People can mock me all they want, but this is gonna be another Xbox One gen.
They still have the OG Xbone vision in a different way and they are all over the place again.
You can say this if you have literally had your eyes sown shut the past three years. MS of 2019 is not the same MS of 2013. If 2006 Sony was able to change their image into 2011/PS4 Sony (and Nintendo able to change their terrible Wii U image into the highly successful Switch one of current day), there's no reason MS cannot do the same.
They already sort of did that going from the OG Xbox to the 360 (not to imply OG Xbox was bad at all, but it just wasn't a threat to PS2. No system that gen was, really).
Well, hopefully this article is Microsoft's admission that they jumped the gun with the streaming cheerleading a bit, and they'll revert to more logical and practical launch plans. Hopefully. You never know, they change messaging weekly. Honestly, between the streaming nonsense and Sony saying the PS5 will have 8k support, I think they both have their heads up their ass.
I don't blame MS for the streaming talk just like how I don't blame Sony for the 8K 120FPS talk. Sensibly-minded people would assume they were mentioning these things as alternatives, things that can be technically done but not replacing the status quo. MS hyping up streaming is just them realizing where the mainstream console industry will eventually be within 10 years; they have a big stake in servers and the streaming market, why would they not want to have confidence in a solution they've invested billions into?
Likewise with Sony and the 8K stuff; they know PS5 will be technically capable of it, but that depends on the design scope of the games in question. Anyone thinking they'd get Last of Us 3 in 8K 120FPS
deserves to be disappointed imho; you
KNOW that's not a realistic expectation. But something like, say, Resogun or the such in 8K 120FPS? Completely possible and with room to spare at that. Mentioning its possibilities is more a way to shore up confidence and optimism in the development community, there's nothing wrong with doing that.