: I'm going to try to find this link and post it, but a developer working with
: the PS4 basically said that it was essentially a PC, but since he had
: direct access to the graphics hardware, the graphics calls were up to 200
: times faster in some instances. His opinion was that once folks get used
: to the PS4, it's going to smoke PCs and never look back.

I'm not surprised. When the Xbox 360 launched, it's hardware was already seemingly weak compared to PC's of the time, but the games didn't reflect that at all.
It's just par for the course really whenever a new console generation hits.

But the same rules apply. The PS4 will soon become out-dated on a technical level and I very much doubt users will have access to the core files and the like of SDK's to make mods and a means to distribute them.
Same for the new Xbox. On the Xbox 360 modding games is cause for getting your profile and console banned from Xbox Live.