XBOX Scorpio vs. PS4 Neo - Which Will Deliver the Best Overall Experience?

Having a more powerful option doesn't always prove to be the success of a console, and this article explores what we should expect from the two upcoming juggernaut 4K console offerings.

[EpicSandwich]

We don't know the specs of the neo yet, all we have heard is rumors. Lets hope both consoles are as powerful. But if we were to decide based on rumors, the scorpio will most likely have the best overall experience

[sammarshall102]

The Scorpio will do 4K, 1080p 60fps better and greater graphical fidelity so yes the Scorpio

[Kingthrash360]

The neo will do 4k, 1080 60 too. Lol will have more games, affordable vr, be cheaper, has exclusives, and more developers working on more games.
The best overall experience dosent equal power...that's the point of the article....power never gives the best overall experience. ..its the games.
See ps2,ps1, and the 360. All were weaker all had better experiences (the 360 up until the last 3 years when ms stopped bringing g games for it.)
Hell the wii sold 110 million that destroyed the more powerful ps360...smh.
With all that said, we know nothing of the neo and barley anything about the scorpio .too soon to speculate anyway

Moldy...
Bro you are always on articles boasting anything xbox....instead of wanting at least equal.
Do I think the scorpio will be stronger. ..yes I do...will that make it better...no it wont. ...at the total end of the day games and pricing matter most. If power mattered and price didnt then the PC would be the lead in gaming.
The problem with scorpio is it will be sharing it's games with PC....and will lose in every comparison. People who own a pc can just get xbox games on pc. That, isn't a scorpio killer....but it's painful. Exclusives are very important when in competitive sales, when it comes to selling consoles. The more consoles you sell, the more developers will want to make games for it. Developers like power but like money more. Money is the main draw here, not fans. The scorpio will never compete with the neo on a sales level becuse MS doesn't have that huge a name in gaming. It will always be behind and even more so without exclusives. ..and "premium priceed" sounds pretty expensive to me...and if I'mma go expensive for power I may as well go pc....have more power same price same games....smh but I guess I'm trolling because of mistakes made by MS.

[GameNameFame]

@Sammarshall

-Depends on exclusive and cost.
-Given Xbox doesnt have exclusive and going Steambox route, it loses big point there.
-People may just opt for PC over Xbox for this reason. Or already have PC and wont bother.

[freshslicepizza]

@Kingthrash360
"The neo will do 4k, 1080 60 too. Lol will have more games, affordable vr, be cheaper, has exclusives, and more developers working on more games."

how can it be more affordable if you imply it has no exclusives? see, that is where you fail time and time again because you keep assuming everyone will now get into pc gaming because xbox games are going there. if that's the case a ps4 and pc is not cheaper.

"The best overall experience dosent equal power...that's the point of the article....power never gives the best overall experience. ..its the games."

and again the irony of your comment was vr will be more expensive but in this case vr will be a better experience if you have more powerful hardware. it's ok, sony will still see you as a valued customer if you give any props to microsoft, you don't need to be at odds with them to be a valued customer.

"With all that said, we know nothing of the neo and barley anything about the scorpio .too soon to speculate anyway"

but your mind is already set about which one will be better and your attitude about scorpio proves no matter what details are coming you won't change regardless because you seem more interested in downplaying scorpio than looking forward to neo.

[SpeakTruthAlways]

@moldy

"you seem more interested in downplaying scorpio than looking forward to neo."

Sounds rich coming from someone mostly downplaying in the PS articles. Pot and kettle and all that.

[akbennyewu]

Kingthrash360, how do you spend your entire statement speculating, and then summarize how we cannot speculate yet? Which is it?

[NewMonday]

since we are talking about consoles over a year away

PS5 will do 4K, 1080p 60fps better and greater graphical fidelity so yes the PS5

...and so on and so forth

[ShadowKnight]

@Speaktruthalways that was hilarious 😅😅

[Artemidorus]

Based on zero facts, good job.

[stuna1]

@sammarshall102

Not disputing what your saying, but even going by Microsoft most recent discussion of 4k, 60 fps gaming, if you take time to read between the lines they are actually distancing themselves from those specs being definitive! Here's how, they have shifted the focus to the developers, and although it's up to the developers to do what they deem fit concerning their software. The actual game development lingo is very loosely worded. Meaning there's no specific resolution minimum. So if a developer decides to do the bare minimum by Microsofts own blessings they're allowed too.

My thing is Microsoft have made some pretty lofty promises, and some of them still haven't panned out! The Cloud was in effect touted in a manner that for all case and purpose there was no need for Scorpio to begin with, now the Cloud is gone with the wind. Microsoft even boasted the Xbox 1 was also able to do 1080p, 60fps gaming consistently too. In reality the majority of the Xbox 1 games fall below that.

