Recent content by vjPiedPiper

I reckon your right there. My statement is probably only true for software up to a certain size / complexity. Now this is very much personal opinion territory, but I think that beyond a certain complexity it becomes very difficult to increase overall quality of a software application. However...

As a dev, the most recent version of my software will 99% of the time be the best. Thats just how Dev works. Release on platform A, wait 2 years, release on platform B, guess which version will be better? wait 2 months, do an update to platform A, low behold all of a sudden platform A is...

I like your reasoning here, But really 609 + 80 ~ 700. So we really only need to get a scaling of double the density or half the size to realize such a system in 350mm! Also were talking about going from 7nm, so by the time we get to 2 or 3nm it might actually be possible.

Hmm I wonder if the Hardware to do PSSR is part of the GPU or extra? Currently doing any form of FSR uses GPU resources, If the HW for the PSSR is dedicated HW ala tensor cores in NV GPUs it would potentially free up some of the existing GPU HW for other more traditional GPU tasks. Even...

100% this! I think Both the Forza and starField launches would have gone much better, in both sales and PR, had MS done the XBox version first, and then in another 3-4 months, released a PC version with all the bells and whistles. Keep the promise that all / 95% of Xbox console titles come to...

MS have an opportunity to go for an early introduction of their next-gen console. Similar to how they introduced the 360 a year ahead of the PS3, which was also their most successful console. While Sony are busy, designing, building and promoting the PS5 pro, MS can focus on delivering a "true...

It would probably be a pretty smart PR move too. Linking the AMD upscaling solution with one of the biggest and most loved gaming brands on the planet.

I strongly suspect that MS is now talking about licensing in a "for Xbox platform" way, rather than a "for specific console" way. Specifically so they don't run into the problems of the past about having to go back and re-license music, or other assets for use of the same game, on a new platform...

I think you've hit on a very important point, and while I partially agree with you, I have almost the complete opposite take on it. Agree, Back-compat is more important to MS than Sony. However I think Back-compat is basically essential to BOTH, neither company could afford to launch a new...

I wonder if because MS have so many studios now, that they can mandate an Xbox first policy, and put some really niche hardware in there, that makes it tricky to port the same game to PS5? This would open up the option for more customized hardware in the next Xbox console? Custom TAA hardware...

I think that most of the console fanboys would be happy with "It's play best on Xbox" If you know a game is coming to gamepass day 1, you can play it on a Xbox console or PC on that day 1. and then 1yr later to Playstation, but you always know it will "plays best on Xbox" Xbox console warring...

I wonder if there is some trade off, of total die area vs using the absolute latest or latest+1 process, where it is actually cheaper to use more silicon, in an older process vs less silicon in the latest process. Eg. The cost of 600mm on 5nm dies, vs 350mm of 2nm dies. If AMD can get their...

Theres also a dedicated thread for Next-gen console predictions too. As a XSX owner i would be OK with MS, moving the standard forward and declaring the current series X as the new - low-end system, and introducing a new high end. But i'm not sure it's a good business move... Of course plenty...

This, OMG this! I feel like it was a real miss for this gen for MS not to make it a TCR - a technical requirement, for any games on the xbox platform. a 30 fps game should always have a 30fps + unlocked VRR mode, a 60fps game should always have 60fps + unlocked VRR mode. OK i understand that...

Q. for those who know a bit about the engine stuff underlying starfield... How practical is it to think that there might be a fully path traced version of starfield in the future? With Elder scrolls getting updates for so many years, I was wondering what a potential next-gen starfield might...