Why do consoles need significantly less hardware performance to run the same software compared to a PC ?
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the console only does one thing and every console is identicle. with that, it is easier to optimise for and a dev can maximize and squeeze every last bit of performance out of the hardware. a pc can be 100′ of different configurations and is harder to optimize.
now the other poster is also correct that in many cases a pc version is better graphics wise because of the power. you may not immediately see the difference but they are there. things like sharper textures. farther draw distances and less pop ins for example.
if you would like to see a great example of this check out digital foundries – rise of the tomb raider pc vs ps4 video. the game still looks beautiful on ps but side by side you can see how much of it was changed and even effects removed so it runs at a decent framerate.
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