If Arden is 350 and an apu, its definitely on 7nm+.
Right, maybe that works long term and MS gets to be the "Netflix for games," reaching across Xbox, PC, xCloud, Switch, etc., and that gives them hundreds of millions of users. That's their dream, and it's certainly possible.
Then oberon and Arden must be gpus. 350mm2 should have 56 cus and 50 mm2 left over for rt.
I would be down for this. I'm ready for some crazy shit to happen next-gen. R* exclusives, huge 3rd party games launching on GP, some power moves. Open that warchest MS
We'll have to see, it's uncharted territory.
It's a huge question, and it will impact every element of games, from design to monetization. But beyond knowing it will radically change the face of gaming, it's almost impossible to know what that change will look like.
Oh I don't think they will be making money off the SX at launch, but the margins will be better and they will have a planned path to profitability for the hardware.
If by win you mean a moral victory before exiting the console business entirely, then yeah, they'd have won. A $699 console is a non-starter, and your X wouldn't have been nearly as impressive in 2013.
Duke can answer this but iirc he did find a lot of empty spots on the 5700xt die. Or maybe it was modiz or anex.
MS is certainly capable of absorbing losses, and is willing to do so to achieve this vision, but they are not going to let Xbox go off the rails. It needs to bring in money. Part of the way Phil sold MS on the current vision (per my understanding) was to say this is the path to profitability Xbox had almost always failed to reach.
Did you guys forget what Tom Warren said? He said he wonders how both Sony and MS will count Ray Tracing towards the final TF. Aquarius might be correct - PS5 might have a seoerate ray tracing unit.
Yes, I remember some casuals going to stores and believing that xbox one had n64 graphics so not even an option. Word of mouth is very powerful, if either company doesn't please the hardcore it gets exaggerated to the masses.
I still go back to Phil Spencer stating that the business is not to make money off hardware, it is on the software side of things. This has always been the way the business operates.
No publisher is going to ditch PlayStation.
Umm, it wouldn't be any different. The point is all these factors make the future impossible to predict.
To keep a steady and consistent supply of new content that MS owns flowing to GP, they will be pursuing both AAA and AA titles.
Sony had 100 million customers this gen. If you think so many people won't switch to Xbox if they come up with an attractive offer then you are wrong :-)
Yeah we have to see, but the next decade will be pretty bloody.
Netflix had every advantage imaginable (subverting two huge business that were problematic), became globally recognized as THE streaming services and it's profits are Nothing to write home about a decade later and the horizon doesn't look good. I'm not convinced that becoming the Netflix of games is something that can be achieved, and if it is, it might not be all that lucrative.
In that case, then with sony increasing priority of PSNow, do you think that they will pursue more AA content as well?
