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Re: PS5 Won't Play PS3, PS2, or PS1 Games

Callmegil

Cerny: The way we achieve backwards compatibility is by using the previous chip on our new chipset — we're only using PS4's chip

People on the Internet: I sure hope they have PS3/2/1 backwards compatibility!

It's funny how a company can tell people something and they expect the complete opposite.

Re: There's Been a Big Scandal About Whether PS5 Can Run Games in 4K

Callmegil

Another thing about Dusk Golem, I read the entire Twitter thread and there's a comment he made saying: "I know this may be hard to hear, but it's what's going to happen" — like he's actually developing a game for it. Then to defend his whole rumour he says: "for time and time again, we've been hearing that Sony would wait for Microsoft to show their price first to under cut them and look they haven't announced a price yet" — how dense can this man be? Sony themselves said what their strategy was BEFORE the official PS5 reveal.

Man's full of it.

Re: The Microphone in PS5's DualSense Controller Will Identify Users and Eliminate Crosstalk

Callmegil

@Paranoimia After the Facebook scandal, privacy is being taken much more seriously. Nothing is used unless you give permission. I don't see it being any different with PlayStation. Besides headphones/ earphones have built-in microphones, the moment you plug one on Dualshock 4, shouldn't that have the same level of concern?

People have multiple devices collecting their info and now they're concerned with privacy lol.

Re: PS5 Is the Better Next-Gen Console, According to Crytek Developer

Callmegil

PlayStation opted for efficiency and changing game design so developers don't have to work harder on optimization, duplication or make areas to help load the game. Everyone seems to be sleeping on this and instead are focusing on a metric that doesn't even define performance.

Bigger and better worlds, easier time developing, instantaneous asset streaming— does that not mean anything?

Re: More Developers Sing PS5's Praises After Tech Specs Reveal

Callmegil

People are not being interested in reading a technical "long and boring wall of text" is the reason we have people who believe Xbox is marginally more powerful than PS5.

It still baffles me because it's an either/or:

  • Either you don't care, therefore you shouldn't talk about it
  • Or you do care, therefore you should get informed.

Re: Nintendo Putting Pressure on Sony to Remove Dreams Creations on PS4

Callmegil

MatPat covered this in his fan-art video:

  • The art you make is yours, not the content is not. The company can't claim it, because they didn't make the art and you can't publish it because the content is copyrighted.

Therefore, the best approach is to make it and not publish it. If you have a top of the line lawyer, or you can represent yourself in court (provided you have the license to do it), you'd win this case easy. It's a non-profit project and clearly for educational purposes (Fair Use).

Re: PS5 SSD Represents 'Biggest Leap in My Career', Says The Last of Us 2 Co-Game Director

Callmegil

@TurboTom RDNA 2 CU is not the same as CUs in previous GPUs. They are 66% larger and PlayStation is running each CU at a whopping 2.3GHz! This is the highest there is on the market right now and let me reiterate by saying: if Sony wanted to, they could have gone higher (at the cost of a more expensive power supply and cooling solution).

There is nothing to be disappointed about if you know how it works in perspective.

Re: PS5 Is 'Awesome' and 'The Most Exciting Hardware in 20 Years'

Callmegil

@Heavyarms55
Short answer: No.
Long answer: The idea of 3D audio is having sounds bounce off walls and ceilings at particular angles to give a sensation of locality and presence. With Atmos, you need a receiver to process the audio codec. Sony's 360 Reality Audio doesn't need to do that, instead it processes and angles, volume and distance, so you don't have to. PlayStation is taking the same approach by reinventing that technology and making it better.