Some people being reminded of some hard truths in this thread.
I like it.
Indeed.
Honeslty I'm starting to find these wild speculation and dickwaving competitions based on nothing but out of context numbers a bit tiresome. I love a good theoretical hardware discussion as much as the next massive nerd, but at this point it's just starting to get unnecessarily aggressive with how way too many people are desperate to prove their preferred product is superior.
Without the actual Hardware and games to directly compare, we don't
know shit. It's all guess work, so anyone declaring anything as a certainty is just being an idiot.
Not that power even really matters most generations.
In 5th gen PS1 was weaker than the N64, but it had more games, wider appeal and a better overall library, so sold better.
Same with 6th Gen. PS2 was weak as hell compared to the Xbox 1 and Gamecube, but that didn't stop it being the most successful console of all time.
Last gen Both the 360 and PS3 were beaten by the Wii, a system that couldn't do HD and that a lot of multiplatform games couldn't even run on.
This gen the power crown went back and forth between PS and Xbox, but made no difference to sales, then halfway through the gen the Switch came in, with it's toaster level of welly, and has sold like hot cakes, far exceeding the sales of the monster that is the XOX in roughly the same time frame.
There are so many more important factors than raw TF count or SSD speed that make a good console, yet people are just loosing their minds over it without any context at all for what it is they're arguing about.