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[CoolBatteryCharge]

Did the Jenga collapse?

That sounds exactly like what happened.

 

[Fallout-with-swords]

OMG Griffin is already a fan of Lockdown!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGsrFR3oKFq/

Cute, little guy is the spitting image of Jason.

 

[jambo]

OMG Griffin is already a fan of Lockdown!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGsrFR3oKFq/

He looks SO MUCH like Jason.

 

[Zaph]

If you keep turning things off or lowering options at certain point it's gonna look worst than something working at 1080@60fps max settings.

Yup, which defeats the point for devs. So once again we're gonna be a situation where the touted resolution doesn't match the hardware in the box and we're left with games having sketchy and inconsistent framerates.

 

[SmackAttack]

He said you could go that route with private groups.

Ah, that's right. Thanks. I wasn't sure how to feel about it with all groups doing that. Could go either way knowing people, lol.

 

[broncobuster]

It sounds like that's what they want. HEaring them boast about how much more powerful Serpico was than the Xbox One, I imagined it was basically going to be the Xbox Two, but it sounds more like all that power is simply to get existing games to run in 4K, which makes me wonder how much of a difference that will make to the average consumer?

We are yet to see if the average consumer cares about 4K TV sets.

In some regards I'd liken it to Sony's 3D push on the PS3, in that post-Avatar period. Ended up where, nah, nobody cared. Benefit there was they didn't need to bring out new expensive hardware, not counting that weird 3DTV they sold. It's a gamble. As is PSVR.

I can see a crazy scenario where, say, the box after Scorpio plays graphic intensive games at 4K, where the Scorpio can run them at 1080p, and no support on the current XB1. It's all confusing.

 

[Metroidvania]

this is a good interview

Phil generally is a good interview, yeah.

 

[Deadstar]

3d is terrible, higher definition displays are not. There's no one that would choose a 1080p over a 4k tv in terms of image quality.

 

[Cptkrush]

Phil beating around the bush real hard on this question hahaha

 

[golem]

I demand fisticuffs over that QB review!

 

[blakep267]

Phil beating around the bush real hard on this question hahaha

Well he can't announce a partnership on a giant bomb show. That's not the place for it

 

[Xeteh]

I knew Jeff wouldn't get his answer about Rift + Scorpio.

 

[Twin Tails]

Lol Fallout

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Ok Phil got around to the answer I expected. They've partnerships cooking.

 

[Demption]

Yeah Phil was the man Microsoft needed after One reveal clusterfuckery, wonder how things would be with them if Phil wasn't around?

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Jeff with that fallout dig lol

 

[gamz]

Phil generally is a good interview, yeah.

It's fantastic.

 

[Myggen]

Phil beating around the bush real hard on this question hahaha

He came back around, seemed close to confirming that there would be VR.

 

[SmackAttack]

That Fallout jab.

 

[Cptkrush]

Well he can't announce a partnership on a giant bomb show. That's not the place for it

obviously he can't, but he went off on an extreme tangent just to say "we aren't talking about it right now"

I'm not mad or anything, I thought it was hilarious.

 

[Sou Da]

Uwp questions.

 

[BUNTING1243]

Yeah Phil was the man Microsoft needed after One reveal clusterfuckery, wonder how things would be with them if Phil wasn't around?

Microsoft would've sold Xbox to Comcast as branding for cable boxes.

 

[golem]

I knew Jeff wouldn't get his answer about Rift + Scorpio.

Palmer was tight lipped too last night. Hard to read if anything is actually going down

 

[Myggen]

Palmer was tight lipped too last night. Hard to read if anything is actually going down

Probably in talks if I had to guess.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Phil continues to impress. Far less bullshit than I would have expected, even knowing how frank he can be.

 

[mephixto]

It's not even to a certain point really. On a 5.6TF card I can already get 4K60 on Forza at max settings (ie. very well-made games will run and look great at 4K on console), and GTA 5 runs at 40FPS at 4K max settings. If I turn down a few settings that aren't even ultimately noticeable like grass density and reflection MSAA I can get 60 in that too.

