CGI-Quality said:
superchunk said:
CGI-Quality said:
So then you're giving validity to the X720 rumors, yes? It's been widely talked about by devs and journalists, just like the 4GB RAM rumor for PS4.
Me, personally, I give no rumors any props, the bottom line matters. Far as I'm concerned, the PS4 always had 8GB of GDDR5 RAM, and the rumors "meant nothing".
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Well, considering the rumors for PS4 were perfectly accurate except the 4gb vs 8gb... yes I do think neXtBox rumors are accurate.
Keep in mind PS4 details in my comparison thread had existed in that form for over six months before Feb20th event. Besided adding some additional info on what the controller woudl and would not do... the only other tidbit I changed was 4GB to 8GB.
I expect the same from MS. I'll add some service related info and more details on Kinect/Controller. But the specs will remain the same unless MS has decided to change DD3 to GDDR5 to match Sony which really isn't that possible with a lot of redesign.
You can believe Sony always intended 8GB all you want, but then it simply makes no sense to keep it secret from devs including internal ones who also came out on Feb20th and said that it was a nice surprise. Fact is, Sony very recently made that change as a competitive move vs MS.
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No, you think it was a fact. The only factual information, that you or I know, is the PS4 has 8GB of GDDR5 and it was kept secret. All else is pintless to debate since you don't know it for sure.
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ok. So then why didn't Sony's first party devs know about it either? I can barely justify not putting it in 3rd party dev kits... but you'd think Sony's internal studios would have known had it been in the works since the beginning.
OR does it make more sense that console development is an ongoing procedure where details are changed a lot. Hell, even WiiU hardware wasn't finalized until midway through 2012.
The only logical conclusion is that Sony decided relatively recently to go with 8GB. Then they decided to make that fact during their Feb20th event. Also fits in with the reason no actual console was displayed as its internals were being redesigned to double the ram which of course requires changes to its overall configuration.
Regardless of all of that... facts are that we knew the specs of PS4 many many months prior to its reveal. Just like we know neXtBox now.
