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Brad Sams: Microsoft Shifts Xbox Focus to One Next-Gen Console
- Thread starter Theorry
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Of two minds
The lower end console resolution wise but with a next gen cpu was an interesting idea
Of course most of Microsoft's interesting and industry changing ideas are ridiculed and end up being a negative to their sucess - so this is probably the best move
The lower end console resolution wise but with a next gen cpu was an interesting idea
Of course most of Microsoft's interesting and industry changing ideas are ridiculed and end up being a negative to their sucess - so this is probably the best move
I kinda feel PlayStation and gaming websites would have had a field day in bombing Microsoft's effort by shiting on the weaker console and just telling people go for the more straight forward choice
Selfishly, I hope Lockhart is dead. I view it as a boat anchor that would limit the potential of PS5 and Anaconda games.
There it is.
This is for the better.
"As you might expect, developers were putting a focus on making games that would run well on the lower-end device first and then scaling them up to the higher-speced, Anaconda. " i remember many people tried to say the games would be downscaled to other consoles from anaconda, guess that it was a wrong assumption to make.
This is for the better.
"As you might expect, developers were putting a focus on making games that would run well on the lower-end device first and then scaling them up to the higher-speced, Anaconda. " i remember many people tried to say the games would be downscaled to other consoles from anaconda, guess that it was a wrong assumption to make.
Prob cause those "Ideas" like the xbox one launch are not good. If something is of value to people it will be successful...simple as that. If it was truly industry changing in a good way they would be fine. If you try and "Force" stuff on the market that is not ready or doesn't want it, you get push back.
I wrote a while ago why 2 sku is a bad strategy.
Spencer reads era confirmed.
Spencer reads era confirmed.
But some people here told us it's not going to be a problem at all, look at pc versions, lol.
Power of the cloud not powerful enough?
You don't say...
Local processing is where it's at for premier experience console gaming the foreseeable future
You don't say...
Local processing is where it's at for premier experience console gaming the foreseeable future
I think this is a better approach. People correctly pointed out that developers would just prioritize the lower spec.
Good idea.
Lockhart was, and remains, a stupid idea. Especially if the pincer strategy many were proposing can't be implemented if PS5 turns out to be stronger.
Lockhart was, and remains, a stupid idea. Especially if the pincer strategy many were proposing can't be implemented if PS5 turns out to be stronger.
No.
With this, Scarlett/Anaconda is the entry level device. Whatever they introduce later should ideally be more powerful ( the X-equivalent of Scarlett) , and that Scarlett gets a price drop in year 2/3.
I never expected it to have been anything else than some high level discussions and maybe some prototyping. It seemed like a foolhardy idea from the get go.
The original idea of a duo of a cheaper device and a more powerful device boxing in the PS5 wouldn't work with the PS5 being more powerful than the powerful box now.
The original idea of a duo of a cheaper device and a more powerful device boxing in the PS5 wouldn't work with the PS5 being more powerful than the powerful box now.
Yeah and with PS5 in the mix it could have end with Xbox not getting some games at all for example from Japan.
My theory is that they're going to push xCloud (with all the new gen games, of course) in the Xbox One ecosystem and that would be their idea of "low cost, next-gen console".
"Play all the newest games on a Xbox One S, now only at 150$" is a pretty good selling point for xCloud.
"Play all the newest games on a Xbox One S, now only at 150$" is a pretty good selling point for xCloud.
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Supposedly was supposed to be cloud processing assisted.
But latency and synching between local and server hardware is a difficult problem to solve as demonstrated by the latest Crackdown multilayer fiasco.
I also thought it was a bad idea based on next gen baseline and bringing confusion to the market.
Better for everyone this way
Better for everyone this way
Brad said that developers would make games for Lockhart and then upscale it for Anaconda.....such a bad idea, glad Ms came to their senses.
You should read first, XCloud is also a reason why Lockhart is canned.
If you think there would be an X refresh, then that would basically be turning X into "lockhart" which would bring back this current issue of lockhart. I would say no refresh X.
They wanted to release 2 sku, a powerful / expensive and a weak / cheap. Now, as they decided to release only the first one, the question is:
Does this somehow affected the power or price of anaconda ? Are they going to make it less powerfull / cheaper now, as they don't have a cheaper alternative no more ?
Does this somehow affected the power or price of anaconda ? Are they going to make it less powerfull / cheaper now, as they don't have a cheaper alternative no more ?
Your total guess is not what actual developers who have worked with the early builds are saying, let's see, which outcome should I believe is more likely.
Did you also guess last gen that XB1 was going to be significantly less powerful for more money or was the idea you pulled from your butt that they would be about the same?
2/3 years into the consoles lifespan is simply too soon to introduce a more powerful version. The Pro and X both came almost 4/5 into this generation. A reduced version at half the price of the Scarlett/PS5 would be a way for those reluctant/can't afford next gen hardware to at least move the baseline for games higher than it X1/Ps4.
Lol wrong thread??
Anyway, I never saw the point of Lockhart. Glad it's been ditched
Imo they will push XCloud for cheaper way to join Xbox so Anaconda won't be affected.
I know what's going on, and that reason is a perfectly rational decision on their part. Handicapping half your base with weak hardware was not going to yield good results from the software development side.
For cheap entry into the ecosystem, game streaming is a simpler solution that won't handicap the more powerful hardware.
Lockhart will be replaced by next gen games streaming at 1080p to all current Xbox One consoles. Simpler solution and then you can have next gen targeted games available to a massive audience immediately.
This also allows them to have next gen games on all consoles. Doesn't have to be local
This is what they should be doing.
This also allows them to have next gen games on all consoles. Doesn't have to be local
This is what they should be doing.