Unnoticeable things do not eat much resosurces, things like textures, shaders, shadows, AA,etc are the ones that consume lots of the resources and most important is those are the ones directly affected by resolution changes.

 

[Milly Osworth]

Is the guy on the right just there to nod?

 

[chubigans]

Focusing on 4K seems heavily misguided to me, especially with the hardware they got. 6TF seems a lot, but for 4K it's meager, and equivalent PC hardware really struggles..

Its easy to see why though. XB1 always had a hard time hitting 1080p, while something like 90% of PS4 games achieved 1080p.

Now they're at a point where the Neo will struggle a bit to get to 4k, and the Scorpio will be able to attain that much easier thanks to an extra year of better tech, so they want to flip the script and become the premiere resolution box that they weren't with XB1.

The thing is...I just bought a 4k TV last week, and PS4 games look phenomenal on it. Doom looks so crisp and colorful, and Overwatch is just plain gorgeous. I can't imagine games looking better than that. And by can't imagine, I mean I literally can't envision how much more of an improvement it'll be. I'll have to run some PC games on it and see.

I guess my point is, I don't think consumers are gonna be clamoring for 4k content when 1080p content looks fantastic already. But hey, I need to try some 4k games myself to know for sure.

 

[call_kotaku]

sort of makes you wonder how the Xbox One would've been if Phil was in charge from the start

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

I really admire Phil. He is exactly the kind of guy Xbox needs.

 

[Twin Tails]

Is the guy on the right just there to nod?

Brad is there to look beautiful.

 

[HideyoshiJP]

Today I learned something new about UWP. I thought it was like the older Windows 8 Apps where the only options were corporate/developer sideloads and the built-in store.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Is the guy on the right just there to nod?

Erm, you mean Brad Shoemaker of Giant Bomb?

 

[wenis]

I demand fisticuffs over that QB review!

reality should've already beat you into submission on that one.

 

[SOR5]

I assume Egghead is J Allard

Its funny they all called him Egghead

 

[Myggen]

Brad is there to look beautiful.

Eye candy.

 

[Hazzuh]

Don't normally watch this sort of stuff but this is a great interview, could never imagine anyone from Nintendo being this frank lol.

 

[Sou Da]

Is the guy on the right just there to nod?

To look pretty, that's why he's in profile. Look at the sidecut.

 

[Officerrob]

Going from Don Mattrick to Phil Spencer is night and day

 

[SmackAttack]

Pretty crazy how much focus there is on PC all around the industry after we went through that period last gen when it seemed like no one cared about it.

 

[StopMakingSense]

I assume Egghead is J Allard

Its funny they all called him Egghead

Egghead was a PC software retail store. Those existed at one point.

 

[jwhit28]

Today I learned something new about UWP. I thought it was like the older Windows 8 Apps where the only options were corporate/developer sideloads and the built-in store.

I think they debunked that when Todd Sweeney went after them a while ago.

 

[Myggen]

Pretty crazy how much focus there is on PC all around the industry after we went through that period last gen when it seemed like no one cared about it.

Not much "Is PC dead" talk this gen.

 

[Slaker117]

I like Phil. He seems overwhelmingly sensible.

 

[PROh1bited]

Going from Don Mattrick to Phil Spencer is night and day

I wonder what Xbox would look like right now if he had stayed in charge.

 

[SOR5]

Egghead was a PC software retail store.

Dont. Ruin. This.

 

[gray_fox224]

i have an urge to buy an XONE all of a sudden.

 

[kcp12304]

Is the guy on the right just there to nod?

 

[Death Metalist]

Yes, glad Jeff pushed steam.

 

[Bsigg12]

I wonder what Xbox would look like right now if he had stayed in charge.

Non existent. Mattrick is a cancer.