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EPIC forced to "Rewrite" parts of Unreal Engine 5 demo to "Keep up" with PS5's SSD

geordiemp

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If this is as much a game changer as sweeney is suggesting it is (I wouldn't 100% take his word on anything - the guy is a snake oil salesman) then it's a good thing for everyone because it represents a huge step forward in a way that we haven't seen in many years.

I understand those who want to verify what is factual and what is not, but I do not understand those who are upset and bitter about this. These people are quite simply not interested in tech outside of what their favourite companies are doing and that's sad.

You have your thoughts about Tim, thats fine (I dont know him, seems cool guy), but what he and Cerny are saying is the same thing. Maybe they are both making it up ?

Yes its a shift in rendering quality assets, 1080p using huge assets looks better than any ps2 game even at at 8K60, and its logical that the whole pipeline is now important and thats what the UE5 demo clearly showed.

Yes it has blown open every gaming message board since (for good reason)..
 
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ethomaz

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So you think Epic and only Epic was given permission to show off the PS5 capabilities and Sony had no say in that. This is what your brain put together? Fascinating.
Any dev can show PS5 footage of their games.
There is no restriction about that.

You can't show the devkit or the console.
Or talk about any related non-public PS5 feature.

They choose to demo their new engine on PS5... how is that hard to understand? My brain is fine btw.
 
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ToadMan

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the guy is a snake oil salesman

I don’t see how you can justify saying that... He’s been in the industry a long time and his engine has become a staple of both indies and AAA games across many platforms.

It seems to me he’s the opposite of “snake oil salesman” - his product works and has made money for him and his clients.

Compare that to more famous “snake oil salesmen” - Peter Molyneux springs to mind, and that Milo demo as well. I mean that was deliberate misrepresentation. And Kinect canned demos. Actually there have been a lot.

Epic are enthusiastic about their tech - but I don’t think they’re selling a fake product or one which won’t perform. Why would they? They’ll be found out by the first devs to try and get a triangle up...
 
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geordiemp

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I should add, it would be cool to compare the the final image between the two consoles if the XsX was able to run it at a higher resolution with maybe more from Lumen vs PS5’s better assets (or is it just more assets?) and more from Nanite

Here is a thought process for you.

Put in a DVD at 720P of a movie and compare the image quality (infinite assets) vs a Ps2 game running at 4K emulated on a PC (they are easy to find). What looks better ?

15 % TF extra - a. slower GHz - b. MS slower abstract api layers - c. virtualisation slowing it down....
 
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nikolino840

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No there isn’t because .... SURPRISE!.... the consoles haven’t launched yet so we’re looking at capabilities and predicting outcomes.

If you’re not happy with that, then come back after launch.

Until then, Xsex with half speed SSD - limits texture size and geometry fidelity - and a VRAM limit - again limiting texture size - has some hurdles to overcome to match PS5 streaming performance.

A modest gpu width advantage isn’t going to double texture resolution.
You don't know.. they have worked for months for that demo..

The only things we can see for multiplatforms games,but not that demo
 

Jayjayhd34

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no, for multiplatform games, devs use the lowest common denominator, so it would be PCs with traditional HDDs.


''common denominator'' is constantly evolving. look at how quickly people adapted and changed to SATA from IDE.

Or when CPus stopped being supported due to SSE instructions.
 

GHG

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You have your thoughst about Tim, thats fine (I dont know him, seems cool guy), but what he and Cerny are saying is the same thing. Maybe they are both making it up ?

Yes its a shift in rendering quality assets, 1080p using huge assets looks better than any ps2 game even at at 8K60, and its logical that the whole pipeline is now important and thats what the UE5 demo clearly showed.

Yes it has blown open every gaming message board since (for good reason)..

Nah I'm not accusing him of making it up, I wouldn't go that far, but he's had a history of bending the truth to portray himself and his company as better than they are. He will tell people what they want to hear dependant on who the audience is at any given time.

