This generation may get very interesting if Euclideon shows up with a functional SDK.
If DX12 can now be optimized for even a 7th core, XB1 would have a humungous advantage with the Unlimited Detail Tech.
Mathematically, you're looking at about a 70-73% advantage in CPU efficiency. And about an 18-20% advantage in CPU power. If Euclideon's technology truly is CPU based with minimal offloading to the GPU, the XB1 would have roughly a 35% overall advant...
I agree with this.
I see the "AC Bundle XB1" going up to normal price, while the regular XB1 stays at $349. I don't think the gift cards are in play anymore either. But like you said, I agree with the Vanilla SKU staying at #349.
No way are they going to eliminate that price point that's been stuck in peoples head for so long. You can't advertise for two months, then go back. People will just wait til it hits that price again cause they ...
@dcbronco
Netflix is not in the drivers seat. By any stretch of the imagination. They have to bend to the will of their content creators, who are the major studios.
Look at all these stupid cable disputes where Fox or Time Warner don't work with the cable providers like DirectTV and cut their channels until the deal is settled. The providers have very little wiggle room in that regard, they almost always have to bend to their demands.
The...
A subscription to hundreds of games, by dozens of different publishers? It's not easy to just get that working at a reasonable price. Not all games are created in a similar fashion, like film is.
A Netflix subscription is different. Movies for the most part are 100-120 minutes and TV Shows are 30 minutes or 60 minutes. And they are controlled almost entirely by only a handful of major studios.
Netflix has to negotiate with only a handful of companies for ...
Of course they don't have anything you like.....It's not like they have similar catalogs or anything. You people are ridiculous.
Gamer Logic:
- Loves Forza Motorsport
- Hates Gran Turismo
- Loves Driveclub
- Hates Forza Horizon
- Loves Killzone
- Hates Halo
- Loves Uncharted
- Hates Tomb Raider
- Loves Sunset Overdrive
- Hates InFamous
...
OK, for all these people who keep using that site as some kind of ammunition, I have a question.
..When Windows 10 gets here and Threshold arrives, do all those Tablet and Phone games that will be released on XB1, count?
I see everyone talking about..
"games are games are games"
"indies count"
"don't move goalposts, use facts"
So again, can someone explain what happens to that...
@Hoffman
You post on Dtoid, stupid. So explain to us, how did you get so much hands-on time with these PS4 and Wii U exclusives you so often praise, if you don't own them?
WAIT!
LET ME GUESS. Your "friends" have them and you play em' from time to time, huh?
What a joke. You know you're a fanboy when you literally lie on forums to anonymous people.
So......like I said, keep fighting that ...
It's hysterical how many people want XB1 games, but constantly talk about refusing to buy one.
If you own a PC, then obviously all your multi-plats are bought on the best hardware. So you bought your Wii U for exclusives and your PS4 for exclusives, but you refuse to buy an XB1 for exclusives.
.....Keep fighting the good fight there kiddo.
I think it coincides with The Game Awards. And since that MIGHT be held in Vegas every year, it would be tough to move the event somewhere else.
You gotta think about all the gamers and developers who showed up to the TGAs, then were also in town for the PSExp.
It makes it alot simpler for everyone involved if you have the TGAs one day, then the next day you simply go to the PSExp a few blocks away.
Asking journalists, gamers and developers t...
Really? You could say "Playstation Start" and your PS2 turned on? That's crazy!!
.....Guess you had a beta version of something that never came out for the rest of us.
Yeah. I looked for information about localization and didn't seem to find any mention of a guaranteed western release.
Even if voices aren't localized, at least get me subtitles.
It's fascinating to me how Japan works. It's almost like they think....because they refuse to buy Western products, that we for some reason, refuse to buy Japanese products.
That's definitely one thing about North America and parts of Europe that ...
Every shooter gets compared to CoD nowadays, even there is only one or two similarities. And any FPS that has traversal elements gets compared to Titanfall now.
It's amazing how Shadow of Mordor is almost a 1:1 comparison with AC in so many aspects, yet it wins GOTY awards. Halo adds a faux-ADS and suddenly is a clone of CoD.
It's fascinating how many people threw the "Titanfall is just CoD with Mechs" around before launch.
...
Viva Pinata with the graphics of those Pikmin Wii U bullshots.
Man, those screens were glorious.
I agree with Cueil.
Kinect works for both XB1 and PC. And if you need a camera to work with head-tracking, then it seems like a logical fit for both.
No reason to waste R&D money on building a second camera, just like it makes no sense waste R&D money to build a second HMD.
I think the only problem that occurs, is the HMD might be geared more towards the PC/Enthusiast crowd. It's price will be higher with better specs, instead of ...
You're looking at this incorrectly. The amount they lose on hardware means nothing compared to what the long-term is.
With Sony charging for online, the chances of people having both PS+ and XBL this generation is far less than last gen.
So getting someone in a PS4 or XB1 ecosystem has far more potential than $100 price cut.
Even if someone bought a year of Live or PS+ and just one game a year. Let's say CoD. That equates to roughly $...
@Ultr
So suddenly, everyone who fanboys only has a limited time to play games?
That's quite unbelievable seeing how many games people on forums are buying, when their time is limited, wouldn't you say?
Lack of money means it's financial fanboyism. Fanboys have to hope their choice was correct, to justify the inability to not own everything and cover all bases. So my statement still stands, justifying a purchase.
I...
That's not correct this generation.
If DX12 is as revolutionary as advertised, then PC and XB1 would be the preferred platforms, while PS4 gets the ports.
Being able to port over from PC to XB1 with almost no loss of dev time, means the focus would be on both of them, simultaneously.
Right now it's different, since a unified pipeline isn't as functional as what may potentially come.
But next year when more and mor...
The fact you have a ratio of 1:4 on Agrees and Disagrees is ridiculous.
It's not about gaming to some people. It's trying to justify a purchase and hoping they made the right decision, as to not make them look stupid.
I've yet to understand how "gamers" don't want to own every console.
What person intentionally limits the amount of games they could play? There is absolutely nothing noble about playing less games. Not...
@Spotie
For as many people that apparently have such a vast knowledge of NPDs, they sure don't watch December closely. If you think the November articles are crazy, wait til December.
From 2007-2012, those 6 years in a row, December has outsold November, by an average of 2:1, every year. Some years, were more than 3:1.
If history is any indication, MS will sell roughly 2.1M and Sony will sell 1.4M. So at those levels, XB1 will not only cl...
GDDR5 is superior in GPU styled calculations.
DDR3 is superior in CPU styled calculations.
To say that one is superior in every facet is incorrect. If GDDR5 was superior for all types of computation, then we'd be running it in every computer today. But we aren't and for good reason.
Also, as I stated directly above you, if rendering is moved to the CPU, then the extra power in the GPU that PS4 has, would be irrelevant.