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The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4

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Re: The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4

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Post by jsnell »

salimmadjd wrote: post #10
erickhill wrote: post #6

Took me a while to discover the meat of the article was hidden inside a drop-down navigation system. I honestly nearly bailed thinking, "This is all there is?" What an awful idea. Thank goodness I saw it at the last minute.

>Took me a while to discover the meat of the article was hidden inside a drop-down navigation system I agree! I hate their navigation UI. In general drop downs should only be used for familiar lists (counties, states, etc.) However, some of their articles are very detailed and has numerous pages and they need to provide a quick access to individual pages. One work around is to provide a simple "Next >>" at the bottom…

There are forward and backward links at the bottom of each section.

Re: The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4

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Post by rammark »

erickhill wrote: post #6

Took me a while to discover the meat of the article was hidden inside a drop-down navigation system. I honestly nearly bailed thinking, "This is all there is?" What an awful idea. Thank goodness I saw it at the last minute.

This is pretty much standard on hardware benchmarking and review sites. I'm not saying that it's a good design, but it's not unique to this site.

Re: The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4

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Post by wmf »

rbanffy wrote: post #3

It looks like the Sony machine will be more expensive (or its profit margins will be a lot lower). The PS4 seems to have a lot more hardware under the hood than the One. Having said that, as I pointed out elsewhere, it's now how many things your device does, but how well it does the thing that'll define its function. If it's an entertainment system, it's how well it entertains people. If it's a videogame, it's how fu…

The extra CUs in the PS4 are offset by the ESRAM in the One; I would expect the die size is similar. Sony has more expensive RAM, though.

Re: The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4

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Post by landr0id »

rammark wrote: post #12
erickhill wrote: post #6

Took me a while to discover the meat of the article was hidden inside a drop-down navigation system. I honestly nearly bailed thinking, "This is all there is?" What an awful idea. Thank goodness I saw it at the last minute.

This is pretty much standard on hardware benchmarking and review sites. I'm not saying that it's a good design, but it's not unique to this site.

It really needs to pop more though. I noticed the links to the top-left and top-right of the select and really wondered why they aren't forward/back arrows. They could at least have chevrons.

Re: The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison to PlayStation 4

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Post by josh2600 »

shock-value wrote: post #9
rbanffy wrote: post #3

It looks like the Sony machine will be more expensive (or its profit margins will be a lot lower). The PS4 seems to have a lot more hardware under the hood than the One. Having said that, as I pointed out elsewhere, it's now how many things your device does, but how well it does the thing that'll define its function. If it's an entertainment system, it's how well it entertains people. If it's a videogame, it's how fu…

Not necessarily -- the Xbox include a Kinect in the box which will increase its price/lower its profit margin. The PS4 has a camera but nothing as sophisticated/expensive as the Kinect.

Total Tangent: I just saw Jaron Lanier speak in SF last night and he was very proud of the work he did on the Kinect.

I find that particularly interesting in light of his sort of decrying the digital-social culture we've developed in the last decade. Strange guy with a lot of really different opinions; was a lot of fun.

The Xbox including the new Kinect definitely lowers margins, but if Kinect becomes an integral part of the gaming experience it will be a sound bet.

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Post by Tomdarkness »

michielvoo wrote: post #15

I understand that native Xbox 360 games will not run on Xbox One, but games developed using XNA should be able to run if Microsoft ports the CLR to Xbox One no?

Edit: Removed. Been quite a while since I played with XNA, totally forgot they discontinued it.
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