Poll: Which Next Gen Console will you buy? - New Version
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I agree especially as Kinect will be present with every system. Sony have basically missed out on that aspect for this entire generation now.
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Where's the new poll?
I hate the kinect - its laggy as hell in the current gen and not really that accurate as we have a window close by to the TV (it's okay-ish when we close the blinds lol!).
I'm also not in favour of MS or the NSA being able to peep straight into my living room whenever they feel like it - call me tin foil hat - but I just don't like the idea of a camera facing me and my family 24/7!
Its one of the main reasons I want a PS4 - I can opt out of having a camera!
While I really don't understand the tin hat paranoia that's your choice but, the Kinect can be turned off, it can even be left unplugged.
Still undecided, i have both on pre-order and finances only allow one, or for the first year.. one day im back in the Xbox camp the other i fancy a change and want a PS4 again, i want to see some solid reviews/comparisons anyone know when these might come?
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Can do the same with the One...
except you still cant opt out of paying for it..
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He wasn't talking about that though. he said his concern was privacy.
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Still waiting on a release date, that's the last piece of information I think we're all waiting for, and probably the last thing that could sway people towards an Xbox One (with an early release) or towards a PS4 (with a late release).
its not just behind in the graphics hardware, if the reports are true its behind all over as far as hardware specs and no amount of cloud pr magic will change that, especially with sony investing in cloud side things as well. same deal with the smart glass stuff, remote play and such things are on the ps4 its just not called smart glass.
the only thing the xbone does have over the ps4 is the kinect something a lot of people wont use as its a rather expensive gimmick and outside of a handful of titles it will be forgotten about.
Can we please not compare gaikai to azure(xbox's cloud service) because they are nothing a like. One is for streaming games that are completely running on a server somewhere else and the other is used for small tasks in game (ie wind/water effects) to free up space and power for the console to use on bigger tasks (enemy AI/physics). Gaikai is not going to be used for dedicated servers at all its just not what its built for, not that its a bad thing, it just has a different purpose.
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rigby9 said:
You are deluded in thinking the "cloud" will compensate for wind / water effects. Its laughable.
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Well considering most of these effects on just on a loop the user wouldn't actually realise if they were slightly out of sync. Also these tasks would require about maybe 2/3 mbs each so there wouldn't really be much of a problem.
I might add you don't need to take my word as gospel but I've done my research as well as having a little knowledge of this field anyway.
If weather effects are supposed to be real-time, that isn't going to work. The sort of latency that server-side processing will introduce would make it impossible. Plus the demanding part is rendering it, and regardless of whether effects are processed on the console or at a server somewhere, the GPU still has to do the work.
I can see server-side processing being useful for non-visual stuff like AI routines etc. But it's one of those things they can't rely on too much because if an internet connection drops or is particularly slow, the game experience could suffer as a result.
I can see server-side processing being useful for non-visual stuff like AI routines etc. But it's one of those things they can't rely on too much because if an internet connection drops or is particularly slow, the game experience could suffer as a result.
as many people have said and ms wont comment on, what happens when your not connected do your games look/run worse. if the answer is no then the cloud really is doing nothing and its all pr rubbish, if it is yes that means you get a 2 tier gaming experience on the xbone and if you live in a area with poor internet your screwed.
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