People getting caught up over the fps increase DX12 will bring are making the same mistake as people debating 900p upscaled vs 1080p native. DX12 is not going to make any existing games run better - not by any noticeable amount. It's already been said by Project Cars that a DX12 patch would maybe give you 7% boost = 2 or 3 fps.
DX12 is about enabling developers to do things they couldn't before. If you have a scene with 1 million draw calls it would run at 1fps, so...
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This article conflated 4k and UHD, which is incorrect, and leads me to ask - when will consumer grade video cards come out with HDMI2.0a, 10bit color output and h.265 come out? UhD blueray comes in Q4 and I want a card that supports it.
I'm surprised (and happily so). I thought DX12 would have 0 impact on rez or fps of existing games. I thought it was all about more polygon complexity in models, more units on screen (further draw distance and more density) and many many more light sources.
But if we get that and 30% more FPS halleluha. Now before the Sony trolls come on and start snarkily talking about secret sauce - you know the ps4 will probably figure out how to benefit from this too, right?
DX12 will have a meaningful Impact on Xone and PC. Not in current games, not in fps and not in rez. It allows you to do things you simply couldn't before. More polygon complexity in models, more units on screen at once and many many more lighting sources. These are things no sane developer would even try on current hardware because you would hit 2 fps. And yes with cloud assist you will see things that are possible on a nonconnected, DX11 system - no matter how powerful it is. Your ...
No point in making a new console till you hit skylake I7 plus TitanX for $400. Zen won't be able to do this. Not sure about Fiji. So yeah, we are 5 years off. Next console has to be 4k with 30fps MINIMUM. Probably need 32gb in HbM RAM. Then you need to adopt a MSFT OS and drivers. Also Xlive online and Xone controler. This with Sony and MSFT exclusives would be a dream.
Xone owners will win this xmas. Who knows or cares who sells more in territory X during month Y. Stop trying to make it a win/loose thing. PS4 has some titles this year that are also great for there owners.
Holy heck. I've never seen anyone say something so honest and have more then 1 bubble.
Thank you Dragon Knight for commenting 6 times. It gave me 6 chances to debubble you for trolling. Gotta love PS4 fans they want DX12 To Suck just to make people unhappy.
Dx12 isn't going to make a huge difference because the difference between the PS4 and the Xone is basically 0.
Sick of remasters. I'd rather have Gear 4 with DX12 and cloud physixs/AI
It didn't sell well enough for a sequel. It didn't even sell 1mm copies and it was the most expensive game to make of the generation. R@D suffered big losses on it and have laid off a lot of staff because of this. The good news is it will be cheaper for Sony to buy them out.
All these idiots saying it sold well, Sony was expecting this to sell more then 5mm units.
Author is an idiot and a troll. Xone unit sales were up 6.3% YoY for the quarter. Price dropped 30% ($350 vs $500). This is what led to a 24% fall in revenue.
Sony unit sales FELL 6.4% YoY for the quarter.
So yeah, Xone is selling faster then 360 and it's sales are GROWING.
PS4 is selling very well, but you should be asking yourselves what console sells less in year 2 then in year 1.
We know Rare is working on multiple titles with 2 to launch this year.
I think I might buy this.
All the PS4 fanboys giving their opinions with no background in finance and no stats. Time to down bubble the trolls. All Xone fans should do the same.
I showed the stats earlier today. Xone UNIT sales were UP 6.3% YOY in the Q. PS4 UNIT sales were DOWN 6.4%. Obviously PS4 is still killin Xone, but not by as much as this time last year.
XONE units are being sold for $150 less per unit without Kinect. $150/$500 is down 30%. If price is down 30% and unit...
Interesting - but I don't see how this can possibly compete with F2P Fable Legends. Wouldn't you rather be the bad guy and try to kill 4 HUMAN hero's that are trying to plunder your dungeon.
The MP here confuses me. So you team up with 4 other anti-heros to loot AI dungeons?
All I know is the Fable Legends is going to be epic and I need a release date ASAP.
The game is just as big and amazing on Xone. I'm not dissing the PS4 - just asking why the tag implies this is an exclusive.
Its depends on what you mean by need...
Lets look at last year (GLOBAL SALES).
From Jan 1, 2014 to Sept 6, 2014:
PS4 sold 6.25mm units - or 695k per month.
Xone sold 2.41mm units - or 268k per month.
That is a ratio of 2.6x.
From Sept 6, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014:
PS4 sold 8.32mm units - or 2.08mm per month.
Xone sold 5.64mm units - or 1.41mm per month.
That is a ratio of 1.5x.
I think 6 hours is plenty to give a good preview of the game. Heck, I doubt most sites put in much more then that before writing a review. If the 1st 6 HOURS of a game are disappointing - a buyer will never make it to hour 7.
They will never agree
When you show it to them they will insist a super computer is hidden under the table.
If you give them a laptop with no wires, they will insist you are using a local 802.11 a/c connection to run it.
If you show them you are connected to a server 3,000 miles away they will ask "what about all the gamers in Indonesia with dial up" or "what about the 2 times a year my Internet is down?"
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