Global Monopoly of Technology

At the press conference, Luo Sheng pressed the small remote control in his hand, switched the screen on the big screen, and showed everyone the appearance of the host for the first time, which was black.

Luo Sheng's voice continued to spread throughout the audience: "This is the appearance of the Pro version, which is thinner and more efficient. It is a leap forward for the next-generation console, which will attract more consumer groups, and players around the world are looking for excellent families. Interactive entertainment system, using the console, you can immediately enjoy the exclusive entertainment experience half a year in advance. With the release of many excellent game masterpieces next month, the holiday season is coming, and it is certain that the first landing game masterpieces include The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings, GTA: Merry Tony's Song, Minecraft, and more."

As soon as these words came out, the fans of "GTA" and "The Witcher" couldn't help screaming and cheering. These two games are definitely the current best-selling masterpieces in the world, especially Rockstar's "GTA" series. Kind of a jackpot win.

Industry insiders are not surprised, because the company that produced these games has been acquired by Luo Sheng a long time ago, and landing on the console platform is inevitable.

Luo Sheng walked back and forth on the stage with his hands and body language, and said: "Games bring a new experience that changes the definition of interactive entertainment. The developers are forging ahead and pushing the graphics, gameplay, and storytelling to unprecedented new heights. The fact is that It has become the 'Grand Canyon' we look forward to in our hearts, supporting from 3A masterpieces to 4399 small games, connecting our social entertainment through home networking, and we are committed to innovating and new models of business success."

When talking about this, some foreigners don't quite understand what 4399 is, but they also know what a mini game is.

However, domestic players, some netizens who understand English, can't help but smile knowingly, and subconsciously think of the little game of Uncle Beard digging for gold in their minds.

"We have always wanted to make design a new platform for stimulating and sensing future innovations, and this vision for the future and the craftsmanship to achieve it are designed into products from the very beginning."

"Then we talk about the innovative technology behind the console. When designing, we have a vision for the future of the game, and then create the hardware that it needs. We want various third-party game developers to join in, so we Make it easy to develop."

...

"impossible!"

At the same time, a senior technical expert at Sony's top management suddenly spoke up, and saw him unhurried and firm: "If the host is based on the Cell chip architecture, the ease of development is simply nonsense, and he is deceiving the developers."

It's not just the people at Sony who think so, the engineers of game developers all over the world think so,

They felt a deep hostility through the PS3 game console with the Cell chip as early as five or six years ago.

It is painful to develop software on the PS3 game console platform. If Luo Sheng were to learn from Sony's ruthless force against third parties, he would never touch this platform.

This is a surprisingly consistent idea of ​​all developers.

However, Luo Sheng did not know the current psychological activities of third-party developers, but continued to speak at his own pace.

"We want to give players a friction-free gaming experience, so we've put in a hard drive to reduce load times, the ability to quickly pause, resume, and of course download while you play."

When the players heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up. The current host does not have so many excellent capabilities.

Luo Sheng looked around the audience and said: "Based on hardware, it means to develop a vibrant game community centered on the console. I need to emphasize once that it is not to blur the boundaries of console generations, but to elevate the experience to a new height. "

"First and foremost, our goal is to provide a high-resolution graphics experience, starting with a GPU that is more than three times the performance of the best consoles on the market today, and takes advantage of the new features of the Cell architecture and other improvements. many new technologies.”

Speaking of this, Luo Sheng suddenly smiled confidently: "Here, we have created a new HDR exclusive technology patent through independent research and development, and with Samsung as a close partner, we have promoted a series of hardware innovations to make efficient 4K rendering. It has become a reality and has enabled games running on it to reach a level of high resolution that was considered impossible in 2010."

People in the industry who heard this were shocked.

Are consoles on the Côte d'Azur already capable of 4K rendering?

What an international joke?

4K technology has just emerged, and is it about to enter the commercialization stage?

No wonder Samsung and Côte d'Azur have a long-term close cooperation relationship on the display screen. If it is really not exaggerated as Luo Sheng said, this patent is also a key display technology that Samsung Electronics needs and cannot do without.

Seeing the audience's reaction, Luo Sheng was very satisfied and said with a smile: "OK, seeing is believing, now I'll show you a real picture quality in the game, and it's up to you to judge."

After he finished speaking, I saw that he pressed the small remote control in his hand again, and the big screen immediately released a picture, which was a picture inside the "GTA" game.

At this moment, there was an exclamation from the audience.

"This picture quality, my God!!"

"The current game picture quality has reached such a fairy level?"

"Cinematic quality OMG!!!"

"I promise, my graphics card is going to hang up."

"Are you sure you're seeing the quality of the game in 2010?"

Everyone is frying, and as soon as they come up, they put such a big move. Not only players are frying, but people in the industry are frying.

At this moment, the senior management of Sony, Microsoft and other friends saw a picture displayed in the live broadcast of the press conference, and everyone was extremely dignified.

At the same time, the president of R star who was sitting at the scene looked happy, thinking that "GTA 5" could be postponed until 2015. Well, at this level, it can take five years of rhythm.

