What devs at E3 were saying about Project Scorpio and PlayStation Neo

Gamasutra - "At E3, we spoke to developers about the prospects of developing for the new upgraded consoles from both Microsoft and Sony. "

[sangoku_d]

it's funny ms said they announced scorpio for the devs but the devs were too busy with their own stuff to notice

[Filmicfps]

The devs will obviously start developing for it soon. I wonder if development for Neo games is well under way.

[YinYangGaming]

Developers are indeed developing for Neo and most of the big holiday games will have some sort of Neo mode

[slappy508]

Hopefully some already released games will get a Neo patch. I'm thinking Bloodborne Dark souls 3 and Witcher 3 at 60fps

[Eonjay]

Development for the Neo is underway... thats now Eurogamers got hold of Sony's dev kit docs.

[Zeref]

The rumored specs for the NEO come from the dev kits. So development is definitely happening.

[BossBattle]

Devs should always stay busy. They have plenty of time before they need to notice the Scorpio. Those specs definitely will catch their attention.

[sangoku_d]

talking about the announcement at e3. sensitive xboners

[MachuchalBrotha316]

You're the one getting all sensitive about shit...what is there to get sensitive about? Its a time for excitement for both camps in regards to Neo and Scorpio. You always trying to rain on the parade. But we still make it hapoen rain, sleet or snow!! And we get plenty here in the Northeast.

[Budrazor]

I would like to think you guys are the sensitive ones considering your always worried about what MS is doing.

[Budrazor]

They probably never even heard of Sony Neo neither

[Lordani66]

They probably said that about their 1st party devs.

[WickedLester]

To be honest, I'm already sick of hearing about both of them.

[Software_Lover]

I'm just sick of the same people arguing back and forth and none of them have any concrete info to go by.

But on N4G, everyone runs multi-billion dollar corporations better than the actual people that do.

[DragonDDark]

SHUT UP. You don't know me!!!!! I have all consoles so my opinion is more valid than yours lul /s

[IceKoldKilla]

@DragonDDark Hahaha! Oh and I guess some don't know what /s means. 3 dislikes so far. Many more to come.

[uth11]

Ok so many of the PS4 developers haven't heard of Neo until the Andrew House interview? when the rumors said documentation and dev-kits had gone out to developers already?

This makes me suspect even more that it was deliberately leaked by Sony to either gauge reaction or force MS to reveal their hand first.

[darthv72]

Devs knew about both. They just try and play it off like they didn't know. But we know they know when they didnt want us to know that we knew they know.

you know?

[IceKoldKilla]

...fo' sho'

[Gol3m]

Darthv72 that is the most tarred thing I've read this morning.

[Malice-Flare]

NDAs. you know how they work...

[ShowanW]

Nobody noticed that these are smaller Indie Studios...

I didn't see them mention. EA, Rockstar, Activision/Blizzard; Ubisoft, etc...

And you also notice that some of the Indies arent even worried about it...

It seems to be the very very smal dev teams are a most concerned

[Pancit_Canton]

It's just Microsoft rushing another Hardware on the market. I won't be surprised, if they have another hardware issues with it like the RROD on the 360.

[JackBNimble]

Scorpio was a last minute idea before e3 , and now they have 18 months to deliver on their promises .

[Pancit_Canton]

Yup. They just want to end the Xbone and PS4 generation because they are getting beat up so badly on both hardware and software sales. That's the reason why Phil doesn't care about the sales of the current generation systems that we have. He just want out and start a new system. I guess he's smart enough not to continue what Don Mattrick have already started. It was doomed from the very begin with.

[KiwiViper85]

So you didn't see the images they showed? Hell it's the thumbnail of this article...

[Software_Lover]

.......... New PlayStation hardware is coming out this year? WTF is wrong with you people?

[Gol3m]

Sure it is buddy, sure it is

[s45gr32]

I do not like this idea of pushing consoles. As time has shown consoles have lost their uniqueness and the idea that smarpthone gaming will remain the same is laughable. It just hinders PlayStation Now and Xbox Play anywhere from reaching its full potential.

[Gol3m]

Who cares what devs were saying. Let's get back to news about games not consoles that aren't put for ages yet anyway

[Psytrix]

It's still going to be a niche product though - It will be priced way to high for mass market adoption.

[KiwiViper85]

It'll be $499

[Hk85karlsson]

Phil Spencer said: Premium price and that this console is aimed at the hardcore market. I'm guessing (based on the specs) somewhere between $500-$700 at release.

[CabbitXP]

If it's not easy to program for, it' costing the developer money. Devs enjoyed the X360 because it was easier to develop for, seemed to go well for MS then.

[Inzo]

I think the point of the Scorpio is being missed here, an analyst said that MS is getting ready to leave the console market and he is right, the Scorpio will be sold as a PC with the Xbox console brand and all the games that used to be Xbox exclusives will be developed on PC.

My main concern here is 4k and I have mentioned this before, all the kids on this site saying they will buy the Scorpio or Neo day one dont know what they are in for, this whole thing is going to be super expensive. The consoles combined with a decent 4k TV will cost around $2300 and that is if you buy one of the cheaper 4k TV's. The difference here though is that MS will be selling the Scorpio as a new system whereas Sony will sell the Neo as an option, the reason I am saying this is the Sony has stated that some games might only be available on the current PS4, MS however, are talking out of two mouths.

[CBaoth]

These consoles won't require a 4K TV though. Neo will play games @ 1080p60FPS. I'm guessing it's so any non-VR game can run in PSVR's cinema mode. Remember PSVR needs 60 FPS as a baseline so reprojection can bump it to 120FPS. I imagine Scorpio will do the exact same thing at 1080p resolutions, 60FPS for the television and 90FPS for Occulus. If you have or plan to buy a 4K TV, the neo will upscale to 4K and Scorpio will render it natively.

[Inzo]

You are right they wont require 4k but are you really willing the cough up $500 + (which I believe the new consoles will cost) just to get 1080p60FPS?

[CBaoth]

Depends. If I really like PSVR or MS surprises us with a partnership with Steam, maybe. I wouldn't mind playing tLOU again in cinema mode on the PSVR either. Or Halo MCC in 4K for that matter. If neither impress, then I'll be quite content with the stock models.