Put your ear to the ground. Do you hear that? The rumbling off in the distance? It's the sound of anguished fanboys howling and stampeding.
Ok, I admit the title is an exaggeration, but judging from the fanboy storm brewing, you'd think that it was what was actually said. It's been revealed in the latest issue of Edge Magazine that the PS3 version of id's upcoming game Rage is currently only running at 20-30 frames per second. Not a huge deal, until you find out that the PC and 360 versions are already running at a smooth 60. RAGE!
Why is this? John Carmack blames it on the slower rasterizer of the PS3, saying that the PS3 lags behind the other versions in terms of getting performance out of the hardware. He mentions that a significant amount of time on the PS3 version has been spent delegating various 'jobs' on the PS3 hardware -- apparently the 360 rasterizer makes it easier to "split things off".
The funny part about this is that the game isn't even finished yet, and it's entirely possible that the versions will be identical by the time the game is released. That hasn't stopped people from flipping out though.
Guess what Fanboy Friday is going to be about tomorrow?
[Via CVG -- Thanks Tim!]
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Contest:
3:40 PM on 07.30.2009
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wtf is a rasterizer?
It has already begun.
Shut the fuck up. We don't need another tard who can barely type a sentence screaming about how devs who can't work with the notoriously difficult to code for PS3 are just shitty coders.
As I was telling someone earlier, this could be an announcement about Mickey Mouse's Spelling Adventure and people would still flip a shit just for the sake of being offended.
Unknown Game makes controversial Game.
Unknown Game gets some publicity.
Stop being lazy, MENTOK DEMANDS IT!
Mind you I've yet to give a crap about Rage, so, meh.
Of course not, the devs are lazy. They're exactly the same hardware really.
Other way around, the 360 apparently was limiting the game by nature of DVD not having enough space. But that was all.
The fact that John Carmack and his team seem dedicated enough to make the PS3 equal is a good sign.
Plus in GameInformer JC said there were plus sides to working with the PS3 as well.
Because I was rushed for time to get this up and needed a quick pic of a shooter that I could pixelate.
Um ID are the company that was just recently bought by ZeniMax so until we see how that pans out I give a shit, thanks for asking though.
@Yairagat
Not much to say to you you fanboy retard, hmm, fuck off just about sums it up. See you again in Fanboy Friday
Good, So one vote for someone who gives a shit, 1 for who cares. Keep this vote going
I think that it's amazing how many people think that they can tell the differnce from 30fps to 60fps, hell, movies are filmed at like 24fps are they not?
You absolutely can tell in fast shooters like TF2. Platformers or slow cover based shooters, not so much (although if you're used to 60fps you can tell it seems a little slow). A 30 frame rate in a twitch shooter game makes it very difficult to be competitive.