I start craving for a new gen around 5 years after release. So yea I am definitely into craving mode.
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Are you craving next gen consoles?
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Yeah, power isnt the limiting factor for 99.9% of developers, its the time, money, and resources required to max them out.
Really? I remember John carmack saying a dev can make whatever they can dream of more a less in the 360/ps3 gen, and that x1/ps4 can never be "fully tapped out"
Not at all. Any improvements would be incremental at best- and right now I'm *perfectly fine* with game performance on my base PS4. Maybe if/when I get around to upgrading to a 4K TV this will change some but I'd rather have more games on the current platform I already own than a new console.
While building source-art for a particular target 'has' an impact, the difference it makes is also impossible to quantify in any meaningful way until after the fact.
But let's look at some of the things we can quantify:
4k becoming the baseline target for next-gen console - at worst, that makes the delta between 10TF console and PS4 Pro 'less than 2x'.
At 'best' (allowing to continue targeting lower, reconstructed resolutions) you get the paper-spec 2.5x increase, and throwing in the faster CPU and at least 2x more memory, we're at approximately the same as delta we had between original XBox and a GameCube.
Things will look better, sure - but 'generational change' will have to be entirely marketing narrative based - though I guess MS proved a lot can be done on the back of that...
The current gen consoles where designed at a time where eveyrone thought consoles where dying and it showed in the hardware. It has kind of kneecapped what devs can do.
Bring on new consoles with a CPU worth a damn.
I dont expect the graphical jump to be wild. We are reaching a limit on what is financially viable there but in terms of complexity and AI and things a CPU can change (like FRAMERATE!!!) we desperately that jump.
Its going to be interesting to see how next gen is pitched when its first shown. I do think the old days of "LOOK AT THE GRAPHICS" are nearly over and marketing framerate is just harder to get people to understand.
Bring on new consoles with a CPU worth a damn.
I dont expect the graphical jump to be wild. We are reaching a limit on what is financially viable there but in terms of complexity and AI and things a CPU can change (like FRAMERATE!!!) we desperately that jump.
Its going to be interesting to see how next gen is pitched when its first shown. I do think the old days of "LOOK AT THE GRAPHICS" are nearly over and marketing framerate is just harder to get people to understand.
Hopefully we get the option to do that with lower settings as standard but i wont hold my breath.
It is the primary reason i play on pc more than anything. I sometimes play on a 4k tv and will lower settings until i get to 60fps. Otherwise 1440p it is.
That doesn't seem right. What would new consoles be for?
I felt like I wasn't ready last gen because I thought PS3 graphics were great, until I got my hands on a PS4, then I didn't want much to do with PS3 anymore except as an app machine.
Like I said though I'm ready but more for the increase in CPU power. I'm sure once I see the new graphics though combined with physics I'll be ready to set the PS4 down.
No complaints right now though as I have two PROs, one 4k TV, and a 1080 set .
Like I said though I'm ready but more for the increase in CPU power. I'm sure once I see the new graphics though combined with physics I'll be ready to set the PS4 down.
No complaints right now though as I have two PROs, one 4k TV, and a 1080 set .
I'm craving next gen consoles to have all-flash memory and no more slow hard drives. 512GB or 1TB should suffice, hope the costs go down by 2020.
Or if Xbox would allow user-accessible SATA slots like the PS4 does so you can swap in an SSD.
Or if Xbox would allow user-accessible SATA slots like the PS4 does so you can swap in an SSD.