| EricHiggin said: You said "However Microsoft and Sony are buying in bulk and might have negotiated a price that consumers wouldn't typically see." Which was in reply to me asking why they wouldn't choose 3.5" since it's cheaper. Which means if 3.5" is cheaper than 2.5" already, then a deal on 3.5" would be even better than a deal for 2.5". They still chose to go with 2.5" though. Cost could not have been the main factor in the HDD choice, but it is a factor of course. |
That's in reference to all drives.
And is applicable to all drives, including optical. - I could have explained myself better I suppose.
| EricHiggin said: The PS4 did. All other devices that had APU's used a pool of DDR3, just like Intel's SOC's. Those other devices are multi use, much more like the XB1. The PS4 is much more so a dedicated gaming device. Dedicated GPU's typically use GDDR5. Also XB1 eSRAM. |
The Xbox 360's chip used GDDR3 rather than DDR3. We could technically class that as an APU once the GPU was integrated within the CPU.
There were many reasons why Microsoft chose DDR3 over GDDR5, the fact it was an "APU" wasn't one of them.
| EricHiggin said: There were quite a few article's that pointed at different reasons. Can't be sure how much truth and how much effect. |
There are several outlets on the internet which can be held in extremely high regard.
Anandtech and Digital Foundry falls into that category.
I wouldn't brush them aside casually.
| EricHiggin said: Just because the engineering and samples may have been ready, doesn't mean the system was ready to launch. They were playing Scorpio earlier this year, yet it just launched. |
These devices are in the design phase for years.
There were a ton of hints and leaked information dropped about the Xbox One years prior to it's launch.
The Xbox One was most certainly not a rushed console, anyone looking at the motherboard, the over engineered cooling and power delivery understands this.
The software was immature, but the same went for the Playstation 4, Wii U, Switch, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 as well, it's normal for a new platform release, they get patched and updated over time.
| EricHiggin said: Comments in bold. |
I hate it when people reply in Bold, it makes my job replying more difficult. Haha
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