Sony unlocks 70mb of additional Ram for devs
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Strange they was able to accomplish this with just some firmware updates but that's rather impressive.
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I agree with that sentiment as I play both. I find it much harder to convince PS3 fans to get a 360 than the other way around some reason though, they seem more fanboyish a lot of the time
Not strange at all really, it's the equivalent of installing a 'new' OS.
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I guess but I figured it'd be a bit more difficult than it has been. Or at least be something other devs would do too but it seems like Sony was more on the ball and working toward supporting the devs.
It is good news, although it may actually be 'old news'..
A while back, it was noted by devs over on Beyond3D that the core OS had slimmed right down, this was done by a more modular OS feature set, the default was quite small, but included far less modules, it was then up to the devs to add on top the modules they wanted, increasing the OS size accordingly.. Overall it's a good thing, the OS size is dependant on just what you want..
To cut such a percentage of OS code size while retaining all th functionality doesn't really add up, so I'm inclined to think (as are the guys on Beyond3D), that this is just a rehash of something already known, even if the claims don't give the whole 'story', it's still noteworthy.
all IMO of course!
A while back, it was noted by devs over on Beyond3D that the core OS had slimmed right down, this was done by a more modular OS feature set, the default was quite small, but included far less modules, it was then up to the devs to add on top the modules they wanted, increasing the OS size accordingly.. Overall it's a good thing, the OS size is dependant on just what you want..
To cut such a percentage of OS code size while retaining all th functionality doesn't really add up, so I'm inclined to think (as are the guys on Beyond3D), that this is just a rehash of something already known, even if the claims don't give the whole 'story', it's still noteworthy.
all IMO of course!
...they seem more fanboyish a lot of the time
Or maybe, just more content with their consoles
I'm only now beginning to toy with the idea of getting a 360, as there is a sufficient number of exclusives that interest me... but I'm inclined to wait for Natal to see how it pans out (and potentially a "slim" 360 release).
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I'm fairly sure Sony allocated a lot of memory to the OS on release (it was incredibly bare with hardly any features), even if it went unused - as they finalized the featureset for the OS, they found they didn't need all of the allocated memory and freed it up for the games developers. That's likely why they were able to give so much back over time.
Here where the last 'leaked' figures for the Sony OS (F/W 1.60)
Even back then the OS only consumed 50Mb of RAM, only 'additional' and therefore optional items added to this..
But you never know, perhaps they can now get all modules and the Core OS into 50Mb! I think the 360's core OS features have 32Mb reserved from day 1, so clearly it's not ludicrous to think Sony can squeeze it all in 50MBs
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Well it's not all about being content, we're gamers so I assumed there'd be an equal number or playstation fans as xbox fans that would want to have both and buy into the other system to play it's exclusives. PS3 fans just rarely seem to get interested in the xbox side and I think maybe it's not necessarily fanboyism but it can be hard to get them interested at all when it shouldn't be hard to get a gamer interested in games. I'm not trying to be rude but I think all the consoles offer a good selection so I just don't see why they never seem interested.Or maybe, just more content with their consoles
I'm only now beginning to toy with the idea of getting a 360, as there is a sufficient number of exclusives that interest me... but I'm inclined to wait for Natal to see how it pans out (and potentially a "slim" 360 release).
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This can only be deemed as bad news.
This means that GT5 will be delayed again, due to the fact that Kaz will now have an additonal 70MB of RAM to optimise for.
Damn it, beaten.
This means that GT5 will be delayed again, due to the fact that Kaz will now have an additonal 70MB of RAM to optimise for.
That's going to delay Gran Turismo 5 another 12 months then so they can optimise it for use with the extra 70meg or RAM
Damn it, beaten.
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This can only be deemed as bad news.
This means that GT5 will be delayed again, due to the fact that Kaz will now have an additonal 70MB of RAM to optimise for.
Damn it, beaten.
On the up side, those Naughty Dogs will now be able to use a bit more of the PS3 power that they claim to have hit the limit of in Uncharted 2, roll on Uncharted 3
I don't think anyone actually cares.
No no no no, he will be working on his statement letting us know that this is an amazing thing for the game and how he will be thinking of new features to add to the game now.
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Probably cos there not real gamers
By the time GT5 is released nobody will remember what cars are.