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Next-Gen PS5 & XSX |OT| Console tEch threaD

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Fact of the matter is, it’s not. For the most part it will be, but the main worry, those first party titles? It will be a lot more.

The whole point of making a fuss about it is because people were scared about the whole “works on old Xboxes” line. If you look at the info drop from the other day, pretty much everything was said to combat rumour. Games on old hardware, tf count, rdna etc... it was all just telling people to chillax.

Doubt

They're going to keep the process streamlined. We're not getting anymore cases like Forza Horizon 2. We have backwards compatibility now.
 

Gavin Stevens

Formerly 'o'dium'
Doubt

They're going to keep the process streamlined. We're not getting anymore cases like Forza Horizon 2. We have backwards compatibility now.

You’re thinking about it all wrong. The BC stuff works when you don’t have a future system to sell or a higher end product to use.

Do you really think they will make games for the Xbox one and port up? Honestly? That’s what they did for Xbox one x, and it was fine there because it wasn’t classed as a new generation.

My friend at *redacted fp studio* has mentioned they are making their game for the SX, and then another part of the studio is essentially making a different version for the older hardware. That’s two separate games tailored to two machines, but same sku. Same as Forza Horizon 2. Of course his studio may be having an easier time, it’s easier to do this sort of thing without realistic real life looking assets. From what I can gather though this is the norm to leverage the higher spec of the machine.

Can you imagine the uproar if these games were Xbox one games that simply ran in 4k/60 with a few basic changes? It wouldn’t make sense.
 
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You’re thinking about it all wrong. The BC stuff works when you don’t have a future system to sell or a higher end product to use.

Do you really think they will make games for the Xbox one and port up? Honestly?

My friend at *redacted fp studio* has mentioned they are making their game for the SX, and then another part of the studio is essentially making a different version for the older hardware. That’s two separate games tailored to two machines, but same sku. Same as Forza Horizon 2. Of course his studio may be having an easier time, it’s easier to do this sort of thing without realistic real life looking assets. From what I can gather though this is the norm to leverage the higher spec of the machine.

Can you imagine the uproar if these games were Xbox one games that simply ran in 4k/60 with a few basic changes? It wouldn’t make sense.

God what is with this place and using your fake insider knowledge to back up this garbage?

Yes, the games are fundamentally going to be held back by the One, hence why they're doing to drop it 1 or 2 years down the line. No, it's not going to be as simple as making it for the One and scaling up and they're done. There are plenty of ways they can take advantage of the Series X without wasting resources designing a second version.
 

Gavin Stevens

Formerly 'o'dium'
God what is with this place and using your fake insider knowledge to back up this garbage?

Yes, the games are fundamentally going to be held back by the One, hence why they're doing to drop it 1 or 2 years down the line. No, it's not going to be as simple as making it for the One and scaling up and they're done. There are plenty of ways they can take advantage of the Series X without wasting resources designing a second version.

Fake...? Ok? that’s up to you mate. I would say I’ve provided a lot of info that can easily be debunked, even more so when the time comes. Hell, I’ve even said a lot of stuff beforehand that came to pass, but I honestly don’t care. Anybody can say anything, any time. At least I have the development credentials to back up my knowledge on the subject, and while I’m not verified here, I am on era. It doesn’t really matter, as i said, anybody can say anything at any time... It’s not like I’ve said a pro version of the ps5 is launching🤣 But I’ve been a developer for nearly 20 years, so I at least have a few things stored up here average Joe fanboy doesn’t. So, again, chillax sweetie.

But if you honestly think the SX won’t have flag ship games that take advantage of the system in massive ways that just aren’t possible on the older console, while still releasing a version for the older console, then... ok, I guess?

I can’t change your mind what you think really, that’s up to you, but use a little common sense. PS4 games are already out classing Xbox one by a large margin in visuals. There is no way MS would allow a 12tf machine to be outclassed by the PS4 visuals wise. Things like TLOU2 if ran in 4k 60, while the environments are a little muddy, would stay pass as a next gen launch game.

