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[Rumour] Jeuxvideo.com : both Xbox Scarlett models will feature SSD, will be revealed at E3 2019, with Halo Infinite as launch game
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That actually makes the most sense of anything in the entire rumor.
They're not doing an 'S' version of the console..it's gonna be a cheap streaming box. The Anaconda is the traditional console.
Two models at launch for any game system just seems like a horrible idea. Look at th shit performance of some games on Xbox or PS4 base. They're an afterthought. Now sell somebody a new system and immediately make them a second class customer to every Dev?
The last thing we really want is further diversion of already stretched resources in Dev studios.
The last thing we really want is further diversion of already stretched resources in Dev studios.
I would think the average consumer still buys discs over digital at this point. If it's all about considering the broadest base, you don't kneecap people stuck in places with sub par internet (that's a fuckload of would-be customers) by limiting their buying options. It doesn't make sense.
The problem is the cpu, if you try and make games for a potentially significantly weaker cpu you then end up sacrificing performance on the better machines. Scaling gpu isn't a problem, scaling cpu is much more of an issue.
I can see them coming out with two machines, and then supporting streaming (obviously) on the weaker hardware. I have a x and love it to bits, but don't want future games to be compromised.
Xbox announcing this year sounds like something that would kill current Xbox sales. Like why would you buy an Xbox one X now if you know something way better is coming next year?. ...But then maybe they don't feel the next couple years of the Xbox one family is going to shift many consoles anyway.
What doesn't make sense is simultaneously launching two versions of a brand new system whose only conceptual difference is Teraflops. That's a mid- gen solution not a launch strategy to confuse consumers and handicap the more powerful systems potential.
MS strategy is a cheap streaming box (in which a disc drive is a total waste of bottom line cost cause it is NOT designed to run games natively) and the traditional powerful console. Two totally different systems that target totally different consumers.
What is PS5 end up to being More Powerful than anaconda for $399? the same situation as this generation!
Nah, showing off the X with its 6TF was brilliant on Microsoft's part and the console has done well (even though they came out with the specs to counter the pro's x2 difference over the ps4) . I can see them doing them same, times have changed and people are more savvy regarding the understanding of hardware power especially with metrics that are based on similar hardware architectures.
If both manufacturers are going to drop hardware in 2020, 2019 should mean a near hardware lock on the cpu and gpu so why not talk about it.
When the high end model retails for 499-599 you are going to need to have a 299 option as well.
Two tier launch isn't a bad idea as long as the CPU upgrade is in both. Scaling GPU is fine. The most powerful console won't be held back as long as the CPU is similar. You get a cheaper entry to next gen and a more expensive entry to next gen. That's not confusing just like Pro and X aren't confusing. The tough message is Xbox One disc less and X Cloud streaming, there is a lot to juggle.
I really hope both versions have a blurray/dvd drive. I love putting my old 360 games in and it downloads the BC version.
and teh "two X^2" is def going to arrive 6 months to 1 year after the ps5 i think. THen the PS5 pro will come out 6 months to 1 year after the X^2
and teh "two X^2" is def going to arrive 6 months to 1 year after the ps5 i think. THen the PS5 pro will come out 6 months to 1 year after the X^2
The same leak said Sony would be about 10 TF's but it wouldn't shock me if they're below that.
Yeah, it would be devastating to this whole console cycle, imo
NVMe in a console, at 1 GBps? That would be something. A good design choice if the they intend to aim for 4K across the board.
1 GBps storage controller in a console? So it would be duplex.
Yea, my 1TB Samsung EVO was like $140 on sale last year. Two years ago a SSD that size was running around twice the price.
1 GBps storage controller in a console? So it would be duplex.
Yea, my 1TB Samsung EVO was like $140 on sale last year. Two years ago a SSD that size was running around twice the price.
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The X would be so lagging behind though if they made it base. Like half the GPU power and more than half the CPU power. If Anaconda is true it is way, way more powerful than X. Would be a bigger gap than S -> X
I must be missing something because it says 4TFs for Lockhart. It has to be at least 6TF right? I had hoped closer to 8TF
I feel like a $500 console and a $100-$200 streaming only console are much better choices
I feel like a $500 console and a $100-$200 streaming only console are much better choices
Nah. It's very, very smart. One is disc less and a streaming / Digital entry machine and the other is your power house. Love the choices.
I just want to see the fruits of the studio acquisitions but I know that is years off. Having the tiered console release makes sense to me even when I know I will only get the top tier box.
Economies of scale. Still very doubtful for me. Would love it, though.
A 12TF Zen combo for 500 wouldn't be bad at all. I don't really have the money for a full PC upgrade or the space atm so a 900 euro combo for awesome first parties and hopefully 4k/60 multiplats would be nice.
It is roughly the difference between a One S and One X, so a 4k console and a non 4k console run I games with similar performance. Going to 6 or 8 just increases price for no point if the goal is targeting different resolutions.
Nope, 4-ish. That machine will make 3rd party devs tear their hair out.
A $1-200 weak console baseline is going to serverely limit devs until 2027. This is bad news.
It seems pretty clear that MS is targeting anaconda for native 4k. If that is the case, the Lockhart can handle the same games at 1080p.
If games don't target native 4k then we might have an issue.
Jeuxvideo? Wow, there's a name I've not heard in a long time. I used to go there a decade ago because they'd publish scans of Famitsu.
if it really boils down to a weak digital only (doa) sku and an overpriced (doa) xbx style sku, well, good luck microsoft, you'll need it.
It's current/previous gen all over again, sony will come and just pop out a console and say ours is normal, and here we go.
A bold strategy.
It's current/previous gen all over again, sony will come and just pop out a console and say ours is normal, and here we go.
A bold strategy.