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selnor1983 said:
FlamingWeazel said:
selnor1983 said:
Scoobes said:
selnor1983 said:

OK lets go back to basics. In this thread I explained why the resolution so far was poorer on Xbox One. I never mentioned effects or GPU. I said devs said the reason it wasnt the same res as PS4 was due to ESRAM and its SDK. On that Im 100% right. BF4 would be 900p also if the tiling SDK for the ESRAM was there earlier. Just to much extra dev work to write the code different for a multiplatform game. It was easier to just say do it at 720p. Now MS has done all that for them. Now 1080p is easy. Its not an issue of not enough ESRAM. Which was the issue as Ive showed you.

 

As for the GPU difference you keep bringing up? Maybe Sonys claims of Theoretical limit isnt really whats happening in realtime?

Look at the Witcher 3 devs comments. And they know a thing or 2 about visuals. They say theres not really any major power difference. Interesting.

I maintain that with the ESRAM issue resolved and SDK catching up to Sony Xbox One and PS4 2nd gen games will have much more parity.

@ bolded

Sony's theoretical limit? Anyone with a modicum of knowledge of GCN GPUs can tell you exactly why and how the PS4 GPU will always perform better than the X1 GPU. Both Sony and MS have given the specs, the rest can be figured out pretty simply. It's even in the article you posted:

One must also remember that the ESRAM is by no means the only limitation of the Xbox One compared to the Playstation 4, if we look at the raw GPU specs:

Xbox One GPU:

1.18TFLOPS (available for games) from 12 CU. (X1 has 1.32TFLOPS but 10 percent GPU reserved for system)
768 Shaders
48 Texture Units
16 ROPS
2 ACE with 8 queues each = 16 queues total

Playstation 4 GPU:

18.4TFLOPS from a total of 18 Compute Units +56%
1152 shaders 50%
72 Texture Units + 50%
32 ROPS + 100%
8 ACE with 8 queues each = 64 queues total +400%

As for the resolution issue, again, in the last article you posted was a speculative piece and for most of it they talk about >720P (which could simply be 900P). They even end the article with:

"The issue is that the demands for what developers what to do on the console will also increase. We’ll have to see if the Xbox One’s ESRAM is capable of keeping up with the 1080P resolutions that many gamers expect for the next generation."

It's complete speculation at this point so 1080P will probably not be easy.

Please dont encourage him. It was a tongue in cheek comment to someone who has completely sidetracked our original discussion and then dismissing evidence with Conspiracy.

I dont care what analysis a forum poster wants to give me. I will listen to well known documented developers. Not a forum poster claiming they are lying.

My original posts were regarding why games like BF4 are in 720p. Which he derailed massively.

Still waiting for DICe comments. Again why is witcher 3 running on a better resolution on PS4? You are using vague PR without any real merit. Kojima said there was no difference how did that turn out? Double resolution for PS4. Still waiting how x1 can run games as well with 50% less gpu advantage or why Sony's SDk also won't improve.

The new SDK is ROLLING out to developers this month. Witcher 3 isnt far from end development. Its a first gen game. WTH?

Ok Selnor just stop posting to him. Now. Its pointless.

Still ignoring my questions, how can an SDK make x1 GPU catch up to a better gpu??  (HInt it cannot)Sony's SDK will also im prove.  Hardware is fact, the PS4 has 40% moe gpu power. Where aree the dice comments?? They don;t exist. What does it being a first gen game have to do with anything? That game will make PC's work hard, you are grasping at straws.

 

ESRAM does ZERO graphics processing so how will that help the x1 weaker gpu?? Still waiting. A weaker GPU will always fail to run games as well as a better one period. Unless MS some magic and unkown alien tech in theri SDK lol.



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Carl2291 said:
MikeRox said:
Here's a bit of nostalgia...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1936791.stm

I think it's definitely a good move, the only thing that has surprised me really is that MS didn't reduce the UK launch price before the system released.


Hey, would you look at that!

"Those who bought the Xbox at the higher price have been promised a "thank you package", which will include two free games and an Xbox game controller."

Obviously, the differences between a £100 cut and a £30 cut are pretty damn big, but it shows they are (were) willing to do something for the early adopters.


That "thank you package" was a legal requirement because they reduced the retail earlier than a new product is allowed to be reduced without compensation. Though with the games being £44.99 and the controller being about £30, the compensation was worth more than the reduction so I actually ended up getting an Xbox the week before the price drop kicked in for a the freebies :D

I think the XB1 has just lasted long enough to avoid that requirement. Though I'd have thought a few months free XBL or something would be nice to give existing XB1 owners.