So use your noggin. This is why it’s such a big deal, for them and for us.
 
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DrDamn

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BTW some of you are not quite grasping what smart delivery is. It means that you will get the correct version of the game no matter what console you are on, with a single copy of the game.

A lot of you are comparing this to pro and x releases, but that’s not quite right. A more appropriate analogy would be Forza Horizon 2, as that was actually two totally different engines and games, by two totally different teams, for two totally different systems.

So while yes it will cover things like Bc and FC, it will also help with unique skus for each console.

A more appropriate analogy would be cross-buy :)

It's great MS is doing this for first party stuff. Gives people confidence that titles they buy before upgrading to XSX are going to automatically entitle them to the native upgrades. Need Sony to confirm something similar.
 

BGs

Industry Professional
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I think that the talent is more important than TF.
Bypassing "bad intention" when choosing frames, one could say yes. Talent is important. Very closely followed by time (optimization) and budget. But...

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Now imagine "xx.xTF" of VR power in the hands of talented people and efficient hardware. It scares literally just thinking about it.

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pasterpl

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Ok hear me out.

Microsoft partners with Valve.

Xbox Series X come with Steam pre-installed.

Valve VR Hardware. Xbox Compatible.

Day. One.

Then I wake up.

Wake up, Chief.

Horrible scenario. Had PSVR (sold it, as I didn't like it) and now I have HTC Vive Pro which I barely use. VR IMO. is a gimmick, something nice to have but it is and will be, at least for foreseeable future only a gimmick
 
Double digits is NOT 12, and Klee never mentioned the number 12 before Spencer said it and a gazillion of media wrote about it. Double digits was rumored for a loooong time. Anyway one has to look at how active Klee was, preaching his gospel, before MS revealed the XSX form and how he basically shut up after that. Then , as February loomed in the horizon, he asked fo a self ban instead of staying to enjoy his upcoming «triumph» that never came to be because plans change.

Double digits is from 10-99. What's the problem? He strictly said double digits and Navi TFLOPS. He was right on that.
 
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Gavin Stevens

Formerly 'o'dium'
Jury is out on what Sony are doing, but I would imagine the same kind of thing. They will have PS5 exclusives, because that’s their bag, it’s their bread and butter. But they will also have cross gen games that are on both systems, as it’s always been. That much is likely true.

But who knows if they will allow a single sku to work on both systems, one with upgrades. I’m sure that it will work like a Pro in that you will get a few basic things like AF, higher fps, higher resolution, but this would be part of the backwards compatibility programme anyway. As for playing PS5 games on 4 though, I doubt it...not unless, as I said, there are cross gen releases, but that’s two hard solid
SKUs, as it’s been done forever?
 

MrJekyll16

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Bypassing "bad intention" when choosing frames, one could say yes. Talent is important. Very closely followed by time (optimization) and budget. But...

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Now imagine "xx.xTF" of VR power in the hands of talented people and efficient hardware. It scares literally just thinking about it.

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Gran Turismo 7 VR is going to be beyond amazing I bet.
 
What the Fuck happened here ?

Just quote my self about insiders and their status on next gen from before .Pay attention to vfx part . He proved it yet again today .


For vfx I wrote :

vfx (changes his view nonstop he said both are 1080 level but he keeps changing as soon as a news come up so disregard him )


He just proved my assessment yet again . Ps5 and ps5 pro . They both launch at the same time . I don’t know when they launch . They can’t be near 2080 super (maaah pc master race threatened) 😂😂. Price issues . Not launching soon lol

the whole point : he fucking dread consoles being close to his precious pc while being cheaper lol😂
 
Microsoft trying to so consumer friendly is even more amazing when taking into account how poorly their first party games have been selling. I guess they are banking everything on GamePass and XCloud since I can't see their games selling well going forward with them being available day one on GamePass.

well when games today are making more money AFTER the consumer buys the game, than the actual initial $60 purchase, it becomes a good strategy to get the game in as many hands as possible.

