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For the love of god, quit posting my twitter account, or you're going to get me into trouble!
I kid..
You would have been much more convincing if you'd used more caps and...decoration....
For the love of god, quit posting my twitter account, or you're going to get me into trouble!
I kid..
Absolutely not.
I don't agree with your premise that Albert Penello is "good people": All I ever saw from him is blatant and meaningless PR, I've never gotten any real insight from his long-winded and often aggressive posts.
There's no reason to "believe in rumours" in regards to the Xbone suffering heavy production issues: The amount of launch countries and features cancelled speak for themselves.
Next time round they will be quiet about their plans I'm sure, on the internet a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Thank you sir.
I think I've admitted it a bunch. It's one of the reasons I came here - lots of questions, and in some cases the level of detail you guys needed/wanted wasn't going to happen in traditional PR channels.
Albert Penello said:Lastly - can I PLEASE finally get you over this "we're having production issues" thing that's going around? We increased the GPU 6%. We increased the CPU almost 10%. We have been showing retail boxes. We are now in full production.
If at this point these facts don't outweigh random rumors...
Albert Penello said:So I can understand the skepticism. I generally look for those opportunities to clarify or add texture to what's going on.
We’ve been clear – our HW program is in really good shape. We’ve also said that due to the DRM change, it put pressure on our SW schedule which is why you’ve seen some features slip.
Albert Penello said:That said - the ESRAM thing is particularly frustrating because the only reason to believe it anymore is either because of people's natural tendency to want to be right, or just a blind belief that we should be mistrusted just because we are MS. At this point, for a community that holds itself to a high standard of “source” or “proof” – there is far more proof this rumor was wrong then proof it was right. Holding on to that belief anymore seems misguided at this point.
Maybe you overlooked my question so I'll politely ask again:I'm not even sure what that's all about. Haven't had time to look into it.
So if you should get outsold by the competition this year "supply constraints" will not be a valid excuse - did I understand that correctly?Lastly - can I PLEASE finally get you over this "we're having production issues" thing that's going around? We increased the GPU 6%. We increased the CPU almost 10%. We have been showing retail boxes. We are now in full production.
If at this point these facts don't outweigh random rumors...
Obviously a random forum poster knows more about the console's production than someone on the team.
I'm not even sure what that's all about. Haven't had time to look into it.
This *is* good news, isn't it?
*looks around*
isn't it?
I'm embarrassed for him.
Absolutely not.
Oh, some days...
The best part of this is that @NeoGAFShitPosts follows him.
I'm not even sure what that's all about. Haven't had time to look into it.
Remove the imo and that still stands.imo gpu>cpu all day
Because it is a low power lock... GDDR5 goes up to 3.5Ghz (7Ghz effective; 1.75Ghz base).How is it low? A 7970 has the same GDDR5 clock. I mean the max we have at the moment is 6Gbits/s with the Titan.
Sony..ponies?
Look at all the lovely people who previously said specs don't matter and that it's about the games and gameplay who are now welcoming a spec bump!
Good news though. Hopefully will mean an increased baseline for both those lazy multiplats and clearly their choice to have a huge box and fan is paying off.
Working PR is hard!
I personally am not that interested in a PR persons perspective, as it is bound to be uninteresting and won't reflect the real issues.
I don't care enough.
Maybe you overlooked my question so I'll politely ask again:
So if you should get outsold by the competition this year "supply constraints" will not be a valid excuse - did I understand that correctly?
lol....i think i died
If you think the Xbox One is uninteresting, it really isn't for you.
omg lol....
He won't answer it.
Thank you sir.
I think I've admitted it a bunch. It's one of the reasons I came here - lots of questions, and in some cases the level of detail you guys needed/wanted wasn't going to happen in traditional PR channels.
So I can understand the skepticism. I generally look for those opportunities to clarify or add texture to what's going on.
Weve been clear our HW program is in really good shape. Weve also said that due to the DRM change, it put pressure on our SW schedule which is why youve seen some features slip.
