Xbox One games at E3 were running on Windows 7

[chyyran]

Why not Windows 8.1 instead of Windows 7?

 

[WiiUBricker]

So if they were running games on Win7, this means that the voice controls were all fake.

 

[GameWinner]

PS4 running on dev kits rather than PCs

 

[macmanhigh]

haha ..I actually noticed this sound during their presentation at some point ..and got confused since it wasn't from my pc

HaHaHa Epic Fail......its all smoke and mirrors Budds

 

[RupeeClock]

So if they were running games on Win7, this means that the voice controls were all fake.

I am fairly sure you can get Kinect drivers/hardware for Windows 7.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Yes, but you can't buy similar hardware to a custom designed dedicated gaming GPU. You're talking about one of the largest software and electronics companies in the world, they didn't make some stupid mistake here, every aspect of their E3 presence has been meticulously planned, the MS dude with the cabinet door open isn't even trying to hide what's in there - why not? Because there's nothing to hide.

Yeah, when has Microsoft ever made a bad decision in their presentations?

 

[Deleted_171835]

PS4 running on dev kits rather than Power PCs

Just because one indie devs game was running on an actual devkit doesn't mean every game was. For example, Watch Dogs in the PS4 presentation was confirmed to be running on a "similarly-specced" PC.

 

[grossaffe]

PS4 running on dev kits rather than Power PCs

what does Power PC have to do with PS4?

 

[GameWinner]

what does Power PC have to do with PS4?

The dev says that their games are running on the actual PS4 rather than PCs (what Microsoft is doing).

 

[grossaffe]

The dev says that their games are running on the actual PS4 rather than PCs (what Microsoft is doing).

Oh, PC. Power PC is a CPU architecture by IBM (as opposed to x86 or arm etc.) Consoles such as the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii used the Power PC.

 

[GameWinner]

Oh, PC. Power PC is a CPU architecture by IBM (as opposed to x86 or arm etc.) Consoles such as the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii used the Power PC.

Yeah, a little confusion on my part.

 

[wolf-snake]

im pretty sure the assassin's creed 4 demo was playing on the ps4 dev kit during the press. that explain the crash and unstably

 

[Gahars]

Xbox One - The ride never ends.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Xbox One - The ride never ends.

Ride that Bone forever!

 

[nukeboy95]

what cpu is in it (watch it be a i7)

 

[Minox]

So if they were running games on Win7, this means that the voice controls were all fake.

Not necessarily, Xbox One is essentially running Windows so it's possible that the software layer they're using for game and console functionality could be portable to their earlier OSs.

 

[trumpet-205]

Oh, PC. Power PC is a CPU architecture by IBM (as opposed to x86 or arm etc.) Consoles such as the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii used the Power PC.

Correction. PS3 uses CELL (although derived from PowerPC, is too radically different that there is virtually no similarity).

Anyway, this is pretty normal for E3 representation. A bit surprised on Windows 7 not Windows 8. It would not surprise me if X1 runs modified Windows as its OS.

 

[grossaffe]

Correction. PS3 uses CELL (although derived from PowerPC, is too radically different that there is virtually no similarity).

Anyway, this is pretty normal for E3 representation. A bit surprised on Windows 7 not Windows 8. It would not surprise me if X1 runs modified Windows as its OS.

My understanding was that the PS3's Cell processor was just an implementation of PPC. Much like the an Intel Core i5 and an AMD Phenom are both x86_64 cpus, but are different implementations. The PS3 CELL processor is a rather complicated implementation of PPC, but it still implements the instructions making it PPC.

 

[Seraph]

Anyway, this is pretty normal for E3 representation. A bit surprised on Windows 7 not Windows 8. It would not surprise me if X1 runs modified Windows as its OS.

Why is anyone surprised by this? Windows 8 is in fact better than 7 in performance but it hasn't been well received/adopted by many. Which means Nvidia and AMD still have had more time/consideration to optimize their graphical drivers on 7 rather than 8.

And yes, just because Blow says he showed his game on a devkit and claims many others did also, does not mean they actually did (who is the many?). And they said "comparable dev kit specs". This does not mean same hardware or same specs. It means hardware that performs similarly to it, not the same exact hardware (AMD or no). When the actual games perform or look nothing like these demos then you can make this topic. People are just grasping at straws now to find things to hate about the Xbox One when the real problems have already been covered. Because why not, it'll get you page clicks right?

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Dev kit, PC, final hardware... About the only change between all three will be the DRM in the Xbox One. Pretty much a PC in a living room themed case. Some cool add ons, some exclusive software, but at it's heart still a PC.