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Post by Sarge on Oct 31, 2022 15:32:55 GMT -5
Yeah, this is definitely because of the struggles in the crypto market. Although it's absolutely worth considering that every generational leap produces less and less visual glitz to latch onto. And sure, stuff they're doing on PS5 and XSX (and high-end PCs) is impressive when you zoom in tight, but from a gameplay perspective, I'd argue we may be at a point where it simply just doesn't matter that much. Although if you base it on hitting resolution and frame rate targets, this gen leaves much to be desired, too. 4K60 appears to be less of a target than it was as devs start digging into raytracing and such.
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Post by anayo on Oct 31, 2022 16:14:24 GMT -5
Yeah, this is definitely because of the struggles in the crypto market. Although it's absolutely worth considering that every generational leap produces less and less visual glitz to latch onto. And sure, stuff they're doing on PS5 and XSX (and high-end PCs) is impressive when you zoom in tight, but from a gameplay perspective, I'd argue we may be at a point where it simply just doesn't matter that much. Although if you base it on hitting resolution and frame rate targets, this gen leaves much to be desired, too. 4K60 appears to be less of a target than it was as devs start digging into raytracing and such. For that Matrix UE5 demo (which I hope is representative of what this gen has in store for us) it was more like "render natively at 1440p, upscale that to 4K, and target 30 fps." That was for PS5 and Series X. Apparently for the Series S version of the demo they had to go in and manually pare back a lot of stuff, such as debris flying through the air from car crashes. I'm not sure what that portends for future games. In one of the gaming YouTube channels I keep up with, I heard a rumor about a game studio asking Microsoft if they could just ignore Series S system requirements and make their game Series X only.
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Post by Ex on Oct 31, 2022 21:12:50 GMT -5
if everyone's so drunk on the pursuit of short term profit that they just YOLO their way from one unsustainable gambit to the next Describes the world's collective economies at this point. Although the recklessness is done with a darker purpose. >wondering what kind of risk assessment has gone into cryptocurrency Collectively the free market (non-government) cryptocurrencies represent the Ponzi scheme to end all Ponzi schemes. >"let's assume this is going to continue forever" It's more like, "I'll sell mine just before it all crumbles", except many people have already lost fortunes in cryptocurrency markets, as will many more. GPUs being lapped up for cryptomining is a slowing demographic, partly due to better specialist machines that exceed what GPUs can mine, and also because rising cryptocurrencies do not rely on mining.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 31, 2022 23:37:17 GMT -5
Yeah, as constituted now, cryptocurrency really is a massive Ponzi scheme. Still wish I'd gotten in on it though, haha.
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