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its 4K 60 or 120FPS.
they havent mentioned the resolution or if there is a reduction in settings
The image implies 4K 120 FPS at the same time. It seems unrealistic to me.
Just watched the Geof interview with Aaron Greenberg, Michael Pachter and Peter Moore. Peter and Mike believe MS will undercut Sony at whatever price Sony goes for...says MS has never been healthier as a company and they will easily find other ways to offset the loss.
You are SO speaking my language right now. RPG is my absolute favorite genre in gaming. The way you can get lost in these worlds and just "live" in it, I love it.
Do have to add to that, that I mostly prefer the third/first person RPGs with real-time combat systems. I'm not all that much in favor of the isometric ones. If your RPG is third or first person I'm there!
That was mainly Pachter saying that. Not sure I take Pachter's predictions very seriously, to be honest.
... probably not.
If it was next gen only it would definitely be in with a shot though.
No. Infinite being the rookie outing for SlipSpace and still handcuffed by the Xbox One makes me think it's going to look good but other games will surpass it. The follow up in 2023 though...
I'm looking at Obsidian's latest hires for AAA RPG unannounced project. Oh my God, so many very talented people.
Paul Burg (RDR2, The Last of Us 2, gameplay programmer) - 1 yr and 1 month at Obsidian
Long Nguyen (COD: AW, Uncharted 4, character animator ) - 1 yr and 4 months at Obsidian
Martin Smith (BioWare 6 yrs, senior systems designer) - 2 months at Obsidian
Hoya Lee (Destiny 2, COD: MW, The Order 1886, senior lighting artist) - 4 months at Obsidian
Lucien Soulban (Farcry 3&4, Lead Writer 10 yrs) - 3 months at Obsidian
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+ many others
I think that we can expect biggest advancement in production values of any Obsidian's game to date. New hires mainly target animation department and lighting department - places where Obsidian was weakest.
Paul Burg (RDR2, The Last of Us 2, gameplay programmer) - 1 yr and 1 month at Obsidian
Long Nguyen (COD: AW, Uncharted 4, character animator ) - 1 yr and 4 months at Obsidian
Martin Smith (BioWare 6 yrs, senior systems designer) - 2 months at Obsidian
Hoya Lee (Destiny 2, COD: MW, The Order 1886, senior lighting artist) - 4 months at Obsidian
Lucien Soulban (Farcry 3&4, Lead Writer 10 yrs) - 3 months at Obsidian
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I think that we can expect biggest advancement in production values of any Obsidian's game to date. New hires mainly target animation department and lighting department - places where Obsidian was weakest.
I wouldn't take much of what Pachter says seriously... however, I think in this case he's simply mirroring the sentiments that Phil and others have been saying for months now, so I don't consider it much of a prediction. Microsoft is a trillion-dollar company worth more than ten times what Sony is (yes I know liquidity isn't equal to market cap but the comparison trends on that front too), and they have far more wiggle room to undercut and make up for via GamePass, other areas. Ryan McCaffrey and Ybarrra both have echoed the same sentiments. I would be fine with the console being more expensive given the tech that's there compared to the PS5, but I would honestly be surprised if that turned out to be the case given those echoes.
One has to wonder if/when China will become a power player in game development. From the bits I've seen, many of the games coming out of China look a little rough around the edges compared to those from Japan/USA/UK/etc.... but they're closing the gap quickly.
No.
Obsidian games with good production values would be an absolute blessing. They're already my favorite XGS studio as it is; fix their biggest problems and look out.
They'll start marketing it soon. Any day now. Any day now...
Plausible, but Michael Pachter isn't worth taking seriously.
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There is no such thing as "of all time"
In 20 years we will laugh about the games coming out this or next year.
Even if it somehow ends up looking better than most launch game despite also being on base X1, I doubt its going to be the best looking game of all time...
Was the head of Xbox during the 360 launch and head of sega America during dreamcast
Xbox needs to update their website. Under the games section drop down Xbox series x isn't listed. There is a link somewhere else in the front page but they should keep things copasetic. Also on Halo Infinite's page the game is just listed for Xbox one and windows 10 when we know it's a launch game for the series x as well. Not huge deals but I've always dislike how unorganized and slow to update their website is.
Lol Peter Moore is not an analyst. One of the founding fathers of Xbox and one of the most influential. Xbox, especially during the 360 era, was rocking under his leadership. Peter Moore, Robbie Bach, J. Allard....I miss that era.
Had no idea he was a fellow Liverpool fan. He's beyond a Legend :D
Man, and those guns!!
First to 10 million lol
Haha you can't know everything. But hearing this from him brings a lot of weight to the theory.
