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Just MS stuff, Sony stuff rarely.
scaryrobots
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That's my thinking too.
Ironically, all those rumors made me do something I never do : I preordered the Xbox One !
I didn't intend to buy one at launch, but with all the policy changes, I didn't want to miss a potential compensation to early buyers (like the one that people from European countries where it was delayed got).
And after all, I should support the "kinect SKU for everyone".
you think the potential ambassador stuff will compensate for a likely $100 cut early next year?
What would MS say, though? 'We released this driver that was supposed to improve performance by 15-20% but instead it dropped performance by 15-20% because of a bug. Whoops! We'll have fixed that by launch, we promise. Please understand.'
He seems like a sole MS Insider. Info over Nintendo or Sony are from his MS Sources.
I would question the negative part. He leaks the truth (based on his track record), so if you perceive them to be negative then you have a negative perception of Microsoft.
Just to make it clear: It will with extremely high probability be fixed by launch.
They're not always negative, there was that time he said that Black Tusk's game had good sound.
Yes, because it makes perfect sense for someone from Microsoft to say:
"You know, after all this shit we've been through with Xbox One, disastrous reveal, always online console, being arrogant fucks and then doing a major 180 in every possible regard and confusing the shit out of already pissed off audience, we are proud to confess that we have major yield problems accompanied by SDK performance issues."
scaryrobots
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So are you saying we shouldn't believe the devs? Personally, I take their word on it.
if up to now they were putting in game only features, and the latest version adds all the background stuff for snap, overlays etc? I can see that impacting games until they've tuned it.
The developers aren't posting information on the internet out of goodwill, anything that they're publicly posting is PR. They want you to buy their product.
Alx
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I have no idea, I'll see if/when that happens. I still have the possibility to cancel my preorder if necessary (although lazy as I am, now that it's done...
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MMaRsu
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Yeah devs never lie to us gamers
NinjaCarrot
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mangochutney
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Driver != SDK. It is only a part of it, a key part no doubt, but additionally if the SDK isn't even finished yet then it is quite likely that the SDK the developer you refer to has is a build that is running swimmingly whereas the latest internal build that cboat is referring to is running like a dog.
And if it isn't, how would we know?
Might well be that he heard that from 1 or 2 developers because it affects their games, but not all games. Or the driver performance has been increased while it lead to performance penalties for users of vanilla DirectX. Everything is possible since we are only guessing. My only point is that both statements (driver performance increase and performance bug) don't have to contradict each other necessarily.
scaryrobots
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Well, you have to believe someone, and I'll take the word from the company.
Your prerogative I guess? But the number of times CBOAT has broken news that MS denied until they later confirmed it...
Reckless Onion
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I actually read a tweet from a dev saying that the game comes out when the system launches. So it could very well be a launch bundle.
Nikodemos
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But CBoaT is from the company.
Being quite naive to believe everything any company feeds you.
Just makes you a puppet to their agenda. Best to keep your mind open to different opinions.
So then the infinite power of the cloud to boost graphics must be true !
Oh Sony is so done for !
I think cboat doesn't understand math. Obviously he was trying to say the Xbox One got a huge performance boost because of the special sauce that was found.
You add the special sauce at the end, not take it away. How would you even extract sauce from a dish, it's seeped into everything. It only makes sense.
Also: A verified Xbox One developer on reddit confirmed it and he only acts in the interest of truth and has no other motivation.
You add the special sauce at the end, not take it away. How would you even extract sauce from a dish, it's seeped into everything. It only makes sense.
Also: A verified Xbox One developer on reddit confirmed it and he only acts in the interest of truth and has no other motivation.
I was being sarcastic. But looking at it again, my previous post is a pretty good facsimile of a legitimate Xbox fanboy posting their denial.
I think leaks are likely to be negative simply by virtue of being leaks.
Good news aren't generally leaked, they are revealed. With press releases and all that.
you mean the same company that told us it was IMPOSSIBLE to remove the DRM, or Kinect because they were integral parts of the hardware/software design?
the same company that told us hardware specs "dont matter" and then bumped the clock speed of their GPU?
should i keep going?
MMaRsu
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Riiiight the company who wants to convince you to purchase their product...believe those guys
Law Abiding Stranger
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A lot of denial here.
Microsoft employee on reddit sure will say anything bad about their product.
CBOAT is doing this because because he wants to and so far was pretty much flawless.
Microsoft employee on reddit sure will say anything bad about their product.
CBOAT is doing this because because he wants to and so far was pretty much flawless.
scaryrobots
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I'm already buying the product so that doesn't matter.
All companies try to hide their shortcoming's by spewing the good features of a product. Personally, I would go with the source that has consistently given good information. If you dont trust CBOAT, take the time to look through his post history.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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His last thread was all the import/region free info for xbox one, so no.
CaptainFalafel
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I don't see why it's so hard to believe a 15%-20% performance loss in the SDK.
I would attribute that to them implementing all the features that they have promised, and making sure that they work and are stable. When everything is implemented they will optimize it as much as they can up until launch. It isn't anything strange, it's just how development usually works.
I would attribute that to them implementing all the features that they have promised, and making sure that they work and are stable. When everything is implemented they will optimize it as much as they can up until launch. It isn't anything strange, it's just how development usually works.
He has leaked information on Sony exclusives and third party games in the past.
Maybe that 'confirmed' Xbox One developer should anonymously post cryptic messages instead. That seems to work really well in terms of credibility.
A lot of people believe, cboat works for MS, too. However, he's highly credible, since he seems to hate Microsoft...
No, what works well for credibility is an 8 year track record of 96% accurate leaks.
zomgbbqftw
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I think this is related to Thuway's posts about the SDK -> retail transition having downgrades because the SDK is overpowered compared to the retail configuration. If the latest SDK ringfences the correct amount of power rather than the unlimited amount that was previously allowed from a 7970 and 12GB RAM then the slowdown makes sense, and matches up to what Thuway said about E3 -> release having games looking worse.
Castef
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Oh, come on. You can do better than this.
If they had margins for improving the clock speed they would have been stupid not to do so.
This point is fabricated at best.
Unless this is a joke, you're a very simple man.
For all you know they're the same person.
I'm not entirely sure how you get that cboat hates MS; especially if you think he works there. More like he sees how fun it is to leak stuff so he does it, I wouldn't be surprised if he reads threads after posting them to see the Console Warz posts, some of them are pretty entertaining ('any developer who accepts MS money deserves to die').
Or yeah maybe he works at MS and hates it and soon he'll reveal who he is and Sony will employ him instantly. Believable. Everybody wants somebody who airs dirty laundry working for them.
witchedwiz
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Yup..
And holy shit cbot!
whats fabricated about it?...they said specs didnt matter...then upped their specs...nothing i said was fabricated...
i see you also conveniently left out the rest of my post...i guess you couldn't fabricate a nonsensical response to that part...
You will get a Xbone for a 4hr game?
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