There shouldn't even be PC ports, game devs should design the games for PC, then dumb them down for consoles.
Its been confirmed for a while months ago AMDs CEO said they won several big designs with their custom APUs not to mention months earlier announced they were talking with Microsoft about next gen consoles.
People keep saying dumbed down for consoles when the consoles are going to get better performance then anyone computers here.
Games are going to be developed for consoles first because it will take the most time and the consoles are a larger chunk of the market plus the PC has the raw power not to be optimized for.
I saw someone post this commemt on one of AMD's posts, made me laugh
"Congrats AMD on your design win with the PS4.
And to all of you comparing your PC to the console for gaming - not only does your PC need to run the game it has to run all of your background processes and heavier OS while the PS4 needs to run a very light-weight OS and all the remaining cores get dedicated for the game. Plus the games are optimized for the graphics hardware inside the console, where as with PC games you need drives to help with the optimization. Its Apples and Oranges comparing the two platforms."
Games are going to be developed for consoles first because it will take the most time and the consoles are a larger chunk of the market plus the PC has the raw power not to be optimized for.
It doesn't take any longer to program a game for consoles than it does PC. I don't even know what you mean by the last part.
Consoles will NEVER have more power than a mid-range gaming PC.
It doesn't take any longer to program a game for consoles than it does PC. I don't even know what you mean by the last part.
Never said they will I said they will be pushing better graphics out of the hardware.
Yes they generally do most console games use low level API and a lot of tweaks to get the most out of the console hardware while the PC ports just use DX and don't need to be optimized because the PC has enough power to run it.
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kinda odd that it uses GDDR5 for its system memory
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kinda odd that it uses GDDR5 for its system memory
very, but it was a smart choice. I guess we will have to wait and see what its like, also the full specs of it in terms of speed etc but in theory its a great idea. I have been thinking about doing that for years and finally someone has done it, lets see how it works out.
That's the thing I dislike about the gaming industry. Us PC gamers have to wait for the consoles to catch up before games can further advance on PC
True, I wish we could have really good looking games, that are well optimized for PC's. It seems we get bad ports that don't look good then their are good looking games such as Crysis 3
I guess the PS4 looks good
True, I wish we could have really good looking games, that are well optimized for PC's. It seems we get bad ports that don't look good then their are good looking games such as Crysis 3
True. Although, Crysis 3 isn't optimized too well.
http://blogs.amd.com/fusion/2013/02/21/amd/ There shouldn't even be PC ports, game devs should design the games for PC, then dumb them down for consoles.
Its been confirmed for a while months ago AMDs CEO said they won several big designs with their custom APUs not to mention months earlier announced they were talking with Microsoft about next gen consoles.
People keep saying dumbed down for consoles when the consoles are going to get better performance then anyone computers here.
Games are going to be developed for consoles first because it will take the most time and the consoles are a larger chunk of the market plus the PC has the raw power not to be optimized for.
And to all of you comparing your PC to the console for gaming - not only does your PC need to run the game it has to run all of your background processes and heavier OS while the PS4 needs to run a very light-weight OS and all the remaining cores get dedicated for the game. Plus the games are optimized for the graphics hardware inside the console, where as with PC games you need drives to help with the optimization. Its Apples and Oranges comparing the two platforms."
Consoles will NEVER have more power than a mid-range gaming PC.
It doesn't take any longer to program a game for consoles than it does PC. I don't even know what you mean by the last part.
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Never said they will I said they will be pushing better graphics out of the hardware.
Yes they generally do most console games use low level API and a lot of tweaks to get the most out of the console hardware while the PC ports just use DX and don't need to be optimized because the PC has enough power to run it.
It takes much, much, much, much, much longer.
Well, I knew it had to be optimized, but I didn't expect it to take THAT long. The best I've done is a text-based game.
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You are basically doing two development cycles at this point.
A PC game might take, say, 2-3 years.
Adding a console port or console version could add another 2 years onto that.
It uses the standard x86_64 arch.
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very, but it was a smart choice. I guess we will have to wait and see what its like, also the full specs of it in terms of speed etc but in theory its a great idea. I have been thinking about doing that for years and finally someone has done it, lets see how it works out.
I'm excited for the next generation of games and new, more powerful engines.
New gen consoles also means next generation PC games!
That's the thing I dislike about the gaming industry. Us PC gamers have to wait for the consoles to catch up before games can further advance on PC
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True, I wish we could have really good looking games, that are well optimized for PC's. It seems we get bad ports that don't look good then their are good looking games such as Crysis 3
True. Although, Crysis 3 isn't optimized too well.
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Right, but the limitations of the consoles make it so that the developers have to make sure that it can run on console.
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