830°

Sony Working on Improving Multithreading and Parallel Processing for PS4 and PS3

Microsoft's introduction of DirectX 12 has impressed many especially due to the ability to massively improve the multithreading efficiency of the CPU, which will apply to both PCs and Xbox One, but apparently Sony isn't staying idle, and is working to improve pretty much the same areas on its consoles.

Read Full Story >>
dualshockers.com
johndoe112113660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

This is no surprise. It happens every gen. As time goes on they optimize the systems better and enhance the performance. All systems do it. Hence the reason it is asinine for some fanboys to think that the xbox will somehow miraculously catch up to the ps4 with directx 12 while sony sits back and do nothing.

"Fanboyism isn't the determined and undying support of an item, product or object that you love, but the blinding of one's self to its faults and the lack of admittance in the face of negative truth"

Johndoe11211, 2014

Xsilver3660d ago

I think it's great that their Still improving the PS3 you gotta love that support.

amiga-man3660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

It amazes me how many xone supporters imagined this sort of thing was only possible for the xone, DX12 for all the hype M$ tries to create for it is only software which will grow more efficient over time on the PS4 too.

The simple truth is no matter what M$ does the xone will always have the inferior specs and lag behind the PS4 anyone who can't see that really are blind.

Hyper_Tension1403660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

@amiga-man

They just dont want to believe their console is much more weaker this time.

Ive seen some xbox 360 fans trash ps3s multi platform games just for having a slight blurry texture there and there, or a 2fps advantage.

Just accept that microsoft messed up this time, jeez.

WrAiTh Sp3cTr33660d ago

' ""Fanboyism isn't the determined and undying support of an item, product or object that you love, but the blinding of one's self to its faults and the lack of admittance in the face of negative truth" '

"Johndoe11211, 2014"

Lol, but yet there's no game that looks better than Ryse graphically. Quite the paradox me thinks...

Azmatik3660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

Lol i bet sony releases this update way before microsoft releases dx12 which dx12 (correct me if im wrong) has a release date of holiday 2015? Or maybe im thinking of their cloud thingy. Whatever the case microsoft is a joke if they actually think people are being impressed about software technology hyping it to sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread and it will add amazingness meanwhile not being released for over a year! they all need to be fired Lmfao. Let sony show them how its done i mean were geting cloud game streaming in 2 months. Srry xbox fans i know u love ur console but microsoft failed. The problem isnt ppl down playing MS for dx12 its how much MS is hyping it. Do you remember the first video of the xbox1 lmao i still remember laughing as the main guy says "it has amazing invisible technlogy" Edit: i found the link now click to watch and get a good laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watc... Wait wraith did u just say nothing looks graphically better then ryse lol.

Bruce_Wayne3660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

@ spectre

Ryse is an extremely linear game. Second Son is open world and that game is beautiful and mops the floor with it. KZ:SF is thought by many to be better than Ryse as well. You know what's the actual paradox? Crytek only focuses on graphics and they're not the victors in everyone's eyes.

darthv723660d ago

As much as many one sided gamers want to believe there is this magical parity that these systems will find. i for one want them to be distinguishable. i want each to have their own identity and games that define them.

Specs dont matter, games do. one platform will have the better specs and i would appreciate it if the devs took advantage of that just as i expect devs to do their best to take advantage of the specs of the other platforms regardless of the limitations.

that is why the best gen (IMO) was the snes/genesis/tg16. Each system had such a significant performance difference and yet we saw games like gunstar heroes on the genesis, dkc on snes and even a really good arcade port of street fighter 2 on the PC engine.

Im okay with there being performance differences in the next gen platforms so long as each will get the games that show that creativity and new ideas are moving things forward and we stop talking about specs and get back to what matters most.

Hyper_Tension1403660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

@WrAiTh Sp3cTr3

I bet you money the next game Crytek makes for both systems will look better on PS4.

And im sure Ryse could of been 1080p/solid 30fps if it was on PS4.

Ben Dover3660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

@ WrAiTh Sp3cTr3

Yea sure. Meanwhile Infamous is making Ryse look like a last-gen game.

http://i2.minus.com/ieRtUiU...

http://i.imgur.com/1PuQhmH....