He's basically Phil Spencer of the PC gaming world - which is ironic considering he's gone toe to toe with Microsoft and Xbox on a lot of issues regarding the windows store in the past only for him to then create something equally abhorrent with the Epic Games Store. He will wax lyrical with his words, get everyone on side, and then flip the switch to exploit you when the time is right. You basically need to treat almost every tweet and word he says as PR, and then remove the fluff to try and decipher the facts.

At the end of the day the man has an engine to promote and there will be a big market of PS5 developers out there considering what engine to select for their next project.

Just a pinch (not a mountain) of salt is necessary when speaking about what he says.
 
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Degree

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PCs will catch up for sure, wonder if some of the new PC cards will have enhanced I/O remains to be seen - there is always a solution somewhere. Not yet though..

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not talking about PC. Talking about XSX. Sustained performance. Much more TFLops without overclocking to insane levels.
No variable frequencies. Everything stable.
Anyway, we will see when we have the DF threads. Then all this speculation can finally end.
Can’t wait! No more ssd nonsense.
 
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Jtibh

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You didn't use the capital letter in "Dealer", so you deserve the punishment of auto-refresh mode. Now your reading will be lost into oblivion.
And noooooo i wont use capital letter for dealer.
Make me think of that Dealer you know the one and only idiot who called gaffers trash
 

Bryank75

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Most ue5 third party games are not gonna use the major difference in ps5 ssd.

If this thing really permits groundbreaking stuff at level design level compared to sex ssd, devs are not gonna waste money and time to create 2 different version of the same game.
What if XBox game sales are really low due to Gamepass?
I can see studios just going exclusive to PS5 to make what they want and use the new tech while not sacrificing too much in sales.
 
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Degree

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Epic showed off THEIR engine - it happens they chose PS5 to show it, presumably that's where they felt it looked best.

Do you know how marketing works? its a marketing deal.
it’s was the same with ps4. They did an exclusive demo, too.
It’s just MARKETING. and we will see what Sony paid for it, maybe their games come to the epic games store or so.
 
Winning is winning though.

I'll take it.
Hey, i commend you on being honest. I can't be mad at that. This is the truth. As long as it's 4k/60, nothing else really matter. 4k/60 is the ammunition they're looking for. It's the end all be all bullet point for the argument in the console wars. That's the name of the game.
 
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geordiemp

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not talking about PC. Talking about XSX. Sustained performance. Much more TFLops without overclocking to insane levels.
No variable frequencies. Everything stable.
Anyway, we will see when we have the DF threads. Than all this speculation can finally end.

Glad you like your terrafloppies, its a nice simple number to keep you happy. I am sure Jaguar games made for HDD will win you many a DF face off.

I am sure XSX will be a last gen monster.
 
You don't know.. they have worked for months for that demo..

The only things we can see for multiplatforms games,but not that demo

Majority of third party games at launch will be cross-gen. Nothing realistic or certain if you will can be expected to be drawn from those. It's up to first party, from both MS and Sony to set the standard and show the promise of next gen...... to which these third parties will try to conform as they release their next-gen only sequels 1 year after launch. In a first party battle, I wouldn't bet on Xbox if my savings depended on it but I'm open to surprise. There is also always those second party moneyhats that each camp can pull out. Godfall being one.
 
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Degree

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What if XBox game sales are really low due to Gamepass?
I can see studios just going exclusive to PS5 to make what they want and use the new tech while not sacrificing too much in sales.

No, they would just not release their games on game pass. Not all games are on game pass. No one is forced to release their games on game pass.
What are you even talking about? Also, the Games would still come to pc with their old HDD tech, so wouldn’t change anything.
 

Degree

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Glad you like your terrafloppies, its a nice simple number to keep you happy. I am sure Jaguar games made for HDD will win you many a DF face off.

I am sure XSX will be a last gen monster.

like scorn and the medium? What kind of nextgen only games did Sony announce for PS5? Anyway, as I said, let’s wait for the DF threads.
fact is, so far, more XSX only games are announced and shown than for PS5. Fact.
 

Degree

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Ah you just joined, discord send in the warriors.

