Durango has always had 8 gigs GDDR5, sony matched specs

[JEMC]

crissindahouse said:

JEMC said:

crissindahouse said:

JEMC said:
Well, it may be true or not, but it no longer matters.

The truth is that Sony revealed it first and if MSoft has the same RAM, they will still look like the ones who changed their specs.

That's what happens when you try to be so secretive.

and? do you think anyone won't buy the console because of that? "ohh see, microsoft changed the specs to the better, i won't buy it anymore because they want to be competitive"

and if that would be true, that would go around on the internet as all the other rumours as well and everyone who believed until now that sony was first with that idea would then know it's the opposite. if it's true, we will hear that from some devs as well in the next months, if not, everything is like before and no gddr5.

And nothing. Only fanboys who fight over the net claiming that their console is better will care about this and use it in their favor.

For the rest it won't mean a thing. Heck! Ask someone on the street what GDDR5 is and 90% of the people won't know, and it won't affect their decision to buy the console or not.

well, then i have no clue why you said

"The truth is that Sony revealed it first and if MSoft has the same RAM, they will still look like the ones who changed their specs.

That's what happens when you try to be so secretive."

there are the people who don't care or don't even know what it is and then there are the forum people who read all the stuff and would read from different devs in the next months (after the reveal) that they could work with 8gb gddr5 since last year or whatever and that they are happy that sony also changed to that.

so, if it's true (which i doubt), everyone who cares about it will know anytime soon that microsoft didn't change it because of sony and those fanboys can't use that for their agenda anymore. so no, microsoft wouldn't be too late with it and nothing would happen from "being so secretive" like you claimed.

The problem is that it doesn't matter if it is true or not because most of the people and the general media wil think that Sony did it first.

The people who will learn about the next xbox through the general media won't read/hear "MSoft's console has 8GB of GDDR5 memory", they will read/hear "...like the PS4, MSoft's console will also have 8GB of GDDR5" or "..the new Xbox also has 8GB of GDDR5, matching what Sony has done with the PS4" and things like that.

We, who are in a forum and talk and discuss about it will know the true, but what most of the illiterate consumers will get is that Sony did it first and MSoft did it later.

That's what happens when you are so secretive, your oponents may announce something before you and catch you on your pants. If this is rumor is true, then that is what happened. They had the advantage but because they didn't want to reveal anything, Sony did it first and "won" the idea that they did it first.

But as I said it won't matter because for the vast majority of consumers it won't affect the decision of purchasing the console or not.