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June 15, 2013 11:14:58 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

I ran across this I don't know if it is true or not if it is LOL

 

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Xbox-One-Games-E3-Were-Running-Windows-7-With-Nvidia-GTX-Cards-56737.html

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Illauna
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Reply #1 June 16, 2013 9:17:41 AM
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That's one of the lateast blunders they've done and it's funny 

 

First they use Nvidia cards instead of AMD ones (which they're gonna use in the Xbone) which implies they know or don't trust AMDs cards to be good enough (especially not as the AMD cards in the Xbone are middleclass lvl!)

 

Secondly, they use Windows 7. Not even Microsoft uses Windows 8 

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Reply #2 June 16, 2013 9:21:25 AM
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Lol..... Windows 8 = Fail

 

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Reply #3 June 17, 2013 2:53:55 AM
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I was under the impression this was a common practice, I recall reading more or less the same thing during a past E3.

Also seems like a bit of a logic fallacy to act like it`s a bad thing. The only thing that demonstrations using a Windows machine implies is that a high end computer is better than a $500 console. What a surprise.

What this does not imply is that the consoles are not up to the task of playing the games. When you`re dealing with non-production ready games, on an in development console that has not been thoroughly tested (at least, relative to say Windows 7), and doing a live demonstration that will likely reach millions of people, take every advantage you can get.

 

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Reply #4 June 17, 2013 4:16:06 PM
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It is a common practice.  There are more reasons to do this when the game is for a console that hasn't released yet.  

It could be the case that demoing the game on a PC is the only option.  The few dev kits the developer has can't be used for demos at E3 (and they would be foolish do so even if they could).  It could be the same for test kits or retail boxes, if they even have any.  First parties do a lot to protect their upcoming hardware releases.

It could be for some other reason.  There are plenty of understandable game-in-development reasons.  There are some equivalents to doctoring screenshots too.

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Reply #5 June 18, 2013 1:11:01 PM
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Quoting happybjorn,
reply 4

It is a common practice.  There are more reasons to do this when the game is for a console that hasn't released yet.  

It could be the case that demoing the game on a PC is the only option.  The few dev kits the developer has can't be used for demos at E3 (and they would be foolish do so even if they could).  It could be the same for test kits or retail boxes, if they even have any.  First parties do a lot to protect their upcoming hardware releases.

It could be for some other reason.  There are plenty of understandable game-in-development reasons.  There are some equivalents to doctoring screenshots too.

 

I can understand making a few modifications but these booths were to promote the XBOX itself. They were not the developers promoting their games. For the developers it is understandable for them to have the a stable system. Microsoft however is trying to pass off a PC as the new XBOX one with nothing in this setup remotely close to whats in an XBOX. 

At least Sony put up their dev kits. Hey they crashed sometimes but I can forgive a system thats in beta crashing far more then another company deceiving people into thinking that this new system can do all this cool stuff in the beta version but not be the system. 

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Reply #6 June 25, 2013 12:07:33 AM
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Quoting Illauna,
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I can understand making a few modifications but these booths were to promote the XBOX itself. They were not the developers promoting their games. For the developers it is understandable for them to have the a stable system. Microsoft however is trying to pass off a PC as the new XBOX one with nothing in this setup remotely close to whats in an XBOX. 

At least Sony put up their dev kits. Hey they crashed sometimes but I can forgive a system thats in beta crashing far more then another company deceiving people into thinking that this new system can do all this cool stuff in the beta version but not be the system. 

They can do what they like. The fact of the matter is that unless someone pulls out a 'release ready' Xbox One and demonstrates that it can not perform as expected, failing in such a way as to indicate that using a PC was the only way they could make it look good, it really makes difference. 

 

If it works when it's needed to work, that's all the matters, does not make a bit of difference what they used to make it do so during some demos.

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