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Is it really confirmed that Scorpio will have a UHD BR player?
Yes, actually it is!
https://www.vg247.com/2016/...

I would have kept the option to go without an optical media to save cost...
Do you really buy your games on disk any more?
Do you really buy Blu-Ray films any more?

3434d ago 3 agree1 disagreeView comment

A game running at 60 Hz with drops down to 52 Hz will be 60 Hz in Pro... (as it will be more difficult to keep the drop)
A game running 900p might be running at 1080p

So I would expect BF1

PS4: 900p 55-60Hz
PS4 Pro: 1080p 60Hz

3435d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

I thought Sony would add an UHD Blu-Ray player to PS4 Pro, but after talking to a audio-video sales person today I understand why they weren't. (Not selling Sony equipment)

* There are very few UHD Blu-Ray titles.
* How to distribute, most CD/DVD/BluRay struggles, renting?
* Streaming, will get lots of titles at convenient distance from the sofa...

The real test of UHD Blu-Ray will be XBox Scorpio, will it include it...
I am...

3436d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Always waiting... for some kind of secret sauce... there should be NO need for a Scorpio. Just wait for the cloud!

3438d ago 3 agree0 disagreeView comment

"a better damage model" - like?

shot in foot - no longer run
shot in arm - no more two handed weapons
shot in head - no more spotting

or?

3449d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

How many bullets can a human take to the body and continue running?

It is for balance, you need to hit with several shots not just a lucky one.

3449d ago 3 agree0 disagreeView comment

Before E3 SONY said two things
1. "Neo" exists
2. we will not show it here at E3

3450d ago 18 agree1 disagreeView comment

multiplayer (64 with destruction), sound (unbeaten), mixed gameplay (on foot, vehicles including flying, on horseback), ...

Not only visuals!

3452d ago 3 agree0 disagreeView comment

I guess you are just asking for
* Collision detection and FEM simulation for bodies, ball, grass, ...
* Cloth physics simulation, for 22 players, 3 referees, and six flags.
* Aerodynamics simulation for the ball
https://www.simscale.com/bl...
* AI like real humans, or at least like a five year old.

That shouldn't be dif...

3454d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Completely new game engine this year ...
Will change look and feel!

3465d ago 3 agree6 disagreeView comment

Every component is a bottleneck.

Improving the CPUs, and they will need more memory bandwidth and chip area for CPU cores and its caches (that could have been used by GPU). CPU memory bandwidth costs more than GPU. So increasing CPU performance more than just scaling frequency can very likely give a SYSTEM with lower usable performance. Trust me they know the PS4s shortcommings (actual, by first hand studios and technically advanced third third hand)

3467d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Async compute...

GPU is really the best place for running physical calculations ovet and over... Let them update most of the world state, and let the CPU handle user interaction.

You can actually even run some Ai algorithms on GPU...

3467d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

@343_Guilty_Spark no need to scrap anything (if SONY target a 2016 release)
things that can be done...
* adjust clocks (some PS4 NEO APUs or memory chips will not pass)
* change memory chips (bigger / faster)
* fine tune fans and cooling

But do they have to if they release a year earlier? No, when Scorpio releases SONY will be able to sell with $100 lower price... (the systems they sold up to that point will have paid for development of c...

3470d ago 7 agree2 disagreeView comment

If you have a 1080p TV (as most do) PS4 is still the better console.
Even with a 4k TV I wouldn't be sure that the image output will be better from a XBox One S than a PS4, as an example with Battlefield one... (PS4 is 900p @60, what will XBox One S be?)

3471d ago 2 agree10 disagreeView comment

But why should a upscaler on XBox One S (that only upscales content from XBox One) be better than the one on your new 4k TV (that have to upscale almost every source out there)?

Potentially yes, if you got an old or very cheap 4k TV...

3471d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

Look at the Mass Effect trailer, there is a part that I believe is gameplay (without hud)
https://youtu.be/y2vgHOXeps...

Compare with Battlefield 1 - multi player @ 60Hz
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

3476d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

If you want a preview of some of the stuff they are making - physical based rendering of different planets...
https://youtu.be/zs0oYjwjNE...

3477d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

CGI trailers - yea, Computer Generated Images. Like every computer game ever...

But with all Frostbite games there is no point in using a stand alone tool to make these - all made in Engine...
and real time...

3477d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Why does kind of API matter? Wouldn't any owner run in the API providing the best experience?

DOOM
Nvidia OpenGL (no Vulkan stuttering)
AMD Vulkan

Do that for other games as well - for each game and GPU use what API that works best!

3486d ago 0 agree3 disagreeView comment

What about price? Assume 50% higher price? (assume one price cut of Neo)
And time? 500% later (Neo release rumoured in 3 months, Scorpio November 2017, i.e. 15 months)

http://www.xbox2gamers.com/...

3486d ago 3 agree6 disagreeView comment