Microsoft Execs Ramp Up Project Scorpio Hype; Declare 2017 the ‘Year of the Scorpio’

The new year may barely be upon us, but Microsoft is already turning up the hype machine for its upgraded Project Scorpio Xbox console, which releases in 2017.

[Overload]

Scorpio isn't even due to release until the end of 2017.
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[ninsigma]

Yeah it definitely seems a bit early to be starting that hype machine. Maybe we're gonna get an info blow out soon.

[Overload]

Yeah, there is no doubt the information for it will start being generated in 2017, it's just a bit of a stretch to call it the year of it. There shouldn't really be much to tell either, if it's just an upgraded Xbox One.

[1Victor]

I think it's a little bit too early to call it "the year of Scorpio" there's a lot of things that could go wrong and push the system to next year like what happen to the PS3.

[XanderZane]

@Overload
PS4 Pro is just an upgraded PS4 as well. You still do back flips over it. lol!! You so salty. Relax, PS4 will always have their worldwide lead.

@oasdada
Pretty sure they mean the Scorpio is coming out in 2017. 2016 was year of the PS4 Pro, PS4 Slim and PSVR. Was it not? I don't game much on PC. Play more on game consoles. Most PC games will come to PS4 Pro and XBox Scorpio anyways. No need for a PC.

[oasdada]

@xander
Thats because no one said 2016 was the yesr of the ps4 pro.. just the year of ps4.. plus even if u have a pc u still need a ps4 pro to play ps exclusives in higher res or quality, on the other hand scorpio is just an upgraded xbox with not much incentive to own one specially if its priced more than 400$ s

[rainslacker]

Ten bucks says they release some interesting info right before Horizon launches.

The hardware is about the only thing they have to hype right now since their games aren't really doing much to drive the train.

That being said, people seem to forget that MS thinks the year only happens between October and December for their marketing. The rest of the year is meaningless in the grand scheme of things to them.

[ninsigma]

Considering it doesn't release until the end of the year it doesn't make sense to call it the year of the Scorpio.

I am interested in seeing the final product though. See real hands on from. Digital foundry or something instead of things like that garbage fluff piece from e3.

[demonddel]

What else yall gonna come up with the PS5 quit the hate The Mighty Scorpio is coming

[JackBNimble]

Only 11 months to go for the mighty Scorpio, I guess the next 11 months for the pro don't count for much either does it.

[sk8ofmnd]

I think if it means the year of scorpio as the year it releases it sounds fitting. Just like 2016 was the year of ps4p and psvr.

Now in a fanboy state of mind... If they are saying 2017 is the year of the scorpio slaying sony... Theres no fucking way. Let the fanboys have hope the scorpio will dominate... They have been so adament about thinking this way why would the scorpios launch be any different.

[Tumaras]

I'm confident Scorpio will be a nice piece of hardware. I'm far less confident that Xbox will have must-have hit exclusive games that justify buying it. And that doesn't include cross-play games I can just play on PC, or big-name games that disappoint (cough Halo 5).

Xbox is way, way, behind Sony in that area. And the 2017 games coming out like Horizon, Nier Automata, Last of Us 2, etc. will only extend that difference. I'd like to play those in 4k. I'd have a tough time convincing myself to buy a Scorpio to play Cuphead.

[GrubsterBeater]

Well it would make sense in the way that MS tends to only consider the last 3 months of the year as "the entire year".

So for them, releasing games all year really means releasing all their games the last 3 months of the year. When the Scorpio releases during the holidays, they will then say it dominated the whole year.

It is the MS way.

[Utalkin2me]

What Phil is saying that "this year is when Scorpio comes out".

[daBUSHwhaka]

Your point is...

[kneon]

I guess this just further confirms that Microsoft thinks the year is only a couple of months long :)

[Amongunz]

What difference does it make... its called marketing.... every company including sony does it to get everyone all debating pro vs. Scorpio blah blah blah. The campaign began last year and will only ramp up from here .. and thats just fine.

[cheri26]

I'd rather have a Switch with Breath of the Wild.

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Well, xbone is dead in the water, it's only natural they start looking for a new savior.

Just like Nintendo did.

[XStation4pio_Pro]

Oh my gosh. They are talking about a product that will release this year! The nerve. I sure am glad nobody has done that before!! /s

@gtr: logic is flawed. Xbox is no longer a console but a platform and there will be plenty of exclusive for the platform. And even with that, multi platform games will run better on Scorpio than on PS4 thanks to it ouspec'ing my beloved PS4 pro pretty much across the board substantially... oh and it will have uhd bluray as a bonus.

[Major_Glitch]

Why would I buy a Scorpio? MS doesn't have a lot of good games. And the few they do have can be bought on PC.

[XanderZane]

They could easily release it in the Summer 2017 if they chose to. We know they will announce more info at the E3. It's not impossible. Still, if they do release it at the end of 2017, then 2018 would be the year of the Scorpio since that's when most of its games would be released. With the Switch launching in March, it would be silly for Microsoft to release Scorpio so soon.

@RegorL
There have already been interviews will developers who already have Scorpio beta dev kits. Pretty sure they know the specs by now. Phil has already mentioned the developers are working on games that support Scorpio. XB1 and PS4 were not finished products. That was pretty obvious after they launched.

[RegorL]

"They could easily release it in the Summer 2017 if they chose to." and it is ready...

I hope third party studios have access to prototype hardware (beta SOC) right now but my gut feeling is that they do not. They probably have access to PCs with hardware said to equal Scorpio performance.
- Not the same thing...

XBox One was not a finished product, it has the feel of a quickly scrambled system.
PS4, PS4 Light, PS4 Pro all feels like finished products as does XBox One S.
We will soon see what category Scorpio ends up in. (It should be shown at E3 - at least a mock up)

[JasonKCK]

Sure brings out the fear in you

[Muzikguy]

It's just like how they automatically assume that holidays = all year. This thing could release mid December and they'll still claim it was the year of Scorpio. I don't understand how people keep saying that MS isn't a chronic liar, but whatever

[LastCenturyRob]

MS hasn't stated..although it probably won't release until end 2017, MS might start selling shortly after E3... Won't know until MS pulls the trigger.

[PistolsAtDawn]

You're always the first to post..and always on some sort of fan boy kick. Its pathetic

[thisismyaccount]

I´m serioulsy considering to fly over to India and to study java/code proggin ... fly back to my home town and work on a firefox addon that will filter out

- Microsoft
- Scorpio
- Teenberg Wisdom says article for me..

... these dipshit never cease to amaze me. 15 years of vaporware, copy&cats and hats .. now they claim 2017 to be the YEAR of their next gen system .. scheduled for late 2017. Unless they plan on realeasing in first half of 2017 (which wont happen, nothing conrecte was shown (design, final price/specs etc..), this just shows again what a bunch of snobs these folks are.

