MattyFTM

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#1 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago

The bit I don't understand (as someone who's not super knowledgeable about the inner workings of computers) is why this isn't the same situation as the PS3. PS3 had wildly different architecture to PC's. This made it difficult to develop for which lead to a lot of that consoles problems. This time round they're closer to a PC style architecture than before, but rather having separate graphics memory and RAM, they're having 8GB of GDDR5 shared between the two. Surely, like the PS3 before it, leads to a different architecture that developers have to learn and makes development difficult?

Developers are all talking highly about this thing and how easy it is to develop for, so I assume this is just my ignorance of not understanding how computers work.

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#2 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 1 day, 1 hour ago

So it's like Bionic Commando meets Micro Machines? I'm in.

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#3 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 2 days, 2 hours ago

Just login to your Steam account and you can redownload it. No need for the disc or the Steam key.

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#4 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 2 days, 3 hours ago

It means it was rendered using the game engine. It does not mean it was in-game footage, or that the game is actually going to look anything like that. I mean, look at Valve's Source Filmmaker. It's a tool that lets you make video's using the Source engine. All of the TF2 "meet the..." video's were supposedly made using that (or a much earlier version of it, anyway). They're all in-engine. But do they look like the game? Not at all.

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#5 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 3 days, 18 hours ago

I assume the trigger mechanism for the bomb is opening the box? Because if you've just got explosives sat in a box with no trigger mechanism, I'd open all 100.

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#6 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 3 days, 18 hours ago

It's relaxing, peaceful and calming. And it has tons of stuff to do and collect. That's what makes it fun.

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#7 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 3 days, 19 hours ago

The only company I refuse to deal with is Apple, because they directly screwed me over. I don't have an issue with any of the stores you listed.

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#8 Edited by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 4 days, 7 hours ago

All of the rumours from dozens of sources were claiming similar things with regards to DRM and the PS4. It's pretty clear that Sony were planning on implementing DRM, saw the reaction to the XB1 and u-turned.

I can't recall the exact apple comment, but weren't they talking on the bombcast about how ridiculous the speculation is about Apple doing something gaming related because their press conference was at the same time as E3, when it's the same every year? If it was part of that conversation, he was clearly joking. If it was serious, then perhaps Apple changed their mind? Or perhaps his source was wrong.

Either way, all of this is why Giant Bomb doesn't run news stories about rumours like this - because these things often turn out not to be true. They'll mention them on the bombcast and stuff, but they won't run a news story unless they're certain.

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#9 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 4 days, 18 hours ago

The most important question is: will full retail games still cost €15~20 more digitally at launch?

I can't imagine Sony wanting to upset their retail partners, so they'll charge the full RRP for games on PSN when they launch. But the retailers will still undercut the RRP to compete with other retailers. So yeah, unfortunately they probably will still be more expensive on PSN than at retail.

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#10 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 4 days, 19 hours ago

I'd assume that the main reason that they're charging for online is so they can sink a load of those funds into building a better online infrastructure and bring PSN upto the standard of Xbox Live. I don't believe Sony have said definitively, but with stuff like the gaikai streaming coming and all that, they HAVE to be improving their online infrastructure.

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