But yeah, they grossly miscalculated with the original Xbox (they did the £ = $ pricing thing so what lauched at £300 in the UK, launched for like £200 in the US 6 months earlier) add in that the PS2 had just had it's price drop to £199 and had the likes of MGS2 and FFX hitting the market and Nintendo's £149 RRP for the GC (which ended up being £129 by the time it came out as they did a pre launch price drop).



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FlamingWeazel said:
selnor1983 said:

As I said I cant discuss further with you as I dont do Theories and conspiracy.

Lets just wait for 2nd wave games in 2015 to see if your conspiracy theories are correct.


Conspiracy theories??? You are the ONLY one not using facts but assinine theories, the GPU and hardware specs are all well known, things you simply cannot disprove. Again, expalin how the X1 can achieve parity with a vastly weaker GPU? ESRAM doies not do any graphics processing.

 

Explain how known hardware performance is a conspiracy theory? Youi can't even dispute it.


Last time. YOU BROUGHT UP THE BLOODY GPU. I WAS DISCUSSING WHY CURRENT GAMES WERENT 1080p. DEVS TOLD US WHY. VERY SPECIFICALLY BLAMING THE ESRAM and ITS 32 MBS. I EVEN STATED I EXPECT THE PS4 TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE EFFECTS, HEY WHO KNOWS MAYBE 5,000k EXTRA POLYS ON SOME CHARACTERS TO. BUT IT WONT BE THAT NOTICEABLE. I ALREADY POSTED YOU ALL OF THIS.

You keep saying 50% 50% 50% like its going to suddenly make me go yeah all the devs are wrong the games are going to look significantly better on PS4. When noone is saying that at all. And your trying to use ESRAMS resolution problems as a show for 50% more power.

Now seriously think about the thread, and what Ive already actually said.



selnor1983 said:
FlamingWeazel said:
selnor1983 said:

As I said I cant discuss further with you as I dont do Theories and conspiracy.

Lets just wait for 2nd wave games in 2015 to see if your conspiracy theories are correct.


Conspiracy theories??? You are the ONLY one not using facts but assinine theories, the GPU and hardware specs are all well known, things you simply cannot disprove. Again, expalin how the X1 can achieve parity with a vastly weaker GPU? ESRAM doies not do any graphics processing.

 

Explain how known hardware performance is a conspiracy theory? Youi can't even dispute it.


Last time. YOU BROUGHT UP THE BLOODY GPU. I WAS DISCUSSING WHY CURRENT GAMES WERENT 1080p. DEVS TOLD US WHY. VERY SPECIFICALLY BLAMING THE ESRAM and ITS 32 MBS. I EVEN STATED I EXPECT THE PS4 TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE EFFECTS, HEY WHO KNOWS MAYBE 5,000k EXTRA POLYS ON SOME CHARACTERS TO. BUT IT WONT BE THAT NOTICEABLE. I ALREADY POSTED YOU ALL OF THIS.

You keep saying 50% 50% 50% like its going to suddenly make me go yeah all the devs are wrong the games are going to look significantly better on PS4. When noone is saying that at all. And your trying to use ESRAMS resolution problems as a show for 50% more power.

Now seriously think about the thread, and what Ive already actually said.

It will be noticeable, what you see now is the norm all generatiuon, ESRAM and SDK will have almost no bearing it's PR fud.  The GPU gap is big that the x1 cannot voercome period, and it will get worse: These are launch cross gen games, it will get much worse.

http://gamingbolt.com/industry-insider-believes-that-watch_dogs-ps4-will-be-better-expects-performance-to-widen-in-future



FlamingWeazel said:
selnor1983 said:
FlamingWeazel said:
selnor1983 said:

As I said I cant discuss further with you as I dont do Theories and conspiracy.

Lets just wait for 2nd wave games in 2015 to see if your conspiracy theories are correct.


Conspiracy theories??? You are the ONLY one not using facts but assinine theories, the GPU and hardware specs are all well known, things you simply cannot disprove. Again, expalin how the X1 can achieve parity with a vastly weaker GPU? ESRAM doies not do any graphics processing.

 

Explain how known hardware performance is a conspiracy theory? Youi can't even dispute it.


Last time. YOU BROUGHT UP THE BLOODY GPU. I WAS DISCUSSING WHY CURRENT GAMES WERENT 1080p. DEVS TOLD US WHY. VERY SPECIFICALLY BLAMING THE ESRAM and ITS 32 MBS. I EVEN STATED I EXPECT THE PS4 TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE EFFECTS, HEY WHO KNOWS MAYBE 5,000k EXTRA POLYS ON SOME CHARACTERS TO. BUT IT WONT BE THAT NOTICEABLE. I ALREADY POSTED YOU ALL OF THIS.

You keep saying 50% 50% 50% like its going to suddenly make me go yeah all the devs are wrong the games are going to look significantly better on PS4. When noone is saying that at all. And your trying to use ESRAMS resolution problems as a show for 50% more power.