One thing is sure, after Forza 7 is released to critical acclaim .. they will start the .dlc machinery few months after. Wish Japan was still the leading market ... #THANKSNIPPON

[rainslacker]

I'll be happy when MS starts hyping up some new exciting games to go with that X1 I brought back at the end of 2015 for QB.

My biggest hope right now is they're holding back all the good game announcements for Scorpio's release to boost the hype, so maybe I'll find something I want to play on that X1.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Are they serious? All MS has done since they announced this things existence a yr and a half before it was scheduled to release is hype it like crazy. It's scary bc all they've had to hype is "6 tflops" and that's it. I can only imagine what will happen when they show fugazi footage of the next Forza game. Have they not been hyping it already?

[Trekster_Gamer]

Yes, that is what MS has stated all along?? What's your point?

[Majin-vegeta]

*Rolls eyes*

[MRMagoo123]

some times it really is all you can do from how desperate they seem at MS to try to generate some kind of hype and I can understand why though.......its because they have nothing at all to talk about games-wise so they are hyping Scorpio the entire year till it releases, well.....hype Scorpio and announce more backwards compatible games /shrug I guess but I don't get that excited about playing old games I can already play.

[zidane1341]

Nothing to talk about game wise....lmao that's funny.

[cheri26]

@bg116

"Sony has shown their hand already. Don't expect much more unnanounced software from them for awhile. I wouldn't be surprised if their e3 is a rehash of just about everything from 2016."

I've heard this before... and it was just as wrong then as it is now.

[Kribwalker]

@bg116

Last years E3 was mostly a rehash other then a couple not games that were new. The thing is, these Sony fans talk crap now, but wasn't the PlayStation VR hyped from the beginning of January until its October release last year? Must have been because they had nothing else to talk about right?

[pyroxxx]

@zidande1341 : It is not funny,.. it is tragic.

[DigitalRaptor]

Even with 3 brand new PlayStation hardware releases, Sony still brought the games in a big way last year.

Microsoft needs to be able to do that, and mostly waiting until the end of the year won't cut it, other than people talking about holidays sales which peak and then drop in mid-December and the new year.

It's funny you mention backwards compatible games, because... the Xbox twitter account asked what game they were most looking forward to in 2017, and the vast majority of the replies were asking for Black Ops 2. These guys are anticipating old games more than brand new upcoming exclusive games. No wonder their first-party lineup is a shambles and they're focusing more on bringing last-gen games to reflect on their glory years. https://twitter.com/Xbox/st...

[cheri26]

@bg116

The release doesn't matter we know for a fact they are going to be released. And I'd like to point out that Sony has more exclusives with confirmed release dates in the first four months of 2017 than Microsoft has games with confirmed release dates for the entire year.

[rainslacker]

One thing we can take from all this is that MS is obviously looking at alienating the largest populace in the world....the chinese, because, as we all know, 2017 is actually the year of the rooster.

I suppose the Xbox Chicken isn't quite as catchy though.

[whitesoxfalife1976]

i see its ok to talk about what is coming for the playstation side of things but not xbox hmmm... i guess...right overload.....nice name for you

[Overload]

Feel free to talk about Xbox all you want. Calling a year the year of a system that is coming out at the end of the year is ridiculous. This is an upgraded Xbox One were talking about right?

[whitesoxfalife1976]

so sony didn't beat its chest about the VR and the Pro earlier in the year.....We are on the same network site, you forgot?

[bluefox755]

@whitesoxfalife Most of the Sony articles were speculation and opinion based on released info. Most of the Scorpio articles are yet another Phil Spencer interview telling us what we already know and how great it will be. I really feel like they announced it too early as Spencer is forced to constantly come out and fill the void with fluff and nonsense.

[MRMagoo123]

@bluefox

😂 I was thinking the exact same thing....they have announced it so early it's gonna be funny watching what they have to come up with each time to generate hype 😂 I see them running out of stuff to say pretty fast

[LastCenturyRob]

Why so bitter over video game news?

[Muzikguy]

@bluefox

Maybe one of the void fillers will be how the MS cloud will multiply the power by 3 systems or something.

[ThanatosDMC]

Well they cant talk about the cloud secret sauce anymore. They're hoping people forgot about that farce.

[Xb1ps4]

You just truly can't win when it comes to die hard fans...

"They didn't say anything soon enough I feel ripped off"

"It's too early to announce, what kind of hype will they have to keep us interested"

@bluefix

I guess it's better to keep things as a speculation rather than a truthful fact...

[ninsigma]

Yes they've been promoting the psvr (probably too early too) but they didn't call it the year of psvr. And no they didn't beat their chest about pro. Just before e3 they acknowledged it's existence and then only revealed AND promoted the device 2 moths prior to its release. The whole thing was pretty low key too because it's only a mid gen console and not a whole new one.

Edit: fixed autocorrect

[whitesoxfalife1976]

ok i can give yall that one.....i know greenberg at times gets a lil over excited bout things.....til the next article then my gamin friends.

[Why o why]

whitesox

Thumbs ups for acknowledging stuff. Some people find that very hard to do

Yo... those trinitrons lasted ........ my first crt tank lol

Ha.... your will to game kept man going. lol trooper

[whitesoxfalife1976]

@why o why, cuz im actually a gamer i dont play the lemme piss off the other side especially since i was a long time sony fan from the walkman to its trinitron series tv headphones to its cd walkman...

Playstation holds a very special place in my heart to be honest and not even gaming memories. When leading up to the ps2 i preorder at one place end up moving down state and about two weeks before the launch i was hospitalized, gotten out two days to go and still manage to buy a ps2 from where i was staying nearly didn't make it i was the 5 to the last person to grab a ticket. Still with fresh open wounds gauge pads on my stomach treating myself while I wait in line....Again I am a gamer first.....

[TKCMuzzer]

Don't you think it would be nice of them to discuss what is coming out for their current customer base first, then promote the Scorpio nearer release time? It's a massive deflection technique and people are quite willing to go a long with it.
Even with the Pro coming out Sony went all out games at last years E3, this showed that their main target was to keep producing games for a console people owned, it doesn't feel like that with MS, it's like they can't wait for the release of the Scorpio. The bad thing about it, a lot of Xbox Fans are more excited about the hardware that was announced months ago than they are about what is releasing on their current hardware. It's all backwards and is not producing a trusted, solid foundation going forward.
Sony did not really beat it's chest bout the Pro, internet speculation did, they only announced it literally 2 months before release and to be fair it was pretty low key, this meant the OG PS4 was still kept current, MS are doing the complete opposite and if their not careful people will be bored before they show anything.

[thexmanone]

Sony did not beat there chest about the pro because Shuhei Yoshida does not speak English. I'm sure if he did he would have been on tweeter also hyping the ps4 pro.

