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You mixed up the numbers. Cerny's "equivalent to 9 Zen2 cores" statement related to the KRAKEN hardware decompressor. The numbers you quoted relate to OODLE TEXTURE. Read the entire twitter feed: They are using compute shaders for texture decompression on PS5/XSX - and are reaching nearly...

With the PS5's (external) design somewhat revealed, let's speculate about how it might be constructed INSIDE, i.e. what kind of cooling solution and airflow SONY applies. For what it is worth, the design seems to lend itself VERY much to an application of the (through-PCB) cooling patent that...

Irrespective of any untapped yield-related redundancy, SONY designed and meticulously balanced their SoC with the premise of 36 active CUs in mind. It's safe to assume that any design choices (and silicon-level design choices in particular) are a result of sophisticated research, simulations and...

Knack is criminally underrated. Great game. Could use more (and better / more complex) platforming to mix things up and should have featured more open / multi-path level design (). Add better / more consistent destructibility to make the mahem-runs with huge Knack even more fun, and you've...

I just used the pics posted by Ketto a few posts above. Checked the original DF gallery - and the pictures aren't "doctored": PS4 XBO Having a closer look at some of the other examples in their gallery, the differences don't seem as big in most of the other comparison pics, though...

Even apart from the obvious differences with respect to effects, PQ differences are pretty big in those XBO vs. PS4 NFS comparison pics. Certainly NOT the same native resolution, too. Just look at these 200% crops:

Core gameply seems like a mixture between the old Crash and Spyro games. If anyone who has already played the game can confirm this, I'll immediately make sure to add Knack to my pre-order basket for 29th November without even trying a demo :) Lots of reviewers seem to criticise Knack's...

The core problem with that type of voice recognition stuff for very basic menu navigation etc. is that there are only very few cases in which it's actually faster and more convenient than just pressing a button on your remote. The need to calibrate and follow specific input patterns only adds to...

So ... they make a game that grosses 1 billion $ on its release day but somehow don't have the resources to check the final resolution and vsync settings before shipping it? Kind of disillusioning, to be honest.

LEDs surely eat a lot of battery life. Ever used a PS Move controller? I vividly remember ordering that charging dock very quickly after my first few tries at motion gaming ... ;)

Given those first day US sales numbers, I've got a feeling we'll see major shortages here in Europe. :sad: They'll probably make sure to sell as many consoles as they possibly can in the US before shipping more units to the EU (which is a market they obviously assume PS4 will dominate anyway)...

The ifixit pictures provide a much clearer view on the PS4 APU, btw. Way easier to tell where exactly the package ends. I get 18,8mm*18,3mm ~ 344mm² for the package now.

Admirable timing by Sony. They seem really determined to maximize the impact of their launch. Wouldn't be surprised if they had some more aces up their sleeve for the next few days. Their marketing team definitely shifted up some gears in 2013.

Enabling customers to make any device the central entertainment hub in their living room seems to be the golden rule of most living room entertainment devices, though - which just creates A LOT of redundancy in that field. Discussing whether Smart TVs or AVRs already offer the better...

HL1 > HL2 (Ravenholm was GREAT, though) > all other FPS SP campaigns ever since. On topic: KZ:SF does look like a mixture between and Spec Ops: The Line and Crysis. I like it. Hope they throw some less open levels into the mix, though. Sandbox levels are nice - but some more claustrophobic...