RCU005
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I am disappointed that the Series S exists. I can understand the reason and view all the advantages that you can tell me objectively (but the price!). However, it doesn't take away the fact that the console is just very-low spec'd.
When the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X launched, Microsoft and every fan were obsessed that the Xbox was 6TF and the PS4 Pro just 4. When Microsoft announced the Xbox Series X specs, no one would shut up about 12 TF! Even when many people proved that the PS5 is not really that far behind (like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X), everyone was just about the TF and Xbox being a monster.
Then, rumors of Lockhart started and people were fine about it being 4TF? I understand that it has the same CPU and that it's an actual good improvement, but shouldn't a "next-gen" console improve in every aspect and not just one, in this case just the CPU?
If we look at each generation, every console has improved in every aspect possible. Some more than others, and some more or less than what it was expected.
I believe Microsoft is doing the Xbox Series S just because of price. They think that having the price advantage is having the win, but that's not true at all. Sony proved with the PS3 that having good games (whether exclusives or not), your console will sell. Nintendo also proved with the Wii that no matter how popular your console is, with no games, the sales plummet.
Everyone is considering the XSS as next-gen, even though it's lower spec'd than the Xbox One X. You will say, but the GPU is RDNA 2 which it's equivalent to 6TF. So, still, the same as Xbox One X.
You have all seen the comments that many developers said about the XSS. It will cause trouble (whether too much or not, I guess time will tell). People somehow believe that the games will be the exact same (same textures, same LOD, same geometry, etc) as the XSX, but just at 1440p or lower, but it will definitely won't.
For that matter, it would've been better if they made a companion portable console to compete with the Switch, because as it stands, do you think that just because of the price, people will jump all over it, like they did the switch? It doesn't have any compelling gimmick like the Switch, and the games look better on the other consoles. (Third party will be on PS5, too. Probably at $100 more). I'd give $100 more to have a much better console with much better graphics than the XSS, and I am not meaning this as a fan of xbox or ps, but thinking as an average consumer.
They already confirmed that the optimizations for Xbox Series X won't apply to the XSS. So, it is a current gen console with a better CPU and that's it. That's my question in the title, why are people calling it next-gen? People were calling the PS5 very disappointing when there were rumors about it being 8 TF. Why, then the XSS gets to be called a next-gen console?
When the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X launched, Microsoft and every fan were obsessed that the Xbox was 6TF and the PS4 Pro just 4. When Microsoft announced the Xbox Series X specs, no one would shut up about 12 TF! Even when many people proved that the PS5 is not really that far behind (like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X), everyone was just about the TF and Xbox being a monster.
Then, rumors of Lockhart started and people were fine about it being 4TF? I understand that it has the same CPU and that it's an actual good improvement, but shouldn't a "next-gen" console improve in every aspect and not just one, in this case just the CPU?
If we look at each generation, every console has improved in every aspect possible. Some more than others, and some more or less than what it was expected.
I believe Microsoft is doing the Xbox Series S just because of price. They think that having the price advantage is having the win, but that's not true at all. Sony proved with the PS3 that having good games (whether exclusives or not), your console will sell. Nintendo also proved with the Wii that no matter how popular your console is, with no games, the sales plummet.
Everyone is considering the XSS as next-gen, even though it's lower spec'd than the Xbox One X. You will say, but the GPU is RDNA 2 which it's equivalent to 6TF. So, still, the same as Xbox One X.
You have all seen the comments that many developers said about the XSS. It will cause trouble (whether too much or not, I guess time will tell). People somehow believe that the games will be the exact same (same textures, same LOD, same geometry, etc) as the XSX, but just at 1440p or lower, but it will definitely won't.
For that matter, it would've been better if they made a companion portable console to compete with the Switch, because as it stands, do you think that just because of the price, people will jump all over it, like they did the switch? It doesn't have any compelling gimmick like the Switch, and the games look better on the other consoles. (Third party will be on PS5, too. Probably at $100 more). I'd give $100 more to have a much better console with much better graphics than the XSS, and I am not meaning this as a fan of xbox or ps, but thinking as an average consumer.
They already confirmed that the optimizations for Xbox Series X won't apply to the XSS. So, it is a current gen console with a better CPU and that's it. That's my question in the title, why are people calling it next-gen? People were calling the PS5 very disappointing when there were rumors about it being 8 TF. Why, then the XSS gets to be called a next-gen console?