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ice on 30 October 2013
Seece said:
You all NEED to listen to the IGN podcast with Phil Spencer.

Over 1 hour long, talks about Halo Wars, Gears (Sounds dead!) Rare, PGR, Titanfall, Q1 2014, Sonys line up, buying studios (he has a pass to buy anything he likes) State of Decay sequel, playing Sunset Overdrive and full steam ahead planning NEXT holidays line up, already working on E3 2014 and more!!

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/10/30/podcast-unlocked-episode-119-phil-spencer-interview


He played Sunset Overdrive? I might have to give this a listen



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green_sky on 30 October 2013
JoeTheBro said:

It looks more like an on rails/linear part. Hold the stick forward and he moves. Let go and he stops. The hand animation of pushing that chunk away would be killer if it wasn't this way.

Just like a David Cage game



Seece on 30 October 2013
NobleTeam360 said:
Seece said:
NobleTeam360 said:
Another great exclusive Quantum Break will be an awesome game. I also hope that Phil Spencer considers buying out Remedy.

Like he said in the podcast, I don't think they need too. They have a great relationship, Quantum Break is 1st party IP. All gravy!

Yeah but it couldn't hurt just to be safe I'd rather not see antoher Bungie or Bioware fall into the hands of someone like EA or Activision. Not that Destiny or Mass Effect are hurting from being associated with EA and Activision lol. 

Yeah I know what you mean, I feel that Remedy are safe though, and want to remain independent. If another company were trying a hostile takeover I'm 100% Remedy would run to Microsoft and ask to be bought.



 

JoeTheBro on 30 October 2013
green_sky said:
JoeTheBro said:

It looks more like an on rails/linear part. Hold the stick forward and he moves. Let go and he stops. The hand animation of pushing that chunk away would be killer if it wasn't this way.

Just like a David Cage game

Yea there are parts in his games like this.



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Spade on 30 October 2013

Question for the Xbox Nation. I'm very curious for a real answer, I'm being 100% serious. If I asked this on IGN, or YT, I'd get flamed.

Why is it that COD Ghosts isn't native 1080p on One? Developer laziness (this doesn't make sense to me since Xbox is their biggest market)? MS policy? I know the One has to be strong enough to do 1080p 60fps, as well. I mean look at Forza. Will this be a trend that will follow? I also keep hearing 32 MB ESRAM...? I'm no way a tech guy, just like playing games, so pardon my ignorance. Just curious.



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Libara on 30 October 2013

Quantum break probably my most anticipated game, after Alan Wake I'm excited for a new Remedy game.



Jaywood2010 on 30 October 2013
Slade6alpha said:
Question for the Xbox Nation. I'm very curious for a real answer, I'm being 100% serious. If I asked this on IGN, or YT, I'd get flamed.

Why is it that COD Ghosts isn't native 1080p on One? Developer laziness (this doesn't make sense to me since Xbox is their biggest market)? MS policy? I know the One has to be strong enough to do 1080p 60fps, as well. I mean look at Forza. Will this be a trend that will follow? I also keep hearing 32 MB ESRAM...? I'm no way a tech guy, just like playing games, so pardon my ignorance. Just curious.


Nobody can know for 100% fact but it isnt unusual for Cross-gen games and early gen games to not look their best.  Use A X360 launch title for example and compare it to a late gen X360 title and you can see how things progress.  Or use Oblivion compared to Skyrim as an example.

Also adding that PS4 is very similar to PC they may have managed to have an easier time with it.  My guess is that Infinity Wards next game (in two years) will likely be full 1080p.




       

Spade on 30 October 2013
JayWood2010 said:
Slade6alpha said:
Question for the Xbox Nation. I'm very curious for a real answer, I'm being 100% serious. If I asked this on IGN, or YT, I'd get flamed.

Why is it that COD Ghosts isn't native 1080p on One? Developer laziness (this doesn't make sense to me since Xbox is their biggest market)? MS policy? I know the One has to be strong enough to do 1080p 60fps, as well. I mean look at Forza. Will this be a trend that will follow? I also keep hearing 32 MB ESRAM...? I'm no way a tech guy, just like playing games, so pardon my ignorance. Just curious.


Nobody can know for 100% fact but it isnt unusual for Cross-gen games and early gen games to not look their best.  Use A X360 launch title for example and compare it to a late gen X360 title and you can see how things progress.  Or use Oblivion compared to Skyrim as an example.

Also adding that PS4 is very similar to PC they may have managed to have an easier time with it.  My guess is that Infinity Wards next game (in two years) will likely be full 1080p.

I also heard (probably isn't true) that the Wii U is like a PC in terms of the architecture. I also heard a rumor that COD is running 1080p native for Wii U... I highly doubt this is true though. Yeah, your explanation makes sense with 360 games current vs. early. You just keep seeing comments over and over again about, "Should have called it the 720," and a lot of other negative comments and it makes you think, especially when you see plastered everywhere. This is like the only place I can find sensible people talking about the One in a positive light, which I like!



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JoeTheBro on 30 October 2013
Slade6alpha said:
Question for the Xbox Nation. I'm very curious for a real answer, I'm being 100% serious. If I asked this on IGN, or YT, I'd get flamed.

Why is it that COD Ghosts isn't native 1080p on One? Developer laziness (this doesn't make sense to me since Xbox is their biggest market)? MS policy? I know the One has to be strong enough to do 1080p 60fps, as well. I mean look at Forza. Will this be a trend that will follow? I also keep hearing 32 MB ESRAM...? I'm no way a tech guy, just like playing games, so pardon my ignorance. Just curious.

It's mostly because of ESRAM. The game is running at 60fps so the resolution needs to be lower in order to fit everything in those 32. On the PS4 this isn't a problem since its frame buffer can be huge. Could developers work around this limitation? Of course, but that's just not happening for cross-gen multiplat games.



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Jaywood2010 on 30 October 2013
Slade6alpha said:
JayWood2010 said:
Slade6alpha said:
Question for the Xbox Nation. I'm very curious for a real answer, I'm being 100% serious. If I asked this on IGN, or YT, I'd get flamed.

Why is it that COD Ghosts isn't native 1080p on One? Developer laziness (this doesn't make sense to me since Xbox is their biggest market)? MS policy? I know the One has to be strong enough to do 1080p 60fps, as well. I mean look at Forza. Will this be a trend that will follow? I also keep hearing 32 MB ESRAM...? I'm no way a tech guy, just like playing games, so pardon my ignorance. Just curious.


Nobody can know for 100% fact but it isnt unusual for Cross-gen games and early gen games to not look their best.  Use A X360 launch title for example and compare it to a late gen X360 title and you can see how things progress.  Or use Oblivion compared to Skyrim as an example.

Also adding that PS4 is very similar to PC they may have managed to have an easier time with it.  My guess is that Infinity Wards next game (in two years) will likely be full 1080p.

I also heard (probably isn't true) that the Wii U is like a PC in terms of the architecture. I also heard a rumor that COD is running 1080p native for Wii U... I highly doubt this is true though. Yeah, your explanation makes sense with 360 games current vs. early. You just keep seeing comments over and over again about, "Should have called it the 720," and a lot of other negative comments and it makes you think, especially when you see plastered everywhere. This is like the only place I can find sensible people talking about the One in a positive light, which I like!

XBO isnt very popular online and console wars make it 10x worst than it actually is.  Just play the games if you enjoy them, momenti :)