Brad Wardell, the CEO of Stardock has put in his two penny’s worth as to why the Xbox One has been having issues hitting 1080p resolutions compared to the PS4. He kinda blamed it on the flimsy RAM chips.
The game in question appears to be dubbed Auroria on Steam, which shares a plethora of similarities with Palworld.
Games Asylum: "‘Live service’ games have been the source of contention of late, fuelled by reports of numerous publishers having at least one in the pipeline. Publishers love the concept as there are countless ways to implement microtransactions while retaining player engagement. Gamers, however, tend to audibly ‘sigh’ whenever a new one is announced – they’re demanding experiences based around daily revisits and grinding. ArcRunner couldn’t be any more different, offering co-op shooting thrills while being remarkably respectful of your time."
A new month means another Sword of the Necromancer: Revenant update. This one has info for a new game writer, consoles, and game monsters.
Sorry,I can't take his words as FACTS
i need to know what N4G developers think about this first
This issue comes down to Microsoft cheaping out on the hardware as a whole. Microsoft could have developed a console twice as powerful as the PS4, especially with all the money barrels lying around.
The truth is Sony surprised not only Microsoft, but Nintendo as well, by what they released. Back before Sony and Microsoft released information concerned their plans for the next generation of consoles, you could hear it quite frequently on this site. First from the Nintendo supporters, that the WII U had the most advanced hardware on the market as far as consoles were concerned, and it was unlikely that Microsoft or, Sony would be able to muster up anything better or more powerful. At the time they were partially right! It was the most powerful at the time, but they never expected Sony or Microsoft to leave them in last place power wise.
Next Microsoft supporters kept bringing up the argument that Sony was so far into Bankruptcy that the Next Xbox (Xbox1) would win the power struggle by default, simply because Sony was/is so far in debt that it was simply impossible for Sony to compete hardware wise with the proverbial giant Goliath (Microsoft)!
In retrospect Sony used the idea and somewhat accurate information that the company as a whole was in such dire straits as an advantage over their competitors and it's paying off!
It's not always about having the most money and resources to work with! Sometimes it about working with the least amount of money and resources and, making the best out of what you have! Sony displayed strategic finesse that was IMO brilliant.
From the article:
"He went on to say that he had wished that Microsoft had chosen to use DDR5. He said this referring to the Xbox One using the cheaper DDR3 RAM. He had previously said that he thinks the Xbox Ones performance will improve when Direct X 12 arrives on the console."
I'm not saying that he isn't knowledgeable, but it seems as though commenting on each system's respective specs has been his biggest contribution to gaming this gen. I read a comment from him regarding their specs/performance at least once a month it seems. I'm rather surprised that it wasn't from Gaming Bolt this time, as he seems to be their go to source in these matters.
"Why didn't MS use their bazillions?"
"Why didn't MS pimp their console?"
"Why did MS price it higher for less spec?"
Because Microsoft are in the business to make money!
Build cheap, Sell high, Make more profit!
Regardless of whether PS4 is better or selling more units, Microsoft are still selling units in their MILLIONS and sticking on pretty decent attach rates for the big profit margin games and accessories.
Take Kinect for example, they sold it bundled, Sold a few million units, then dropped it to lower the price by something like £80, and then sold Kinect separately for something like £120! Console sales go UP, Kinect sales drop but are made up for by the fact Kinect makes even more when bought!
People (not just gamers, but also developers and media) have to get their heads out of the fanboy world of who's bigger and better and realise that for the people that own Microsoft, the shareholders, the only thing that interests them is how much their dividend payments are going to be which are directly linked to PROFITS, and NOT whether some game (that will probably sell loads regardless), outputs at 1080p or 720p! All they want to know is how much profit it will make and whether buying the exclusive rights to a sequel will double all future hardware profits!
Every single action and decision Microsoft makes, is purely for PROFIT and its all wrapped up in gamer gloss to make you think they are doing it for you! Even the "Social Feed" on the Xbox Live dashboard is not there to give gamers something fun to enjoy,its there to be the gamers version of Facebook where they can monitor who is playing what, how often, what they are saying about it, what is getting the most comments, all for market research so they can tailor the offers to you and pick up the exclusives and DLC that matter most to gamers, etc.
Sony are doing the same but the costs of not realising that early on are horrific for the company. They offered Multiplayer for free on the PS3 and then had to suck up the immense server costs while their rival demanded a £30 subscription and raked in something like £600 Million a year thanks to it, and the fact the PS3 came bundled with so much technology that it became too powerful and costly for the early years for both Sony to sell and developers to get to grips with, while Microsoft knocked out a console with a much criticised DVD drive that even today, 7 years on is still (only just) used for games, showed Sony care about the gamers needs, but totally mismanaged their business and forgot its about the profits. They presumed bigger is better and with it comes riches and it simply doesn't.
To be fair to Sony this generation, although still catering to the gamers needs, they do seem to be more careful with the purse strings and looking at profit margins, hence the PS+ subscription, something they fiercely criticised Xbox 360 for ever having is now something that they proudly boast as being the best value.
Is the PS4 and their new focus of profit doing enough to save an entire company? Its a division that many regard as successful, but if the rest of the company is folding division by division (and it is!), how long can the gaming and entertainment divisions hold up until they get their overall act together. It may weather its storm and come out stronger, or the shareholders bottle it and the gaming or entertainment divisions could be sold off to stem mounting losses. If that does happen, someone at Sony is going to have to ask the difficult questions "Do we sell off James Bond, or do we sell off Playstation?"
Hopefully it will never come to that, but it is business after all and profit is what the Shareholders want, not lose money to pander to gamers.