That said - the ESRAM thing is particularly frustrating because the only reason to believe it anymore is either because of people's natural tendency to want to be right, or just a blind belief that we should be mistrusted just because we are MS. At this point, for a community that holds itself to a high standard of source or proof there is far more proof this rumor was wrong then proof it was right. Holding on to that belief anymore seems misguided at this point.
Albert, I don't know why you respond to the folks who are obviously emotionally invested Sony/PS4 to the point facts are getting in the way.
Tim Dog is a fucking legend now.
You dont care enough? You need to stop then. That aint cuteWorking PR is hard!
I personally am not that interested in a PR persons perspective, as it is bound to be uninteresting and won't reflect the real issues.
I don't care enough.
So if you should get outsold by the competition this year "supply constraints" will not be a valid excuse - did I understand that correctly?
Albert, where's the Kinect voice support chart you said was coming?
These last hours tweaks doesn't give much confidence in the console's reliability.
He said so himself, this was around E3. BEFORE Microsoft changed there approach towards Indies.I never said he gets nothing wrong. He never got specs wrong with the 360. This is something that should not be ignored.
And of course people are going to say he is telling the truth.
It's not like MS has lied, or wasn't going to support indies, but wait! There was this one indie dev (who is a Gaffer) who was told MS didn't want their game on the XB1. But lets drop that too, because MS would never lie so it can they can gain more costumers.
Companies are extremely interested in social media and forums marketing, Albert is doing exactly that. He's seems to be trying to feed us PR lines, he's probably not really interested in having a conversation with us but probably wants to push Xbone on forum people. The fact Penello is doing a mediocre job at marketing doesn't change that.
But there is a lot of data suggesting you have supply issues. We have several reports saying PS4 pre-orders are much higher than XBO pre-orders. Why would this be the case if not for supply issues?
You dont care enough? You need to stop then. That aint cute
Frodo said:Came here expecting the good news spun to death. Didn't leave disappointed.
Never change, GAF. Never change.
Because it is a low power lock... GDDR5 goes up to 3.5Ghz (7Ghz effective; 1.75Ghz base).
HD 7970 uses a 384bits bus... 264GB/s.
Oh, some days...
But there is a lot of data suggesting you have supply issues. We have several reports saying PS4 pre-orders are much higher than XBO pre-orders. Why would this be the case if not for supply issues? If you can't provide another reason I find it hard to believe you.
Really? You know this how exactly? Im just saying your interpretation of what things cost, unless Sony or us have released the detailed BOM for our machines not sure how this proves anything.Also, the price of the XBO also indicates yield issues. If you did not have yield issues, pushing up the cost of each fully functional chip why would your console be more expensive than the competition's, while being significantly less powerful? Especially given your history of providing a better performance/price ratio than your competition in previous generations. Sure there is Kinect, but aside from the high up-front costs of R&D, it shouldn't be very expensive to produce each unit.
I did also explain that when we said localization it also referring to Live, marketplace, apps, and other regional issues with launching not JUST voice or Kinect support.There is also the fact that you delayed the release of the XBO in many European countries. You yourself said that this was due to difficulties of translating certain services, but this explanation doesn't mesh very well at all with the recent news of Kinect not supporting voice control in several of the launch markets.
The thing with that is .. what's the benefit? They dont have a deficit or a gap to close.I completely respect that MS have learned from a lot of their mistakes, PR wise and policy wise, the problem they face with gamers is that their system is in fact a lot less than its rivals because they are marketing as an all in one entertainment system.
Thing is Sony/PlayStation are using similar APU's so basically anything MS do with clock speeds Sony can potentially do as well, altho as far as the GPU goes anything Sony do it improves it at a higher % because it has a much stronger baseline.
So even though MS are attempting to close the hardware gap, its commendable. But for me I want a gaming console (that can do a lot of the other flashy things too) - seems a similar pattern for most people I know, previous Xbox owners included.
Everyday is a school day when it comes to EsRAm, cheers fellas
Because it's a loaded question.Why not - Albert said he's here to give us straight answers - this would be a good opportunity...
Why not - Albert said he's here to give us straight answers - this would be a good opportunity...