[Why o why]

'because Shuhei Yoshida does not speak English'

Didn't know only Shu was permitted to hype . Kind of a false equivalence if you ask me. MS can hype both if they wanted to/could. TK is asking why MS dont spread some light on the current customers in regards to games in 2017 up until the scorpios release. I dont think thats asking too much.

[whitesoxfalife1976]

You know, yes I am excited about what MS is bringing to the table but not for the same reason as everyone else tho. First I'm excited because we are entering in era that as US CONSOLE GAMERS AS A WHOLE (PS/XBOX/SWITCH)....have not seen before this generation sorry had forgot this line

Sony have brought us VR headset and A more powerful console that can display 4k resolution that only up until this point that belongs to the pc gamers as an exclusive.....

MS is also doing the same but just a different view on it. MS is bridging the pc to console gap closer than we ever seen before with the play anywhere feature something that i thought i wud never see in my gaming life time.

I mean at the end of the day both these company is moving gaming forward thas what i care about moving forward and i think thas what MS is excited about closing the gap. And probably have more things to tell us but they cant hold it much longer....Remeber when phil said he wanted tell us about backwards compact but he had to refrain his self very hard til E32016 That was a bomb shell even before the nuke drop just saying.....

[Aenea]

The Pro was officially mentioned right before E3, not the start of the year, PSVR was announced officially in what, March? That's also a bit different then starting on January 1 with nothing new to mention.

But it's okay, I don't mind MS hyping the Scorpio, just don't say Sony did the same thing when it was different...

[starchild]

Sony announced their VR device in March 2014 (as they didn't like Oculus getting all the VR buzz) and we didn't get it until the end of 2016. And, yes, they hyped it that entire time, as did the fans. It's not any different.

I'm a fan of Sony's consoles, but some of you really need to stop demonizing Microsoft and finding any reason to hate on them. It's irrational and frankly embarrassing.

[Gamist2dot0]

Yup, it was different because to understand psvr, people needed to try it to believe it. Unlike any consoles, you can't explain it through video ads or pictures. Many people including me thought psvr was similar to 3D but we were wrong once we tried it. If Sony had kept psvr low key till e3, it would have sold very little.

[Aenea]

@starchild

Yeah, I grant you that Sony did announce PSVR rather early as well, but did Sony also Tweet about it constantly? I dunno, it still feels a little different to me.

Meh, I don't think I was all that hating, just trying to point out it was a bit different, a lot different with the Pro actually, we can argue if it was with PSVR, still, this wasn't exactly demonizing or hating. I do dislike MS with a passion and that originated way before they even got into the console business...

[Rimeskeem]

I'm assuming they will release the console during the time of the Scorpio (horoscope). So right before Thankgiving.

[nitus10]

For the non-US readers, Thanksgiving this year is 23rd November 2017.

[lastking95]

Late october/early november. Phil said it was ahead of schedule so i wonder if they will release it a few months sooner like August/September.

[Rimeskeem]

Wouldn't make sense, they want to release it right before Black Friday so somewhere in November is most likely.

[never4get]

Coming 2017 and no actual Scorpio gameplay footage. #Fail
So many PS4 fanboys #Triggered by lame Scorpio news. #SAD

[Rimeskeem]

Are you actually hashtagging N4G?

Fail

[Goldby]

@Rime

#forgotthehashtagforfail

[madmonkey01]

they bring the hate on themselves with this type of pr

[aconnellan]

"This type of PR"?

Aaron Greenberg posted one tweet asking if people are excited for 'the year of the scorpio'. Josh Stein posted 2.

When a fan asked him for a tweet regarding Scorpio, Phil Spencer replied "Work to do on games, platform, XBL and hardware, fun times. Im waiting to hype until we show games"

How is this something to get riled up over?

[Gazondaily]

"How is this something to get riled up over?"

It's not. Notice that the people being dismissive of this aren't exactly he biggest Xbox fans (putting it lightly).

Massive mountains out of molehills

[mark_parch]

its one tweet lmfao and ps4 fanboys out in force again. either they're secretly getting a scorpio or they are really salty, just can't figure it out

[christocolus]

@aconellan

Lamo. It's hilarious reading some comments in here. Septic is right though. Most of those coming in here to bad mouth this article are here with an agenda. They are those secretly hoping MS someday goes bankrupt. They hate Xbox but live jumping into Xbox articles. Just look through their posts..start with the first poster.

Anyways I'll be getting the beast day one.

[ILostMyMind]

@mark_parch
I think everyone already have a Scorpio or something better. It is called PC.

[starchild]

@IvanSF

Yeah, and I'm sure all of you are buying all your multiplats on PC like I do. That's why multiplat sales on PS4 are dead. ..oh, wait. I guess not as many of you have gaming PCs as you claim since multiplat sales are still very strong on PS4.

[thejigisup]

I call it the year of the xboxbro . At this point only hardcore roflcopter bros can truly be excited over this. The Scorpio is less powerful than a decent gaming PC, less games with less variety than what Sony has to offer and doesn't have the mobile market like I'm expecting the switch to have. Microsoft would have to really do something special with the Scorpio for me to be excited, or even impressed. So I personally get riled up bc add much as I love Microsoft I've been let down since the 360 rrod debacle. A handful of great games and some new hardware that is really going to be replaced by other hardware I own doesn't sound like it deserves it's own year of title. It's annoying that these big names throw buzz words and phrases out like it's going to be s gift from the gods. My expectation is that 2018 could be year of the Scorpio, but a whole lot of changes need to happen and I'm expecting hololens integration or some other really well thought out vr/ar experience with crazy and amazing games. I also want the MS store to be rebuilt from the ground up with full PC game support on the Scorpio. Give me this and I'll recognize your year of the Scorpio bs.

[Lennoxb63]

So you hate them for being excited for their next product?

[JasonKCK]

Be honest, when MS talks about their products Sony fans come hating.

[RegorL]

"when MS talks about their products"

IMHO MS do not talk much about their product, they are chewing the same information over and over again...
And so are news sites as there is no new information to talk about.
We have seen no leaks from developers, I would have expected that since so much already is known.
Be careful when reading what Microsoft really says about developers and Scorpio

“And as we’ve seen with people who have super high-end PCs, the visual fidelity; the immersiveness of these worlds, you know, graphically can be pretty incredible. But at the same time, more performance means people get to do other things, too. And so we’ve put that into the hands of the developers and it’ll be exciting to see what they create but being able to have that ‘runway’ and being able to work with them so far in advance… I think gamers are going to be really, really pleased with what comes out [of Project Scorpio].”
http://www.ausgamers.com/fe...

What do they REALLY say here?
- super high-end PCs ... can be pretty incredible
- more performance ... and we put that*into the hands of the developers

* "that" = more performance, not Scorpio itself

There is NO hit that developers has access to any Scorpio beta hardware. Sony had several generations of kits out with developers. Have anyone here seen a developer hinting on access to real Scorpio hardware?

