General Fuzzy McBitty Posted May 27, 2005 Interesting Text for the lazy: PS3 graphics chip unfinished – E3 demos under suspicion Marv Burkett, nVidia's Chief Financial Officer, has revealed that the RSX chip, due to power the PS3 is currently unfinished. The chip is not due to be available to anyone until September. Which means the stunning visuals shown at E3 could not have been created on one, casting doubt on the validity of Sony claims that the visuals were real PS3 in-game footage. Burkett has commented that the visuals had been created on current nVidia hardware of roughly the same power as the RSX. That still casts some doubts on the PS3's barn-storming E3 presence, and particularly whether much of the footage (as it appeared to be) was done, at best, using the game engine to create cut-scenes, or whether it was really realtime, in-game footage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J0hn Posted May 27, 2005 Yeah, I'm pretty much convinced that the killzone and motorstorm videos were pre-rendered. Probably a few others as well. I'm still impressed by the ducks, cups, and unreal demos though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted May 27, 2005 The Killzone 2 video is pre-rendered, for a fact. And as a random aside: it might actually not be of Killzone 2, but Killzone 3. Unless plans have changed dramatically, Killzone 2 is still the "quick sequel" set for PS2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kolzig Posted May 27, 2005 Did someone really think that it was realtime? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJKO Posted May 27, 2005 Well, when the videos were released everyone was going all "OMG! It's Real-time. That's real-time gameplay!" So, obviously, I figured "Wow, neat." but stayed on the skeptical side. Did Sony state at the conference that this was real-time gameplay footage? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted May 27, 2005 Did Sony state at the conference that this was real-time gameplay footage? Sony (pretty deliberately, it seems) didn't say one way or the other, and let fans and journalists fil in the deliberately ambiguous blanks for them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted May 27, 2005 Sony (pretty deliberately, it seems) didn't say one way or the other, and let fans and journalists fil in the deliberately ambiguous blanks for them. That was deliberate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted May 27, 2005 Actually, after the conference Sony claimed that it's real-time (says GameSpot rumor control). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vimes Posted May 27, 2005 Actually, after the conference Sony claimed that it's real-time (says GameSpot rumor control). And there is an excerpt of a Gamespot video going around in which the guy from On the Spot asks about 5 times in a row if the Killzone presentation was in real time and the guy kept on saying "Why, yes, of course!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
netmonkey Posted May 28, 2005 And they had to tease all those fanbois (like me) with that Final Fantasy VII intro that was just a tech demo. Sony's got some balls... and they're going to get kicked hard. Show me games and I'll give you a . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted May 28, 2005 And they had to tease all those fanbois (like me) with that Final Fantasy VII intro that was just a tech demo.Sony's got some balls... and they're going to get kicked hard. Yeah, no shit. Look what happened to Nintendo after their Spaceworld Link vs Gannon demo... which very directly caused the retarded "celda" backlash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woxel1 Posted May 28, 2005 Yeah, no shit. Look what happened to Nintendo after their Spaceworld Link vs Gannon demo... which very directly caused the retarded "celda" backlash Well, at least they weren't misleading people about the Gamecube's graphical output. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted May 28, 2005 ARGH Walter! When I saw your post and your edit to it, I knew it would disappear again later. Why do you keep deleting good posts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lailoken Posted May 28, 2005 come on seriously! how could anyone think that killzone 3 (???) was actual game footage? there was no visible interface and no believable interaction! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted May 28, 2005 lailoken, the answer is simple: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