Personally I don't know what Neo is going to be or do! But from a hardware perspective I know what Sony can do from a hardware standpoint. Like Kigthrash360 said the PS4 is already winning in the most important area Games! Sony has the Mind shares, Market shares and Install base to continue its forward momentum, and truthfully I don't think Scorpio is going to make a world of difference concerning that.

@BakPAin

Why would you set a standard for your product and allow others to cut around it!? Serious question.

That like saying you have a toilet in your bathroom but letting people s"#t on your lawn

[LexHazard79]

@stuna, their not distancing themselves from it. They're clarifying it for people like you and Bruce.

They already said although Scorpio will be able to do 4K gaming. Its not madated that developers do 4K. As they can use the resources as they please.

[freshslicepizza]

@SpeakTruthAlways

I have always been supported of the ps4 Neo and know if will do well.

The best option out there would be to build a powerful pc for your main gaming and get a ps4 Neo for its exclusives. But who is going to invest that much to have the best scenario? Not many which is why console gamers will still use their consoles to buy no man's land and Forza horizon 3

What percentage of current ps4 owners have a decent pc they use it for gaming? Not much it seems going by recent sales of no man's sky. Will PS4 owners make the shift when buying future games like the next call of duty? No. Sony is also marketing the Neo to counter those who are thinking of PC gaming. So if ps4 owners aren't actually going on that direction then the Xbox still has games that are not coming to Sony consoles. It's an empty argument to make unless you are practicing what you preach. I don't imagine very many will invest in ps4 Neo just for exclusives. Even Sony knows this.

[medman]

@sammarshall102
Microsoft has got another one the the hook I see....it doesn't seem to matter how many lies Microsoft sells, some sad sacks will believe it hook, line, and sinker. Without fail. I'm hoping for a 4k 60fps console like anybody...hell, I'm still waiting for a single graphics card that will do 4k@60fps at ultra settings. But if a 1200 dollar, near 12 teraflop gpu cannot achieve consistent 4k@60fps across all games, what kind of mind let's you believe a 6 tflop console with a weaker everything is going to get it done?

[Genuine-User]

On topic:

Graphical grunt? Scorpio without a doubt, it's almost a year apart from the Neo.

[SpeakTruthAlways]

Scorpio will be likely launching 1 year after neo so what's the big deal about scorpio being more powerful than neo? Leave it to xbox fanboys to make a big deal about even the most basic of things.

[LexHazard79]

@speak, seems you're the one makinga big deal about it. Lol.

[Aceman18]

Unless MS 1st party studios can deliver games that take risks, and different IPs instead of the same old halo, forza, and gears I'll say Neo because we know on that system will get not only the continuation of mainstays, but we'll also get brand new IPs because they do take risks.

[Raiden]

Foe me its the one with the best multiplayer games, I hate single player games they are so antisocial, what I find is most of Sony in house game are, what's the point in completing a game and putting it down to gather dust because there is no other interest, at least with multiplayer games you have that option, so for me it's the console that offers that.

[sammarshall102]

What about 3rd party and 1st party together

Scalebound, State of Decay 2, Recore, Crackdown 3, Sunset Overdrive, Ryse, Quantum Break, Killer Instinct, Dead Rising 3, Sea of Thieves, Titanfall, Ori, Max and the Curse of the Brotherhood

[noksucow73]

Why does everyone bash Microsoft for supposedly not taking risks on new ips?Quantam Break, Ryse, Sunset Overdrive, Titanfall, and inside were new ips. Recore and Scale bound are on their way. Has Sony released that many more new ips? I have The Order 1866 for my ps4, but I'm not aware of all these other new ips? I know of Until Dawn, but i didn't buy that .

[343_Guilty_Spark]

We already know the specs give it a rest. The developer docs have been vetted several times. Euro gamer essentially confirmed they are true.

[ziggurcat]

"We already know the specs give it a rest..."

no. we don't.

[LexHazard79]

We dont know the specs of Scorpio either. Other than Neo double gpu power. And Scorpios supposed 6tflop.

[DeeBeers]

Scorpio will obviously have a superior experience.

[OB1Biker]

I have no doubt the PS4 Neo will deliver the very best experience on playstation exclusive games.
Regarding multiplat it makes sense the console released one (or two?) year later should deliver better at a price but then PC would probably be even better.

