Wind Waker looks like shit.

I'm passed all requirements except for the cheesy Windows 8 which is useless anyway.

Microsoft has criticised parts of the gaming community for spreading "misinformation" about the performance of Xbox One, and claimed that the alleged power difference between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One has been "greatly overstated".

In a post on NeoGAF, Xbox exec Albert Penello commented that, though he was "not disparaging Sony... the way people are calculating the differences between the two machines isn't completely accurate. I think I've been upfront I have nothing but respect for those guys, but I'm not a fan of the mis-information about our performance."

Penello then goes on to clarify key elements of the two consoles that he believes are often misunderstood, including beliefs that the lower amount of Compute Units available in the Xbox One lead to a 50 per cent power disadvantage, and that Xbox One's memory is slower.

"So, here are couple of points about some of the individual parts for people to consider," he said.

"• [PS4's] 18 CU's vs. [Xbox One's] 12 CU's =/= 50% more performance. Multi-core processors have inherent inefficiency with more CU's, so it's simply incorrect to say 50% more GPU.

• Adding to that, each of our CU's is running 6% faster. It's not simply a 6% clock speed increase overall.

• We have more memory bandwidth. 176gb/sec is peak on paper for GDDR5. Our peak on paper is 272gb/sec. (68gb/sec DDR3 + 204gb/sec on ESRAM). ESRAM can do read/write cycles simultaneously so I see this number mis-quoted.

• We have at least 10% more CPU. Not only a faster processor, but a better audio chip also offloading CPU cycles.

• We understand GPGPU and its importance very well. Microsoft invented Direct Compute, and have been using GPGPU in a shipping product since 2010 - it's called Kinect.

• Speaking of GPGPU - we have 3X the coherent bandwidth for GPGPU at 30gb/sec which significantly improves our ability for the CPU to efficiently read data generated by the GPU."

Penello also believes that his team often gets "little credit" for the progress it's made on its software, and says that having "some of the smartest graphics engineers" on board for Xbox One is "overlooked when evaluating both boxes".

He continued: "Given this continued belief of a significant gap, we're working with our most senior graphics and silicon engineers to get into more depth on this topic. They will be more credible then I am, and can talk in detail about some of the benchmarking we've done and how we balanced our system."

gamingeek said:

There's a big bruhah on gaf about deep downs downgraded visuals. Sure it still looks great in its own right but nowhere near the initial reveal. Seems people are sick of fake tech demos being paraded about as real time on a platform. I can see what they mean, MGS V looks nowhere near the initial ground zeroes reveal. Maybe on X1, PS4 it might be possible but certainly not on a PC to 360 level specs as Kojima claimed.

BF4 too and Watchdogs, a lot of games are already scaled back from PC versions for launch and this will only become more common as the years go by. After Crysis 2 I'm increasingly non-plussed with new consoles providing marginal graphical gains.

gamingeek said:

So let me ask this question, it was pretty freaky when Nintendo took Zelda and cel shaded/super deformed it for WW. Can you think of any other franchise where the next major entry had a radical visual change like celshading? Can you ever see a big franchise doing the same? Imagine a celshaded, Resident Evil or COD? Is any other company brave or crazy enough to do what Nintendo did with the WW? Can you think of any franchise that would benefit from cel-shading?

aspro said:

Oh go fuck yourself MS.

gamingeek said:

This is COD Ghosts:

I want it now.

Lego City for $20 used but its gamefly so its always in good condition... or should I wait for a potential buy 2 get 1... aarrrrgh.

Nope the math doesnt add up, this is probably the cheapest I will find it.

GG rejoice. SOLD.

Not my fault lego city never goes down in price. If it did I would buy it new.

$20 makes me think about it, but that 20 can go toward GTA5 and Diablo 3 which I want a lot more....

gamingeek said:

Im going to return the game cause your indifference.