>>So many "tears" from the other camp
From laughing, perhaps.
@JOY: "accuse Penello etc of all sorts of stuff and the guy respectfully answers" with bullshit.
I've read through more than 15 pages of that 20+ page GAF thread, and people are asking very straightforward questions that Penello refuses to answer. Penello claims the Xbone has a faster CPU... but Sony hasn't released their CPU clock, so people asked how he knew Xbone's was faster. No response from Penello.
Penello said that the 6% clock ...
@Malokevi: The fact that you think that I "typed out massive paragraphs" instead of just copy/pasting the exact wording straight from Nuke's gimmegimmegames link is an adorable indication of your level of denial.
"Who cares specifically what the cloud does or does not do in this instance?"
Um... anyone who's interested in next gen consoles should care what the cloud does/can or doesn't/can't do, especially Xbone fans, since...
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas.
Most people don't get "pissed off" at the guy yelling obscenities at the pigeons on the corner... They maybe say "hey bud... pigeons don't speak English," shake their heads, and move on.
Hey Malokevi... Sony doesn't ignore Japan, and MS doesn't provide Japan-centric content.
<shakes head>
<moves on>
Here's what I've seen:
Cloud makes Titanfall awesome!
Cloud makes Xbone awesome!
(but Titanfall will be on 360 and PC)
I don't assume they're the same game. But the facts lead to one of two conclusions:
1) The cloud's impact on the Xbone is overstated.
2) Titanfall on 360 will be crap.
Either the Cloud is awesome-sauce or it isn't. Either the Cloud is an amazing resource only possible wi...
Hm... do I want to spend $400+ on a tablet (that I don't really want), or $250 on a Vita? Do I want to spend thousands on a new smart TV, or $100 on a Vita TV?
Tough call.
EVERY dev for EITHER system is going to be under an NDA. Even after the consoles release they will be under NDA's of some type or another. It's the nature of business.
Of course they have back-up power. It probably comes with the word "Caterpillar" or "Cummins" written on the side. I *seriously* doubt they use solar back-up. It may supplement their grid, but it would be ridiculous to rely on it exclusively.
So if "the cloud" is Xbone special sauce, how does Titanfall work on the 360?
Good question. One that Gaf put to Penello repeatedly after he made his claims in regards to relative performance. He claims MS has a faster CPU, but Sony hasn't disclosed their CPU clock. He claims they have a better audio chip, but Sony hasn't disclosed details on their audio chip. And when people ask him how he knows Sony's clock, how he's able to make that comparison, he totally ignores the question.
He's there for damage control, not any kind of real...
Please take that ridiculous noise over to Gaf. Please. I mean, the Panello thread is already a gloriously entertaining train wreck, and I think adding another horse's caboose could only enhance that.
http://i.minus.com/ilERlIua...
That's basically what they're telling him over there. They're straight up telling him that MS just needs to give up the ghost on trying to conjure superior specs out of misleadingly combined memory bandwidths and chicken blood, concede that they have the weaker box (or just drop the subject entirely), and focus on other selling points.
Problem is, when challenged on his figures and claims, Panello basically said "we have really smart people working on the Xbone, and I asked one of the really smart people, and they said it was true."
Panello's version of "disclosure and transparency" is to say (as one Gaffer amusingly put it) "I know a wizard." Panello couldn't even answer a relatively simple question regarding his claims that a 6% increase in CU clock equates to more t...
More aesthetically pleasing AND environmentally friendly!
Not true. Dragons = Awesome = Fact.
But they didn't. So it's moot. And here we are.
Your avatar fits this topic nicely. Bubs up for the combo.
I don't think I saw anyone at Sony making public statements complaining that people were calling the Move a "space dildo," which I'd consider a bit more disrespectful than "Xbone."
(I actually referred to it as a Space Dildo when I was asking a GS employee about a release date, and again when I asked a different GS clerk to ring one up. Don't worry... no kids in the store at the time)
Fair enough. But it's accelerated GPU encoding, meaning it uses GPU resources. How does that compare to the PS4's dedicated encoding hardware?