Recent content by Nisaaru

Th The 2230 drives I checked had >3GB. If MS is concerned about transfer speed they could run a test during initialisation. But they don't.

Aren't you aware of the CFExpress adapters so could use any M.2 2230 NVME drive? MS just locks the drives which makes this impossible unless you use the right WD CH SN530.

Remind me when these prices are in the normal M.2 range and not 2x overpriced or they remove the drive check and allow the adapter to work.

I thought that was for the NPU Microsoft seems to demand for future Windows (probably to analyse people's emotional reaction to windows ads:-)

I see no real drop. They had a chance when the Seagate exclusivity ran out 2 years ago or so and I actually thought they just kept this protected for the initial production deal. But that was obviously wrong.

IMHO completely overpriced. They could easily fix this by removing their stupid drive type check in the OS. It will get ridiculous when it makes more sense to buy a XSX refresh to get 2TB builtin than paying these fantasy prices.

IMHO a complete waste of time to argue about what "ColtEastwood" produces. That guy is full of shit.

With "realtime" I meant it needs to be done at the local host level because its timing sensitive. I can't really see what's time sensitive in simulating some NPC communication, hence server supported AI.

I see no real point wasting chip space on such gimmicks when it could be done by external servers. Do they really need AI stuff for timing sensitive things?

On what do you think these games are developed? PC.

This isn't about configurations but money. Console games make more money and exclusivity creates huge demand for the PC release before piracy kicks in and levels that.

Who says that MS's existing workload is maxed out in certain areas? I at least expect there to be a significant synergy potential. PR, admin/legal/contract/shareholder, server maintenance and maybe even technical jobs which could be shared at some level.

Even without the economy projections layoffs would have happened. There are a lot of administrational/support jobs in Activision which wouldn't be needed anymore when MS took them over.

Sony created the "perception" that the game is only possible with their fast storage system but was it really true?:) I agree though that MS never tried to sell something based on a technology "gimmick" lately. BTW,I'm not really convinced your view about GP and Halo Infinite is really the...

If this interpretation is correct(I have no clue) this would apply to every party and the traditional console business model is dead for all. So where you see MSFT forcing them on other platforms it means these platforms are open for all. That would change the whole platform paradigm and force...