[Kokyu]

Actually we know far more about Neo's proposed spec than we do about Scorpios. We know the CPU is an up clocked 8 core Jag, up clocked 8gigs GDDR5 memory and up clocked AMD GPU. Scorpio we just have 6tflops, 8 cores and 12gigs of ram.

The next year will be interesting. Sony has 4 hardware profiles out and MS has 3.......

[quent]

One with the best software

[MasterCornholio]

That's subjective though.

[Rude-ro]

It is subjective but a limited subjective has a limited fanbase. i.e. Microsofts current situation.

[MasterCornholio]

Good question.

Now assuming that all rumors are true.

Project Scorpio should be the most powerful system and offer the best experience with multiplats. So if someone wants the best visuals and framerate that system will be their number one choice.

However when it comes to software that's debatable. I could easily claim that NEO will have the best software because of developers like NaughtDog but somebody can easily counter that by saying that they don't like NaughtDog games. What's evident is that PlayStation will be the only place to play Sony first party games while Microsoft will produce games for Xbox and Windows. That could influence the decision of somebody looking to buy the systems.

My recommendation is to just wait and see what the final specs and price will be. Then after seeing the software lineup decide which one will be the best purchase. That's what I did with the X1 and PS4 and I'll do the same with PS4 and NEO.

[PizzaSteve]

Neo will be better. It don't mater which is powerful. It mostly matters which have the better games and to me that's Neo.

[Lsbb]

Neo is the easy choice

[lastking95]

What games are coming to the neo? See you're mind is already made up regardless.

@spectre i didn't disagree with you soooo lol (your comment applies to those disagreeing me) I'm not a blind fanboy like some here. The kid said neo will have the better games and all i ask what games? WE DONT KNOW. Just like Scorpio which i didn't bring up so you bring up scorpio shows your mind is made up to regardless. you look at my comment in here you'll see I've said it's too early to say cause we have 0 clue about the systems, from game to specs. #TheUnbiasedOne something you might never know about

If your loyal to a brand just say so don't be fake and act like your buy is up for grabs.

[trooper_]

What games are coming to Scorpio, aside from the ones coming already?

....Cricket chirp

[Gitgud]

PS4 is getting great exclusives on the yearly, Xbox gets Forza and some Recore-esc shit. Just saying.

[trooper_]

So disagrees and no response?
Guess I touched a nerve then.

[stuna1]

Why would you ask a crazy question like that? All PS4 games are coming to Neo. Meaning what's playable on the original PS4 will play on Neo.

[Tedakin]

Since no one knows all the specs of either console.... ya know....

[MasterCornholio]

We do know that Scorpio will have a 6TF GPU and 12GBs of high speed memory.

If I'm not mistaken Microsoft confirmed that at E3. We don't know about the HDD and the CPU though.

@Rude

This is hardware specs that we are talking about. Microsoft can deliver an Xbox One with those specifications if they wanted too. It's not like having a 6TF GPU and 12GBs of ram is unproven technology.

[Rude-ro]

Yes but Microsoft over promises almost everything they do do they not? Kinect? The cloud? Etc...

[meche334]

its rumored to be getting bumped up to 8tflops. idk how true it is but.

[Rude-ro]

I know what we are talking about and I am also well aware Microsoft never delivers on their hype.
There is no argument here. This is historical fact with the company.

[Artemidorus]

It's not finalised

[PFFT]

We will have to wait and see the specs of the NEO. BUT i will tell you this much. Dont expect many changes from the rumored specs its highly doubtful Sony will pump in any more power into it especially if its gonna sale within an affordable price. Ive been saying it and i will say it again. Sony cant sell the console at a profit loss. They cant afford to.

[jeenyus]

This article explains how to clickbait kids.

[seanpitt23]

If the rumours are true about the neo then the Scorpio will give people the better 4K experience and that's a fact but I think the neo is just going for 1080,1440p at 60fps with ultra settings and that's fine by me.

There is a lot of people without 4K TVs and with the PSVR coming up and the neo, Scorpio I will tell you now I will not be able to afford one anytime soon. Might get one in 2018 so the neo will give me what I want for the next couple of years.

[Goldby]

lol sorry, buyt theres no evidence of even production of the scorpio yet, so to say 4k experience is a fact isn't right yet. will it be true native 4k? what about the games that dcide to go 1080 over 4k?

You cant base a winner off one one aspect of it.

[meche334]

Either way multiplats are gonna look better on the scorpio

[Goldby]

Either way, there no way to prove that until the scorpio and neo both come out.

Afterall, MS said alot about cloud gaming which hasn't been utilized effectively yet

[Bytor]

Maybe a better 4K experience but not VR it will have to run at 120 FPS and the NEO 60 FPS if the specs are true I don't think there is enough grunt to do it.

