une des nouvelles tof de HS ds sa resolution native
et une image de R&C

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pour HS ca a l'aire d'etre un veritable FB grab et l'IQ va etre excelente dans ce cas car ca a bien l'aire d'etre du MSAA 4x (excepté sur les primitive transparente comme la trainé de l'epée pour les raison qu'on connait)
donc en + d'etre spectaculaire il risque d'etre aussi tres propre , HD + AA 4x
je suis pressé de voir ce que ca donnera sur l'ecran

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26299

SCEA s'associe à Nielsen pour vérifier améliorer l'efficacité de la pub sur le PSN et dans les jeux.

Pour finir avec Killzone 2, la conference est bien le 11 juillet a 6h30 heure locale et 18h30 heure francaise ?


Je rentre surement le 11 dans l'apres midi, ca serait dommage de tout rater.

Une petite info intéressante sur GoW PSP, je crois pas qu'elle a été postée. Un des développeurs du jeu parle sur le topic HS de neogaf : http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6906886&postcount=855

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We are NOW running the game at 333mhz. If you read the link I posted there was some confusion in what he was saying. We found out about the whole CPU unlocking at the same time everyone else found out. Haha, we were JUST as happy as you guys are to hear about this. On dev kits you can run your game at 333 and trust me I cried really soft tears whenever I would at the prospect of what "could" be. And now, it's no longer "could" but, "**** yes"

En gros les vidéos qu'on a pu voir du jeu étaient encore en 222 Mhz, et le jeu final sera donc surement supérieur

Dans l'interview de Naughty Dog postée par Tiberius (celle de Threespeech), il y a pas mal de choses qu'on sait déjà (notamment sur l'histoire et les personnages), mais il y a aussi des trucs intéressants :

Comment créez vous les différents lieux ?
Nous avons décidé de choisir une voie qui apporte de l'émotion au photoréalisme - il ne s'agit pas de copier la réalité mais de créer un expérience. Nous ne regardons pas ce que fait l'industrie du jeu pour nous en inspirer, nous regardons le cinéma et les dernières technologies employées (pas cette industrie). Et nous avons revu le processus de création, par exemple tous les personnages et l'environnement ont été modelés à partir de rien (ils sont partis de zéro) plutôt qu'acquis après un scannérisation, ce qui permet une liberté artistique totale.

Les shaders dictent la façon dont la lumière interagit avec les objets. Par exemple, le sub-surface lightinh nous permet de capturer la lumière d'une torche qui éclaire à travers la peau d'une main, ou les rayons du soleil qui brillent partout et à travers les minces feuilles d'un arbre. Et nous n'avons pas utilisé de tile-sets (note : un tile set est un ensemble d'objets graphique, en général de même taille, qui sont utilisés pour créer un univers complexe à partir de petits éléments (clonés)), donc chaque élément de l'environnement du jeu est unique. Nous avons combiné des couches de textures différentes ensemble pour créer des objets individuels crédibles.

Et le high-dynamic range (HDR) implique, par exemple, que les yeux de votre personnage doivent s'habituer à différents éclairages. Fixez le soleil puis fixez une zone sombre et vous devrez attendre que vos pupilles se dilatent !


Nous avons entendu que vous avez passé un temps significatif sur l'animation ?
Oui. Tout est une question de donner vie à des personnages et nous avons quelques uns des meilleurs programmeurs et techniciens ici qui travaillent sur les mouvements et le combat. Nous voulions que Nathan ait des mouvements réalistes et un poids et une physique crédibles. Nous voulions qu'on sente que c'est un gars de 85kg qui bouge. Et nous voulions qu'il bouge de façon fluide sans coupures d'un étape d'animation à une autre.

Mais nous voulions aussi qu'il soit très réactif aux sollicitations du joueur. La solution a été un travail difficile sur Nathan qui possède déjà plus de 1200 animations unique, avec d'avantage qui sont ajoutées tous les jours. En comparaison, Jak en avait seulement environ 200 !


Qu'est-ce que ça signifie pour le joueur ?
Eh bien, les animations elles-mêmes permettent de créer l'équivalent d'un film ou on ne voit jamais (les mouvements de) son personnage se répéter. Nous pouvons superposer la plupart des animations les unes sur les autres en utilisant la puissance du CPU de la PS3, ce qui permet à notre héro d'afficher un grand nombre de poses, d'émotions, de mouvements au même moment, du saut, à la respiration, aux expressions faciales, jusqu'aux actions des mains !

On continue dans les problèmes de fiabilité de la 360, c'est EB Games qui se plaint cette fois ci. Pour pour l'extension de garantie de un an de cette chaÏne le prix a été doublé et apparemment la cause est 360 . Pour le reste, je me méfie des chiffres mais dailytech est assez sérieux comme site, mais il peut aussi très bien être tombé sur une boutique qui n'a pas eu de chances et a effectivement eu un fort taux de retour. On peut au moins retenir cela:

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When compared against other systems, the Xbox 360 is failing at higher rates than its current competitors and predecessors.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6907470&postcount=1

