Not sure how this comment would start a flame war...
The patent discusses the ability for game developers to provide what you could think of as links to game content that is already installed on the console. Imagine booting the device and looking at your games knowing that you need to start the game go through all the splash screens and stuff before switching to MP which requires more waiting and so on.
Now imagine that once the game is installed you can choose from the cons...
Agreed. Not that grown men shouldn't have the right to play what they want... it's just that I can't see grown men wanting to play this.
The "hate" isn't hate it's criticism and the criticism is justified. Look I don't give a toss about Animal Crossing but naturally when the headline said AC:NH proves Ninty is worse than EA I had to see what the buzz was about. This lockdown on saves isn't what I expected to see at all I expected MT like other people... Still the Switch has multiple profiles. So why can only one user play the game? Aren't multiple profiles there to insure that everyone gets their ...
You can just play Sim-City... Or better yet learn to give Animal Crossing up.
Isn't it the same for Nintendo? And they still haven't learned either... Go figure, but this is the problem whether it's price fixing (Nintendo 1990's) or forcing users to buy new hardware to start a new save (the article above) Nintendo has always been a bad apple. They enforced region locks for decades and years after Sony and MS lifted those limits respectively. Nintendo's Switch itself is proof how scummy they are. I mean the Wii U was more feature complete than Switch...
@Ju
It doesn't make a difference whether developers optimize games for PS5 specifically or not. The PS5's I/O is much faster and this will shine through unless developers intentionally force PS5 to load things slower.
I/O is not really something developers will need to worry about on PS5 at all.
As far as fast travel XSX will just be marginally slower depending on the game while rapid traversal will likely be limited again by CPU/GPU performance li...
With the exception of Playground and Ninja Theory I can't think of anything good coming from the studios MS acquired in the past few years.
"Sony's approach" was supposed to be a GDC presentation not one for general population. If it went over your head that's probably because you don't make games.
@Mooncake
If PC's implementation of Dolby Atmos were anything to get excited about I'd be singing it's praises.
I've tried it myself and it's nothing to get excited about. But what do I know my hearing is excellent for a guy who spontaneously can lose hearing at any time without a cause.
Before my hearing decided to disable itself I also experienced many other stereo, binaural and 3D audio solutions in the past. IMAX was the best theate...
Section 8.2.72b:
Proper Pause Button Utilization Training
§C: When the level loads too fast and your anxiety starts setting remember to take a deep breath and make that thumb reach for the pause button.
Remember this training and you'll be fine.
Like??? Which games on PC right now crush Driveclub? I know Microsoft Flight Simulator will but that's not out yet and I don't even think they confirmed the specs yet (apparently not as of writing this) so tell me what on PC just blows everything we've seen on PS4 away?
I can't think of anything. It's actually funny because I've been playing some last gen games on my PC lately and noticed that even those last gen PC titles suffered in key areas while simultane...
And not on Xbox... So why get one?
Yesterday's phones are pretty cheap today. To be clear phones that came out just yesterday are still absurdly expensive. It's a metaphor and it holds true you can buy a Samsung Galaxy S8 for about the same price as a Nintendo Switch and it's more powerful. I managed to run GRID Autosport on it at 60FPS just like Switch can and without a case it doesn't hit any thermal limit so you can just keep on playing it at 60FPS until the battery dies. Pretty strange considering on newer ...
Well good news.
All a developer would do is make the game as per usual and the PS5 takes advantage of 3D audio regardless. The only thing that developers may not utilize is raytracing acoustic phenomena like reverb, echo or occlusion. Of course basically all developers have dedicated audio teams that are probably itching to test this stuff out so I think we'll see a heavy emphasis on improved sound design this generation and PS5 might give users the absolute best experience until...
@Kaiou
Did Dolby do the recording of Spider-Man's audio? The mixing? The editing? Oh right no, no and no. So why do we need their tech to hear it properly. Who sells THX speakers? Did I need them to enjoy any THX mixed movie? The answer is also a totally unsurprising no. So why do you need Dolby speakers with Atmos?
We can only hope MS turns Xbox into a feature complete Windows 10 PC.
OpenGL 4 and Vulkan APIs as well as Sony's own libraries and APIs specific to PS hardware. Direct X functions can be interpreted by OpenGL and Vulkan as evidenced by the GRID Autosport mobile/Switch port.
Sony did this back on PS2 with Ace Combat and then again on PSP with WipEout: Pure. The audio in that game was underrated in my opinion and it was phenomenal even without considering that PSP is less capable than PS2.
The audio mixing was excellent in WipEout Pure (when wearing headphones) you could tell when another racer was approaching you and even about how fast they're approaching just by the sound of their engine when someone hits the boost on a fast approach from behind an...
Compact Discs were also a partnership between Sony and Phillips
BD-ROM was a collaborative effort of many corporations.
However in all cases Sony was the company responsible for building the laser assembly as well as modifying the frequency and making sure the media isn't damaged by the intense laser radiation. They did the heavy lifting of making the tech work as intended Phillips was largely responsible for making the CD media itself.
@Muzikguy
People who are downvoting you obviously don't remember what the PlayStation Motion Browser in the PS4 was supposed to do.
It was mentioned that developers could provide links on the homescreen menu to allow users to jump right into specific modes. This probably is used in a few games but the reality is that it's not used often at all. Most of these things were relegated to Community features and specific game invites.