Gavin Stevens
, do you have any more info on SX? You talked about not knowing whether the 12TF meant 12.0 and that's it, are devs that much tight-lipped for MS side than Sony side?
I can list everything I’ve heard on SX on a single post, it’s nuts how tight the ship is there, and believe me, I’ve tried to get anything at all. All I know is that its more likely that it’s over 12, not under, but I wouldn’t put it massively past that (this part is assumption based on passing convo). That the system is very quiet, and quietest of the two (third party dev), and that the system isn’t even stressed hitting what it’s hitting (in terms of temp and stress). The only other thing I can think of is the SSD is going to surprise people if they expect the Ps5 one to be light years ahead, because there’s only about 1gb/sec difference. And that’s your lot, hardly anybody even wants to talk about it on a technical level and when they do, I just get the same stuff like “it’s a beast” and “you’re just not ready”

I have zero concerns about the hardware not being up to scratch, at all... just wish I knew MORE. Obviously first party devs will gush about it, but the last first party dev I spoke with was over a month back now. Third party devs I’ve spoken with have been very happy. But everything I posted above is already well known common knowledge and not really worth mentioning.
Contrast that to PS5, and there’s a fair bit of chatter, and people seem to be a bit different.
While I’m honestly of the opinion that the two are essentially twins... I do get the feeling MS have maybe surprised the Sony ship a little with what’s going on, and how easy they attained it. But that’s ME talking there, it’s not like I’ve got Cerny on speed dial shitting bricks.
I can’t see either system being shit, or noticeably worse. I think what’s harming everything, is Sony have been so quiet, and while that’s completely part of their plan and has been all along, it’s just not meshed well with everything that’s gone on. MS taking an early lead with news made everybody just assume that Sony are being quiet for a reason, and that’s that really the case.
BUT, it is weird that Sony can clearly see everything happening and what people are saying (even before the outbreak) but are still perfectly silent.
Is it being throttled by your internet provider? Try calling them. Or let's say some funny neighbor is hacking it? You know better than me anyway.
Nah it’s not that. To be honest I’ve spoke to a few people around here and we all have the same, different isps and all sorts... I think it’s just so many more people staying at home are putting pressure on things.