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The Witness using 5GB RAM so far
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Axispowers
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Microsoft can't catch a break
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Can't wait for this to be a poorly optimized piece of shit, then!
HurricaneJesus
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He programs his own games. What the hell are you talking about?
funkystudent
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I see Blow went to the Crytek school for optimization.
Fuck it. If the systems have that much memory let developers go crazy.
Fuck it. If the systems have that much memory let developers go crazy.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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He's probably loading the entire open world at once or something. Not exactly smart memory management.
But if you got that much RAM to play with, do whatever the hell you want with it lol.
But if you got that much RAM to play with, do whatever the hell you want with it lol.
CassidyIzABeast
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32 according to Crytek
Vincent Alexander
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Agreed. Why does this game developer think he has any merit speaking of game developing?
Wolves Evolve
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What? That's.. what he said. I love hating him too, but come on.
CambriaRising
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Hey, if the game works I don't care how much ram they need to use.
soulassssns
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I fully understand all the hate around the Xbox One and I share a lot of it, but I honestly feel that he makes these comments to stir up the fanboys and keep his game in the light.
BruiserBear
Banned
Well, he's right about DDR3 being dirt cheap, but they had to save money somewhere to allow for the Kinect to be bundled with every console.
That is exactly what his tweets imply. Why spend time optimizing and breaking up your game into chunks if you can focus on the actual gameplay and game concepts? This is good for indie devs who do not have the resources nor the time to do it.
I bet we see a lot of that this gen.
Crytek games are well optimised (on PC).
That just means they are too lazy / not skilled enough to optimize it.
People give Blow such a hard time. He's a little socially awkward, but he's clearly very intelligent and generally thoughtful.
Of course it's not meaningful that any application wants 5GB of RAM. many applications are almost gas-like in their proclivity to fill their allotted memory space. However, he's absolutely right that currently console developers have to bend over backwards and make very real concessions to gameplay (map size, etc.) in order to squeeze into anemic memory pools.
All games will be better off once the lowest common denominator is lifted, PC ports included.
Of course it's not meaningful that any application wants 5GB of RAM. many applications are almost gas-like in their proclivity to fill their allotted memory space. However, he's absolutely right that currently console developers have to bend over backwards and make very real concessions to gameplay (map size, etc.) in order to squeeze into anemic memory pools.
All games will be better off once the lowest common denominator is lifted, PC ports included.
Vincent Alexander
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Nails it.
People love to shit on him for reasons I'll never understand.
ephemeral garbage
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Yup... sounds about right. The more powerful the machine, the less time devs have to spend on optimization and streaming subsystems, and the more time they can spend on making the actual game experience.
Who's disagreeing with this again? And how is this taken as a dig at MS? The PS4 has 8GB RAM as well, right?
Who's disagreeing with this again? And how is this taken as a dig at MS? The PS4 has 8GB RAM as well, right?
He designed and programmed Braid.
Next gen: We have so much RAM we don't need to optimize. Expect more half-baked games with day1, day 30 patches.
Or maybe the man hours needed to optimise the game could be put to better use elsewhere.
People should stop using the word "lazy".
KillerTravis
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5GB sounds like a bit much.
But people always harp back to crysis instead of the sequels or far cry which ran well.
HurricaneJesus
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Shills.
Dictator93
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technically the xbone RAM is at a pretty great frequency for DDR3.
BUt yeah, I get what he means. More RAM is always better for freedom of creativity.
BUt yeah, I get what he means. More RAM is always better for freedom of creativity.
Four_Chamber
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Blow has been an incredibly annoying and confrontational voice in this console generation. For his sake, I hope The Witness sells well because I enjoyed Braid a lot. I wouldn't hold my breath on it taking off personally.
And how the hell is this game using 5GB of RAM? It's a game that current gen machines could probably run.
And how the hell is this game using 5GB of RAM? It's a game that current gen machines could probably run.
malfcn: I have no idea what I'm talking about.
The Xbone has significantly less RAM (is it 5GB?) available to games themselves.
Eh. Don't really agree with him that 8GB "isn't that much". It's more than enough. Back in 2006, 4GB RAM was the norm for high-end PC gaming, and last gen consoles had just 512MB RAM to work with. I realize my comparison might be a little too simplified, but 8GB of RAM is much more than enough in terms of future-proofing the consoles until next gen.
Crysis 2 is. Not so sure about Crysis 1 and 3...
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