It absolutely matters. If the Scorpio uses Polaris + Zen it will be the most powerful console ever built. Microsoft is giving developers a truly next-gen console for the first time ever.
This is like asking if it matters that the Wii U is underpowered versus a PS4. Now it all matters what developers can do with the hardware, of course, but it's going to be a huge leap from what we have now.
Lol what? Seriously? The Xbox One S will be one of the cheapest 4K Blu-ray players on the market. With the added bonus of a fully-fledged games console. This is terribly bad reporting from an analyst firm.
Most gamers aren't "enthusiast" gamers, and aren't willing to spend $700 on the Scorpio (yes, it's going to cost quite a bit thanks to the Polaris GPU and Zen CPU SoC). Giving gamers three different console options isn't bad at all.
Sony has already said that PlayStation VR games will be priced from $9.99 to $59.99, but this is the first time we've seen official prices.
The new Batman VR and RE7 VR games will likely be full $59.99 releases.
N4G should just be changed to Dualshockers 2.0 at this point
Sorry guys, this isn't real. The "DMC 5" on the VA's CV was back in 2010, obviously for the DmC reboot. http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
Xbox* has the best foundation (which is to say Windows, since Microsoft declares the Xbox a "Windows 10 device). The Xbox One would have a very hard time supporting VR with its current hardware.
As for the release date, Titanfall 2 will be in Q3 FY2017, which is October - December 2016. So yeah, the release date could be somewhat on the mark, but the artwork was used for Titanfall 1.
It's fake. Half of the site image is concept art used for a Game Informer cover back in 2013 http://2buiart.deviantart.c...
This is absurd. Scores are ESSENTIAL to any review. It's a way of quantifying how good a game actually is. I think sites want to abolish review scores so we actually spend more time reading the content instead of skimming to the score.
Some sites like Kotaku don't have "review scores", but they STILL have a measure to quantify the game with their breakdown chart. Scores are really important. Now should some developers be punished for not hitting a Metacrit...
I'm pretty sure it's "Tekken 7: Fated Retribution"
During the stream, Shinobi said "I would have said this publicly if I thought it was 100% true, so I didn't" So it could still happen. However the logic is pretty sound.
Oh man, I had SUCH high hopes for the campaign. The whole idea of a shifting perspective in WW1 has so much potential. After the horrible campaign that was BF4, I thought DICE would give us something much more dynamic and awesome.
I don't think you can tell a dynamic, awesome storyline in just six missions...
Yeah a 1.5 is probably off the table. But compare these reports with all the others, and the new wireless chip, and AMD's blatant confirmation of a trio of new console contracts...there's a lot of evidence here that a new Xbox is coming.
If it's not a 1.5, and likely not just a simple Xbox One refresh, that leads us with the Xbox NeXt - aka next-gen Xbox.
I think Pacther is so off the mark when he said third party support won't come to NX.
Nintendo isn't stupid. They've learned a LOT about the Wii U. That's one of the major reasons why they're waiting until everything's ready for a proper launch.
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Yeah I'm not sure either way, but I based the info on this http://www.techpowerup.com/...
Of course on one knows what's inside the PS4 Neo, and the leaks could be wrong. It does seem pretty insane though...packing in such a dramatic upgrade in a mid-cycle refresh. I was surprised myself!
Here's what Sony's Dr. Richard Marks has to say about the processing box.
https://youtu.be/XZVVs5O8NC...
And it DOES do processing, but it only processes 3D Audio.
The way I understand it is that the processing box allows the PS4 to shoot a 960 x 1080p image concentrated down to the 5.7 OLED screen at variable 60-120hz, 90hz, or 120hz to the PlayStation VR headset. Re...
I dunno man. The PS4 uses about an HD 7850 - 7870 GPU. If the specs are right, then the PS4 Neo matches a customized derivative of AMD's new 14nm Polaris 10 Ellesmere GPU. That's an absolutely massive jump between the two GPUs.
http://wccftech.com/amd-pol...
Yes, those specs are based on discrete desktop-grade GPUs, but still. It's a leap.
IF the PS4 Neo does use a Polaris 10 Ellesmere derivative, then yes 1080p 60FPS will be easily achievable. It'll hit the 90-120FPS for PlayStation VR, too.
Now that's if the GPU is indeed a Polaris GPU, and based on the specs, it might be :P
If the PlayStation 4 Neo leverages AMD's new 14nm FinFET Polaris 10 Ellesmere tech, it'll be a huge jump in performance. Keep in mind this won't be a discrete GPU, so we won't see the proper blast-off jump that desktops will see, but it's still going to be significant.
We're talking easy native 1080P 60FPS on -all- games, and giving developers much more graphics horsepower to flex their games. The console's GPU will draw significantly less power,...
If the PS4 Neo releases in 2016, it'll likely match the specifications revealed in the leak. It could use a Polaris RX 470 derived GPU alongside an upjumped Jaguar CPU on an APU, but it likely won't use the new SoC designed by AMD simply because it'd take a lot of extra effort to redesign the APU into an SoC form factor with the Jaguar CPU.
However, since the Xbox One S releases this year and is powered by the AMD SoC, it's possible the Neo COULD use the SoC...