JRPGfan said:
BOLLOCKS said:
That's it, someone make Mark Cerny ceo of Sony. |
Because hes good at makeing hardware design choices?
Not sure if that actually makes for a good CEO.
But yes, hes able to make a chip thats 20-25% smaller than the Xbox Series X one, perform almost as well as it.
The cost saveings of that, probably allowed for other things, like more expensive Dual Sense controller.
That said, Mark Cerny is someone you can have faith in when it comes to hardware solutions, and software solutions.
The backwards compatability solution was his baby too (hes why we can play more or less all old PS4 games on the PS5).
As a game developer? hes not fantastic...
However give him a game engine, and ask him to help optimise it, and the game, and ask how it would be possible to impliment x,y,z funktions, and the guy will slave away at the problem and probably come up with a creative solution. He also understands game design, and hardware, and has a scope that allows him to "see" possible future issues, and is good about avoiding bottlenecks.
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I would recommend a watch of From Bedrooms to Billions documentary. Which goes through PS history. Sony back in the pre PS1 era (Ken Kuturagi) built the original PlayStation on the back of the feedback, set from big third party developers. Much like Cerny did the same with the PS5, as explained in the Road to PS5.
I still find it fascinating that a GPU with 256-bit bus and lower compute can keep up with a 320-bit one with higher CU's and slightly higher CPU speed/s.
Last edited by hinch - on 13 November 2020
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