| S.T.A.G.E. said:
Sorry, but I got banned for quote trees so I couldnt respond promptly . From the leaks we all knew the PS4 would launch first and would be powered considerably compared to last gen. Around the time of December/January we started getting leaks that orbis was closing its period of development and the Durango hadn't been confirmed to be finished. In February of last year Sony shocked the world letting us all know the PS4 was coming and that it had 8GB of ram DDR5 but also that it had more power under the hood. Immediately after that announced their showing (because they cannot just let Sony launch without their input). MS has a paranoia about letting Sony launch without interfering in their potential marketshare. They've had it ever since the first gen. I saw an interview once and a guy said you just dont want to do that with Sony but I forgot the name. They were talking about the making of the 360, but I forgot the name. Anyway, Microsoft shows off the Xbox and gets a bad reception from it being considered an entertainment > gaming machine. It made them look out of touch completely vs Sony who had their eyes squarely on gamers and potential of power on their PS4. Reports started coming in during this time that Microsoft was rushing the development of the Xbox One to meet Sony to launch and other rumors were coming in because they were mad at AMD because Sony's graphics would be considerably better I believe the GPU of the PS4 is superior. They were saying they were quickly rushing to fix the clock speed of the Xbox Ones before they got to launch so they could stand a chance against the PS4 in some way and launch with them. Microsoft wanted to be as close as possible with Sony for launch with AMD and that fell out of place. MS was back peddling with the XBox One before E3. They were backpeddling with the hardware, but E3 made them backpeddle with policies. Everything they do in the gaming industry to put a spokes in Sony's wheel. If Sony beats them at anything they will mimmick Sony. Thats how MS has always worked and their reasons for being in the gaming industry only amount around that. |
Sorry, there is no point in derailing the thread arguing with you.
You are clearly distorcing the history to fit your narrative.
It´s not that difficult to find the real information. What you are talking is the BS Peter Dodd, Thuway and CBOAT were spreading just before the November launch.
The XOne for those guys were to be a disaster, laggy interface, buggy OS, and very, very inferior multplat all around.
The GPU delta wasn´t an issue until the post-launch resolutiongate. After the DRM 180 that was the only thing left to fight for the console war. And it still is.
It baffles my how people forget things that easely.
Edit:
Just to put things a little on topic.
How bad would you think Crytek situation would be if they had to delay Ryse one more year, or even 6 months, waiting for the finished XOne?
