Not sure. Just saw it tweeted by Microsoft Game Studios.
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Not sure. Just saw it tweeted by Microsoft Game Studios.
Great giant tease lol. I can't wait to find out the 3 secret blocks. Interesting 1 sounds very exotic since he is trying to wrap his head around it.
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=43299724
What if true? Would fit into the destiny thing and that public(?) event posted on the last page.
What if true? Would fit into the destiny thing and that public(?) event posted on the last page.
Karak
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XtremeXpider
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He worked in MS...
Proelite
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I won't read to much into it. Only devs can really say for sure how much of an impact can these custom blocks have. They might turn out to be die space hogs, or they might be massive performance multipliers.
Even so, that's a quite something to say. I'm not totally dismissing it, just pointing it out.
Karak
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I mean that an unveiling of nextbox is imminent.
You also still have a pm to answer
Well just remember what I said.
Bank on that.
Shit sorry. Forgot about the PM.
Heading to it now.
alexandros
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And that's all there is to it. Hyping an upcoming machine is both normal and understandable, as long as everybody realizes that we're bound to hear some hyperbolic statements once in a while.
Once we play the games we will be able to confirm if he/she was blowing hot air. It's only fair.
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Rösti
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Interesting that with the Microsoft Hardware Open House & Networking Event. It happens on the same day as the upcoming earnings conference call:
And I like the sound of this:
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/investor/Events/upcoming.aspx
And I like the sound of this:
How could you possibly discuss that topic without including Durango?
Everything makes so much sense... The Witcher 3 announcement, destiny, all those leaks...
Karak
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Yup. Interesting comments. But take them in step with everything else.
XtremeXpider
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You must read him on B3D, he even tried to "un-hype" the ">2.5TF" thing.
I agree.
Syphon Filter
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xbx was nvidia and 360 was amd right?
So Kinect integrated into 720.
Psychotext
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You mean say it wasn't possible... or say that it could be done? The hype aspect of your sentence confuses me!
SlaughterX
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They should call it the Xbox Infinity (cuz you know, the whole figure 8 thing) and market it alongside Windows 8.
alexandros
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It probably won't be. The X1950 is considered by some to be rather similar to the 360 GPU and it's perfectly capable of powering modern titles like Crysis 2.
Doubt it.
I still think they'll call it the new Xbox and name the dash iterations.
Dash 8, Dash 9 to line up with Windows versions.
Syphon Filter
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calling it xbox would be dumb since that already exist. we already saw Nintendo's marketing issues with the WiiU.
XtremeXpider
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He said we must stop expect 2.5TF+ GPU.
I did not know this. But we can safely assume the Durango GPU will have some special properties of its own, that's not to say PC hardware won't run multiplats better but the console exclusives should look mind-blowing.
I will be shocked if 1st party games from MS don't look better than anything released at the time. Crysis 3 looks glorious but by next-gen standards it's rather bland...Hopefully.
Punkster_NY
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Posted already? I guess MS decided not to go with 8000 series then. : /
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01...dly-leaked-to-nvidia-by-former-amd-executives
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01...dly-leaked-to-nvidia-by-former-amd-executives
InaudibleWhispa
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Old rumors from IGN, debunked a thousand times. The real GPU for the Durango will be a custom 8800. Good enough for next-gen.
Nah, there is no chance they are using 2 year old GPU tech.
That's BS. Every rumor suggested that we will get at least a 7xxx series GPU.
But Apple has enough sense to put a number behind it. Easily identifiable.
alexandros
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It's possible. First-party studios will obviously develop games custom-made for the hardware, so they're bound to get great performance out of them. For multiplatform titles, market realities probably mean that developers will go for ease of development over optimizing for specific platforms.
Still very confused on these "custom blocks" that can help the GPU. I definitely understand about sound processing and video acceleration/resizing etc. But AFAIK, GPU's already have the stuff that's really important to do fast like ROPS as fixed function and shaders as more GP. What else is involved in rendering that can be made fixed function and help out greatly for the GPU? I feel like more optimized GPU code would win at the end...
InaudibleWhispa
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Except that they didn't. There is no such thing as the iPad 3. It was unveiled and marketed as The New iPad.
Syphon Filter
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Isn't it still called ipad 3,etc?
Inofficially, yeah.
Uno Venova
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They call it the third generation too.
I don't know why we want anyone in the console business to copy apple anyway, it works for them, but a console would be better off with a clear naming.
InaudibleWhispa
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Not by Apple, but it is usually online and when discussing it. People can call this Xbox 3 or Xbox 720 even if it's unveiled as "The New Xbox". The key thing is, marketing it as "The New Xbox" is a clear statement. It isn't the same blurry territory as "Wii U" is.
Punkster_NY
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with a reliable source or just more sketchy rumors? considering the relationship IGN has with MS I think this might actually hold up.
Syphon Filter
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Yes but what is wrong with naming it?
InaudibleWhispa
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Nothing. That could work fine too if it's a good name. I'm just saying that I don't think calling it Xbox would result in marketing issues.
No, we have insiders here that have confirmed a while ago that this was just bullshit.
And thank God it is because underpowered consoles would be a disaster for everyone.
More powerful hardware as a baseline = better games.
Simple.
seattle6418
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All this PM here, PM there, i will post something, i will leak something, i have the specs but i can't share, i have some NDA to follow, most of this is bullshit.
I would bet that most of those people are working for Microsoft and just gauging the general interest in knowing the system specs. He have tidbits of what we believe to be info, and then it's a good round of BS.
People like SuperDAE, he's either doing this for MS or he is just a dumb ass playing with people on the internet. You don't threaten to release info you have, either you have it and post it, or you just don't know anything. Looks to me like he is doing this for MS, to see what the hardcore gamers say about the prospect of knowing more about the next gen system.
Journalists will not share any info because of two things: a) they already know; and b) they don't to risk losing any sources.
So in the end some people say they know stuff but the posts are vague and obtuse sometimes.
That been said, i thank the few GAF users who are giving us some bits, but the majority of "insiders" in the internet are just full of shit.
I would bet that most of those people are working for Microsoft and just gauging the general interest in knowing the system specs. He have tidbits of what we believe to be info, and then it's a good round of BS.
People like SuperDAE, he's either doing this for MS or he is just a dumb ass playing with people on the internet. You don't threaten to release info you have, either you have it and post it, or you just don't know anything. Looks to me like he is doing this for MS, to see what the hardcore gamers say about the prospect of knowing more about the next gen system.
Journalists will not share any info because of two things: a) they already know; and b) they don't to risk losing any sources.
So in the end some people say they know stuff but the posts are vague and obtuse sometimes.
That been said, i thank the few GAF users who are giving us some bits, but the majority of "insiders" in the internet are just full of shit.
Psychotext
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Thanks.
How did you feel when the rumored specs for the Wii U turned out to be true? Specifically the 2GB of RAM.
I see that article posted every couple of pages in this thread.
Proelite
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IGN is horribly horribly wrong, about everything.
Baconsammy
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The New iPad and The New Xbox aren't similar in concept. If you don't buy the right "new" iPad, you still have access to all the apps that Apple is making money off of. Microsoft needs people to buy the right Xbox. As Nintendo has now proven twice, naming matters.
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