Interesting Gamasutra article about next generation streaming

chris1515 · Nov 30, 2006

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061130/lonn_01.shtml

An explanation of streaming constraint and tricks for next generation with the example of Just Cause(360).

Cheezdoodles · Nov 30, 2006

thanks. interesting.

Graham · Dec 2, 2006

how accurate is the quoted 10mb/sec expected performance?

Inane_Dork · Dec 2, 2006

Graham said:
how accurate is the quoted 10mb/sec expected performance?

Well, considering that they shipped a game based on the tech, I'd say it's empirically proven.

ERP · Dec 2, 2006

Graham said:
how accurate is the quoted 10mb/sec expected performance?

It's probably a reasonable ballpark figure.

Graham · Dec 3, 2006

Yeah probably was a silly question :yes:

LunchBox · Dec 3, 2006

Graham said:
Yeah probably was a silly question

It wasn't silly

I doubted it too.

But since it's within the confines of the spec, I'll take the quote as a welcomed possibility