100% ingame taken with the new Photo Mode.

UnbiasedOpinions3660d ago

No one said Sony wouldn't be improving PS4's software, it was just said that Microsoft will do it better

TitanUp3660d ago

sony have always supported their older consoles, im pretty sure they have anyways.

BX813660d ago

@ Amiga- man

And our consoles will always lag behind pc's. I don't get the point you're trying to make

Ghost_Nappa3660d ago

Ryse frequently drops below 30fps, has painfully repetitive combat and gameplay elemts that make it glaringly obvious it used to be a kinect game( spear throwing, turrets, and phalanx). killzone shadowfall runs at above 30fps and is an acceptable alternative to watching paint dry(unlike Ryse).

strifeblade3660d ago

Is it better than Dx12? Didn't think so. However I love Sony. They are so good to gamers that they don't even care about money. I don't even know how they survive the business world. Msoft is all.fake PR however Sony is all real pr- this makes them good

GameNameFame3660d ago

gaps will never close.

As X1 improves, PS4 will improve just as much if not more.

sAVAge_bEaST3660d ago

SONY -Good Guy Gamers.. <RESPECT.

scott1823660d ago

But I thought Sony was never going to improve.... Weren't they supposed to just stay stagnant?

imt5583660d ago

@UnbiasedOpinions

How Microsoft will do it better if PS4 is already better and easier for developing games?

AndrewLB3660d ago

I hate to break it to you all, but not a single PS4 or Xbone game will EVER look this good: http://archive.sunet.se/pub...

They just don't have the processing power to achieve the level of detail seen in Metro: Last Light.

http://img837.imageshack.us...

http://media.pcgamer.com/fi...

Ben Dover- That whole scene with the brick building has horrible texture detail. Here is an example of sharp and detailed textures. http://international.downlo...

morganfell3660d ago

I hate to break it to you Andrew but most PCs cannot render Metro on high settings either. I have a 5Ghz system pushing 32Gb or Ram but I still prefer consoles.

Let me break something else to you. You are trolling. Either from feelings of inferiority, lack of great PC titles, or some other unknown reason but it is trolling. It was clear, at least to those with minimal 3rd grade reading comprehension skills, this was a conversation between PS4 and X1 enthusiasts and yet you come in and demonstrate the worst of PC gamers.

Gentlemanlygamer19923659d ago (Edited 3659d ago )

@ Morganfell

If you really had a pc like that you wouldn't mention just the processor and ram. Those have things to do with gaming yes but the graphics card is also important. For example. My computer only has a 3.6 ghz Intel 4th and 8 GB of ram and I can run it with everything maxed at around 45 fps. Why? Because I have dual gtx 770s. Ram and cpu do not a computer make. I still wish I would have bought a ps4 though. Lol. Oh well. My loss

morganfell3659d ago (Edited 3659d ago )

Oh, there is a certain way of listing components now on PC? I'll wager as someone that gamed on a Vic64 and a Trash80 I have been at this far longer than you. I have a AMD Vishera 9590 Black Edition that idles at 4.7Ghz and then autosteps to 5Ghz when gaming pushing 32Gb of Mushkin Blackline PC3 19200 sitting on an Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z Mobo. Graphics are two X-fired Sapphire 7970 3GB cards allpowered by a Corsair series HX850 PS. My Tower is a Cooler Master Haf X Blue Edition.

If you are going to call somebody a liar you better have solid intel next time. Here is my invoice from last year. I didn't just gin this up in the basket as you can see these items already shipped from New Egg last year.

http://i39.photobucket.com/...

And it still doesn't alterr the fact that most PCs cannot render at the resolution about which PC purists love to boast.

tawak3659d ago

and no support plan for 360, ms abandon 360 too damn soon. the machine that put them on the console map. while sony is still commited to the millions of ps3 owners.

