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[Dicehunter]

CD Projekt Red Accused of “Downgrading” Graphics in The Witcher 3

I so hope this isn't true

CD Prokect Red has only just announced a 3 month delay to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but now the developer is being accused of downgrading the graphics, something that was revealed to the Internet in the latest trailer to the game.


There’s a new trailer that features “low-resolution environmental and character textures” reports WCCFTech, with some fans of the game taking to CD Projekt Red’s YouTube channel and forums. One fan, JohnReese, wrote “The downgrade is real. I refused to believe it at first, but it’s pretty obvious now. Still a good trailer though, and I’m sure the game will be amazing nonetheless.” JohnReese was replied to by CD Projekt Red’s Community and Website Coordinator Marcin Momot, who said:

“I believe some explanation is required here. Unfortunately this time we’ve encountered some horrible YouTube compression problems. At this very moment we are working on fixing this and will upload another version of the trailer as soon as we can. It will present much higher quality. I want to assure you that there will be no downgrade – I see this game every day – it looks stunning.”

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[ShaunB-91]

I'd rather Windows 10 be subscription based, I'd rather pay £10 a month say than hundreds to then have to buy another copy later on. It might also stop pirating of the OS because well...if you can't afford a small monthly sum then how do you even compute!

 

[WillSK]

I'd rather Windows 10 be subscription based, I'd rather pay £10 a month say than hundreds to then have to buy another copy later on. It might also stop pirating of the OS because well...if you can't afford a small monthly sum then how do you even compute!

i'd pay a yearly fee sure but not 120 quid. I think 45 is far more reasonable considering the numbers of units sold and the gaps between new OS's

My only concern would be is that will a subscription service encourage a new OS every year kinda like a call of duty or assassins creed syndrome

 

[Warchild]

I'd rather Windows 10 be subscription based, I'd rather pay £10 a month say than hundreds to then have to buy another copy later on. It might also stop pirating of the OS because well...if you can't afford a small monthly sum then how do you even compute!

Some people have bills to pay and maybe don't have the budget for a monthly fee when their xmas gift of windows X is a flat out price. Besides, monthly fee will differ in countries and no doubt if its true, Norwegians will probably end up paying almost double

 

[ShaunB-91]

I suppose, best bet is to allow for you to buy it either way. I pay for Office 365 monthly, just prefare to do it that way than one big sum just for office tools.

 

[Dicehunter]

Personally I just buy the OS when I can, Paying a monthly fee for your operating system is just wrong.

This was actually discussed years ago on another forum, People then were like "Nahhh that will never happen, If it did they might as well start charging for GPU drivers and security patches"

Capitalism has its good points and its bad points, This is a bad point.

 

[Tripp]

Personally I just buy the OS when I can, Paying a monthly fee for your operating system is just wrong.

This was actually discussed years ago on another forum, People then were like "Nahhh that will never happen, If it did they might as well start charging for GPU drivers and security patches"

Capitalism has its good points and its bad points, This is a bad point.

Couldn't agree more Dice

 

[NeverBackDown]

Start the chat in a new thread guys.. this is the quick news thread..

 

[Dicehunter]

Start the chat in a new thread guys.. this is the quick news thread..

The last reply was nigh on 4 hours ago dude, The subject is pretty much over ^_^

 

[Feronix]

Oneplus no longer requires invite to purchase One

I'm on my phone right now, so no proper article but it seems like Oneplus has dropped the invite system that was previously required to buy their One smartphone. The 64GB model already seems sold out for now though.

Anyone else feel free to make a proper thread on this

https://oneplus.net/one

 

[MadShadow]

North Korea demands joint investigation with US into Sony hacking scandal

We have a way to prove that we have nothing to do with the case without resorting to torture, as what the CIA does

Ouch, shots fired. Lets see where this goes.

Source

 

[WillSK]

North Korea demands joint investigation with US into Sony hacking scandal



Ouch, shots fired. Lets see where this goes.

Source

If it were another nation i'd be inclined to agree that this was a good lil dig at the US.. But this is North Korea, the shit they do to their own people is disgusting, let alone Prisoners of War. Don't know how they felt they had a leg to stand on when they made that comment

 

[Feronix]

North Korea demands joint investigation with US into Sony hacking scandal



Ouch, shots fired. Lets see where this goes.

Source

But then again I read yesterday that the FBI replied with something like "You can help us by admitting you are guilty" which is really weird. I'll try to find a source for that. Honestly, I don't think NK have good intentions with this investigation, but then again I also don't think the NK government was the one behind it all.

Not the first time the US would invade a country on vague allegations such as "They have WMDs"... :mellow:

 

[WillSK]

But then again I read yesterday that the FBI replied with something like "You can help us by admitting you are guilty" which is really weird. I'll try to find a source for that. Honestly, I don't think NK have good intentions with this investigation, but then again I also don't think the NK government was the one behind it all.

Not the first time the US would invade a country on vague allegations such as "They have WMDs"... :mellow:

The Americans wouldn't invade North Korea in a rush because they aren't really a HUGE threat at the moment and have a bark worse than their bite from what I can tell.

However their good buddies China can Bite with the best of em and it is THAT relationship that maintains the peace in my opinion

 

[Feronix]

The Americans wouldn't invade North Korea in a rush because they aren't really a HUGE threat at the moment and have a bark worse than their bite from what I can tell.

