On significance of platform transition: PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4

[SpaceBooger]

I was thinking in terms of gameplay quality as well. Many of the PS1/N64 games were pretty janky from not having the tech to execute the vision of the devs. You saw a lot of that clear up with the PS2/GC/XBOX.

On the PS1 I played mostly RPGs since many 3D games' camera and controls were not the smoothest and games could sometimes feel "laggy". It wasn't until the PS2 that 3D games were consistently smooth and ran at better speeds.

Side note, until this thread I never knew there was such a huge difference between the PS3 and PS4... I just thought the improvements were more minimal.

[Exhuminator]

No. It was all about you downplaying the significance of going from PS2 to PS3 not about which was the most significant leap.

Let's go back to the original posts that started all this.

What I said:

I'm going to have to agree with that, 5th gen to 6th gen tech was a helluva leap, not just in hardware, but noticeable graphical improvement. I was excited about the graphical evolution back then. I don't think 6th to 7th gen was nearly as dramatic, and even less so 7th to 8th gen. At least from what I've seen.

I was in fact talking about leaps, in reference to hardware and graphical improvement.

Later I said:

Yep, that's what I meant. I was speaking in relative terms. I wasn't saying there was no jump between PS2-PS3. I mean just being able to use native HDMI itself was a leap!

I used the word "leap" once more in that sentence. That's because I was always talking about leap significance.

This thread is also about leap significance, as defined by personal opinion. The poll's outcome clearly shows that my opinion is not uncommon, nor less informed.

[Kuruwin]

You know that you can call a masterpiece a masterpiece without really getting what's so great about it. What the poll says isn't even relevant to this and because you still don't even get that i'm not going to make any more responses to you on this thread.

[Exhuminator]

i'm not going to make any more responses to you on this thread.

That's perfectly acceptable.

[Jmustang1968]

i'm not going to make any more responses to you on this thread.

That's perfectly acceptable.

You seem to have a knack for getting some worked up huh?

[Exhuminator]

Doesn't help when some go around just looking for an excuse to get worked up.

[dsheinem]

[IrishNinja]

i know it's cheating, but nothing's come close to the jump from 16 to 32 bit (PSX0 for me, just watching old stuff like mario and metal gear transition was magical in a way that part of me thinks only VR currently has a chance of eclipsing, for some genres

[Exhuminator]

i know it's cheating, but nothing's come close to the jump from 16 to 32 bit (PSX0 for me, just watching old stuff like mario and metal gear transition was magical in a way that part of me thinks only VR currently has a chance of eclipsing, for some genres

I agree that the transition from 4th to 5th gen was even more of a leap than 5th to 6th. I was playing Jumping Flash! earlier today, and the whole time thinking how much that game must have blown players' minds back in 1995. It certainly would have impressed the hell outta me.

[o.pwuaioc]

i know it's cheating, but nothing's come close to the jump from 16 to 32 bit (PSX0 for me, just watching old stuff like mario and metal gear transition was magical in a way that part of me thinks only VR currently has a chance of eclipsing, for some genres

I'll second that, too. I voted PS1 to PS2, but really the gen before was the bigger leap. Even if one preferred 2D, the new 3D worlds were amazing.