+ Show (22) more repliesLast reply 3659d ago
RAWSTA3660d ago ShowReplies(2)
mo2413660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

why are people always saying. Remember lasr gen when xbox 360 fans made fun of this and that and now it suddenly doesn't matter anymore. You guys now the fans of last gen are not the same people anymore. I for one came from ms to sony camp.
maybe some people from sony went to ms.It clearly shows a lot of people from 360 came to ps4.

bigfish3660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

I dont know why Sony is doing this, you cannot improve on perfection.

Kiwi663660d ago

guess they don't think its perfect if they feel they need to try to improve it

XtraTrstrL3660d ago

Yeah, bottom line about X1 and DX12 though, is that it's good that they're fighting. Cuz, without it, Sony wouldn't have to make moves as quick to keep the lead. So, X1 optimizing its dev environment is good for PS4 in the long run.

randomass1713660d ago

Said it before and I'll say it again: systems only improve as time goes on because of this sort of thing. That's part of why games on consoles without changing hardware look better over time.

Bigpappy3660d ago

Spoken like a true FANBOY. You claim to know what Xbox fan boys think with Zero evidence to support your claim. I have never seen one of them make that claim.

Your effort here is to downplay DX12, even though it clearly has the backing and input from the best graphic designing companies in the industry. Yet you stand on your pulpit and accuse others of being in denial for simply being excited for something that will clearly benefit their system.

Meanwhile, you get news that Sony is working to improve multithread on their systems too, but have given no details of what they expect to accomplish, but you are ready to proclaim that it will somehow push PS4's performance beyond what DX12can hope to accomplish.

There was no need to down play DX12. Of course Sony an its developers will improve PS4.

sinspirit3660d ago

Exactly, my thoughts to describe a fanboy. But, I could not find words to put it together so well.

johndoe112113660d ago

@Bigpappy

You are delusional, biased, showing a basic lack of understanding of the English language and has just proven my point in basically every word of your entire sentence.

At no point in my statement did I make a single one of the claims that you are accusing me of. Nothing, not a single thing I said in that comment made any sort of reference to the things you claimed.

In your state of delusion and due to your fanatical sense of loyalty to microsoft and the xbox brand, you completely misinterpreted my comment and are accusing me of things that were formed in your own delusional mind. You sir, need help, SERIOUS help if you can get all that bs you just stated from the comment I made.

You are exactly the type of person I was describing. I think I'll go discuss this further with my pet canary because it would probably give me more sensible responses than you right now.

fr0sty3660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

Just like the cloud, software updates were never a Xbox exclusive thing (though sony isn't interested in the cloud tech because they know it's BS as much as we do).

n4rc3659d ago

But its all hype and PR spin remember.. Dx12 wasn't going to do anything, remember?

But hold on a second.. Sony is working to implement the same features? But why? They don't apply to consoles right?

Lol.. Hilarious.. Good for Sony, but some fans need to stop with the flip flopping all depending which side does it

Revolver_X_3659d ago

DX12 will improve the X1. Will it close the gap? No. #DEALWITHIT

3659d ago
geddesmond3659d ago (Edited 3659d ago )

Thats what I said last week. Sure wasn't it a few weeks before the DX12 announcement that a Sony Ice developer announced how they had something in the works to reduce ram on textures. Can't remember it fully and I'm too drunk now to search the piece but rest assured if some tech out there discovered how to reduce the memory a game used via DX12 then competition are never far behind. That's why I lol'd at how Xbots who thought DX12 would surpase their machine beyond the capabilities of thee PS4

Ever hear of reverse technology.

elninels3659d ago

@johndoe11211

Nice to meet you, voice of reason.

+ Show (11) more repliesLast reply 3659d ago
ScareFactor3660d ago

I can't wait see people praising Sony for this but they downplay and criticize Microsoft doing the same with Direct x12

Blackleg-sanji3660d ago

now was that really worth ur only bubble

KingKelloggTheWH3660d ago

People dont criticize MS for improving the console, they say it wont make up the power difference.Which it cant.

n4rc3659d ago

Yet those same Sony fans are the ones saying it would, just to argue it..

Despite one or two guys trolling you.. Nobody, especially ms has said dx12 will make the x1 faster then ps4..