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Nearly one in every three Xbox 360 consoles fail, according to retailer reports By several metrics, the Xbox 360 is the most successful console so far of this generation. Despite the startling pace of the Wii, the Xbox 360 still has the most consoles sold worldwide and the longest list of games and exclusives. For a gamer looking for online-enabled high-definition gaming today, the Xbox 360 appears to satisfy those needs. One often overlooked factor when considering a console purchase is reliability, an area that is becoming apparent where the Xbox 360 falls short. Anecdotal evidence is heavily pointing to Microsoft’s latest console as being significantly more prone to failure than what consumers are accustomed to. Microsoft has said before that its Xbox 360 failure rate falls within three to five percent, what it believes to be well within industry standards. Internet reports from Xbox 360 owners, however, suggest that the failure rate is much higher than that. In an effort to gain a more accurate picture of Xbox 360 failure rate, DailyTech decided to poll retail outlets that sell the Xbox 360 and with it the option to purchase an in-store extended warranty. Out of all Xbox 360 extended warranties sold, we wanted to know how many were claimed by consumers with defective consoles, thus giving us a more accurate failures percentage. After contacting several retailers from various regions in North America, the responses were unanimous: the Xbox 360 is the least reliable gaming console in recent history. Current EB Games or GameStop employees who offered information did so under strict anonymity, as it is against company policy to reveal such information to the public. Furthermore, our sources confirmed that EB Games revised its Canadian warranty policies during early 2007 for consoles solely due to the failure rate of the Xbox 360. EB Games held conference calls for its Canadian stores informing them of the new policy changes and revealing alarming failure rates of the Xbox 360. “The real numbers were between 30 to 33 percent,” said former EB Games employee Matthieu G., adding that failure rate was even greater for launch consoles. “We had 35 Xbox 360s at launch I know more than half of them broke within the first six months (red lights or making circles under the game discs). Two of them were dead on arrival.” Interestingly, Microsoft has acknowledged that the initial batch of Xbox 360 consoles made during the launch window suffer from below average reliability. In response to an overwhelming defect rate of launch consoles, Microsoft agreed to repair all machines manufactured in 2005 free of charge, and issue a refund for those who already paid for repairs of launch units up until January 1, 2006. The three flashing red lights – commonly referred to in gaming communities as the “Red Ring of Death” – is a sign of an Xbox 360 hardware failure. The sign is apparently common enough that Microsoft has added an option to its 1-800-4MY-XBOX support line that names “three flashing red lights” specifically. As a result of the high failure rate of the Xbox 360, EB Games corporate nearly doubled the prices of its one-year, over-the-counter warranty. While the previous warranty would give a customer a brand new console in exchange for the broken one, the new policy now states that the customer will receive a refurbished console instead. The move was made because it was becoming too costly for the retailer to give the customer a brand-new machine, which still carries a store cost close to the MSRP. The price increase and policy change wasn’t exclusive to only the Xbox 360, however, as it also applies to all other Sony and Nintendo consoles sold. The failure rate nearing a third of all Xbox 360 consoles was found at other retailers too. A Best Buy customer service department manager, who wished to remain unnamed, said that failure rates for the console were “between a quarter to a third” of all units sold. “We see a ton of [Xbox 360s] come back all the time. We strongly push our customers to buy our service plans no matter what they buy, but it is especially important for them with the Xbox 360,” said the manager. “It’s a lucky thing for us that Microsoft extended the factory warranty to one year, because we were having a hell of a time dealing with the launch units. Now we don’t have to deal with those broken [Xbox 360s] until their second year, for those who have purchased the two year plans.” In late 2006, Microsoft boosted the warranty of all Xbox 360 consoles to one year, up from 90-days previously. For gamers who are out of warranty, however, a replacement or repair will cost Xbox 360 customers $140. When compared against other systems, the Xbox 360 is failing at higher rates than its current competitors and predecessors. Former EB Games worker Matthieu G. said that the failure rates for all other consoles were not high enough for the retailer to consider revising its policies, and guesses that that most other console systems have a failure rate of less than one percent, including the PlayStation 3. Another EB Games manager, when asked if the store warranty was worth it, conceded that in the hundreds of Wii units sold at that location thus far, zero have come back as defective. Despite the overwhelming evidence that the Xbox 360 is a relatively unreliable games machine, Microsoft officials refuse to comment on its failure rate. Peter Moore, VP of Microsoft’s entertainment division, said to the Mercury News, “I can’t comment on failure rates, because it’s just not something – it’s a moving target. What this consumer should worry about is the way that we’ve treated him. Y’know, things break, and if we’ve treated him well and fixed his problem, that’s something that we’re focused on right now. I’m not going to comment on individual failure rates because I’m shipping in 36 countries and it’s a complex business.” Similar questions regarding the Xbox 360 hardware met with the man responsible for the design of the console, Todd Holmdahl. He too sidestepped the issue with the Mercury News, saying, “I would say we don’t have a high defect rate. The vast majority of people are really excited about their product, and that we are targeting profitability for next year.” Asked differently about whether or not the Xbox 360 falls into the ‘normal’ three to five percent return rate, Holmdahl said, “We don’t disclose the actual number,” and “We don’t comment on that.” No piece of technology, no matter how well designed, should be expected to completely free of failure. The key metric is whether or not a product falls within industry standards of acceptable failure rates – and from findings based off retailer-supported warranty returns, the actual rate of failures could be six to ten times greater than what Microsoft is letting on. Regardless of what the actual failure rate is, there is consumer perception that the Xbox 360 is a less reliable machine than its competitors. That fact alone should encourage Microsoft to do more than just avoid all comments on failures and only preach on the wonderful experience of its consumer base.

de MS division "xbox" ?

J'espere que Sony à decider cette fois pour la PS3 de permetre d'avoir des video de la conference etc sur le live, des demos etc, un peu comme fait Microsoft et son Xbox live.