WhiteWolf Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Digital Foundry on what the recent leaks mean and how the next-gen Xbox and PlayStation compare. The next console war has yet to begin but the battle lines havealready been drawn and the processing firepower available to Microsoftand Sony is now a known quantity. It's Durango vs. Orbis, and it's aconsole head-to-head quite unlike anything we've seen before. The rawtechnological building blocks powering each next-gen console aredesigned by the same people, and the raw architecture is almostidentical in nature as a consequence. The differences between the twoconsoles are less pronounced than in any preceding console generation:fundamentally, Sony and Microsoft faced the exact same challenges andwent to the same people to find the solution, resulting in very similarend-products. However, there are differences between Durango and Orbis,and they reflect how the platform holders envisage the evolution of thehome console. We won't dwell too much on the known similarities between the twoconsoles, but we've already mentioned that both the next generation Xboxand its PlayStation competitor feature the same CPU - an eight-core AMDoffering running at 1.6GHz and based on its forthcoming low-power,high-performance architecture, Jaguar. From a graphics perspective, AMDis also offering the same tech to both manufacturers: the GCN core, asfound in the highly popular Radeon HD 7xxx graphics cards. full article here http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df-hardware-spec-analysis-durango-vs-orbis Verdict - On paper, Orbis looks like the tighter, more powerful, moregames-focused design. With Durango, the astonishing lengths to whichMicrosoft has gone to accommodate 8GB of RAM adds further weight to thehypothesis that its plans for the Xbox hardware extend beyond gaming,that it wants the hardware to form a next-gen media centre. The questionis to what extent its non-gaming plans impact on the processingresources available to developers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Params7 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Overall points to note are that this time both Sony and MS are placing functionality over a power leap. When PS3 and 360 released, the hardware inside them could barely be matched with the state of the art GPU+CPU in the top most tier gaming PC's. This time however, both PS4 and Nextbox will be matched by any mid-high range PC today. That said, hopefully we can still can get native 1080p/30fps for all games. The extra ram in Xbox will probably be some sort of Windows8 or related integration so it can tie somehow to the rest of MS's ecosystem. I think Sony is easily more in the right place, by placing focus on mainly core gaming with new dualshocks and motion gaming on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Looks like a role reversal from this gen where sony went for the all in one box and microsft for the gaming console. Good times ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 In our forums Microsoft lose before the battle even begins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantz Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 It'd also highly depend on the software implementation. Since, of course, MS and Sony are not going to use the same off-the-shelf OS and going to design their own custom stuff, it'd highly reflect in the game performance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 In our forums Microsoft lose before the battle even begins Of course, that's a foregone conclusion As long as it sells well, I don't really care And like Shantz said, the software implementation's important too, it's not just "Similar hardware, oh rumors say X is more powerful than Y... game over". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sackboy Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 But does it have ridge racer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razpor Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 ^^i hope it doesnt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Looks like a role reversal from this gen where sony went for the all in one box and microsft for the gaming console. Good times ahead. I may be wrong but i am seeing more people now wanting their game box to be all in one box now than last gen...so it could be a step backward also for sony...lets see though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueelvis_RoXXX Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Whoever allows for used games gets my money. +1 or PC FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 ^You are talking as if you can play used games on PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harjas Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 ^You are talking as if you can play used games on PC. i guess he said that because pc games are cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Not all PC games are cheap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harjas Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Not all PC games are cheap... console version se tho cheap hoti hai na bhaiya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Capcom PC games are 2999 and COD PC is 3499 Iam pretty sure all PC games price will go up in future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dranjithk Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 ^ PC version will definitely be cheaper compared to console versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Capcom PC is 999 as per latest release i.e. DmC. CoD PC is 3299. PC prices won't go up in the future because the quantities are sustainable. Besides distys try hard to keep PC pricing down. Some of them won't even bring product in if it's too expensive on PC. Well...it is increasing slowly but surely..sometime back games like mafia 2,batman aa and lots of ea games were coming here for Rs 699..now i dont see anyless than Rs 999 for almost al games and some have now even gone to Rs 1499..like EA games...it might not get as much as ps4 games but i see in next 2 years pc gaming price at Rs 1499-1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Plus there are steam/Amazon/GMG sales anyway. You can pick up 6 month old games for 5-10 bucks. So even if Retail prices keep going up you have other venues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Older EA games are 299,499,699. Newer ones are 999-1499 depending on the price band. Capcom's dropped price too. DmC was 999. RE6 won't be anywhere close to the shitty RE5 PC price of 2499 (I hope). Ditto with other publishers. Everyone has maintained the 699-999 price. The moment they go past that there's no sense because no one will stock PC games unless they're EA and/or COD. Price will be kept low because not every game or publisher can sell at a higher price. No way would Rs. 1999 be the going rate for PC games. And even if they were that high, the drops would come sooner. I hope you are right. The way it looks to me ..Rs 699-999 price wont be for too long...i say within next 6 months only pc price standard price will be Rs 1499...still i really hope i am wrong. btw when i alsmot all games i mean current releases... Plus there are steam/Amazon/GMG sales anyway. You can pick up 6 month old games for 5-10 bucks. So even if Retail prices keep going up you have other venues. +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I think 699 is gone anyway. For new games at least. The only publisher that used to have that price AFAIK was THQ (RIP ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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