Poll: Which Next Gen Console will you buy? - Final version (honest!)

What console(s) will you buy during the launch window?

  • I will buy both consoles during the launch window

    Votes: 67 6.5%

  • I will buy an Xbox One only during the launch window

    Votes: 185 18.0%

  • I will buy a PS4 only during the launch window

    Votes: 395 38.4%

  • I will buy neither console during the launch window

    Votes: 286 27.8%

  • I'm still undecided

    Votes: 95 9.2%
  • Total voters
    1,028
Davey_Pitch said:
Quite possibly, I tend not to go into the technicals too much, I just care that it runs the games I want :)

I did hear though that MS have a feature where developers can take more than the allocated 5GB ram if they need to, all the way up to 7.5GB I think it was. I'll try to find a link for it, as I'm sure I didn't dream it!
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You sure its the XB1? as something was mentioned like that for the PS4? Albeit it was less of a increase in Ram, from what been said from devs/slides etc its 1Gb for each OS on the XB1 and sounds like all 3 are required to run games with the snap features/overlay.
As you said its all about the games and you get the console with the games you want, XB1 has zero interesting games for me, Forza 5 would have been of more interest if GT6 wasnt coming out soon afterwards and Forza 5 hadnt cut features from previous games.
 
msmalls74 said:
You sure its the XB1? as something was mentioned like that for the PS4? Albeit it was less of a increase in Ram, from what been said from devs/slides etc its 1Gb for each OS on the XB1 and sounds like all 3 are required to run games with the snap features/overlay.
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Yeah, I'm convinced it was the Xbox One, just trying to find a link now and can't, so maybe I did dream it! :)
 
msmalls74 said:
You sure its the XB1? as something was mentioned like that for the PS4? Albeit it was less of a increase in Ram, from what been said from devs/slides etc its 1Gb for each OS on the XB1 and sounds like all 3 are required to run games with the snap features/overlay.
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Found it - http://gamingbolt.com/xbox-one-the-one-feature-that-nobody-seems-to-be-talking-about

With the Xbox One, the games OS and Windows OS can exist autonomously, since they are each interacting with the hardware directly via the hypervisor rather than one being layered on top of the other. This means that if necessary, all memory for the Windows side can just be shifted over to games.

While Windows has access to roughly 2.5 GB (assuming the hypervisor requires 500 MB) and games are allowed 5 GB, the hypervisor could theoretically allocate memory from Windows for use in games. This technically means that if the Windows process is suspended and all resources are allocated for games that developers have up to 7.5 GB to use for game development.

Don’t expect it to be that much though. For all intents and purposes, 6 GB sounds much more realistic. But given the fact that one can’t switch or “snap” apps with a title such as Killer Instinct, it stands to reason that developers are indeed currently using the hypervisor in order to grab more resources for games.
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Im coming around to the opinion that by the time we have an infrastructure thats ready for digital downloads it probably be time to jump to digital streaming anyway.

If you look at people arguing about how other media has moved to digital purchases we are actually already moving away from that to digital streaming anyway

You could quite easily consider the ame argument about the XOs HDMI passthrough feature versus the uptake of IPTV.

Its probably best to either be the content provider or if you cant do that, be responsible for the conduit infrastructure (which does seem like the crux). In both cases the box at the end, might just matter very little...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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msmalls74 said:
The thing is it seems the PS4 looks to be better designed and is looks to be easier for devs to get the best out of it sooner. The fact that unlike the XB1 the PS4 full memory pool can be accessed at full speed by all components at the same time without having to use move/shape engines and limited to 32mb high speed memory, prob gives PS4 a head start.
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Possibly, but how(is?) accessing that pool of unified memory effected by the differences in HSA bus speed(I don't know)? 30GB/s vs 20GB/s sounds significant, but I must confess I don't have the vaguest idea if that has any practical effect?
 
Making it private is a good thing otherwise people will just go snooping to see what posters have voted and the "OMGZ I KNEW IT YOU IZ TEH FANBOIS" posts would start flying around again.

My 1.5/1 ratio guess when the poll levels out is looking good so far :)
 
ps3ud0 said:
Im coming around to the opinion that by the time we have an infrastructure thats ready for digital downloads it probably be time to jump to digital streaming anyway.

If you look at people arguing about how other media has moved to digital purchases we are actually already moving away from that to digital streaming anyway

You could quite easily consider the ame argument about the XOs HDMI passthrough feature versus the uptake of IPTV.

Its probably best to either be the content provider or if you cant do that, be responsible for the conduit infrastructure (which does seem like the crux). In both cases the box at the end, might just matter very little...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Absolutely. This is why the next gen will probably be the last of its kind as we currently know it. 10 years maybe less.
 
ps3ud0 said:
I think you need to hope that games never use that feature, its tantamount to killing any chance of improving/developing the OS features...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Possibly, but I'd imagine it's something that could easily be restricted via a software update if needed.
 
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