Are you timdog ? You write posts like him

what are you Talking about?
Ok TELL ME: Scorn and Medium are coming to XSX and not Xbox one.
How many games have been announced for PS5 that are not coming to PS4?
Tell me please. And stop with derailing the thread
 

GHG

Member
No, they would just not release their games on game pass. Not all games are on game pass. No one is forced to release their games on game pass.
What are you even talking about? Also, the Games would still come to pc with their old HDD tech, so wouldn’t change anything.

SSD's will start becoming minimum spec in the next couple of years. Not necessarily pcie 4 SSD's but Sata SSD's are dirt cheap now and are pretty widespread. The transition can happen quicker than most realise.
 
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Bryank75

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No, they would just not release their games on game pass. Not all games are on game pass. No one is forced to release their games on game pass.
What are you even talking about? Also, the Games would still come to pc with their old HDD tech, so wouldn’t change anything.
Unfortunately gamepass effects the entire ecosystem. If you offer a lot of cheap but decent games, many people don't have time or need to buy games beyond that service outside the core audience.... leaving a very small pool of potential buyers. It's hunger for content basically...
 

ethomaz

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Do you know how marketing works? its a marketing deal.
it’s was the same with ps4. They did an exclusive demo, too.
It’s just MARKETING. and we will see what Sony paid for it, maybe their games come to the epic games store or so.
So where is that marketing deal that even Epic said it didn't happen.
There is no PS5 logo.
There is no Sony push for the demo or anything like.

Where is that market deal? lol
 

geordiemp

Member
what are you Talking about?
Ok TELL ME: Scorn and Medium are coming to XSX and not Xbox one.
How many games have been announced for PS5 that are not coming to PS4?
Tell me please. And stop with derailing the thread

Scorn, a german team kickstarter group that ran out of money before phil threw them some coin in the begging bowl is now the new Bungie ?


Keep going....priceless.
 
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Jtibh

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To sum it up all i see is a lot of praise for ps5 from devs to tech guys etc

I feel we are back to psone and ps2 era.
Easy develop for good tools shorter dev times etc etc.
Is it cause of ssd? I dont know but what i know this console IS designed for developers to make awesome games in a much shorter time.

No one but absolutely no one can ever convince me to choose ps5 over xsx. Years later sure but for launch no way.

Xsx is stronger more powerful but its microsoft who cant put that to use since the 360.

You can have the biggest fattest dick but if you cant get it hard its nothing but a firehose
 
what are you Talking about?
Ok TELL ME: Scorn and Medium are coming to XSX and not Xbox one.
How many games have been announced for PS5 that are not coming to PS4?
Tell me please. And stop with derailing the thread

Do you like Lion manes?
 
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Degree

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SSD's will start becoming minimum spec in the next couple of years. Not necessarily pcie 4 SSD's but Sara SSD's are dirt cheap now and are pretty widespread. The transition can happen quicker than most realise.

devs would still use these SSD as the lowest common denominator and Build their games around PC SSD, and not PS5 ssd.

Unfortunately gamepass effects the entire ecosystem. If you offer a lot of cheap but decent games, many people don't have time or need to buy games beyond that service outside the core audience.... leaving a very small pool of potential buyers. It's hunger for content basically...

any proof for that? Well, then it would be the same for PSnow. Which also has new aaa games at a cheap price, they even have control now. And other new games. So, Yeah. Both PS5 and XSX are doomed! oh no
 

Bryank75

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devs would still use these SSD as the lowest common denominator and Build their games around PC SSD, and not PS5 ssd.



any proof for that? Well, then it would be the same for PSnow. Which also has new aaa games at a cheap price, they even have control now. And other new games. So, Yeah. Both PS5 and XSX are doomed! oh no
If they go too hard into the streaming / subscription game...yes, I believe it will severely hurt their business. That includes PlayStation... I am not a fan of PSNow.
 

GHG

Member
devs would still use these SSD as the lowest common denominator and Build their games around PC SSD, and not PS5 ssd.

You do realise that's a huge leap forward right?

