for a few months. PCs will catch up very quickly and will become cheaper, and then much cheaper. As somebody who loves games, I don't see a reason to buy PS4. I'd rather spend a bit more on a PC, and then upgra…
Why would I get a mac, when I could get a PC for much cheaper and it will be faster and I'll have more control over the hardware. Why would I get a iPhone, I can get a cheaper Android and have more control over how I use it. Why would I buy Windows when I can get Linux which is more powerful, customizable, and free. Not everything can be reduced down to specs and numbers. Everyone has different use-cases.
Funny, this is why I use a PC running Linux and an Android phone... and wait- so does my Grandma... And we have very different use cases.