I won't say Xbox Done, but it sure doesn't look bright for MS. Sony holds all strings in their hand, if they don't screw up somehow, we could potentially see a PS2 vs Xbox era again. (if not more severe in some territories)
Nope, 3rd party ports being superior on the PS4 mean all sites will be using it as the system for their playthroughs of games. Shortly after launch word will get to casual gamers that the superior versions are on PS4 after the hardcore purchase them and tell their friends.
Pay attention to this poster, folks. Not a third hand source like myself or thuway, but....
He'd know.
Can you elaborate? Yield, Esram manufacturing, underclocking?
I posted my thoughts on this couple of weeks or so back;
Over a year ago, the ps4 had 2gb of gddr5, then last year it was upped to 4gb on improving ram chip densities. Sony got lucky in that ram chip densities are going up in time and recently committed to 8gb. It was never a guarantee. MS engineers needed that 8gb guarantee for their goals with the console from the start. Hence their solution using ddr3. Edit: mostly beaten above.
Examples. Because it doesn't look like it here nor did it work for either of the HD twins.
On the other hand, I'm betting PS4's COGS 3 years from now will be super cheap. GDDR5 will be cheap per GB because so many things use it.
If the xbone is going to be standard at 720p, then what is really the point in even releasing it?
Again, can someone please link me to the stuff these insiders confirmed in the past?
Didn't the PS3 have yield issues too? So much that they had to disable one of cell's SPUs.
The parallel's are definitely there.
If they do have to down clock this late in the day due to over heating issues, my already cautionary stance on MS build quality after five RRoD failure will be on high alert. Down clocking seems a last ditch method to address heat dissipation.
Buying launch day Microsoft hardware is not something I will ever do again, until it has been proved to be reliable.
Maltrain where you at.
please don't. just don't.
We don't really know for sure for powerful the Wii U GPU is.Just 2.5x Wii U?
Wasn't there an old rumor that Microsoft wanted shorter life cycle for their consoles ala Apple like strategy? Maybe this is the reason behind it and we might get a 3 year cycle. :|
Or was that for their Windows... I don't exactly remember.
I don't see them delaying or underclocking it because of this. Yields get better with time. They might end up with supply problems in the first year though. Or maybe even increase the price a bit.
Yeah, this is true.
I feel a storm brewing.
Yikes!!
Seems MS gave up ALOT resource-wise for TV TV TV TV!!!! and SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS!!!!!
Without some quotes what's he referring too?Pay attention to this poster, folks. Not a third hand source like myself or thuway, but....
He'd know.
What happened to your tag?Pay attention to this poster, folks. Not a third hand source like myself or thuway, but....
He'd know.
They've always been generally good at short life cycles for individual consoles.
Flops don't mean anything to the mass consumer. Software, services, pricing, and advertising do. Don't assume that what folks on GAF like most is what the mass market cares about. The generation is still up for grabs for anyone (PC wins anyway lol )
Yeah, this is true.
PS4/XO specs. Had access to early PDF's about the system breakdown etc, same one's VGLeaks later posted. They also predicted bandwidth number changes, certain games and more.
From my recollection, Thuway has only been majorly wrong about one thing, that was the PS4 upgrade from 4GB GDDR5 to 8GB GDDR5, but as I know it, most devs and sources had no idea about this either. On nearly everything else he's been on point.
I feel a storm brewing.
Who is Matt, and why should I believe his post?
Is this just a blind forum echo chamber, or is this guy a dev?
If the xbone is going to be standard at 720p, then what is really the point in even releasing it?
What happened to your tag?
Guess I won't have to upgrade my graphics card after all if the baseline of next gen will be targeted at 800-900Gflops