Console wars encourage companies to take risks. Taking big risks doesn’t always pay off. Just ask Nintendo and their infamous Virtual Boy or Sega and the ill-fated Dreamcast, which failed to sell well enough to keep the veteran Japanese in the console race.
Omar writes: "With the Horizon Festival coming to breathtaking Japan, you’ll need the essential gear to prove you’ve got what it takes to become a Horizon Legend as you cruise, drift and explore an open world full of spectacular driving experiences. That’s why we’re happy to announce the newest Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller and Wireless Headset collection, featuring inspired designs from Forza Horizon 6. The bright cyan and lime colorways celebrate the Horizon Festival’s recognition of iconic cars and hit music, with special features that are sure to impress any collector."
You can get Hall effect controllers slightly cheaper, but you'd struggle to find as feature-rich a package without some heavy, heavy sales.
Pascal Gilcher calls DLSS 5 impressive but shares the "AI slop" sentiment, explaining the likely tech behind it and why he dislikes it.
I fail to see how this is AI shhhhlllloooop. Looking at the different games they showed, this has made many of them look far better.
It's AI slop because it ignores the artists intent and changes the details ESPECIALLY when it comes to character faces. The scariest part of it is introducing it as the next stage of DLSS, a feature where the current iteration already has controversy surrounding it and for quite a lot of games cannot be fully disabled. So reasonably the precident is already set for what path this could take, and it's not good
In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost and so on. Many of the lighting deletes shadow, including shadow on the face like eyes even chin.
Why stop at art when it comes to human input - why not just have AI play the game for us, remove human input altogether
If you don’t like it, just don’t enable it. Personally I think it looks great from the videos I have seen.
And what about when you can't? Cause there's plenty of games where you cannot fully disable dlss already, i mean we're well into an era where it's a major crutch for developers to cover up their cut corners, why would this be any different?
You are playing with people's money and allow Nvidia to scam you.
In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost. This is all lie to raise the cost of the graphic card.
Making characters look more realistic not ok because we want the developer to decide on how the game was intended to look. - Internet
Change entire game through mods thus changing how the developers intended the game to be is ok. - Internet
Something consumers can do to a product after they have purchased it, entirely optional and can always be undone with a fresh install
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The leading gaming hardware manufacturer making this the next iteration of the main AA/Upscaling technique that is heavily relied upod by modern devs and is not optional in most games.
Not at all the same but nice try
At the moment you need 2 5090’s just to get an image on the screen so this is all vaporware until proven otherwise.
It's all about choice in the end. But, I would say that calling it 'more realistic' is quite a stretch. It looks like AI art, and that's rarely realistic.
All the comments I see are reminding me of how we got to the current state of gaming when microtransactions were first introduced: "It's completely optional guys, we promise! If you don't like it just don't buy it!"
I think we all know how that ended up.
I had the same exact thought the first time this was brought up in a separate article about a week ago. Took me straight back to the conversations surrounding “horse armor.” Just don’t buy it they said. Years later, many IPs I previously enjoyed are so infected with monetization schemes that I don’t even consider purchasing them anymore.
DLSS 5 and the like are the same thing wrapped in a different package. History rhymes but many of us never learn from it.
Biggest Scam. Overrides lighting and shadow. So why keep Ray tracing? It's all a scam to raise graphic card. We now see Nvidia with Microsoft downturn anything against them. Sony is next!
What industry doesn't have its "wars"
And that's what it's about: competition that leads to more quality games, more innovation and hopefully, better benefits for the gamer. So that you can have more FUN by yourself or with others. And the console industry can grow from that. That should be for every console generation.
Poorly made games,lack of risk taking, removal or blocking of benefits or expensive prices isn't fun. Opinions go back and forth on what system is better. Which may lead some to fanboyism. But there is something right about being an informed consumer and voicing an opinion as long as it doesn't overstep on someone else's fun.
No gamer should tell another gamer what console or game they should or shouldn't play. If you like something, enjoy it. But it should be okay to voice an opinion that effects all gamers during each competition. Gamers voiced their opinion that having only one football game leads to lack of competition, innovation, variety of options which is less fun for everybody. You may like Madden for example. But supporting it and EA has lead to less fun for everyone else who liked blitz, nfl2k, tecmo bowl, etc.
Gamers like myself voiced opinions on the negative effect of micro transactions, dlc, paying for online, season passes,etc. There's positive things that have come from them. Who wouldn't want more content for their favorite game. Or a service that connects everyone to play together without running to the arcade. But if you're not seeing it from the other side, that becomes fanboyism.
Each company has had their time of being arrogant like Nintendo was during the nes days. Or Sony during the PS3 launch timeframe. Or Microsoft during the 360 era. But, whoever you decide to support, you should be looking at how your consumer spending effects all gamers and if it's right to buy into it.
During any "console war" which is just a competition, any comment, policy, strategy and decision should be looked at closely and judged on if it benefits all gamers or negativity effects all gamers. They're all in it to make money. But you, the consumer,should be more informed and not just blindly follow whoever or whatever you support with your dollars. Having an opinion towards a buying decision is not hate or fanboyism unless it's constant and not FACTUAL. It's questioning if it's good for the industry and for all gamers during any "console war."
Whether people realize it Console Wars drive the market! And yes to an extent fanboys do as well.
They provide the necessary incentive whether true or false for others to strive to outdo or compete with those who they feel or view have lesser tastes than their own! Their preferences spark conversations as well as arguments that change perception and views of other individuals to either align or totally go against their own views of whatever object they're discussing. That is the power of not only someones opinion, but the persuasive nature of word of mouth!
The companies use tactics directly related to the terms fanboys and console wars to not only advertise but to sell their products! The majority of times that product is nowhere near what it's advertised or marketed to be. That is where fanboys or even just fans come into the equation. They change the perception of the product by introducing the idea that the product is capable of more than it actually is!