However their good buddies China can Bite with the best of em and it is THAT relationship that maintains the peace in my opinion

Yeah, all I'm saying is that I think the US are treading on thin ice right now. No one needs another war.

 

[MadShadow]

If it were another nation i'd be inclined to agree that this was a good lil dig at the US.. But this is North Korea, the shit they do to their own people is disgusting, let alone Prisoners of War. Don't know how they felt they had a leg to stand on when they made that comment

I agree, its really messed up what goes on there. I've got some South Korean friends and the stories they tell about their neighboring country are just insane.

But then again I read yesterday that the FBI replied with something like "You can help us by admitting you are guilty" which is really weird. I'll try to find a source for that. Honestly, I don't think NK have good intentions with this investigation, but then again I also don't think the NK government was the one behind it all.

Not the first time the US would invade a country on vague allegations such as "They have WMDs"... :mellow:

I also don't think they have good intentions, however I doubt they would want to make a major move against the US. That would just not end well for them.

Yeah saying it was North Korea who did this is a bit doubtful. I think its much more likely that this was done by some independent hackers who wanted to stir up some trouble.

The Americans wouldn't invade North Korea in a rush because they aren't really a HUGE threat at the moment and have a bark worse than their bite from what I can tell.

However their good buddies China can Bite with the best of em and it is THAT relationship that maintains the peace in my opinion

True, the thing is that North Korea is really unpredictable. Nobody has a great idea of what weapons and technology the government has. If they were an obviously weak force, someone would have invaded them by now.

 

[barnsley]

North Korea demands joint investigation with US into Sony hacking scandal



Ouch, shots fired. Lets see where this goes.

Source

The thing is, North Korea actually have a damn point. The FBI's investigation is pathetic. They literally only use the evidence that the hackers use the same *well documented* resources that was used on the DarkSeoul attack (which pretty much was North Korea). Heck, if I wanted to pretend to be North Korea, I'd literally do the things that the FBI mentioned. We're talking using the same methods, the same darn C&C servers and writing bits of the program so that it appears to have been written in Korean.

They also completely ignored the similarities with the attack on a Saudi oil company. Call me a tinfoil hat loony, but I don't think it was North Korea or that if they were involved, they weren't the only actors. I honestly think it was either some industrial sabotage from a rival company, or (slightly less likely) that it was a pro Iran/Syria/DPRK group.

 

[WillSK]

The thing is, North Korea actually have a damn point. The FBI's investigation is pathetic. They literally only use the evidence that the hackers use the same *well documented* resources that was used on the DarkSeoul attack (which pretty much was North Korea). Heck, if I wanted to pretend to be North Korea, I'd literally do the things that the FBI mentioned. We're talking using the same methods, the same darn C&C servers and writing bits of the program so that it appears to have been written in Korean.

They also completely ignored the similarities with the attack on a Saudi oil company. Call me a tinfoil hat loony, but I don't think it was North Korea or that if they were involved, they weren't the only actors. I honestly think it was either some industrial sabotage from a rival company, or (slightly less likely) that it was a pro Iran/Syria/DPRK group.

I agree, I don't think it was North Korea either but due to their expressed displeasure with this movie release they have been the easy one to point the finger at. Plus it's all fuel for the Americans to use in the let's justify an attack on North Korea plan.

Politics as usual

 

[NeverBackDown]

The thing is, North Korea actually have a damn point. The FBI's investigation is pathetic. They literally only use the evidence that the hackers use the same *well documented* resources that was used on the DarkSeoul attack (which pretty much was North Korea). Heck, if I wanted to pretend to be North Korea, I'd literally do the things that the FBI mentioned. We're talking using the same methods, the same darn C&C servers and writing bits of the program so that it appears to have been written in Korean.

They also completely ignored the similarities with the attack on a Saudi oil company. Call me a tinfoil hat loony, but I don't think it was North Korea or that if they were involved, they weren't the only actors. I honestly think it was either some industrial sabotage from a rival company, or (slightly less likely) that it was a pro Iran/Syria/DPRK group.

You can't speak for the FBI so don't. You have no idea what they have or are doing. Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Politics is just as bad as the Media are.

 

[Feronix]

'North Korea completely offline after Sony Hack'

It is believed that on Monday 22-12-2014 North-Korea had a national internet blackout lasting over an hour, according to multiple American media. Was it the US? Or maybe it was a regular technical error?

Among the several forms of media reporting this is the New York Times, writing that North-Korea did not have access to the internet. Last Friday the country would have had issues connecting to the internet as well. This weekend, the situation got worse until eventually all of the North-Korean internet blacked out.

The Asian country only has 1.024 registered IP addresses, which supposedly all down. The cause of this remains unknown so far, although the US media don't rule out that it might have been an action by their government.

The loss of service came just days after President Obama pledged that the United States would launch a “proportional response” to the recent attacks on Sony Pictures, which government officials have linked to North Korea. While an attack on North Korea’s networks was suspected, there was no definitive evidence of it.

The failure follows requests by the Obama administration to China seeking its help in blocking North Korea’s ability to wage cyberattacks, an early step toward the “proportional response” that Mr. Obama promised, as well as a broader warning to others who may try similar attacks on American targets in the future, senior administration officials have said.

- The New York Times

Source: Tweakers.net