Xbox One will Double Performance with DirectX12

[gergroy]

Shaunaka said:

gergroy said:

Shaunaka said:
Software will "double the performance" of fixed hardware!?

Means the software was shiiiiiiit before this. No other explanation =P Anyways, we all know this is just more PR talk.

I'm actually pretty sure the software was crap.  It was pretty obvious that microsoft wasnt ready to reveal the xbox when they did.  I think they thought they had another year before sony released and were scrambling to get everything in order at the last minute.  I mean, crap, the system still hasnt launched outside of the 13 launch countries yet...

The X1 and PS4 are built almost exactly like PCs. MS has been developing PC sdk for how long now!? You are grasping at straws - this simply isn't true. A new SDK makes things easier, but it doesn't allow you to get more out of hardware than before.

Games will obviously be better in the future - things always improve with time on consoles, but there's never been such a clamour for hailing an SDK as a saviour as there is now. You should give that a thought.

This is nonsense.

Im not grasping at anything.  All sorts of developers have come out and said the new sdk's make it a lot easier to get performance goals out of the x1.   Im not saying anything about performance from the hardware being doubled or anything, just that the sdk before was complete crap like you jokingly said in your post and it was hampering developers ability to get optimal performance from the hardware.  

My point was microsoft was not ready to release the x1 when they did, if you look back, it is hard to really argue that they were ready...