Misleading title. This opinion piece's timeline shows a pattern of activity, but does not even attempt to explain why. There is no discussion of Sony's strategy (which is the "why").
They ran tests at 100 C and 125 C, you pompous blowhard. You know nothing about my background and/or expertise.
Re: Macronix XtraROM lifespan rating: 20 years @ 85 C. That means the lifespan at habitable temperatures will be much longer! Chemical reaction rates double for every 10-C increase.
Wrong; I don't buy those discs either!
Too bad it's coming on key card... not getting my money!
YouTube video compression reduces image quality no matter the resolution setting...
"Blogger worries about things he doesn't really understand for page views".
The console will not get anywhere close to hot enough to demagnitize the joy-con magnets; Curie temperatures for consumer magnets are above even the hottest part of operational CPUs/GPUs. And aqueous solutions could be problematic for the electronics, but not the magnets.
I think this is a very apt statement. Game publishers appear increasingly to view their IP like books, music, and cinema---evergreen content that can be reprinted throughout its lifespan (until it enters the public domain). It's actually very reasonable.
There's nothing I "need to understand". I have no problem with "Hollywood accounting" (which is legal because all expenses are taken into account in some capacity on the balance sheet). I was arguing against coming up with some large number "for tax purposes" which cannot come from nothing; it must be documented with receipts/invoices. If a company claims total cost of a production is $700M because they included fixed operating costs, no problem there! If the...
Most studios have a staff of permanent developers whose salaries constitute an operational cost.
There's a difference between choosing how to allocate corporate/merchandising/royalt y expenses ("Hollywood accounting") and fraudulently inflating project expenses (ILLEGAL). Even if the IRS didn't catch wind of this accounting immediately, the SEC requires quarterly third-party financial audits of public companies. Corporate executives get sued and go to jail for misrepresenting company performance because it affects the value of publically-traded shares.
Yeah, that would be tax fraud. Public companies are independenly audited. They cannot just put whatever number they want "for tax purposes".
For example, I bought the PS4 version (full build on disc) of Jedi Survivor, released a year-and-a-half after the gimped PS5 physical release (key disc).
I like Star Wars games. I would have bought it if they gave it a proper physical release.
If it's distributed on a key card, then they're not getting my money!
You're mistaken; game key cards are flash ROM. They are analogous to optical discs that have a partial stub of the game build.
Completely agree that mandatory installs from slower higher-capacity cards is a great solution to the problem (as well as retaining support for slower low-capacity cards for indie/small games)!
There's a discussion on the Switch2 subreddit that suggests that Nintendo probably had to have Macronix set up an entire production line just to get the 64-GB game cards made. Apparently, the minimum capacity for the SD Express specification is 128 GB because smaller capacities cannot (currently; and may never) reach the very high (SSD-like) bandwidth of the specification. It is conjecture, but it might make most sense. Nintendo would be hoping to drive down the cost of the 64-GB cards wi...
I buy physical media to own the copies of my entertainment. I wouldn't pay more than $10 to rent a game.
Stupid baiting title: the "catch" is that the title is lying. Streams != Plays