[rainslacker]

As an Xbox owner, I'm kind of hating they're talking more about hardware than games.

Call me crazy, but I'd like to know what they have to be excited about to make that $300 purchase warranted. almost a year and a half I've had the system, and I have 7 games for it. 2 remasters, a sequel to one of those remasters, a disappointing 3rd person shooter, one fairly decent platformer which feels incomplete, a rather lackluster sequel to a once technically compelling franchise, and a racing game.

But hey, I'm sure the games will be better on Scorpio going forward. Can't wait to pay a speculated $500-600 to go through all this again one day. Maybe MS will do us all a solid, and release the system at a price of $400, so the games will be better....am I right?

[YEP414]

Xbox nation my wallet is ready for Scorpio 2017 Nov 22nd..499.00

[WeAreLegion]

Why wouldn't you just get a PC? It'll have literally every Xbox One gaming you're looking forward to, in addition to decades of other PC games.

[JasonKCK]

Maybe he doesn't want one. I know choice is a shocker to those who need things spoon fed.

[lastking95]

Show me a pc the size of a console, with 6tf under $500. With ALL console multiplates (still waiting on rdr lol) games available for it.....cant find one huh? 😏

Why get a pc when you can get a console cheaper, more convenient, console only exclusives and better support?

[81BX]

You and me both! Glad my elite controller will work with it. Wonder what the launch titles will be?

[greywolf39]

Year of Scorpio, yet the console "will" release at the end of 2017. You need games MS not hardware

[shiva1]

When the hardware was there, alot of criticism came in that the box doesnt have enough juice to run games. Now when the hardware is coming out, games are not there. If games are coming what next.... What else is there on the list?

[MasterCornholio]

I honestly don't see that happening with a system that's released at the end of the year. Doubt that Scorpio in a few months can eliminate all the excitement that the competition has. I mean Nintendo does have a new system and Sony has a very solid lineup.

In my opinion.

[DigitalRaptor]

It's Microsoft.... they exemplify the holiday season for the drones, and the drones obey.

It's going to be cringeworthy seeing them talk about it as though they don't have another weak games lineup for the first few months, unless they decide to change their game release strategy. Phil said he was going to make that happen back in 2015 when talking about the following year and then only put one game at the start and made gamers wait the rest of the year.

[Obscure_Observer]

You´re about to find out what power can do to this generation of gamers. ;)

Curiously NOW they talk like power won´t matter. But take a close look at the comments in this article. Try and find comments from PC fans or Nintendo fans. They care about their platform and that´s it you don´t see many of them here hating on something that is almost a year far from release. I don´t konw why most PS fans got all warm up every time they see the word "Scorpio".

[MasterCornholio]

"I don´t konw why most PS fans got all warm up every time they see the word "Scorpio". "

I could say the same thing eveytime PS4 exclusives are mentioned.

"You´re about to find out what power can do to this generation of gamers."

I guess we will and it will reveal many things about the strengths and weaknesses of each brand. I'm honestly not expecting the Xbox One to start outselling PlayStation due to Scoprio. Maybe in the US but not worldwide.

[Obscure_Observer]

@MasterCornholio.

"I could say the same thing eveytime PS4 exclusives are mentioned."

Yeah you could say that among many things but, can you prove? Can you direct me to any articles about The Last of US Part II, God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Spider Man, Days Gone etc... where the first comments are made by jealous and hateful Xbox One fanboys? (I´m not talking about resentful banned members) Then have a look at ANY Xbox Exclusive article to see the hate blossing! You choose. Crackdown 3, Scalebound, Sea of Thieves, Forza (you name it), Gears 4, Halo 5 and you will understant what hate means.

"I'm honestly not expecting the Xbox One to start outselling PlayStation due to Scoprio. Maybe in the US but not worldwide." That´s the thing people still don´t get it. Sony has WON this generation sales wise and there´s nothing MS or Scorpio can do about it.

Every reasonable smart gamer knows it! The thing is fanboys are not happy just about the fact the PS4 has won this generation. They get mad, angry and cringy about the Scorpio because people are excite about it. If you are excited about Scorpio they will try and convince you out of it by trying to shove PC down your throat, even if they wouldn´t ever do it to themselves.

MS is heading towards a new direction and i happy about it! Excited about i! I´m glad they are distance themselves from Sony and the traditional console circle/generation. They will find their own way just like Nintendo did and, hopefuly, we don´t have to see fanboy arguments over who´s better anymore. ;)

[Eiyuuou]

Actually, it's the Year of the Rooster.

[IndominusRex]

lol

[Artemidorus]

It's a premium Xbox One remember this millennials, no excuses when you moan another Halo/Forza in 4K but the same game as Xbox One S etc.

[shiva1]

What would be the point of PS5 in 2020?. Would it do 8k? I mean 4k is already done on pro right. If ps5 is 4k then the same pro game is coming in different version number or remastered on ps5.

Oooh well all ps4 games will be on psnow... No backward feature for u....instead remasters.... But you would be so happy to play those pro games on ps5 right.

[MasterCornholio]

Where's the confirmation that the PS5 can't play PS4 games?

[Artemidorus]

You might as well be typing to a brick wall as that comment has nothing to do with what I said.

[il-JumperMT]

False. 2017 is Year of the Rooster.
The Rooster is tenth in the Chinese zodiac. Each year is related to an animal sign according to a 12-year cycle. Years of the Rooster include 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, and 2029.

[SH1ELD]

It is.

[corroios]

Stop attacking Microsoft, Everybody knows that the year starts for Microsoft on October or November when they launch forza, gear or Halo and this year will be the scorpio.

[mark_parch]

i'm an xbox fan but can't really argue with that. hopefully we will see sea of thieves, cuphead and below first half of the year

[shiva1]

Just for the sake..... Didnt they already say crackdown will already be out before scorpio release.

Scorpio will not be released in massive numbers. It will follow the path of xbox one s. First 2tb or something then slowly the cheaper one will get on after a month or two.... Probably before black friday

[Relientk77]

Cool so again Microsoft only cares about the holiday season. 10 months away...

[Kribwalker]

Halo wars 2 comes out next month. And besides, for me at least I got in the last 4 months
Recore
FH3
Gears 4
Dishourned 2
Star Wars battlefront
Battlefield one
Far cry primal
Dead rising 4
FF 15
Titanfall2
Mafia 3
Watchdogs 2
And a counple others as well as the games with gold, my backlog is huge, I don't think ill be buying more games for the next bit

[Kribwalker]

Wow I guess I didn't get those games over the last few months and have a lot of games to play for the next few months then. Phew, glad to see you guys straighten me out with all those disagrees smh

[lastking95]

Lol @ the disagrees. Take them as compliments cause no way in hell it can be negative 😅

[shiva1]

This article and comments are about console and not games. Last i knew switch is the only hardware releasing away from holidays. Ps4, slim, pro, psvr, xbox 1 and xbox one s all came duing holiday.

