Anyone stroking themselves over the PS4 launch announcement?

[Jan]

i`m getting the xbone for forza (wich i think looks great) and Ryse.

Not sure about DR yet

Cross-platform games on PS4 for me.

[fagin]

When comparing the PS4 and Xbox One versions of COD Ghosts side-by-side, there’s little to no variation in textures and effects, but there is a discernible difference in resolution. While both are displayed at 1080p, the Xbox One version upscales the game from 720p resolution. In contrast, the PS4 version runs natively at 1080p, which makes character models, weapons, and environments look noticeably sharper and more detailed. The difference is especially apparent on larger-sized TVs, where pixel density weighs more heavily in picture quality.
It’s certainly going to be a sticking point for those who demand the highest fidelity experience, but the difference is harder to identify in absence of a side-by-side comparison.

Watch their comparison video and let me know if you notice the PS4 version has over twice the pixel count, that enforces their "discernible difference in resolution........ which makes character models, weapons and environments look noticeably sharper and more detailed".

Placebo effect?

http://uk.ign.com/videos/2013/11/12/cal ... commentary"

Does that video look like the PS4 is x2 better resolution!? I can't see it.... regardless of what the "commentator" is saying, the video certainly does not give that impression imo (in places it appears to be a nats male chicken sharper).

Perhaps it's the video compression..... but they have both been compressed.

[cRacKh0rN]

Watch their comparison video and let me know if you notice the PS4 version has over twice the pixel count, that enforces their "discernible difference in resolution........ which makes character models, weapons and environments look noticeably sharper and more detailed".

Placebo effect?

You're unlikely to get a decent comparison on an online compressed video. It's a bit of a moot point really.
The Xbox scales and the PS4 doesn't because the PS4 is more capable. That's the main point of interest imo.

[fagin]

Watch their comparison video and let me know if you notice the PS4 version has over twice the pixel count, that enforces their "discernible difference in resolution........ which makes character models, weapons and environments look noticeably sharper and more detailed".

Placebo effect?

You're unlikely to get a decent comparison on an online compressed video. It's a bit of a moot point really.
The Xbox scales and the PS4 doesn't because the PS4 is more capable. That's the main point of interest imo.

Hence my "compression" comment at the end of my last post, with regards to the video. Need to see this in action really to judge objectively.

Other point you make.... I would suggest just because the PS4 doesn't need to scale COD to reach 1080p does not, "black and white", mean it is more capable. It could / may be, but that comparison does not mean that. It could be because the hardware is weaker on the XBO, it could be because the librarys are crap for the XBO, it could be because the XBO is different to code for - needs more time and wasn't allowed that time..... it could be for all manner of things.

[cRacKh0rN]

Watch their comparison video and let me know if you notice the PS4 version has over twice the pixel count, that enforces their "discernible difference in resolution........ which makes character models, weapons and environments look noticeably sharper and more detailed".

Placebo effect?

You're unlikely to get a decent comparison on an online compressed video. It's a bit of a moot point really.
The Xbox scales and the PS4 doesn't because the PS4 is more capable. That's the main point of interest imo.

Hence my "compression" comment at the end of my last post, with regards to the video. Need to see this in action really to judge objectively.

Other point you make.... I would suggest just because the PS4 doesn't need to scale COD to reach 1080p does not, "black and white", mean it is more capable. It could / may be, but that comparison does not mean that. It could be because the hardware is weaker on the XBO, it could be because the librarys are crap for the XBO, it could be because the XBO is different to code for - needs more time and wasn't allowed that time..... it could be for all manner of things.

It could be because the hardware is quite obviously better. Time will tell.

[fagin]

Killzone seems OK...... it's the only game I'll be getting on PS4 launch (cause there is ****all else - retail- worth getting), so it better be worth it!

Knack appears to be getting a right raping.

Edit: I saw NBA 2k14 last night. 1080/60 on both nextgen platforms and looks pretty awesome to boot. Might be another possibility for the PS4.

[crunchywasp]

*sigh* bits, colours, mode 7, polygon count and gouraud shading were far more interesting console war subjects than screen resolution I reckon

Still not as dull as FLOPs mind

[fagin]

*sigh* bits, colours, mode 7, polygon count and gouraud shading were far more interesting console war subjects than screen resolution I reckon

Still not as dull as FLOPs mind

My **** is bigger than your **** is what most tech nerds get a boner about. I've only got a small **** and I am a **** (before anyone else jumps in!) so who cares what I think!

[pubjoe]

My first Windows PC was a pentium 120 at age 16-17ish. I told a nerd-type I knew and him and his friend just laughed, hard (the 166 was out).

[pubjoe]

dx2-66

[gargoyle67]

386 Compaq 25mhz right here yo, And I loved it, didn't know anything about pc's at the time and managed to install a hard drive and OS on it, Lets be honest DOS Was amazing though when I got a soundblaster for it and played X-wing

[crunchywasp]

[gargoyle67]

Oh and the joys of trying to get the **** things to load games emm386-high memory bollox e.c.t often more fun trying to get them to load than actually playing the games

[gargoyle67]

X1 cdrom for the winz

[pubjoe]

Mine was a grand for a Compaq Presario. 8MB, upgraded it later to 24MB, and later the graphics card to a power VR, plus a 3DFX. A few years later I just made my own (those days when it was much cheaper to do so).

I couldn't afford one in the days of DOS. Made bloody good use of my Amiga though. To be honest, after Deluxe Paint and Movie Setter, I was gutted to find out how **** the early paint and animation programs on PC were. Just so PCish.

When I got the chance to play proper Doom and Quake though! ...And Little Big Adventure. ...And Corel draw & MS office.. ...And the internet!

My first Windows PC was a pentium 120 at age 16-17ish. I told a nerd-type I knew and him and his friend just laughed, hard (the 166 was out).

I've just remembered that a couple of years ago I saw him again (fifteen years later) when I took Nath to visit a telescope club observing event. I noted his astronomy website and funnily enough, he mockingly said "Oh you have an iPhone", before whipping out his Galaxy S2 and pointing it to the sky with that nightsky app and big OLED screen. ...and then another visitor said, "wow what phone is that?!".

I took peace in the fact that the astronomy society website he made was ****. Oh and his telescope was much smaller than all the other men's too.

[cRacKh0rN]

I was a bit late to the PC game, vowing to stick with Amiga's forever! I had a Pentium 200mhz MMX that I had built after reading PC Pro, cover to cover for months.
The day I got it, I installed C&C Red Alert which needed DirectX 3 to run and the DX install corrupted the hardrive. It turned out to be a great learning tool as I had to reformat the drive and put windows and all the drivers on after about 10 minutes of Windows 95 experience.

Later I got the 3DFX card and Tombraider. I was gobsmacked by how amazing it all looked.
I played Quake for an inordinate amount of time too. Great days

[fagin]

You lot don't know how good you had it....

I was on one of these:



It had a 10MB hard drive that you could NEVER foresee filling up!

Those were the days when I was a coder and coding was about being efficient!

[Jan]

me on Christmas morning

[geotrig]

[cRacKh0rN]

me on Christmas morning