Netflix hasnt stopped DVD/Bluray sales and Spotify/Pandora haven't stopped music sales. So I wouldn't worry about things like Shield or PSNow stopping game sales. Also, CDPR is all about giving gamers what they want. If someone wants to stream Witcher 3 through one of these things, then why not let them? They put Witcher 1 and 2 on Onlive many years ago too. People having the freedom to enjoy media by whatever means they prefer is a really great thing.
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I remember streaming a demo of TW2 to my crappy old pre-built using onlive. I think streaming is cool, but I don't think it will ever over take you actually buying the game.
If you think you own your game here you re gravely mistaken ...I won't argue on this because it's not the topic but I would say that I don't like the idea of fast food video games. No physical version just destroy the aura of Video Games as art What you say looks like both marketing and fan speech lol. To me all your arguments are invalid (besides life taught me that money saved isn't necessary reinvested). But it's only my point of view. I stop gaming if it becomes the norm. Period^^ Mp if you want to keep talking about this I would Gladly debate this with youYep, that's what I'm saying to a point. It's a fine line, yes I want to play offline too when I want. Serious...
I used to be all about having a disc, but you know what, I found going digital is better in a lot of ways. #1 less trash/polution/money fucking up our awesome planet Earth. #2 you can infact play digital downloaded games offline. #3 It's more silent on the console. #4 The game loads faster. #5 you never have to worry about your disc getting scratched or worn. #6 Devs save money that can help fund new games like CP2077. #7 You don't have to get up out of your chair to change discs for each game you want to play. #8 You buy it once, you will always own it. It is the future bro
@thisismadness: It hasn't yet
But back on topic
Sorry for the digression.
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HaHa... a marketing/fan speech, nope just the facts bro.
Anyways, it's not like they are going to ban physical discs anytime soon, if ever.
Personally, as a consumer myself so to speak, it's just more efficient in every way in general.
That's all I'm saying, it's more than an opinion man.
Okay back to topic
Anyways, it's not like they are going to ban physical discs anytime soon, if ever.
Personally, as a consumer myself so to speak, it's just more efficient in every way in general.
That's all I'm saying, it's more than an opinion man.
Okay back to topic
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This seems to be a case of confirmation bias at its finest. On the one hand we have dozens of journalists who got their hands on the game during the preview event back in January - all of whom (or almost all of them, before someone gets nitpicky) were mightily impressed with the visual aspects of the game no matter what platform* they played on and have written extensively about it. On the other hand there's this guy on youtube who looks like he's seventeen** and can barely express with words why he found the graphics lacking - he's literally not able to formulate a coherent response beyond "Well, density and expansiveness might reduce fidelity" (which is just parroting what the other guys have suggested as the reason for his disappointment) when asked to elaborate on his impression - that gets people overly worried.What is interesting to me is that the last two immpresions of the game i read were that the W3 looks amazing and that is very believable (and one guy says that if you have a high end PC you are in for a treat), but on the other hand this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHTz2GZOq8 said that everything in the game is great, except the graphic are not as good as he tought it would be, and that because of that the game doesnt feel believable as it could. So exactly opposite of what the first two said, why there is so much difference in opinion? Only clue is that since the guy who said it doesnt look so good, stated that game looks like it is on XBOX 360, so i think that he played on X1, and the guys who said graphics are great played it on PC.
I could be wrong, but I had to share my thoughts, I am really glad that they said it looks great.
Are we just going to ignore all the journalists who had such an overwhelming positive take on the game - especially in regards to the graphics - or assume that, since they play games for a living, the clearly don't know what they're talking about (being all naive and impressionable), or worse, have all been bribed by CDPR?
I mean, I get that we are oftentimes suspicious of too much hype and praise, and thus tend to see dissenting voices as "the ones who dare to speak the truth", and given the ever-present downgrade talk in this forum I can see how this might confirm some folks' fear. But come on ... the guy seemed really out of his depth in regards to the visual quality of the game, and not just because of his clearly hyperbolic XBox 360 comparison. Now, if he had further detailed (textures, lighting, resolution, shaders, AA, draw distance etc.) what exactly bothered him so much and not appeared so clueless and unsure when discussing the specifics of "graphical fidelity", I perhaps might have taken him a bit more serious.Also, where are those other people he refers to that alledgedly shared his disappointment? One might think they would have found some outlet to voice their opinion by now. It's not like there is some kind of embargo in place that prohibits them from posting or something similar.
