Scorpio DF thread

Since 3939 Days

They do indeed, but they're not perfect. Still, the fact that they get far more right than wrong, and I mean a lot more, is very impressive. If you read the Digital Foundry articles on Scorpio, the lead engineers and architects did comment on their previous works. So they're clearly very well known in the industry.

I don't think you can find many people that don't at least know what Digital Foundry is or that don't at least know their name in the gaming industry.

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GrimThorne

Since 6667 Days

Posted by KORNdog

they also get things wrong...more than i would like tbh given their status and the fact they have a patreon.

Oh KORN...........poor you. lol

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KORNdog

Since 6199 Days

Posted by GrimThorne

Oh KORN...........poor you. lol

They thought killzone shadow falls MP was 1080p native until someone told them otherwise. But no, you're right. Digital foundry are right 100% of the time all the time, they're just THAT good. Lol.

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Posted by KORNdog

They thought killzone shadow falls MP was 1080p native until someone told them otherwise. But no, you're right. Digital foundry are right 100% of the time all the time, they're just THAT good. Lol.

Well we're certainly going to learn shortly if what DF has declared is the truth or not.

But I'm still pretty impressed. If Scorpio turned out to be what I was hoping for it would have been a bit more expensive and probably arriving alot later as well. So I'm very impressed with what MS has done. Reminds me of the kinds of things they did with Xenon/Xenos, heavy customization and a powerful set of features and tools for devs. Proof that they actually still know how to build powerful gaming hardware.

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scoobs0688

Since 5429 Days

So taking a step back from the hype train, I am starting to get a little skeptical about this reveal. Why would you just show off a screenshot with an FPS counter at the top in this very specific situation (before gameplay, little stress on the hardware, aside from presenting the image at full resolution)? Its just a weird thing to do. It kind of feels disingenuous, but maybe I'm overthinking it. Would it have killed them to show some 60fps gameplay? Even like a 30 second video...why did we get a screenshot?

What can you really take away from this screenshot? That at idle before a race, with no alpha or post processing effects, a game released 2 years ago can run at 4k and 60fps?

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Tinks

Since 6724 Days

ready for these consoles with games that look identical to what we're playing already
They'll still have to cater(port) to the previous gen owners too

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scoobs0688

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Identical? Nah. You'll get higher resolution textures, filtering, draw distance, etc. But ya, going to just be a cleaner looking version of the game you would have gotten anyways.

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KORNdog

Since 6199 Days

Posted by GrimThorne

Well we're certainly going to learn shortly if what DF has declared is the truth or not.

But I'm still pretty impressed. If Scorpio turned out to be what I was hoping for it would have been a bit more expensive and probably arriving alot later as well. So I'm very impressed with what MS has done. Reminds me of the kinds of things they did with Xenon/Xenos, heavy customization and a powerful set of features and tools for devs. Proof that they actually still know how to build powerful gaming hardware.

i wasn't arguing that what they said this time is false, just that they're not the be all/end all of technical discussion because their consistency is shaky at best. in terms of the info they've passed on to us from MS this time, it's all clearly accurate.

i'm not sure how it's going to make any sort of difference to anything though aside from the minority of people who do buy it being able to play gears/forza and halo at a really high resolution. i mean, this "reveal" wasn't really what anyone wanted. it's a spreadsheet. we'll see real world differences at E3 maybe? (although if it's just like that ME:andromeda example i used, it's going to be disappointing) hopefully see some new IP's and new games that are well into production ready for release alongside the console and shortly after? we definitely need something though. crackdown 3 (as much as i want it) and sea of thieves ain't going to cut it.

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Well we're certainly going to learn shortly if what DF has declared is the truth or not.

But I'm still pretty impressed.  If Scorpio turned out to be what I was hoping for it would have been a bit more expensive and probably arriving alot later as well.  So I'm very impressed with what MS has done.  Reminds me of the kinds of things they did with Xenon/Xenos, heavy customization and a powerful set of features and tools for devs.  Proof that they actually still know how to build powerful gaming hardware.[/quote]

i wasn't arguing that what they said this time is false, just that they're not the be all/end all of technical discussion because their consistency is shaky at best. in terms of the info they've passed on to us from MS this time, it's all clearly accurate.

i'm not sure how it's going to make any sort of difference to anything though aside from the minority of people who do buy it being able to play gears/forza and halo at a really high resolution. i mean, this "reveal" wasn't really what anyone wanted. it's a spreadsheet. we'll see real world differences at E3 maybe? (although if it's just like that ME:andromeda example i used, it's going to be disappointing) hopefully see some new IP's and new games that are well into production ready for release alongside the console and shortly after? we definitely need something though. crackdown 3 (as much as i want it) and sea of thieves ain't going to cut it.

scoobs0688

Since 5429 Days

Microsoft definitely has to bring some surprises to E3. Their games lineup is stale, and Xbox gamers are desperate to get excited for something new. I'm just hoping they don't do another Tomb Raider exclusivity thing on some big game we're all looking forward to. That would be worst case scenario for me.

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