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Are you worried about the Next Xbox launch?

Yes 49 31.01%
 
Maybe 25 15.82%
 
No 83 52.53%
 
Total:157
Stinky on 01 May 2013
scottie said:

Now, the early release of the 360 is often cited as why RROD was such a big thing, and we have no idea whether the PS4 will have launch games, so I think it is very significant that there is so little time between launch and release.

The RRoD was directly caused by being the first mainstream consumer product to conform to the EU lead-free solder legislation, which also caused reliability issues for other products such as some Nvidia cards and arguably, the PS3.



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scottie on 01 May 2013
Stinky said:
scottie said:

Now, the early release of the 360 is often cited as why RROD was such a big thing, and we have no idea whether the PS4 will have launch games, so I think it is very significant that there is so little time between launch and release.

The RRoD was directly caused by being the first mainstream consumer product to conform to the EU lead-free solder legislation, which also caused reliability issues for other products such as some Nvidia cards and arguably, the PS3.


That does not change the fact that if they'd undertaken proper testing they would have known about the problem.

 

If you're building a bridge, you test the hell out of it. You put 5x the weight it's rated to carry on it, then take it off, then put it on again, many many times. You cycle through heating and cooling, well above the maximum daily temp and well below the min night temp, you put it in a wind tunnel and subject it to strong winds. If some of the beams you buy for the bridge cannot hold the strength they claim to, you find that out during testing, and you sue the company that sold you the beams. If you don't test, and the bridge collapses during use, it is YOU that will be in the most trouble.

 

To use an example you might be more familiar with. Lets say a developer is making a game to be published by EA. They use an engine provided by EA, which has a bug that can cause proplems under certain circumstances. EA rushes the company, saying that the game needs to be made by a (too early) deadline. They don't have time to test it, and thus ships with the bug.

 

The cause of the bug is the problem with the engine, but that does not change the fact that the problem only happened because the company was too rushed to test.



Machiavellian on 02 May 2013
DirtyP2002 said:

I would like to know his industry source.

The guy must be a genius!

- He knows about MS first party lineup and production timeline (about 20 studios)
- He knows about 3rd party lineup and production timeline (hundreds of studios)
- He knows about Sony first party lineup and production timeline (about 15 studios)
- He knows about MS hardware development and deadlines (a handful of engineers)

So there you go! It is easy now, isn't it? His source is Phil Harrison. Nobody else would know so much about all this.

Phil Harrison leaked infos to Kotaku confirmed.

Its very interesting that you should state this because I was thinking the same thing.  When you got a source that knows the inner working of both Sony and MS, you have to wonder who this person is and how much kotaku is paying someone with that kind of industry knowledge.  Information like that cannot be cheap or given out at a whim.



Machiavellian on 02 May 2013
Stinky said:
scottie said:

Now, the early release of the 360 is often cited as why RROD was such a big thing, and we have no idea whether the PS4 will have launch games, so I think it is very significant that there is so little time between launch and release.

The RRoD was directly caused by being the first mainstream consumer product to conform to the EU lead-free solder legislation, which also caused reliability issues for other products such as some Nvidia cards and arguably, the PS3.


Well I can vouch that the RROD and the YLOD are both issues I experience between MS and Sony console so I am thinking that reveal time is not an indication of build quality.  Reveal are pretty much dictated by marketing and what they believe they can do and gain momentum for a release.



ironmanDX on 02 May 2013
BenVTrigger said:
Got to be honest.....those are some troubling reports


I wouldn't be. May 21st was announced only days ago. They're not going into that event empty handed. They've recently picked up more steam for the event with the CoD announcement/reveal. They'll hire a country to be on time. For minimum wage of course......or less. EVIL!!!