"GTA" players would probably want to hammer his rhythm if they knew his thoughts.

For other game companies, 3A-level sequels are generally released in one to two years, but the operation of R star is so arrogant that it will be released every five years? Not afraid of being forgotten by players.

This is the urine of R star.

Luo Sheng on the stage was almost digested by the audience at the scene, and immediately spoke again with a natural smile: "For those players and developers who prioritize smooth frame rate, we have increased the CPU frequency, we know the game's Sustainability is very important, and the model will have a 1TB hard drive to ensure you have enough room to experience new experiences, and the more powerful model will have an additional 256GB solid state drive.”

In this era, solid-state drives are rare and high-end goods, very expensive, and they are not as popular as they were later, and most people cannot afford them.

If the standard model is the normal version, then it is the professional enhanced version, but it is the deluxe version, which is suitable for real super enthusiasts.

The players at the scene once again gave warm applause and cheers, which definitely exceeded expectations. The display of only one picture is a big move at the level of a nuclear bomb, but the bigger the momentum, the darker the faces of international friends and businessmen.

Luo Sheng introduced in an orderly manner: "The result of these improvements is a home game console that can provide 4K TV owners with an unrivaled experience, and a more perfect experience for those who use HD TVs. Next, I will show you Showcasing all aspects of the prototype and showing how HDR can revolutionize gaming content."

Luo Sheng looked back at the big screen again, pressed the small remote control three times in a row, and three identical pictures were superimposed on the screen.

“4K TVs provide a super amount of detail, there are now 720P megapixel TVs, 1080P two megapixel TVs. And 4K TVs offer an amazing eight megapixel resolution, and the visual depth and detail that can be achieved is amazing extremely."

The same picture displayed on the screen, the largest one that accounts for more than 70% of the screen is the imaging result supported by 4K technology, and the exaggerated detail performance makes the players on the scene again applaud.

Luo Sheng squeezed his gesture and continued after the applause fell: "BruteFore rendering technology can of course be used to support these displays, but it will increase the cost of the host, so our strategy here is to develop a relatively lower cost but more expensive. Fast rendering techniques."

Industry insiders: "..."

Is this Chi Guoguo's show-off development strength?

Hearing that, I really wanted to beat him up.

Luo Sheng said with a smile: "This kind of rendering can provide the owner with the advantages of custom hardware. When combined with the best TXAA and spatial anti-aliasing algorithms, the results are amazing. The next game I want to show is The ability to fully demonstrate 4K display is very close, the scene is recorded on the fly, played on a 4K projector in a movie theater, and those who are watching the conference at home, we will release the 4K version of these recordings after the end, so you can more Nice to enjoy the video content shown today."

After that, the lights on the stage dimmed again, and the pictures of the giant screens began.

"OMG!!!"

There were bursts of exclamations subconsciously at the scene again, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the video on the giant screen.

And Luo Sheng's narration introduced: "The beginning of the video is from the Iron Man of Marvel Studios. The details of the city are very strong, and many new features such as passers-by in the distance are only blurred on the high-definition TV, here is very clear. , and for Iron Man himself, the texture details of the iron suit are so clear that they are suffocating, which was absolutely unimaginable before."

Immediately after this video was broadcast, a new video was changed, and Luo Sheng continued to introduce:

"This is CDPR's game The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings running on the game, the intensity and realism we seek in the game has never been more remarkable, the long distance and high-resolution terrain highlights the console and 4K The ability to display, the extremely high level of mission and environmental detail in the game brings an intense sense of realism and gaming experience."

"Reality can also increase emotional intrusion. The third video takes us into Lara's strong and vulnerable image. In "Tomb Raider 9", our developers are committed to applying hardware functions to the game. Everything, whether it's Lara's hair, face, clothes, weapons or shadows, or terrain or special effects, makes the environment real and it's a real game-changing experience."

After finishing speaking, the screen went black for a few seconds and the fourth video was played again. At this time, the players were already kneeled by the unprecedented visual impact brought by the game video. A large group of players disappeared like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden. Like passing away.

And Luo Sheng introduced again: "Next, let's take a look at some scenes inside "GTA" and let it speak for itself."

After speaking, Luo Sheng fell into silence, and the pictures on the screen advanced minute by minute.

In the video, the secondment of the city, pedestrians, vehicles, and overlooked scenery in "GTA" are shown one by one in front of all the audience.

After the video was played, the giant screen returned to its exclusive logo, and the lights on the stage turned on again.

The audience once again presented the warmest applause so far at the opening of the conference. For most players, just like some domestic players who cut legends, they suddenly saw the god-level CG promotional video of "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King". The picture quality is just as stunning.

purchase! purchase! purchase!

This is the thought of countless excited players at the moment.

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(There may be readers who have never played console games, in fact Xiaoyu is one of them, but like everyone else, you must know some well-known 3A game masterpieces, and it is normal to touch some blind spots. This book involves many fields, and there are always A month or two is something readers have not experienced, but it is undoubtedly related to technology, and game consoles are also a representative of a major high-tech electronic product)