To be honest thats fair, bit of a knee-jerk by me, just seems to be a standard interview that some here might run with. Personally its more of a normal EG piece than something Id want to be labelled as DF...
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Witcher 3 tech analysis DF
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I pretty much agree that calling it something else (or just using the EG brand) would be a better label. Most people rightfully expect one of the in-house, detailed breakdowns of the final software when they hear "DF Tech Analysis."
Sword Of Doom
Member
Works for me. Ryse at 900p will melt your face in person. Of course, this is also open world. A rather massive one at that.
EmptySpace
Banned
well they've been on xbone presser two years in a row...
freshVeggie
Member
You're right. Crashes for me, too.
Just a sec. Gonna gif them.
Yeah I changed the webms with gifs. But the webms got quoted. Gonna pm to remove.
Agreed
Also...
This and a few post processing effects are essentially the real world differences we are starting to see hear about and should be expecting.
Expecting some huge disparity between these two systems is not realistic. Most people unless side by side will never notice the differences.
Ryse at 900 is fantastic
lighthouse777
Member
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-the-witcher-3-tech-analysis
When asked about the differences in approach when developing for either PS4 or Xbox One, the team's experience with the DirectX API on PC stands out as an advantage in developing for the latter. "The fact that we can use DX11 on Xbox One and the PC makes some things easier," Michał Krzemiński says. "We do have to put a little extra effort into developing on the PlayStation 4, but it's nothing we can't handle and that would make development problematic."
When asked about the differences in approach when developing for either PS4 or Xbox One, the team's experience with the DirectX API on PC stands out as an advantage in developing for the latter. "The fact that we can use DX11 on Xbox One and the PC makes some things easier," Michał Krzemiński says. "We do have to put a little extra effort into developing on the PlayStation 4, but it's nothing we can't handle and that would make development problematic."
What do you mean "starting to see", it's been like that since the beginning of this generation and no one ever expected anything else.
Insane Metal
Gold Member
What?! As soon as combat starts the framerate drops, even below 20 in the video, come on now.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
You should go into that Destiny beta thread. Some users seem to want the X1 version to be the equivalent of Wii ports last gen.
CambriaRising
Member
I am really hating this DF trend. It is mostly based on looking at demos and hearsay.
In any case, I hope my 680 handles it well. I don't want to upgrade quite yet.
I'm sure they'll nail it down by February.
Insane Metal
Gold Member
Obviously, but I wouldn't say the performance is 'encouraging' when you have sub 20fps drops with a couple enemies on screen.
Yeah, I really don't see the point in analyzing unfinished code. Or worse, gameplay video (which I've seen them do).
SolidSnakex
Member
They've been doing this for quite some time now. They started analyzing E3 gameplay at last years E3, and they've been doing demo vs. demo or beta vs. beta comparisons for forever. I don't really see the big deal as long as they make sure to note that it's unfinished code and then follow up on it when the final game is released (which they do).
He fixed them. You need to edit your quote and remove the webms links.
OG_Original Gamer
Member
Software side, not hardware is where he is coming from.
Same. I couldn't even open this page until I disabled the extension.
It is old. There is an exact thread on this already.
and...you would be correct in that assessment.
tringworldso
Member
Lmao, this should be used everytime DF posts about an unreleased game they have no access to.
Self_Destructive
Member
Yea, while I love any analysis they do, these make little sense as the game is still far from completion. Things will obviously change. I wish they would use the 'downtime' between game releases to do some retro game comparisons. I always love those. These 'quick analysis videos of unfinished code become irrelevant when the final code becomes available anyway.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
This has been explained like a 100 times now. X1 and PC use DirectX, which is familiar for them thus it's easier to develop. However the extra power of PS4 compared to X1 is what makes it easier to get 1080. OMFG.
what I mean is, the launch software was a mess... as the devs now start to settle into the consoles and tools, what we should actually expect is starting to take a more definitive shape.
This is the anti-DRM company that for the past two years has been at the conference for the console manufacturer that was trying to push the most draconian console DRM ever introduced. Hell, the first year MS hadn't even reversed course on the DRM yet.
I wouldn't look for consistency in what they say with regard to the console space since it's obvious there's some "speak no evil" agreement going on.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
They've talked about this many times in the past. Their no-DRM stance is all about giving consumers choice, they aren't trying to force the rest of the industry to change. The only non-DRM version of their games that they can ever promise are those sold through GoG. However, if you are ok with console DRM (which the PS4 and XBO still have) or Steam, then they aren't going to stand in your way.
That's all well and good. They still present their games at the press conference for the manufacturer that tried to introduce draconian DRM.
Denton
Member
Yes, they are horrible for wanting to spread the word about their game. Horrible, horrible company.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Yeah, it would be better if they shut their trap hole and push their DRM down our throat like everybody else right? God damn them if they want to sell their game on all consoles and PC. Jesus christ what an abomination of a company. Wow.
You're smarter than that man, c'mon.
You know, or present the game on the console that didn't try to subjugate consumer rights.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
On no consoles at all is what you are asking for.
freshVeggie
Member
Yeah, I realized after putting them up, haha. Changed them to gifs now, sorry.
Alo, since you know a thing or two about webms, I used Skyfire's webm script with following parameters: VP9 / sound / quality 4 / 8mbits/s
It also crashes the browser when viewing on pomf or directly opening the file via browser. Any ideas why?
Ok, it's the VP9 codec. Just encoded to VP8 with similar settings and no more crashes. Super weird. Will use only VP8 from on.
Check the webms for yourselves. Weird Climbing Animation + Weird Head Animation
TheUnsunghero26
Member
I'm not sure why you're upset at them showing the game on the xbox because of something that didn't happen.
MS gave them a good amount of room on their show twice.
ethomaz
Banned
I don't read anything like in that thread... I read people saying they don't want forced parity.
ethomaz
Banned
CoD was indeed launched in 720p on PS4... they upped to 1080p via patch... that why when review embargo ended most sites said they couldn't see differences between versions.you know, a sane person would think that a day 1 fucking CALL OF DUTY coming at 720p on xbone and 1080p on ps4, it would simply put the "forced parity" bullshit to bed.
but no, we cannot have sanity because ....reasons
oh well...
After got called out Activision said it was a mistake and released a patch to bring 1080p... crazy no? Forced review parity lol and no site revised their review after patch.
cause some people find positivity about the XB1 difficult to process
LOL you gotta be kidding me
GhostTrick
Banned
It's not at all, you're clearly misreading.
They said that the fact Xbox use DirectX11, same as PC, makes it easier for them to port. While PS4 requires a bit more work, but not more difficulty.
That's for the port. It's not related to performances.
To put it in another way: Let's imagine you have a movie and 3 devices. Movie is encoded in a certain format. Device A can read it at highest quality. Device B can also read it, but at lower quality. Device C can't read it natively unless you convert it, but when done, it reads it with better performance than Device B.
Still probably not true. It really doesn't matter if you have to put in extra effort to hit your targets lthat so many have struggled to do on the xbox one. Besides ps4 is the system that has more and is getting more PC ports then the xbone. If it was easier to port a dx11 PC game to xbone over ps4 why have ms not used it as a selling point like sony has with its ease of use.