I believe MS would already succeed if they would just match the price of PS5.
Undercutting it would be a roundhouse kick of death.
A big pet peeve of mine with gamers talking about things like "best looking" relative to hardware tech or use of it is that many times they are focused on the great work by the graphic artists or their preference for such artwork rather than what they think is use of the hardware. Naughty Dog for example have incredible artists and of course are very good technically too, but this idea that they are so much further along than any other AAA game or studio in graphics is largely due to the work by the artists. From a pure tech standpoint you would be hard pressed to find anything much better looking or impressive than Gears 5 for example. I suspect that Halo Infinite will be an incredible use of hardware that looks and plays great, but it also isn't a slower playing linear cinematic action adventure game with a certain artistic approach either.
Not that Xbox hasn't had some talented artists too, but I think that their first party studios growth in terms of acquisitions and hires is definitely going to make them more competitive with the artists that Sony has had in first party studios. I can't wait to see what Playground Games has going with that RPG/Fable and whatever The Initiative is working on too.
Haha sure just wanted to reply something stupid.
I think Halo will be some kind of showcase for tech in general not only graphics but best graphics mostly apply to linear single player games.
Whaaaaa???? OMG, I thought I couldn't love him more then I do.
Art is subjective by definition, so no.
Might be the most technically proficient, depending on what the new engine can do. Digital Foundry'll be the judge of that.
Haha yeah he left EA because Liverpool offered him this position iirc.
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That's what I thought. Quite sure it's Sumo digital. Sumo digital recruited a lot of devs from Playground Games recently, and I had an assumption that it was going to be a satellite studio for their RPG.
Man, the game is going to be gigantic if Sumo digital co develops with Playground Games.
I think all XGS will have an external co-development studio. (not just for assets etc ... But graphics programming, Game Design, animation etc ...)
343i - Skybox Labs
The coalition - Splash Damage / Behavior interactive
Rare - Flix interactive
What's currently the best looking game today? Is it still Crysis?
It would be quite the achievement if it looked better than Last of Us 2.
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That's what I thought. Quite sure it's Sumo digital. Sumo digital recruited a lot of devs from Playground Games recently, and I had an assumption that it was going to be a satellite studio for their RPG.
Man, the game is going to be gigantic if Sumo digital co develops with Playground Games.
I think all XGS will have an external co-development studio. (not just for assets etc ... But graphics programming, Game Design, animation etc ...)
343i - Skybox Labs
The coalition - Splash Damage / Behavior interactive
Rare - Flix interactive
Most AAA studios have external studios helping them nowadays.
343 Industries actually has 3 that we know about: SkyBox, Sperasoft and Liquid Development
Probably will be the case for PG too.
I would also expect XGS studios to help each other internally more actively and visibly for future games too.
As others have mentioned it's all subjective and I think a lot of it is rooted in a person's memory of their experience with it.
For me, I think in the last 5 years, the 2015 Battlefront still made me go "wow, this is incredible" in a way that no other game as topped since.
"60fps will be the standard output" on Xbox Series X (Video output signal, not game framerate)
4K/60 does seem the actual new standard for all games on Xbox Series X, while still leaving devs the freedom to go up to 120fps if they want. I think some may offer even more options (Higher fidelity at 30fps and/or 8K), but having 60fps finally streamlined everywhere is a f*ing joy to read.
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Expect ten pages in an hour or so. He literally made a typo.
I'd be shocked. IMO a third person massive budget AAA 30fps game with comparatively small environments and combatants should look better then a 60fps+ open world or large environment shooter.
This is me. I don't have time for all the trolling anymore. I though the event was pretty good for what it was and there were more new games announced than I though with some great next gen visuals. It's interesting that some people didn't notice how next gen some of the games looked until they rewatched the trailers in 4k without so much artifacting.
It's only going to get better from here.
Do you have a link? I'm all for MS being extremely aggressive on price, as it means I will pay less :) currently have £160 in my Series X fund...
What I am wondering is, do they mean MS will undercut them with the XSX or Lockhart? I mean, they can charge 500 bucks for the XSX and the people that want the best will definitely pay that for it, while MS can then have the Lockhart be real low in price and that way undercutting PS5. I really don't think MS is willing to go lower with the XSX price than Sony.
This GI article says Scarlet Nexus is multi-platform, weird that their website doesn't list PS5, but maybe they're just waiting for an official reveal of the console.
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Scarlet Nexus Preview - Scarlet Nexus Coming To Multiple Platforms, Not Just Xbox - Game Informer
After yesterday's debut, Bandai Namco is sharing more about this multiplatform, cross-generation title.
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