Now seriously think about the thread, and what Ive already actually said.

It will be noticeable, what you see now is the norm all generatiuon, ESRAM and SDK will have almost no bearing it's PR fud.  The GPU gap is big that the x1 cannot voercome period, and it will get worse: These are launch cross gen games, it will get much worse.

http://gamingbolt.com/industry-insider-believes-that-watch_dogs-ps4-will-be-better-expects-performance-to-widen-in-future

Can you stop trying to show me the PS4 will have better effects/ more and better detailed characters etc? I agree with you, just not as much as you claim. Based on MANY developers saying so. So Its not like my reasons on this are my own.

At the bolded.

Its this I cant argue with. Thats your theory and conspiracy. You have no proof that they are blatantly lying.

I only listen to developers ACTUAL developers on what we can expect from consoles and why they can and cant do something on said platform or architecture. Thats actually me being very smart, as there is alot of fanboy crap on the net. And even more so when lots of devs are saying the same thing.



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Selnor I don't know why you even try, the guy heard one thing and thinks thats it.



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kirby007 said:
Selnor I don't know why you even try, the guy heard one thing and thinks thats it.

Yeah I know. I have been staying out of this kind of thing lately. But this was wierd. How does someone completely miss the boat like that? Anyway Im done with it now. Hopefully my 2 posts makes him realise he wennt way off what I originally even talked about. At least I didnt go off the rails and get banned like I used to. I controlled myself, thanks to the force. :)



Funny that the 499$ XB1 Titanfall bundle is at 6th position at Amazon.com while the standalone PS4 is at the 12th postition at minimum 512$ from resellers.

Well the used PS4s begin at 499$ though.



selnor1983 said:
FlamingWeazel said:
selnor1983 said:
FlamingWeazel said:
selnor1983 said:

As I said I cant discuss further with you as I dont do Theories and conspiracy.

Lets just wait for 2nd wave games in 2015 to see if your conspiracy theories are correct.


Conspiracy theories??? You are the ONLY one not using facts but assinine theories, the GPU and hardware specs are all well known, things you simply cannot disprove. Again, expalin how the X1 can achieve parity with a vastly weaker GPU? ESRAM doies not do any graphics processing.

 

Explain how known hardware performance is a conspiracy theory? Youi can't even dispute it.


Last time. YOU BROUGHT UP THE BLOODY GPU. I WAS DISCUSSING WHY CURRENT GAMES WERENT 1080p. DEVS TOLD US WHY. VERY SPECIFICALLY BLAMING THE ESRAM and ITS 32 MBS. I EVEN STATED I EXPECT THE PS4 TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE EFFECTS, HEY WHO KNOWS MAYBE 5,000k EXTRA POLYS ON SOME CHARACTERS TO. BUT IT WONT BE THAT NOTICEABLE. I ALREADY POSTED YOU ALL OF THIS.

You keep saying 50% 50% 50% like its going to suddenly make me go yeah all the devs are wrong the games are going to look significantly better on PS4. When noone is saying that at all. And your trying to use ESRAMS resolution problems as a show for 50% more power.

Now seriously think about the thread, and what Ive already actually said.

It will be noticeable, what you see now is the norm all generatiuon, ESRAM and SDK will have almost no bearing it's PR fud.  The GPU gap is big that the x1 cannot voercome period, and it will get worse: These are launch cross gen games, it will get much worse.

http://gamingbolt.com/industry-insider-believes-that-watch_dogs-ps4-will-be-better-expects-performance-to-widen-in-future

Can you stop trying to show me the PS4 will have better effects/ more and better detailed characters etc? I agree with you, just not as much as you claim. Based on MANY developers saying so. So Its not like my reasons on this are my own.

At the bolded.

Its this I cant argue with. Thats your theory and conspiracy. You have no proof that they are blatantly lying.

I only listen to developers ACTUAL developers on what we can expect from consoles and why they can and cant do something on said platform or architecture. Thats actually me being very smart, as there is alot of fanboy crap on the net. And even more so when lots of devs are saying the same thing.


Hardware is cold hard facts, the only conspiracy theorists here is you, period. You still could not answer or refute anything I said. What devs?? Not one dev refutes the ps4 GPU is more powerfull because it is FACT. You are taking vague PR and hyping it up as some kind of hardware miracle MS can somehoe come up with., A better gpu is a betetr gpu period, and it si NOT just a tiny difference. You should not comment on hardware if all you can do is copy and paste quotes out of context. You are posting what you HOPE will happen, even if it si physically impossible. Same devs ypou quotedm their gamjes run 50% better on ps4. Irony. It's PR.



kirby007 said:
Selnor I don't know why you even try, the guy heard one thing and thinks thats it.


Heard??? Look at the specs..facts. Selnor has a long history of FUD and baseless posts.