EA Exec: Xbox One and PS4 Are "A Generation Ahead" Of PC
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The only utter absurdities here are the following:The Lugz said:
1. The fact that you think posting "tech specs" makes you look like one of the "initiated". Newsflash: the actual initiated know you're a poser. Come back to me when you've built a couple rigs and have experienced first hand how little those specs actually mean for actual performance.
2. That you either a) didn't read the article or the press release at all, or b) didn't understand it. Apparently cutting edge architecture design is equivalent to "flying cars" and "holodecks for less than £1k". I guess the idea that a company that sells electronics, and another that designs the most widely used operating system in the world, might know a thing or two about good hardware design escapes you. And lets not even talk about how an integrated, compact, stable platform mass-manufactured and sold at cost might have some room for cost-efficiency advantages over a rig built by combining standardized, generalized, premium-priced modules.
His words.... they are just too painfully delicious...... for laughing at.
Well it's been proven, the EA officers really know how to put the "Bad" in "Bad Company"
So would it be appropriate to categorize everyone of these so-called business "Savvy" men who have been spouting their "Enlightening knowledge" *cough*Garbage*cough* about the games industry all these years into a an easier to remember group of sorts?
I even have a name for them, Malicious. Underdeveloped. League. of Evil.
Captcha: These parts..... have debatable performance when compared to a an average PC.
(How do you bold letters?)
Well it's been proven, the EA officers really know how to put the "Bad" in "Bad Company"
So would it be appropriate to categorize everyone of these so-called business "Savvy" men who have been spouting their "Enlightening knowledge" *cough*Garbage*cough* about the games industry all these years into a an easier to remember group of sorts?
I even have a name for them, Malicious. Underdeveloped. League. of Evil.
Captcha: These parts..... have debatable performance when compared to a an average PC.
(How do you bold letters?)
Really? My fucking laptop has twice the RAM that the Xbone does.
Jesus Christ, it feels like EA and Microsoft live in their own little fantasy world.
Jesus Christ, it feels like EA and Microsoft live in their own little fantasy world.
You bold things like this (quote me and look at the markup).CyberMachinist said:
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OH yeah, there was a topic here...
I say marketing being marketing. Out of the gate, you'll be hard-pressed to reach the same power to value ratio of the consoles with their unified construction but constantly evolving PC hardware will always produce more impressive results soon enough.
But yeah, I'm totally not buying an Xbox this generation. Maybe PS4? Probably WiiU, new computer from the ground up in a year or two and I'll be set.
To be fair, the last console generation dates back to before tablets and smartphones were common enough to push SoC architecture as a way of gleaning optimum power out of a lower-spec system. So it's not unreasonable to assume that with this same technology inside the new consoles they could be tremendously powerful.
Of course, so far all they've done with said new technology is to embed the world's most advanced neopet into Call of Duty.
Of course, so far all they've done with said new technology is to embed the world's most advanced neopet into Call of Duty.
I spent $50 on a retro console that plays both NEW and SNES games that I've had sitting in my closet for years upon years now since my old systems either broke down or I lost the components to run them. This money, at the moment, was ten times the investment that I would pay for either the Playstation 4 or the XBone.
Yeah fine, consoles may have slightly more advanced technology. The fact is that a decent PC will still run with better performance, flexibility and aesthetics with technology "a generation behind" - even higher future keeping will ensure great results in the future.
That is the biggest out and out lie I have ever read from an executive, and that is saying something. We KNOW what is in the PS4 and xbone, with the PS4 having the more powerful hardware.
What is in there is an AMD APU, a low power, multicore CPU with a GPU on the same die. They are equivalent, in raw power, to a midrange current gen system. Compared to even a stock clock i7 and 7970/Titan/GTX680, they are slower.
Sure, developers will squeeze more out of that on the consoles than they would on a PC b/c they don't have to deal with the overhead of Windows and APIs like DirectX but at best that means that practically they are six months ahead of PC, as substantially more powerful 20nm graphics cards will be out either end of the year or early next year.
But what did anyone expect from Xbone marketing speak? The god's honest truth? Or self promoting lies?
What is in there is an AMD APU, a low power, multicore CPU with a GPU on the same die. They are equivalent, in raw power, to a midrange current gen system. Compared to even a stock clock i7 and 7970/Titan/GTX680, they are slower.