Also you guys need to get your facts straight. You can't say on one hand that the Series X won't be affected (and prevented from reaching max performance) by having to scale down to current gen consoles on one hand but then on the other hand say that the PS5 will be affected by games needing to scale down to slower SSD's.

Just an observation I've made, it's an interesting one.
 
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geordiemp

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Well? I’m waiting. What games have been announced for PS5 that do not come to PS4?

we got two games for XSX. How about PS5?


you are so hilarious. Funniest person ever. Why are shitpost like this allowed?

Can you read ? Yes / No.

What does the thread title say ? Does it say come here for Fanboy list wars by Timdog ?

We are talking about image quality for next gen and the next step up in rendering, shown by ps5 and the god tier SSD which is better than high end pC at this time. And as the thread title says, it was so fast Epic had to rewrite the code to keep up.

Is that useful ?
 
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Degree

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Scorn, a german team kickstarter group that ran out of money before phil threw them some coin in the begging bowl is now the new Bungie ?


Keep going....priceless.

Can you read ? Yes / No.

What does the thread title say ?

Does it say come here for Fanboy list wars by Timdog ?

nice moving goal posts. Fact is: there are two games currently announced that are coming to XSX and not Xbox one.
there is a single game announced for ps5 that is not coming to PS4.

so which machine is the lastgen jaguar console?
I mean you just mentioned something regarding it. Looks like it’s not the XSX, since it has more nextgen only games than the other announced.
Why are alts like you allowed? What is this, the 20th iteration of you?

Exactly the same posting pattern every, single, time.

why are you derailing the thread? Why do you have an Xbox avatar although you are clearly hating Xbox?
 
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geordiemp

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nice moving goal posts. Fact is: there are two games currently announced that are coming to XSX and not Xbox one.
there is a single game announced for ps5 that is not coming to PS4.

so which machine is the lastgen jaguar console?
I mean you just mentioned something regarding it. Looks like it’s not the XSX, since it has more nextgen only games than the other announced.

I just want to know what alt account you are, you have been here before and changed you name...Your hiding...

Please be timdog, we need a laugh. Your not Colbert, he is not as stupid.
 
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Jtibh

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Well? I’m waiting. What games have been announced for PS5 that do not come to PS4?

we got two games for XSX. How about PS5?


you are so hilarious. Funniest person ever. Why are shitpost like this allowed?
Dude start coughing so maybe your balls drop or use your hand to pull them out dint know.

Sony didnt had the chance to show up their games for ps5 yet as its now delayed due to all these wonderfull people breaking into stores desperatly looking for ps5 .

Xbox had a gameplay event they had games shown now we are still waiting for sony.

Come back to us after the sony event and we can tell you more.
 

Degree

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Dude start coughing so maybe your balls drop or use your hand to pull them out dint know.

Sony didnt had the chance to show up their games for ps5 yet as its now delayed due to all these wonderfull people breaking into stores desperatly looking for ps5 .

Xbox had a gameplay event they had games shown now we are still waiting for sony.

Come back to us after the sony event and we can tell you more.

ok, then let’s wait. Hopefully Sony will reveal something this year. Still, acting like Xbox series x has only currentgen games is ridiculous. We already have two games announced that are nextgen only on XSX
 
not talking about PC. Talking about XSX. Sustained performance. Much more TFLops without overclocking to insane levels.
No variable frequencies. Everything stable.
Anyway, we will see when we have the DF threads. Then all this speculation can finally end.
Can’t wait! No more ssd nonsense.

No no no, if the Xbox comes out ahead it will be because of parity clauses holding the PS5 back.

Just you wait!
 

GHG

Member
why are you derailing the thread? Why do you have an Xbox avatar although you are clearly hating Xbox?

You want to know something funny? I have this avatar because I was accused of being an Xbox fanboy.

I now wear my fanboyism on my sleeve. You should be happy that you get to see your shining light with every post I create.

And ah yes, the classic "you're a hater" line. Sorry I don't unashamedly shill for them even when they are stinking up the place.

I'm sure I'll see you again someday, just try to make the next iteration less obvious. Evolution, not replication, leads to survival. Did science teach you nothing?
 
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