[ONESHOTV2]

even though i will not get the scorpio becuase i'm already buying the games from the windows store, but i'm seriously happy that the console's will make another jump in higher graded hardware. as i have said a high jump in the console space is very good for me as a PC/console gamer becuase the more console push the higher of a jump PC will make and i cant wait for that tech jump.

[SR388]

Year of Switch!............. Then Scorpio lol

[gamerswin24]

I love new hardware so here's hoping Microsoft knocks it out the park. They have a lot to prove and riding on Scorpio so I have a good feeling it'll be a system for the gamers and will have lots of features. I have no problem sitting this console right beside my Pro :)

[DarXyde]

While I'm not particularly fond of Greenberg, this tweet appears only to suggest that this is the year it releases and wholly appears taken out of context.

If he meant "Scorpio will win us the year", I'm pretty sure he'd be calling it the year of the Xbox if they're supposed to feature the same software, VR withstanding. Saying "year of the Scorpio" rather than "year of Xbox" suggests, to me, that 2017 is the year Scorpio releases.

We'll also be getting Switch, but maybe Microsoft doesn't see it as competition.

[DigitalRaptor]

Greenberg saying this, that says to me that they care more and have a greater degree of anticipation for the hardware than the software as some kind of turn of fortunes.

They need the games to turn their fortunes, not hardware.

[DarXyde]

I think most would agree that they're losing the software war, and badly.

Unless Greenberg simply isn't weighing his words, I don't believe he's saying Scorpio is going to pull out a win. Examine the context of his tweet. He basically says, "2017 is here, which means it's time for Scorpio. Are you ready?"

With no mention of software, features, the Xbox One S, or anything for that matter, I think the tweet was just him saying to get excited about our next big hardware product. I honestly believe this title is clickbait trash intended to trigger the community.

[Obscure_Observer]

@DigitalRaptor

Did you even bother to read the article?

Phil Spencer: "Work to do on games, platform, XBL and hardware, fun times. Im waiting to hype until we show games"

Greenberg is just a egotistical clown. Phil is the boss and i rather take his imput on this matter.

[Stapleface]

Any article with Xbox in it will trigger certain members of this community. There are 3 or 4 you can guarantee will respond. They have all commented already. One replied to you. lol

[Stapleface]

I wasn't joking. Its a fact. No one is refuting any bs in here. Just slinging their own. What's petty is how much of a reaction some of the folks here get about anything the other plastic box does or doesn't do. It's like a bunch of pissy 10 year olds around here.

[lastking95]

Majin vegeta, garfield, corrios, overload lol (forgetting someone I think)

[Bathyj]

C'mon Microsoft. Scorpio won't be around most of 2017. And I don't really care that you have more powerful hardware coming. Hardware us not your problem. You need games and that's where you're lacking most.

[Obscure_Observer]

@Bathyj

So again; why do you people care? In this generation Xbox will never get the same amount of exclusive games as the PS4 do by the simple fact that most of these games are japanese and everybody knows Xbox almost non exist in Japan.

You guys will go on repeating this song over and over (like you care) while little will change software wise between PS4 and Xbox One. That said, i´m sure Xbox One owners are happy for what they have and what they will eventually get, just like Nintendo fans do.

[Bathyj]

I care because I've been a gamer for 35 years and up until this gen I used to own all consoles. I care because I wish I still had a reason to own more than just a PlayStation. I care because I don't like MS spoutting nonsensical hyperbole and their fans eating it up and repeating it in forums as if it were fact. I care because I was a big fan of the Xbox OG, back when MS didn't suck and gave gamers what they wanted, a legitimate alternative to the staple consoles, instead of just telling us how great they are when in my opinion they are anything but. I'd prefer if they ramped up the production of games worth owning to make me want this thing rather than ramping up hype. It says a lot that I had the money to buy an Xbox this Christmas but instead I got a PS4 pro. Yes I'd rather buy a slightly better version of a machine I already have than a completely new machine with a new library simply because I don't see that much value in that library or have faith in the company behind that machine. MS hasaan image problem in regards to lack out software output, not with lack of hardware power. They need to fix the software, not apply a bandaid with the hardware.

[Obscure_Observer]

"Yes I'd rather buy a slightly better version of a machine I already have than a completely new machine with a new library simply because I don't see that much value in that library or have faith in the company behind that machine."

So you don´t "have faith in the company behind that machine" and yet somehow you care and expect them to change their ways? It´s like you want to sail around the world but at the same time you don´t trust the captain of the ship! No offence but, that´s insane! You´re screaming at deaf ears. That´s why i said people like you will go on and on repeating the same song while little to nothing will change. Not this generation. Not under Spencer anyway.

You brough yourself a brand new PS4Pro instead of a Xbox One? More power for you! Its a great system with a bright future. That said, if you want a new system and Xbox is a disappoint for you so far (more than 3 years), then i think you better off with Nintendo or PC.

Xbox is not everybody´s cup of tea and will never be, so since you don´t like or trust MS, quit with the negativity in Xbox articles so you won´t be mistaken as hater and/or a troll.

Happy gamming. ;)

[Perjoss]

Because I'm way too curious and thankfully can afford it I buy all major gaming hardware releases, but Microsoft needs a few reasons aka games for people to want this thing. Maybe 2018 will be nice for them but 2017 is so barren of good Xbox games.

[DigitalRaptor]

The only way they will have a "nice" lineup is if some of this year's games are delayed again into 2018, to add to the de facto Halo and Forza releases. Currently I can't see how they have a robust enough lineup overall to suggest anything but a barren 2018 too.

[Obscure_Observer]

@DigitalRaptor

I don´t belive most you to be the happy gamers as you pretent to be here. I could name some hardcore PS fans that are enjoying their brand new PS4Pro. They´re simply absent from N4G since the Pro came out. Most of you find the time to work make money for you and your family, play the huge PS4 library while somehow find the time to be on every Xbox article hating. Just sad.

[Perjoss]

@Obscure_Observer

so making observations and pointing things out is hating now? c'mon man, any smart gamer wants MS to succeed, reasons:

- More good games on good hardware for everyone.
- Sony doesn't get lazy as they have the good competition.
- A company with as much money as MS can really make some interesting advances in tech and software as long as they are not afraid to take a few risks.

Its a shame that sometimes when people see a comment they don't like they automatically write it off as hate.

[lastking95]

Ofc you can't see it lol. All ps4 exclusives can come to xbox you still would only see a barren wasteland for xbox😂 grudges do that to you lol

[DarXyde]

Feels too early to say (regarding their lineup for the year).