Sure, developers will squeeze more out of that on the consoles than they would on a PC b/c they don't have to deal with the overhead of Windows and APIs like DirectX but at best that means that practically they are six months ahead of PC, as substantially more powerful 20nm graphics cards will be out either end of the year or early next year.
But what did anyone expect from Xbone marketing speak? The god's honest truth? Or self promoting lies?
*Reads Title* .... AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
*Reads article* ..... BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
No seriously, is this guy still running on Windows XP with 2 GB of RAM? Or is he talking about the computer he uses to go on Facebook and Twitter? Yeah, I can totally understand Xbone and PS4 beating that type of computer, but please. They won't even come close to "High end PC's that are currently on the market". I think my mom's old HP laptop can still beat the Xbone.
Oh EA, usually I hate it when you talk straight out of your tight ass, but considering how hard I was laughing at this, I'll forgive it this time. Made my day.. Ahhh... *wipes away tears*
*Reads article* ..... BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
No seriously, is this guy still running on Windows XP with 2 GB of RAM? Or is he talking about the computer he uses to go on Facebook and Twitter? Yeah, I can totally understand Xbone and PS4 beating that type of computer, but please. They won't even come close to "High end PC's that are currently on the market". I think my mom's old HP laptop can still beat the Xbone.
Oh EA, usually I hate it when you talk straight out of your tight ass, but considering how hard I was laughing at this, I'll forgive it this time. Made my day.. Ahhh... *wipes away tears*
See the thing is that even if they do pull something miraculous and overpower current gen PCs, which I doubt anyway...
The big benefit to PC gaming is that in a year most PC gamers will have the potential to upgrade far above the consoles.
That PC upgrades are more of a diagonal line, where as consoles are like stairs, sure that could outclass PC's for a little while, but they then have the same hardware for another 6-8 years (It was predicted this gen would last a decade... maybe).
So even if it is true, it's still laughable that he doesn't realize that any gap they can create would be easily closed within a short amount of time.
I'm worried about the lack of knowledge about the industry and market that some of these CEO and PR people have had lately... I'm hoping to hell that they never get their hands on Steam...
The big benefit to PC gaming is that in a year most PC gamers will have the potential to upgrade far above the consoles.
That PC upgrades are more of a diagonal line, where as consoles are like stairs, sure that could outclass PC's for a little while, but they then have the same hardware for another 6-8 years (It was predicted this gen would last a decade... maybe).
So even if it is true, it's still laughable that he doesn't realize that any gap they can create would be easily closed within a short amount of time.
I'm worried about the lack of knowledge about the industry and market that some of these CEO and PR people have had lately... I'm hoping to hell that they never get their hands on Steam...
What makes me laugh is the fact that Computers have things that are faster, hardier and just plain BETTER within the week. So, a computer's generation is a week. Maybe a month, just to be sure.
So the XBone and the PS4 will be top-of-the-line... for a week.
The thing's gonna be out of date by the time it hits store shelves =p
So the XBone and the PS4 will be top-of-the-line... for a week.
The thing's gonna be out of date by the time it hits store shelves =p
The man is technically correct, the AMD Jaguar chips being used are technically "one generation ahead" of what PC's have at the moment. But nowhere did he say that they will OUT-PERFORM PC's, he only stated they are one generation ahead. He's only trying to say that they're equipped with the absolute newest tech possible.
So anyone who is drawing conclusions like "so he's saying next gen consoles will out-gun PC's?" is an idiot. He didn't say that. It's like claiming a GTX650 is better than a GTX580 purely because it's one generation ahead (the 580 would destroy the 650 btw, for those who don't know)...and that's not what MS has said here.
Meanwhile, over at the PC Gaming Master Race who are currently celebrating GTX 780's release...
So anyone who is drawing conclusions like "so he's saying next gen consoles will out-gun PC's?" is an idiot. He didn't say that. It's like claiming a GTX650 is better than a GTX580 purely because it's one generation ahead (the 580 would destroy the 650 btw, for those who don't know)...and that's not what MS has said here.
Meanwhile, over at the PC Gaming Master Race who are currently celebrating GTX 780's release...