By comparing each format's respective presentation quality, studio support, apptitude for hard-core porn and future outlook, the folks at the Enthusiast make a logical and thoughtful case for why Blu-ray could ultimately prevail:
"We're no shill for Sony, that's for sure, but we feel that this time around they have developed a format that delivers on quality and will provide consumers with what they need to experience high-definition content in the home, either through commercially released content or material that they have created themselves. We respect HD-DVD, but we can't ignore the major studio support that is on Blu-ray's side... when we take a hard look to see which format currently has the most going for it, the answer is obvious."
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!
If someone starts talking about digital distribution, I will KILL them
Oh and don't forget terabyte technology! Just want to see Robert's head explode. lol.
enough with the DD, onestly it wont work untill they stop the piracy, who in there right mind would pay money to download a film or a TV show when you can download them for FREE from the internet :)
Good to see Blu-ray's got the right image down as well.
*whisper*(digital distribution) j/k. That's the future...when we have 300MB/s connections and 10 terabyte HDDs at a low price. It's a long, long future away.
High Density DVDs are probably unnecessary in the long-term and will likely die a horrible death. Why? It's all about DRM and content owners wanting to get paid. I am an IP attorney for a large firm, and these are some of the ideas that I know to be touted.
First off, Downloading is already here. I download high-def movies on HBO Demand from Time Warner cable all the time. I record them right to the built-in harddrive. It is easy. It is here to stay....my grandmother knows how to do it and loves it. She says it is easier than taking videos back to the store.
Second, then somebody is going to argue that....but everyone doesn't have high-speed access and you would need a fiber-backbone to download a 50 giga-byte movie. Let me debunk that as well.
#1- Cable systems are already capable of DDL.
Using a standard cable modem, I regularly hit speeds of 2 MB/ sec on my upgraded cable line when downloading through well-known sharing services.
#2- Traditional buffering is capable of compensating for some speed deficiency.
Further, I have a friend who developed an easy buffering system for any HD content that I download and want to watch in real-time. It works very well right now.
#3- Whether you like compression technologies or not, it is here to stay. MP3's drive audio purists nuts, but for the public at large, it's sonic nirvana. At some point, the law of diminishing returns will kick in for NORMAL FOLKS. Sorry, but that's just how it is. That is why the Wii is outselling the X360 and PS3....it's cheap and it does most of what people want it to do.
#4- Studios haven't gone out RIAA style yet to start gang-tackling copyright infringers, and they don't plan to yet until all device become networked in a few years. The game plan going forward are devices like the way VISTA is set up to protect Microsoft computers from running unauthorized software. Devices will continually check to see if all of the hardware and software is legit and report indiscretions in real-time since they will be networked. If it isn't proper software or hardware, it will either a) simply shut-down until a license fee is paid, b) report the device serial number to a central database to restrict future product service and updates or c) alert the copyright owner covertly so that a legal action can be brought.
#5- Studios want to get ahead of the faster Wi-Max networks that are rolling out to prevent ubiquitous sharing of HD content. They intend to beat the code-breakers to the punch so to speak. Because HD-DVD and Blu-Ray have already been beaten, they are in effect already dead tech as far as Studios are concerned. They want a world of constant connectivity where they can be notified of infringing activity as it happens....get ready for 50 Terra-flop drives which do a lot more than you ever thought possible.
Sorry guy, but this is where we are headed. Of this, I have no doubt. The life-span of Blu-Ray as a movie format will be short and the life-span of HD-DVD will be even shorter in my humble opinion. Why? This isn't about bringing better technology. It is about bringing nearly unbeatable DRM for Studios and content holders to the market so that they can make more money. Trust me, I should know. I work for the ridiculously rich guys to make them richer and I just skim my little portion off the top. You can hate, but everybody has their price. I will admit that I work for the MAN, but I didn't come cheaply at $300 an hour.