We wont be looking at MS 1st party games in terms in sales but rather in user population. It seems more lucrative these days to have Sea of Thieves at the fingertips of 30 million people (made up figure for gamepass customers) @$1, $5, or $10 a month than it is to sell a million copies @$60 and only ever have that many people with access.

Halo 5, for example, made way more money from in-game purchases than it did from $60 sales. So Halo 6 being on gamepass only increases the amount of people that have access to its in-game market. Its a good move for everyone.
 
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LED Guy?

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Bypassing "bad intention" when choosing frames, one could say yes. Talent is important. Very closely followed by time (optimization) and budget. But...

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Now imagine "xx.xTF" of VR power in the hands of talented people and efficient hardware. It scares literally just thinking about it.

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Oh my! I see you have put PS5's TF numbers as double digits (xx.x TF)......looks like you are hinting at something 😉

I think It'll be 12 TFs in RDNA 2.0.
 

Gavin Stevens

Formerly 'o'dium'
BGs BGs also had Ian lick his lips ONCE, but put TWO pictures. One and Two... that’s....

2.1tf! OMG!



It’s only a matter of time before Sony come out, but would they announce it on their German twitter of all places...? Not so sure. They have done a few of these teases in the past that were essentially about other things.

I do hope so, just so the air can be cleared for everybody. But something tells me even when they do, there will still more more questions than answers.

This shits getting like an episode of Lost. I just hope the ending is decent this time.
 
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Bypassing "bad intention" when choosing frames, one could say yes. Talent is important. Very closely followed by time (optimization) and budget. But...

giphy.gif


Now imagine "xx.xTF" of VR power in the hands of talented people and efficient hardware. It scares literally just thinking about it.

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Xx.x TF is 12.6 tf ? Or 12.4 tf ? 👀
 

Spukc

always chasing the next thrill
Every single contribution that you have made in here so far has been done to antagonize and troll.
Oh piss off, you are allowing people to call others bitches and xbots but God forbid someone exposes these fake insiders , the ones who were insisting on stuff like a 4k drive on the pro and a February event for the ps5. I guess both forums are banking on bullshit to get some members and some traffic. As you can guess I don’t give a shit if I am banned. I will justic back and watch laughing when the ps5 specs are revealed

You know nothing

John Glen
 
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PaintTinJr

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You know what I think? I think that all this saying about Sony targeting 9tf, not having RDNA2, pricing 399$ is just, pardon me, bullshit. Sony is the market leader, full stop. All this thing of them being so quiet and silent reflects that. They don't need to eun after anybody, MS is in the position to do so, and their are doing so. As a market leader, they don't need to lower the bar of the competition. When Apple was (is?) the market leader in smartphones has ever been scared of pricing up the cost of the iphone year by year up and over 1000$? NO. When nVidia, the gpu market leader released rtx gpus 2 years ago was scared to price their gpus close and over 1000$? NO. So why, in the console market, Sony should somehow be scared of pricing ps5 up to 600/700$ for the best console ever created if they believe it is the case? Playstation is synonym of gaming console since 1994,the last playstation outsold the first competitor, so why Sony should be scared to deliver a 14tf (example) for 700$ if they believe is the absolute best the market can offer, and they can prove it with the best experiences somebody can have on consoles, because what really matters in tge end is the value per money. Ps3 and Xone shared the problem at launch to have a really shit value per money, I believe Sony could really suffer Microsoft more if they deliver a 9tf at 399 console than delivering a 14tf console for 700$

I would agree with your point if it wasn’t for them being the market leader mainly through money made by having a larger install base. Too high a price begins to reduce their potential install base, the rate of hardware sales in the medium to long term making all their first party development high risk investments.

Even though I don’t subscribe to the idea of two versions of PS5 and still hope for multi APUs (like a micro RT render farm, but know in my heart it is wishful thinking :) ), I do think they need both price/performance options for the reasons you make, and the V-shaped, or rather triangle shaped devkit and patent has me intrigued to wonder if it could be a scalable base unit with a 9TF APU (as the baseline PS5 with B/C and targeting 1080p30 RT) at the bottom of the V, with the tops of the V creating a trifecta for two pluggable RT chips. The first RT chip being to add 4K30 RT support - available as a £250 upgrade at launch - and the third RT chip intended to support 8K30 RT - released at the mid-gen refresh as another £250 option.

