Console gamers won't be as far behind the PC curve anymore as iterations will keep up properly.
Yeah, if you are constantly buying new hardware. If you're trying to approach it from a value standpoint, the gap will still be there.
Console gamers won't be as far behind the PC curve anymore as iterations will keep up properly.
This is the start down the road of games as a service.
Mark my words when Xbox 2 get's leaked or rumors hit on what specs it has and all that jazz. There will be talk of a revamped xbox live subscription or something new all together that will get implemented for all the xbox/PC devices for games as a service.
When that shit get's announced I'm done.
X1, X1.5, PS4, PS4K, NX. Stay strong developers :')
The Scorpio sounds like a better version of the current Xbox One, yes. ...but not the Xbox One with Kinect, media focus and an always online connection. And sure, the inferior power level added to the weirdness of the initial reveal.
But people buying pcs to play xbox games instead of xboxs is a lot worse for Microsoft.
Smash just had a bunch of DLC & was cut off after February. And judging by the recent patch, they may be done with balance updates period. As for the NX port, I wouldn't get your hopes up for more significant content (except maybe the Ice Climbers). You have a point with Splatoon & SMM, though.Even Nintendo has done games as a service with Smash, Splatoon and SMM.
The question is will this be announced at E3. Scorpio I mean, as thats the one that interests me most.
In 2030 someone will announce a non-iterative console again with a shelf life of 5 years allowing a solid development foundation and will be heralded as an innovative genius.
Games as a service has been a thing for a long ass time now. These iterative consoles are a way to get you into their exosystem. Makes perfect sense from a business standpoint
What do you mean by 'start'? Games as a services has been happening for years. Some of the biggest games this gen follow that strategy. You should have bailed out long ago.
At this point what can prevent any PC manufacturer to build a PC as an "Xbox Machine"?
I look at iterative console generations as even less of a reason to "build a gaming rig" personally. Especially if it's beefy enough to run Occulus like a champ. Console gamers won't be as far behind the PC curve anymore as iterations will keep up properly. That comes with no driver issues, Xbox live, etc. My current non gaming PC runs Excel and browses the web just fine. Won't need to upgrade that until it dies.
Xbone and PS4 use virtually the same architecture though, right? How big of a deal is this, really? Probably more of a pain on the QA side of things.
Yeah, until you're competing with PC directly. Then the money in the hardware becomes more risky. If they go down this road, they'll be banking on locking people in to what their friends have.
That makes no sense - the current bottleneck that exists, that the article references, is ESRAM & DDR3 integration, not the Blu-Ray drive to HDD read/write speeds.
But people buying pcs to play xbox games instead of xboxs is a lot worse for Microsoft.
Edit:should explain better. They will make a crap load more money off games with Xbox user than a Windows user.
Why bother?
Who in the right mind is going to buy the slim model then? Fanservice? Niche product?
Lower price for Xbox slim is going to do shit outside of US/UK. Regular Xbox One already has some crazy "firesales" here in Germany.
Didn't they reference I/O transfer speeds? That's could be an HDD issue and nothing to do with RAM, right?
lol if anything scorpio is NOT 1.5 like neo .... "new and revamped architecture" points to a bigger upgrade
In the future, when you say "gaming PC" it will also mean "Xbox".
Which is really fucking cool. Basically turning Xbox from physical hardware into software, like Steam.
So they pulled a reverse Steam-box.
Kudos, MS. I like dis.
True but how are they going to compete with Steam?
That said you don't think it's less risky for them to do iterative consoles pretty much locking you into their ecosystem as opposed to launching a new gen in 5 years and potentially losing all those customers?
input/output transfer speeds? I mean, that is usually to do with things sitting in RAM, but I could be misinterpreting what the article is saying or maybe they didn't know what they were trying to say. Sounds like RAM though.
Also, them having to stick to ESRAM + DDR3 for Scorpio makes sense, as forward compatibility is a key component to making this iterative model work for the platform, and there is no way they are going to produce a box that is strong enough to emulate the memory configuration of the current X1. They'd have to stick it out with ESRAM & DDR3.
Theyve said they arent
...make of that what you will
Cross buy/play would be killer. Yes please and thank you. I would even gladly pay an extra 15-20 for a deluxe version of a game if it included the console and PC versions.
input/output transfer speeds? I mean, that is usually to do with things sitting in RAM, but I could be misinterpreting what the article is saying or maybe they didn't know what they were trying to say. Sounds like RAM though.
Also, them having to stick to ESRAM + DDR3 for Scorpio makes sense, as forward compatibility is a key component to making this iterative model work for the platform, and there is no way they are going to produce a box that is strong enough to emulate the memory configuration of the current X1. They'd have to stick it out with ESRAM & DDR3.
now there is no planned upgrade to the consoles I/O transfer speedthe speed at which the console can transfer assets from a disc or hard drive to its memory.
I have read Xbox 2, Xbox TFlop and Xbox Scorpio in the matter of a few hours.
I wonder what it will actually be called.
"as of right now there is no planned upgrade to the consoles I/O transfer speedthe speed at which the console can transfer assets from a disc or hard drive to its memory. This could mean long loading times for games specifically designed to support 4K, due to their larger assets."
Doesn't sound like RAM.
People who are interested in buying a new Xbox? Don't get your question?
Who buys slim models of past gen's?
The end of traditional gaming console has arrived.
"as of right now there is no planned upgrade to the consoles I/O transfer speedthe speed at which the console can transfer assets from a disc or hard drive to its memory. This could mean long loading times for games specifically designed to support 4K, due to their larger assets."
Doesn't sound like RAM.
What would be the point, no really? People either game on their PC or their Xbox.
wow no more long console cycles
lol if anything scorpio is NOT 1.5 like neo .... "new and revamped architecture" points to a bigger upgrade