I never forget that Iwata also stated that Switch (back when it was still NX) was the first step in an attempt to redefine what a "platform" is. That it might be a "family" of systems. I think they're gonna try to step out of the generational cycle ASAP.
I hate to break it to you but the Pro is clearly the much more successful product and while we enthusiasts may not like it it's much more realistic that Microsoft's goes Pro next gen than Sony going the X route.
Nah, it isn't. It's normal for games late in the gen to suffer from lower frame rates and resolutions, as devs sought to make the games look better than before.
Proof by assertion?
As far as I know Yakuza 6 started out as a PS4 game, and even had a demo on the JP PSN well before the PS4 pro was announced. The game has one of the most barebone PS4 Pro updates, its simply 1080p vs 900p, and slightly better frame rate. Its just a poor performing game in general. From what I've read online Kiwami 2 runs better than Yakuza 6, and they both use the same engine. If you look other 3rd party games, say BF4 and BFV, BF5 actually runs better on a base PS4. And when it comes to 1st party games, they usually runs at a very similar frame rate, unless the pro version has a 60 FPS mode, which isn't often.
This.
It doesn't have to outsell the Pro to be the more successful product. It is already the more successful product if its percentage of sold Xbox consoles is larger than Pro's percentage of sold PS4 consoles.
Yeah, I really don't get the obsession of having a next gen sooner than later.
In every case. A product that is vastly outselling another is more successful, end of story.
So the product that canabalises market share of a related product is more successful? That's like saying the Camry's success can only be measured as a percentage of Toyota's sales when compared to the Corolla.
You have the choice. I see no incentive for me to buy an x1x or a Pro. My money my decision.
I'm betting that's the case, it would make sense aswell given that it allows both MS and Sony to work out hardware costs and wait a bit longer for the manufacturing costs to drop slightly. I still think that a part of the reason why the Pro and the X happened is because both companies wanted more powerful hardware initially, but hardware costs prevented that in 2013.
Thr X isn't purely about power, it's a luxury product with high build standards. It's the best all round console ever made imo
It's not so much about the power, it's about how half baked the extra power was implemented. They first tried to gate off the unpatched PS4 games entirely from the PS4 Pro hardware. Then there was the weird you need a 4k monitor to gain any benefit from the PS4 Pro. then no downsampling options because... ???
$499 should be the new baseline for powerful traditional consoles at launch, tbh. That being said, I feel like the success of the X might have much to do with the fact that the most loyal Xbox crowd were extremely unhappy since the introduction of the original X1, when the brand's stronghold of being a synonym for power suddenly fell apart. I think they, for the most part, wanted a revision asap to be back at the top of the power game.