A dream scenario like that would make everyone happy (IMHO), subsidised PS5 at £399, PS5 4K at £650, and a mid-gen refresh at £650 or £250 depending on if getting a PS5 Slim 8K or upgrading PS5 to 8K. It might sound very complex for developers, but RT will be node based like a render farm in all likelihood, so scaling up by RT units should be quite simple. It would also allow Sony to price the PS5 in response to XsX or XsS, as they know early adopters will mostly clamour for the best option, and so could charge more for the 4K30 RT upgrade chip at launch to offset the base unit losses.
 

geordiemp

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So early in Ps4 the claim made by Sony was that 33 % of Ps4 sales were from buyers who did not have a Ps3 and came from either 360 or Nintendo.

They probably came becasue Ps4 was a relatively powerful console for multiplats achiving 1080p more often than not. MS also know this, and want to tempt those buyers back to MS.

And then there are the Ps4 pro buyers who want a higher end console, I am one, who are happy with $ 600-700 and want high specs - maybe 20 % or whatever it is. Those Pro buyers probably have a higher attach rate.

I would be surprised if Sony tried to make a console that fitted the needs of the cost concious and the users who want more high end consoles., a base and pro model makes so much sense.

And it annoys me if Sony say wait a few years for the Pro, especially when it could easily be done in 2020. Sony need to cater to both audiences, low cost for volume but high specs for the customers who demand it.

Sony will also know for over a year what MS is doing, its been pretty clear. I doubt Sony are totally stupid., there is a place for a $400 and a $650 console with right specs.
 
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TGO

Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
I'm sorry but if Sony had low Spec machine they wouldn't be just silent about it and not announce anything.
The longer they leave it the worse it would be to win mindshare with a lower spec machine.
There would be no point.
Unless
A) they changed/upgraded the PS5 (which would be impossible at this stage)
B) Sony are confident in the PS5 because the spec's, games, and features match and surpass the XSX they can afford MS to have the limelight
 

geordiemp

Member
I'm sorry but if Sony had low Spec machine they wouldn't be just silent about it and not announce anything.
The longer they leave it the worse it would be to win mindshare with a lower spec machine.
There would be no point.
Unless
A) they changed/upgraded the PS5 (which would be impossible at this stage)
B) Sony are confident in the PS5 because the spec's, games, and features match and surpass the XSX they can afford MS to have the limelight

Or Maybe they have a 9 TF machine with very powerfull hardware ray tracing (say POwerVR on the AMD silicon) which outperforms a 12 TF machine when ray tracing a game.

To show the benefit of that approach Sony would need to show a multiplat with ray tracing and say it runs better on Ps5 and TF is not everything. They could not do that with a tweet.

Just my rambling thoughts, I also doubt Sony have spent last year just sticking with the older 40 CU and not adpoted any of AMDs recent technology which would have been roadmapped for years now.
 
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Neo Blaster

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I’d actually be okay with this if Sony and MS made their consoles upgradeable from the get go

I shouldn’t need to pay for a new cpu, power supply, and RAM when the major difference is the GPU

Just let me upgrade the GPU when the node shrink occurs
And then you kill the main advantage consoles have over PCs, uniformity. We've already seen how mid-gen updates couldn't be properly exploited, now you want to make this situation worse?
 
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farmerboy

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BGs BGs also had Ian lick his lips ONCE, but put TWO pictures. One and Two... that’s....

2.1tf! OMG!



It’s only a matter of time before Sony come out, but would they announce it on their German twitter of all places...? Not so sure. They have done a few of these teases in the past that were essentially about other things.

I do hope so, just so the air can be cleared for everybody. But something tells me even when they do, there will still more more questions than answers.

This shits getting like an episode of Lost. I just hope the ending is decent this time.

Off topic, but I fucking loved Lost.
 
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