It's a stretch, but...perhaps they see the flack Sony has been receiving lately for announcing and delaying games. Personally, I'm all for Sony doing delays because I haven't played a delayed game from them that wasn't worth the wait, but if they wait to announce it and lock down a nearby release, that's probably ideal. I digress though. Perhaps they'll announce a lot of great titles coming at E3 schedule for this year.

[riibhu]

So there is no information on project scorpio other than its 6 tflops and people already calling it a flop. What if they don't even release it as just a gaming platform but a whole lot more.

[RegorL]

No, not just one flop it is six-tera-flops ;)

They have to release affordable VR too.

[King_Lothric]

For me 2017 is the year of exercises. I am going to start at the gym on November.

What am I going to do the whole year you ask? Nothing really, just hype that in November I am going to start at the gym.

Then it sounds dumb to declare 2017 the year of exercises if I am just going to start at the end of it you say?

Yes, I think the same thing about Microsoft too.

[Obscure_Observer]

@King_Lothric

It´s not. Not really. E3 is just six months away. And i sure the Scorpio presentation will make the lifes of some people here even more misarable.

And i´ll enjoy because i have no love for hateful fanboys. ;)

[PFFT]

And i cant wait for this Monster! I am ready and impatiently waiting! Hopefully we get more info on the Scorpio soon. My guess is that it will launch before the Holidays.

[Hendog1981]

Bring on Scorpio :) my 65inch LG 4K TV is in for a treat this year.

[lastking95]

Nice! Think I'm gonna get 65" late 2017 or early 2018. My 40" aint enough lol i was tempted this holiday but another year and prices will be even cheaper. Idk if I can last that long though but imma try.

I'm eyeing a samsung

[Hendog1981]

I would of waited until next year if my 5 year old LCD didn't stuff up. Make sure you look into oled or equivalent when it comes to 4K tv :)

[SaveFerris]

2017 the Year of Xbox hype.

[DiRtY]

I can't wait for it.
It will be a beast and I will be playing Red Dead Redemption 2, Scalebound and Halo Wars 2 in 4k on my brand new TV this year.

It doesn't get much better than that.

[SilverDemon]

Well..,. You have to wait for it.....10months

I'll be playing horizon,persona5,nioh,neir,kh2 .8, gravity rush2 etc

So I can wait (heck,I might even not have time for it)

[DiRtY]

I really couldn't care less about your games, but Halo Wars 2 will be here in 3 months.

And I bought 3 games, that I haven't even touched yet: GTA V (Yeah, I never played it so far), Dead Rising 4 and the entire Telltale Collection. That alone will keep me busy.

[BigGamersSmallTalk]

SCORPIO! SCORPIO! SCORPIO! SCORPIO!

[SilverDemon]

Keep screaming for the next 10 months

[esmittystud101]

If it's over $400...........it won't even own November or December.

You think Sony isn't going to have sales on PS4 and PS4 Pro at that time?

Average gaming consumer: choice between a $249 PS4 with a game or a $500 plus Scorpio with hardly any games out at the time and it comes with no game..............

[lastking95]

You forgot the switch, the xbox one slim and others! Wait.....what does any of this have to do with scorpio releasing in 2017?

[DiRtY]

And every Xbox One game is a Scorpio game as well.

"Scorpio with hardly any games out at the time"

Makes zero sense.

1st This is true for every new console release ever.

2nd It is not a new generation like it used to be with cross play between Xbox One, Xbox One S, Win10 PCs and soon Scorpio and play anywhere features.

[joab777]

I would say that it's the year of the PlayStation exclusive, and the Holdiay season of the Scorpio. Honestly, 2017 will be more the yr of the PS4 Pro and 2018 the year of the Scorpio, assuming they start pushing great 1st party titles of various genres.

I love Sony because of Uncharted and Horizon, but also Death Stranding, FF7 Remake. And because of games coming soon like Nioh, Nier and P5, as well as Gravity Rush 2 and FF12 remake. The Kingdom Hearts remasters and Dragon Quest XI. Has everyone see DQXI? Crazy!

I will most likely buy a Scorpio, but I want more than Halo, Crackdown and Forza!

[lastking95]

You love someone for something unreleased, unplayed, potentially trash.(nms tought gamers nothing lol)
Scalebound, cuphead, sea of thieves, ori 2 should help scratch your itch 😉

[joab777]

Scalebound and cuohead do interest me. But I was a huge 360 fan with the summer of arcade etc.

And none of these games mentioned will be trash. I have high hopes for Nioh which may not be met but I'm pretty sure Horizon and P5 will be great!

[Lenrulesdaworld]

Funny no one reads the tweet, just the headline. Then Attack based on other fanboy comments, sigh. Man said nothing like the title, it's def clickbait and as usual the ps base fell for it. The hate is so real for some people on here, it's pathetic. Lots of game dropping and lots of games being announced, should be a great year for xbox and ps4.

[Stapleface]

Your suggesting to read the post, not just the headline before reacting and writing paragraphs sounding like an obsessed child? A hahaha haha haha! This is n4g fool!

[Lenrulesdaworld]

lmao, you are correct sir, a fool i am for thinking otherwise

[Segata]

Nah Year of PS4 (due to the upcoming games) and Switch (new hardware offering something new)

[preciousdeath]

Actually, it's the year of the Rooster. :)

[Vasto]

Yea,

Time flys when you are having fun.

See you at E3 2017 when Microsoft takes the show.

[KakashiHotake]

It would be easier to get excited for Scorpio if it wasn't so far away. A spring release or even summer would be perfect but if they're gonna make people wait all the way until the holiday season then you may as well wait for PS5.

[lastking95]

Fanboys and haters eeeeerrrrrvery where lol.

*sittin minding own business.....hears announcement....."uh oh" hears rumbling and ground begins to shake. Xbox/ps fanboys and haters come flooding in* RUN! 😅

Never woulda thought a simple tweet asking if you're excited for 2017/scorpio get so many up in arms. Nothing surprises me anymore. What's there to get upset about? Stop looking into stuff that's not there.

[sk8ofmnd]

From a non bias point of view comparing Microsoft and Sony both had a so so year in 2016. Ms had more triple AAA exclusives launch no matter if i liked them or if they mainly launched in the holiday season where it seems Sonys biggest exclusive was Uncharted 4 (the only exclusive that appealed to me). So as far as amount of first party console exclusives Ms wins 2016 but not by a huge margin.

Now... Looking at 2017 theres no denying that sony has this year won by a landslide. The amount of exclusives that im interested in vs what ms is offering is ridiculous. 2017 IS the year of sony hitting its stride, nintendo switch AND scorpio. The only reason why i add scorpio is because it launches in 2017 albeit the end of the year. I know it sounds weird saying it but it is what it is. Just like 2016 was the year of ps4 pro and psvr even though they both launched at the end of 2016...

[LoveSpuds]

Still waiting for them to deliver on all their other hyped up promises.......where are the cloud supported games that will multiply the power of the console? Where are the amazing Kinect experiences, where are all the new games the constantly touted 'greatest games lineup in Xbox history' promised, where is Hololense?

