Comments on: Insomniac’s Chief Creative Officer, Brian Hastings’ love letter to the PS3 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/ PS3 News and Views Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Extinction http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-40643 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:46:32 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-40643 "The PS3 has less memory and cant do AA^^" False on both counts. It has the same amount of memory, and can do AA. “The PS3 has less memory and cant do AA^^”

False on both counts. It has the same amount of memory, and can do AA.

]]> by: Segitz http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37953 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:45:33 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37953 That "guy" from Epic happens to be Marc Rein, their CEO, to be exact. To be true, I also wouldnt mind a free MS notebook... I can talk smack too, you know... The PS3 has less memory and cant do AA^^ That “guy” from Epic happens to be Marc Rein, their CEO, to be exact.

To be true, I also wouldnt mind a free MS notebook… I can talk smack too, you know… The PS3 has less memory and cant do AA^^

]]> by: Sporty http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37942 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:32:13 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37942 It is kinda funny how most sites that are reporting this do so with a disclaimer that he's a Sony exclusive developer. Yet they (Gamespot, Kotaku, iup) leave out the MS viral marketing part and fail to mention the frequent dining and swag they receive from MS. It is kinda funny how most sites that are reporting this do so with a disclaimer that he’s a Sony exclusive developer. Yet they (Gamespot, Kotaku, iup) leave out the MS viral marketing part and fail to mention the frequent dining and swag they receive from MS.

]]> by: Pc http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37940 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:20:39 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37940 I already read the blog over at insomniac and i loved it because everything he said was sooo true !! :) I already read the blog over at insomniac and i loved it because everything he said was sooo true !! :)

]]> by: PSN ID# Lifendz http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37939 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:17:10 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37939 Sounds like a very fair statement. Have you read what one of the guys at Epic had to say? This is the company responsible for Gears and they're talking like PS3 is the ONLY choice. Sounds like a very fair statement. Have you read what one of the guys at Epic had to say? This is the company responsible for Gears and they’re talking like PS3 is the ONLY choice.

]]> by: Sporty http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37933 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:04:47 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37933 It was only last month that the Havok 4.5 engine was fully optimized across all SPUs on PS3 making it 5-10 times faster then version 4.0. Too late for Oblivion and Motorstorm but considering how many games use this engine (including Halo :) that improvement should show in the next generation of PS3 games. With Sony working so closely with middleware developers we should expect to see more improvements like this. It was only last month that the Havok 4.5 engine was fully optimized across all SPUs on PS3 making it 5-10 times faster then version 4.0. Too late for Oblivion and Motorstorm but considering how many games use this engine (including Halo :) that improvement should show in the next generation of PS3 games.

With Sony working so closely with middleware developers we should expect to see more improvements like this.

]]> by: Segitz http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37926 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:52:16 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/03/27/insomniacs-chief-creative-officer-brian-hastings-love-letter-to-the-ps3/#comment-37926 There was a thread at B3D forums about the BFS (breadth first search) algorhythm being ported to the Cell... The original optimized Pentium 4 (?) code was 60 lines long, and in less than one week they ported it to the Cell with a 20 fold increase in speed and lines of code^^ Yes, manpower isnt cheap, but look at way they have done! If it is worth it, it will be done, especially in first party games. And seeing Hastings saying that Sony finally gives out first party code to be used by third party, this is not such a big problem in the long term! There was a thread at B3D forums about the BFS (breadth first search) algorhythm being ported to the Cell…

The original optimized Pentium 4 (?) code was 60 lines long, and in less than one week they ported it to the Cell with a 20 fold increase in speed and lines of code^^

Yes, manpower isnt cheap, but look at way they have done! If it is worth it, it will be done, especially in first party games. And seeing Hastings saying that Sony finally gives out first party code to be used by third party, this is not such a big problem in the long term!

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