With that being said, I agree with Geralt_of_bsas, who not only pointed out that we already have console footage (even if the amount is rather scarce compared to the plethora of PC footage) and images that give us an indication how the finished product will look like, but that, after playing the game for a while, you won't pay that much attention to individual graphical elements that might be a tad better realized on another platform anyway. You'll be too occupied by this freakin' awesome game, its world, characters, game mechanics, plot, atmosphere, missions etc.pp.
*Despite the reports that the PC version on High settings looks the best out of the three (which was to be expected, so no surprise there), I can't remember anyone describing the XBox One version as bad looking or anything to that effect. Far from it. The general consensus seemed to be that The Witcher 3, overall, will be the best looking game on any platform thus far.
**Not to go all ad hominem here - after all, he's able to convey the astonisment the sheer immersive quality of the game creates quite well - but he wouldn't be my go-to guy for seeking information on the more technical facets of gaming.
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I always love interviews with Jose. The enthusiasm and honesty of the guy just spreads to you For example you can see that he doesn't care about parity PR ("Same experience" talks). He just flat out states the truth
Anyway, it's a little old now so some technical stuff might not be applicable; but all in all it is a great interview. Thanks for sharing @Rpac.605!
For example you can see that he doesn't care about parity PR ("Same experience" talks). He just flat out states the truth Anyway, it's a little old now so some technical stuff might not be applicable; but all in all it is a great interview. Thanks for sharing @Rpac.605!
Jose's legendary cloud shadows, I'm not sure they've made the cut. We'll see. I don't think I ever seen it in a game before. That interviewer really put him on the spot.
I didnt mean anything bad with my post, of course I dont believe that W3 looks on X1 like X360, we all saw griffin hunt on X1 and it looks great, I only wanted to show the difference in opinions between guys who played it, in the end all of us who write on this forum will play the game no matter what, at least I know i will
Oh my god, I wanted rain coming from the actual cloud, not changing for whole area at once, and It seems I will get it!
I hope we will see views like this:
Imagine that with complex volumetric clouds...
My gpu gets hot just by looking at this picture.Oh my god, I wanted rain coming from the actual cloud, not changing for whole area at once, and It seems I will get it!
I hope we will see views like this:
Imagine that with complex volumetric clouds...
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Dont say such things. We all know it can't be realtime rain and cloud system. At least for now. He just said that he don't want the weather changed in 1 second like it was in AC black flag or in far cry 4 but more naturally. After such posts some people will think it will be realtime and when they jump to game they will begin to say its downgraded.Oh my god, I wanted rain coming from the actual cloud, not changing for whole area at once, and It seems I will get it!
I hope we will see views like this:
Imagine that with complex volumetric clouds...
Good luck with that. There are already countless posts about how this or that footage is XBox 1, "it is known" (while the only non-PC footage was the first one, the griffin hunt). People are waving around baseless statements pulled from who knows where and are insanely inflating their own expectations. It's no longer speculation, things are simply being invented at this point. Whether positive or negative.
Why? This is a design feature, It doesn't have to be perfect or based on actual volumetric clouds and fully realistic particles.
Did you even listened to what this guys said? He said clearly 'u see rainclouds coming'. That is a clear statement, especially when he also said that he didn't want to make 'skyrim-like' transition. He also said that he is TRYING to design it that way and I said that I really HOPE to see something like that.
So many people here creates an illusion that they know more than the others, but not all of them actually listen or understand what is being said...
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I'm pretty sure I read an article from this year's hands-on which described the brewing of storms in the distance.
We both are talking about same thing. Simply you did not understand what i mean.
"It doesn't have to be perfect or based on actual volumetric clouds and fully realistic particles. "
Just read to which post i replayed and unswered then judge me.
Most of the article is about the combat,what (still) sounds promisng.(sorry if it was posted before)
http://www.twinfinite.net/2015/03/16/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-preview-pax-east-2015/
http://www.twinfinite.net/2015/03/16/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-preview-pax-east-2015/
The Witcher 3 interview: CEO Marcin Iwiński
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/witcher-3-interview-ceo-marcin-iwiski-sexism-free-dlc-game-thrones-1492540
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/witcher-3-interview-ceo-marcin-iwiski-sexism-free-dlc-game-thrones-1492540
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