Their track record for talking utter bollocks is unsurpassed, hell, just look at their PR when the outsold PS for a few months in the US by a few thousand units. Look at their constant wordplay in their trailers and adverts, while some hardcore fans buy into these advertising and PR practices many around the world see straight through it and MS need to realise the damage lying to their customer base is doing to their credibility. When they really do have something cool to talk about consumers will just take it with a pinch of salt.

[Vasto]

Was going to get a PS4 Pro but seeing as the system can not even do 1080 / 60 I will have to pass for now.

I hope Scorpio has the option for 1080p / 60 for all games.

[Lime123]

Xbox One is struggling with 900p_

[Vasto]

I knew the downplay was coming.

A brand new system marketed as a 4K console and can not even 1080p / 60 fps is total fail.

What goes around comes around.

[yeahright2]

If it's THAT important to you you're far better off with a PC.

[Cherchez La Ghost]

SMDH...! It's funny how people always want to scrutinize MS every time they say or do something. But Sony does no wrong, right?! FoH.!!

[Yohshida]

Trigger WARNING

[subtenko]

Yo xbox Ima have to stop you there. Yall try to hype me up on Milo, Kinect, 'teh cloouwd' and the bottom of my avatars shoe. ENOUGH!!!! Stop your PR statements because for people like me (and I reckon its many) its not doin anything.

We wanna see results we dont wanna even hear any kind of statements from you unless its a date for a good announcement (as a heads up).

and ya dont even have don matrick anymore, I at least had a chuckle every now and then seeing him talk. Phil a cool guy tho..

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[StanleyRoper]

It won't be. It won't be the year of the scorpio. Despite what the body snatcher says.

[BenRC01]

Pics, footage or STFU.

[andrewsquall]

I guess announcing it at E3 2016 truly was a massive mistake. Say goodbye to Xbone sales as they diminish MASSIVELY over the next 10 months/40 weeks.

[jznrpg]

Its the year of PS, 9 months of Switch and its a couple months of Scorpio

[Godmars290]

So long as "Hype' equates to "Games".

And that's games that use - exploit and stress - the hardware. Not multiplatform titles. Not multiplatform titles that are excluded from a singular competing platform from a week to a few years, but honest exclusives.

[shadowhaxor]

Sure, it doesn't release until Q4 2017, that doesn't mean that you can never start too early with hype This is exactly what they need. Getting out front of it, being transparent and basically shoving it into our faces every chance they get.

[DashArrivals]

I honestly believe it will not help them. It just won't.

[TheMutator]

Another Xbox console with no games lolololololol

[Nodoze]

Um, no. While I am interested to see what they ultimately release, it will NOT be the yearly dominator they are hyping. Unfortunately MS execs still forget that it is SOFTWARE that sells hardware, not the other way around. So while they will have the most powerful hardware, the list of exclusive software pales in comparison to what Sony have in store this year.

Also let's not forget this thing will be geared towards the high end hobbyist. They have stated it will be a premium product. Premium products do not sell in high volumes.

[richyque]

they have cuphead and pirates from rare and them 2 will trump all and any ps 4 exclusive like horizon and persona 5 and the rest of the 20+ ps4 ONLY games that will release this year.

[i3eyond the Circle]

Once the official announcement is made and info leaks...it will dominate the articles and will be a large talking point until it releases this is what they mean.

Guaranteed it will be talked more about than the PS4PRO, PS4 exclusives and everyone's imaginary super PCs.

Each article will become flooded with hate with the first comment being b b b but exclusives and some guy saying his GTX9999 Critical Hit with SkyNet Core is ready. Why? Because the PlayStation camp is transparent and predictable. We got your whole outline down for the next 3 years.

[Vasto]

It is already more talked about than PS4 Pro.

:-)

[richyque]

It is already more talked about than PS4 Pro because Xboxone has no exclusives or games coming to the system till fall, lol. So you xbox fans only have to look forward to paying 500.00 on a new console that will suffer from the same problems as the last.

Cuphead is a snes looking indi game that does not count.

[Vasto]

What goes around comes around.

We said this would happen.

[i3eyond the Circle]

What?

On Xbox alone.. I'm getting Resident Evil 7, Halo Wars 2, Ghost Recon, For Honor, and Sniper Ghost Warrior. That's $300 in the first 3 months of the year ...I'm a grown man so that's nothing. But there's millions of console owners who buy maybe once a month if that..

There will be great choices of games for Xbox Only gamers throughout the year with the Holiday bringing an onslaught in the most powerful way ever in console history. Some people have also seemed to forget that MS are software giants... there may be OS and dashboard changes for both Xbox One and Scorpio.

Let's talk come e3.

[DashArrivals]

Because it's all they have to talk about. Sony have games, real exclusives. We don't care about consoles because everyone already has one.... WE CARE ABOUT EXCLUSIVE GAMES that you just can't play any other place than playstation.

[MAULxx]

I'm more interested in what the Switch has to offer.

[Amongunz]

Im interested im both.... a concept that is apparently impossible for people to consider anymore..

[MAULxx]

I'm not interested in a Scorpio... a concept that is apparently impossible for people to consider anymore..

[PainUzumaki]

I honestly dont care how powerful this system might be....I need to see what games they are gonna bring and NO ONE has no idea what that is yet.

[annoyedgamer]

Less talk more show.

[BizarroUltraman]

As in the Year the Scorpio releases not as in Scorpio is gonna dominate. But as usual there are those who takes everything out of context. Damn right wing gamers!!

[Unknown]

Very excited to learn more about Scorpio. I think it will be a great year indeed for MS, they're doing a great job of continuing to evolve in the gaming space.

[YoshiMane]

For some reason, I have a feeling this will be the biggest mistake for Xbox ever if the price is $500+

[InTheZoneAC]

M$ trying to keep attention to themselves and not feel out of the loop as the Switch and more great PS4 games are around the corner. They're like that outside that comes up to a random group of people, says something that implies "look at me/attention whore" and everyone's got that straight face before they burst out laughing.

When something is only available for 1 or 2 months in a year, you cannot say that year will be theirs...

[PistolsAtDawn]

I'm definitely excited about Scorpio. I'll grab one for sure and I'll use it for VR as well....I'm also looking forward to HoloLens. Great exclusives this year as well...lots to be excited for. Great time to be a gamer

[DashArrivals]

Definitely good time to be a gamer. You just needs lots of cash these days to have a really reall good time LOL

[Gotcha5]

Man..I'am so glad we have 2 new console arriving in 2017...anything to make me forget about that Fake-K Triple Layer Shit Cake Monstrosity Pee-S-Fore. I guest Greatness is too wait...because with "The Scorpio it's Power I Seek".

