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Loakum Sony’s PlayStation Showcase was weaksauce….except for 5 great upcoming games. (> 3 Months ago)
Loakum *takes a sip of grape juice* Ah…such a good vintage. (> 3 Months ago)
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Driftwood Download is now functional again on Gamersyde. Sorry for the past 53 days or so when it wasn't. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood Another (French) livestream today at 2:30 CEST but you're welcome to drop by and speak English. I will gladly answer in English when I get a chance to catch a breath. :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood GSY is getting some nice content at 3 pm CEST with our July podcast and some videos of the Deus Ex Mankind Divided preview build. :) (> 3 Months ago)
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Driftwood Tonight's livestream will be at 9:15 GMT+1, not GMT+2 as first stated. (> 3 Months ago)
That loading times demonstration is very nice. Long loading times can go the way of the dodo. Quick Resume is also great. I wish more games put an emphasis on immediate start up. On PC that's more than possible and doesn't even need a SSD, let alone a NVMe drive.
Durante - the same person who did the Dark Souls mod - helped the developers of Trails of Cold Steel 2 make the PC version "instant-continue" by basically creating a save state of the game and loading that instantaneously. The same concept Emulators use. Whille different, it achieves the same result as Quick Resume.
Trails of Cold Steel 2 PC - Continue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EhwJvJqDk
Hopefully more developers adopt these on PC, because with some games, those splash screens with logos sometimes take over a minute before you finally reach a game's main menu.
Edit: my bad, even the original file is at 60, good move Microsoft...
PC videos : i9 9900K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 Go RAM (DDR4), Windows 10, GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gigabyte OC Edition
TECH SPECS
PROCESSOR
CPU. 8X Cores @ 3.6 GHz (3.4 GHz w/SMT) Custom Zen 2 CPU
GPU. 4 TFLOPS, 20 CUs @1.565 GHz
SOC Die Size. 197.05 mm2
MEMORY & STORAGE
Memory. 10GB GDDR6 128 bit-wide bus
Memory Bandwidth. 8GB @ 224 GB/s, 2GB @ 56 GB/s.
Internal Storage. 512GB Custom NVME SSD
I/O Throughput. 2.4 GB/s (Raw), 4.8 GB/s (Compressed, with custom hardware decompression block)
Expandable Storage. Support for 1TB Seagate Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S matches internal storage exactly (sold separately). Support for USB 3.1 external HDD (sold separately).
VIDEO CAPABILITIES
Gaming Resolution. 1440p
Performance Target. Up to 120 FPS
HDMI Features. Auto Low Latency Mode. HDMI Variable Refresh Rate. AMD FreeSync.
SOUND CAPABILITIES
L-PCM, up to 7.1
Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS 5.1
Dolby TrueHD with Atmos
@b0vril:
That's exactly what Microsoft wants. They're not interested that people buy Xboxes, they are interesting in people subscribing to Game Pass. That's their true goal. This has been analyzed and scrutinized endlessly, I feel, by gaming sites, forums, threads, etc.
The Xbox Series S is for people who don't care about graphics or power and are only interested in the games. It's a very cheap way to enter the next generation of games. I know a lot of people who only bought a PS4/XB1 in the past 2 years. So while we've been into this generation since 2013, they're only starting.
Also, I've read a lot of comments of people who will buy it for their kids or as a present to others. And if it actually becomes known in the mainstream consciousness by people as that type of thing, it will be a huge success. That's why GTA 5 is recommended, because everybody knows it, even people outside gaming. So when people go buy a game, of course it's GTA 5, CoD, Fifa, Mario, etc.
If Microsoft markets the hell out of XSS, it will be very successful. It will be the thing people don't think is that expensive and that others would love. If I was Microsoft, I would also make deals with Hollywood studios to show it as that and as fun console to reach as much people as possible. And send as much as they can to "influencers", famous people, etc. If marketed right, XSS will be a great success.
Regardless of how many fanboys visit forums and comment sections of websites, they are a small minority. There are not as many Sony loyalists as you might think, and a lot of those previous Xbox players that went Sony last gen will not hesitate to go back to Xbox for the right price, the right options, services, and games. So far I see nothing but the right stuff for the Xbox. They may not win next gen but it will be closer than this last one. Comparing Sony and MS is kinda apples and oranges now days anyway. Hardware sales won't matter nearly as much when it comes to debates. Software and services will be king.