Phil Spencer said that XB1&PS4 are still in the same performance ballpark of Neo&Scorpio, so developers will naturally target them with their games.
Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida claims PlayStation still believes Xbox is their only true competitor, not Nintendo.
True, they have pretty different audiences..and some People just have both at home or a PS and a PC that emulates more or less everything from Nintendo.
Xbox hasn't been a competitor since the XB360. Last generation and this generation Sony has been running circles around Xbox. As for Sony vs Nintendo Sony runs circles yes but I don't really see Nintendo as competition. Nintendo does their own thing and it works.
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Details are important. Console sales yes. Overall games Xbox seems to be doing fairly well in that department.
MS were doing so well that they had to start selling their games on their main competitors system which in turn results in around 30% of each sale going to Sony as the platform holder.
I do think tjat MS' fortunes will improve now that they are actually selling games rather than giving them away for pennies on the dollar.
Something that occurs to me is that the more success MS published games have elsewhere, the more stark it will become that selling games is much more profitable than renting them. If that becomes highly noticable, I wonder what the shareholders (who ultimately run the show) will make of a service which has stagnated for years?
I think it's all PS fans have left at this point. Console wars were always a competition for fourth place behind Nintendo, PC and mobile. If Xbox evaporates into a hybrid virtual platform, then PS will be perennially left in last place.
Strange, I recall all those FCC documents and witness testimonies saying the exact opposite... Guess Microsoft doesn't know what it's talking about?
Great analysis. Just joking.
Pretending like companies give a f about where they “rank” against each other is just super retarded. This isn’t the World Cup.
Tell me, how does “PC” compete against a brand like PlayStation? It just doesn’t make sense at all. What you just said, is complete and utter nonsense
microsoft wanted to crush sony into dust and they had the money to do it, but with such weak leadership it was always going to fail
Had the money? They still have the money but the industry has changed since xbox 360. Microsoft is the number one publisher in gaming. I'd hardly call that failing.
The industry hasn't changed though, just ms, Microsoft was the no1 publisher for a month in december 2024, the actual no1 for fy2024 was tencent if game sales are all that's being counted.
Money doesn't mean you'll be successful large corporations have entered and failed before like Nec
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I figured they would be.
So these old-ass consoles will be limiting us for years to come. How sad...
The problem is that even with these new specs, 4k wont run very well, it will be the same mixed performance that 1080p today on the PS4 and Xbox One, which barely run 1080p in most games at a good frame rate.
I own a 980 Ti, it runs 1440p very well, but there are a few games that get a little clunky at that Resolution, but it sucks at 4K, unless you like 30fps or less, or worse yet, turning down graphics settings so it looks like Quake 2, which I hate.
The new consoles will not match the graphics performance of a 980 Ti, which is fine, but it gives us a prelude of what we can expect at 4K.
There is WAY too much fuss put on resolution, and not enough put on overall graphics quality (texture resolution, shaders, effects, etc, etc). Look at the PS4 version of Fallout 4, they took the fog out to increase performance and a lot of people were pissed, because it affects the look of the game.
I would prefer another 4 years of GREAT 1080p performance with incredible graphics, than cutting down graphics fidelity, so we can have 4K.
So much is going to be sacrificed so the Marketing Departments can have the 4K Check Box filled.
It is sad.
My view is that 4K gaming is probably 2 generations away, which probably puts it at 2018 or 2019 with these new "constant upgrade cycles" that Sony and Microsoft are now following.
We will see.
Not really interested in these newer consoles. I think I'll just go with the OG models.
I know there's people out their just itching to raid the comments of side by side comparisons and DF analysis'
Holiday 2017 is going to be a nerd rage filled time. I think I may just not comment on here at that time lol.