[DashArrivals]

Geez, you must be a really young kid.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

2017 is the year switch, sorry mS

[RosweeSon]

Haha this is hilarious. It's the year of the Scorpio but it won't be available until October minimum... I make that 3 months max myself but yeah Year of the Scorpio?! Whatever.

[Claudinho69]

releasing too soon

[Gotcha5]

NO...That was The CheckerboardStation Pro

[Armyntt]

When the Scorpio releases why should I buy one? Not rhetorical but seeing as how this is just an upgrade I need to see what' it's offering to upgrade. Because why would I spend $399(which I think it'll be) when the next ms console is just 3 years away. I'm legit asking what reasons people have for buying it when we know minimal about it. There's no hype until we have info.

[Vasto]

Digital Foundry here we come!

[silvacrest]

Call me crazy but im not that concerned about 4k, just give me good software first, MS have failed to do this so far

[sk8ofmnd]

Who cares! Let ms camp hype the scorpio till their face turns green! If i was a ms fan, which im not... I would be excited about scorpio too!

Sony camp need not to get offended about a catch phrase as "the year of the scorpio". Seriously... Those 5 words can get some of the ppl in this thread panties in a bunch? You can disagree about something without sounding butthurt lol.

[richyque]

PlayStation shows us many new exclusives and games for ps4 while xbox is trying to brainwash their fans on buying a new console that will lack games like the last console. thats shady as f()ck ans sad on xbox part.

[DashArrivals]

Don't worry. It's going to be like the whole generation so far. The hard-core will buy the console, but then it will fall dramatically when compared to anything PS4.

[DashArrivals]

At this point, SONY don't have to give a flying F#@*K about anything Microsoft do. Sony are on their own path. Microsoft are floundering and look for traction on their path, in regards to the console business.

[sk8ofmnd]

.

[richyque]

It sucks when all there is to look forward to on xbox is the launching of a new console that their customers are going to have to pay at least 499.99 on, its really shady that they would not invest in any new game studios to make some games for xbobone.

[MrSec84]

While I doubt Scorpio will cost 499 (PS4 Pro's gpu could be clocked to hit 6tflops if the system can accommodate the thermal levels of the part), it would have made more sense for Phil Spencer to have actually done the job he was given back in like 2010 and find developers to increase the company's output of games releases.

Hell 343 and co should have all been encouraged to find more talent, as well as work on making new IPs.
MS could have even brought great new indie studios into their network of studios and gradually expanded them over time to make bigger projects, but that doesn't seem interesting to the company that can't be bothered to put in the work like Nintendo, Sony and the other quality publishing houses have done.
No MS are just fine watching others do the work for them, then buy up the odd IP here and there which happens to sell well.

[Xx_Pistol_xX]

Year of the Scorpio. What happened to just year of the XBox. Already forgetting about the vanilla Xbox.

[DashArrivals]

I honestly feel sorry for those people that bought the original Xbox with Kinect for that insane price. No HDR update either.

[XXanderXX]

Day one buy , Pre-order day one , Whenever I can't wait to get me a Scorpio ........Awesome

[GamerGT]

And they wait. Lucky to be out in October.

[Donnie81]

Gonna be really funny to watch the Scorpio smack the pro around in all these head to head comparisons for years to come. These diehard Sony guys are honestly scared of project Scorpop. Its a monster!

[DashArrivals]

We won't mind because Scorpio will be the more expensive console. We'll just keep pointing out the fact that the Xbox Scorpio has no real exclusives at all. I've got a 75" UHD HDR 4k tv and the difference you think you're going to see will absolutely not blow a single person away at all. The exclusive games that you can only play on PS4 and no where else, will blow people away. This is the actual truth.

[MrSec84]

True, the slew of real AAA exclusives coming to PS4 over the next few months and throughout the rest of the year will keep many in PS4's ecosystem, with many new PS4's & Pros being sold, Nintendo Switch will also likely have a tonne of unique games which will give more people incentive to buy that system over Scorpio.

These XBox Diehards love to ignore anything that is obviously going to prevent their agenda from becoming a reality.
The fact both Switch and PS4 will both be cheaper and pack more and better quality games into their respective gaming environments makes this a very uphill battle for Microsoft, unless they've been building a load of new game studios, with awesome established industry vets and those teams have none stop awesome new games planned to release soon exclusive to XB1 and Scorpio many are going to avoid XBox in favor of the platforms that give them more unique and quality experiences.

[MrSec84]

I can already buy an RX 480 or GTX 1060 cheap, pair them with a reasonable CPU, build an overall better level of games machine and play all but a few XB1/Scorpio games now at a level beyond what Scorpio will be capable of, yet the Pro and base PS4 are still enjoyed by the masses.

Pro and OG PS4 will continue to get more unique games, Nintendo Switch will likely also have it's own games that give gamers a reason to buy it, plus the portability factor will add to that incentive, Scorpio is just another XBox device that won't change the market landscape in MS's favor.

Not unless MS actually bothers to bring the exclusives to make Scorpio appealing where it matters, in the games department.

[KuroKiko]

Ok Microsoft, so what happens until then?

[Donnie81]

Really I can play uncharted god of war and infamous on my smart tv without a console of any kind. Won't be long ps now will have ps4 titles that's a given. These fan boys move the goal posts all over the place.

[PizzaSteve]

Scorpio will flop. No on gonna buy a console with no games.

[MetroidFREAK21]

I hope they keep the name Scorpio

[BLAKHOODe]

Start saving! I'd put at least $50 aside each month. More if you can afford it.

[feraldrgn]

They're desperately trying to take the attention away from the Pro & Switch.

[kenwonobi]

Well it's no surprise to see Xbox to try to elbow their way to victory with their words. I guess this means they'll ignore the entire rest of they year they lose until November comes. Then claim victory. Lmao!

[BlakHavoc]

This and the Switch in one year? It's going to be a wild ride! I think Forza and some new ip will be shown off at E3 running on Scorpio, and jaws will hit the floor.

[81BX]

Cant wait!

[FATHASUN]

This comment not long after Yoshidas statement saying that 2017 will be the Year of Playstation 4 software.

MS had to come up with someone to counter this statement. My Dad can beat your Dad syndrome.

[MagicBeanz]

Actually Microsoft its the year of the Rooster.

[Max-Zorin]

I wish 2017 was the year the entire Xbox division gets fired, and replaced.

[ultimize]

How?

[IamTylerDurden1]

Every day we have numerous Scorpio hype train articles and quotes from Phil pumping up this mystery machine and denigrating the competition (Pro). I shutter to think what "ramping up the Scorpio hype train" will entail.

[DrShoe]

LOL! No!

[Trekster_Gamer]

As well they should be!
Scorpio the Ultimate Console Power in the Universe!
Bring it on!!

[Hendog1981]

I'm really interested to see the look of Scorpio seeing as how the surface team are involved.