Yet I can post hundreds of examples of Sony fanboys claiming everyone is saying it

Revolver_X_3659d ago

Go ahead n4rc, post'em. I'll just point out the xbot troll they are responding to. Its always fun to troll the trolls themselves. The fact that you take everything at face value on the internet deeply worries me about your gullibility.

johndoe112113660d ago

Let me stop you right there. The reason people are skeptical about direct x12 is because everyone knows that the main benefiter of direct x12 is the PC platform. It has always been. Because the xbox one is a console and already has a low level api the benefits of direct x12 is questionable. Notice I didn't say there will be no benefits, the question is, will it be as much as people are hyping it up to be?

PS4 has a custom os and what ever they are working on is designed specifically for the ps4. Not the PC or any other device. Like I said, the xbone will see improvements in the future, there is no doubt about that. The question is, will it be in the form of direct x12 and if so how much.

Kayant3660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

PS3/PS4 finally going Super Sayian :p

OT - Also add mobile to what you said in the beginning. MS has of yet outlined/shown the benefit it will have on XB1 in the same way they have outlined on PC. All they have said is "it will help" - quoting phil spencer.

@IIusive_man

And you know that how?

XB1 doesn't you DX11.2. It uses DX11.X which has DX11 features and beyond --> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dir...

Illusive_Man3660d ago

You'd be corrent DX11.2 api is low level but being low level doesn't make it automatically a good API. DX 11.2 is very inefficient, low level or not.

DK_Kithuni_713660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

I do not mind Microsoft improving on the Xbox One. They should. But stop the marketing BS please. The Sony PlayStation 4 is faster. The hardware inside just packs more punch.

imt5583660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

@ ScareFactor

Sony already has multithreading on PS4. They just work on it to improve it. InFamouse already use it, Resogun use multithreading. Xbone will have this another year with DX12.

Look how Ice Team react on DX12 announcement :

http://www.dualshockers.com...

geddesmond3659d ago

No they criticize MS because MS played it off like they had something in the works that would excel their power beyond the PS4s. Just like they have with the cloud. Smart people like me know better and know if One company can do it then so can another. It just falls to another catagory then of who had the most power

+ Show (3) more repliesLast reply 3659d ago
Pinkdolphinyfg3660d ago

You mean to tell me sony is barely hiring for improved multithreading support meanwhile microsoft has had dx12 in the works for years.

ThatOneGuyThere3660d ago

ps3 is built on multithreading and parallel processing. that was the whole point of it.

mkis0073660d ago

No...that is not what they are telling you. That is what you want to believe.

dodgefate3660d ago

This would be cool if only psn was up PSN & XBL is messed up an getting worse. Both need to work on getting there network together and then work on more games.... then work on software.

- PSN http://downdetector.com/sta...

- XBL http://downdetector.com/sta...

dodgefate3660d ago

So was PSN I own both it was the internet in some states was messing up an it is solved now.

hkgamer3660d ago

No SH!T Sherlock.

Obviously they have been working on this. You think they just been sitting on their asses waiting for devs to do tis all themselves? why do you think PS3/360 games look so good at the end of the generation?

Stupid article. can't beleive i gave them a click.

No_Limit3660d ago (Edited 3660d ago )

LOL, just do what I do, just copy the title and paste it on google. Dualshockers just uses articles/tweets/Neogaf fake insiders post for all their articles so you would find other more credible links to get the full scoop. I haven't link to Dualshockers for like 2 months now because to tell you the truth, I really hate that site and the shady way they try to bait us into their site for hits with troll bait and incomplete headlines.

Show all comments (118)
80°

Honkai Star Rail's Revival Tendencies Take Away the Seriousness of Character Deaths

While many are fans of the Honkai Star Rail story so far, The Nerd Stash believes that the deaths of Robin and Firefly no longer carry much weight.

Read Full Story >>
thenerdstash.com
80°

Wardens Rising is Set to take ARPGs in a New Direction | Chithot

Wardens Rising is looking like a promising new take on the ARPG genre, especially when played with friends.

70°

Retro FPS ‘Exophobia’ Gets Summer Release Date

Exophobia is brings back classic alien blasting today with a new demo on PC and eventually with a full release on July 23.

Read Full Story >>
hardcoregamer.com