Making the game look better than it actually will at launch.
Thuway said something about this a few months back.
The bird speaks the truth.
with a user name like that I shouldn't even bother but why notI read all your posts in this thread. The XBOX360 in the confided space you mentioned is also a dummy - the real console is, again, in the closet beneath, with additional fans.
On an entirely different note, I wonder why people keep answering to Vestal. His post record shows he's a huge MS fanboy, even defending their DRM procedure. He's just desperately trying to do some damage control whilst proving little knowledge about actual game development, or common sense for that matter. The comparison to cell phone SDKs alone gave him away.
BF4 was also on PCs, they admitted it.
When I found out the game was Lococycle I thought the whole point was moot. The game isn't something to drool over graphically. It just makes people wonder. Even if it was the PC version, was Titan the PC version, was Battlefield the PC version?
hold on. That's actually kind of interesting.
https://twitter.com/mrwilfordMichael Wilford ‏@mrwilford 9m
@Jonathan_Blow thx but the hardware situation you're criticizing was solely our decision. There's no story here.
https://twitter.com/GahadmorJérémie Noguer ‏@Gahadmor 2h
@Jonathan_Blow Most One games I've seen behind closed doors were running on devkits (and hardware failures on some of these demos proves it)
hold on. That's actually kind of interesting.
could it be possible that this big machine is acting like the cloud and the box on the right in the other pictures is actually the dev kit??
.maybe a cloud server for all the machines on the row??
now you mention it, maybe you are right
maybe this PC is acting like virtual cloud to make the Xbox one work
yeah I mean why else would that be there?? Would make no sense to put a cloud fixture or sticker inside a cabinet unless its to label somethingnow you mention it, maybe you are right
maybe this PC is acting like virtual cloud to make the Xbox one work
wasn't that picture a photoshop ripping the piss?
This the pic in the OP
lol. That was a damn good PhotoShop.ops, some one tricked me in the fake photo, my bad
You can absolutely not be serious. Did it ever occur in your small console mind that RAM is not the primary defining factor in determining power? Has playing at ~640p 25FPS for all these years atrophied your mind to the point that you're willing to accept anything your fellow console zealots spew about RAM being the one and only spec in the world you should care about? Your type is seriously damaging the level of discourse on here when anything technically minded comes up and it would behoove you to go read up on the basics of GPU hardware and maybe then you would begin to understand that this 'weaker' Titan absolutely destroys the tincan GPU in your overpriced box of choice.
yeah I mean why else would that be there?? Would make no sense to put a cloud fixture or sticker inside a cabinet unless its to label something
lol. That was a damn good PhotoShop.
Thuway said something about this a few months back.
The bird speaks the truth.
Flawless.Just in case the cloud does not work.
LocoCycle specific situation apparently, though I'm sure others devs have made the same decision. Not a huge deal then.
you would have to Change the sensationalistic thread title too hehee.Should be added to the OP.
yeah I mean why else would that be there?? Would make no sense to put a cloud fixture or sticker inside a cabinet unless its to label something
you do know that currently you can code and run xbla games on x86 hardware right?? It is called xna. Look at that a layer that communicates with the x86 or whatever target platform. Now a layer like this can be manipulated to limit some of the hardware functionality or force emulation of some functionality to make a program work.
xna from what I understand will no longer be used for xboxone going forward. But in essence it represents a robust set of dev tools similar to what you can expect from the new SDK.
Guess this photographer managed to evade the Microsoft security force.This picture was shot at e3
Look closely at the card in the desktop.
Apparently the demo units for the Xbox aren't using dev kits that are at the same level as what the Xbox specs are going to be. They are using PC's that have an Nvidia GTX card inside. For anyone that doesn't know about graphic cards and the technology differences, an Nvidia GTX 700 card should be much more powerful than the GPU in what will be the Xbox One.
hold on. That's actually kind of interesting.
could it be possible that this big machine is acting like the cloud and the box on the right in the other pictures is actually the dev kit??
.maybe a cloud server for all the machines on the row??
Jumping onto every single platform of hope, no matter how small it is. I see.
Regarding your XBLA game comparison, I'm really speechless. Now that makes real dev kits useless, doesnt it? Hooray for the magic fairy sauce! Wait, what? You still need dev kits for bigger games? Blimey!
What you're trying to say doesn't even make sense. Whilst you're typing "XBLA", don't you realize it's not the same in the slightest? Its just as bad as the cellphone comparison.
I'm gonna follow my own recommendation and not reply to you further. You may want to delude yourself into thinking MS has not fucked up big time here ( I own a surface and a windows phone btw ), but I don't want to have anything ton do with it.
As I pointed out before, if they're simply demoing some games using off-the-shelf computer setups spec'd to match the system, what's the second piece of hardware in each cabinet?
Of course not. You're clutching at straws now to try and spin this in a positive light.
At the very least, Azure servers just offer CPU offloading. They don't have top end GPUs in them.
The simple fact is, certain Xbone games were just the PC versions running on hardware several times more powerful than the console. They might as well have just prerendered everything, Killzone 2 style.
hold on. That's actually kind of interesting.
could it be possible that this big machine is acting like the cloud and the box on the right in the other pictures is actually the dev kit??
.maybe a cloud server for all the machines on the row??
Why would the game crash to a windows 7 hp branded desktop if it was just the "cloud" for all the consoles It crashed to pc desktop because it was playing on the desktop.
If Ryse was actually running on an actual XB1 and not a PC, does that make it more or less disappointing at this point?No one saying all, we know Ryse was running on real XB1s. I bet all non-multiplatform games were. No one is going to make a PC engine for a game never going to the PC (ie. FM5).
you would have to Change the sensationalistic thread title too hehee.
Also the implications of how quick there will be XboxOne and PS4 emulators. Basically you just have to get the OS working and that's it.
Someone I talked to said that the GTX 700 series has led lights, but his GTX 680 has the same "Geforce GTX" text without the lights. So is it probably a 680 instead of a 7xx?
Nothing to see here. Standard practice. Unfinished hardware is unfinished. You can bet your butt Sony didn't have legit PS4's running all demos.
Guys, the only reason they're running on PC is to emulate the daily Xbox Live DRM check since these things are not connected to the Internet. How embarrassing would it be if your demo units refused to run your games!
Non-story here.