[Goldby]

The PS4 can handle PSVR, so no issue with the Neo supporting it. VR on PC requires a minimum of 90 frames per second while PSVR only requires a stable 60, and the HMD reprojects the image to 120fps

[esmittystud101]

For me its all about games. I'm not really into Halo/Gears of War/Forza, I'm more into the exclusives PS4 has like Uncharted/Bloodborne. So I'm probably putting all my future spending on the console that gives me the games that I like. Probably Neo. Its really that easy. I have a PS3 so B.C. feature is no longer a buying factor for me. If I was more into Halo/Gears of War/Forza then I would be getting the Scorpio and not the Neo.

So if Microsoft shows me some new Ip's in the next year, who knows what then. Sony just did with Days Gone. So another exclusive I'm interested in goes to Sony. I just don't think I'm gonna drop for both consoles this time like I did with X1 and PS4. Last time I dropped $499 for X1 at launch with a 4 TB HDD and extended warranty. Six months later I bought a PS4 for $399, a 2 TB internal HDD, and extended warranty on top of that. Just not doing it this time.

Instead of saying, "Show me the Money", I'm saying "Show me the games". Its really that simple.

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

Recore, Sea of Thieves.

How conveniently forgotten.

[esmittystud101]

Again.......its games that I was interested in. Not the typical "Xbox only" player. Sorry but Recore or Sea of Thieves wouldn't make my shelf. To each his own. I hope you enjoy them both. Like I would an exclusive that I'm looking forward to.

[LexHazard79]

Scalebound, Crackdown 3... in 4K HDR..oh yeah!

[Christopher]

Games that don't exist yet... how easily not proven...

Microsoft has a possibly bright future with some new IPs, but they're not here yet. How about we wait until they arrive before we make it out that XBO's biggest sellers still aren't Halo and Gears.

Edit: Crackdown 3 better be GotY material. They better not let me down with that. And the SP better be fan-freaking-tastic.

[corroios]

The one with the better exclusive games. Specs are nice, but games is what sells millions of machines.

[Goldby]

exactly, and 800 hp car may seem nice but if it doesn't have a proper transmission or tires, the hp is useless

So apparently someone doesnt agree that you need a transmission to actually use the 800hp lol.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

The console that will deliver the best games will win, because the games what makes the console. You can have a great device like the PS Vita but not so much success if you don't have the games that supports it. You can have a technically under powered handheld like the NDS but it has games a large audience want to buy & play.

The console must be great to make devs support it BUT I am one of those who make his purchase depending on the games. If there is only one game I want to play on a specific console I'd rather buy the other option first and wait and save money once the other one is cheaper and has more games that I care about.

[SpeakTruthAlways]

Pc will deliver the best experience as usual. Pc+ ps4 is the best combo.

[LexHazard79]

Scorpio/ PS4 is best combo for console gamers.

[ocelot07]

No one knows the specs for both so who know? But it will ultimately come down to the games. Which in my honest opinion Sony wins that hands down when it comes to exclusives.

I like Microsoft games. I really enjoy Forza. But I simply no longer feel the need to buy any sort of Xbox console or PC hybrid from them. Since my current PC will be able to play future Microsoft games. Starting with Forza Horizon 3 and Gears of War 4 come September and October.

[kingmushroom]

All i know is that the next Naughty dog game will blow our minds yet again on the PS4 neo

[Silly gameAr]

Let's compare these two consoles that no one knows anything about...

[ritchi45]

Not including the Nintendo NX into the mix? It may turn out to be not as powerful, but could provide excellent gameplay. Just saying.

[lastking95]

We know nothing about either so way too early.

[King_Lothric]

1. You cannot compare 2 products that does not even have official specs.

2. It is obvious that a console releasing a year later, Scorpio in this case, could be more powerful than the NEO that could be releasing a year after.

It is like saying: Samsung galaxy S6 versus Galaxy S7 (released a year later), who will deliver best experience?

I see NEO competing with the Xbox Smith and then later, the PS5 will arrive to compete against Scorpio.

[Goldby]

this guy... he gets it

the Neo is competing against the Xbox One S, as both are "upgraded" versions of the current generation.

Scorpio is next gen no matter how many ways Ms tries to spin it. they are simply "getting rid of generational consoles" to move the goal post. Neo is a high end ps4. in 2019 the latests i see ps5 coming out

[LordMaim]

Sure you can. Then you make a bunch of inflammatory comments to stir the pot and wait for the clicks to roll in.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Which one with will give a better gaming experience?...the one with the BEST games. So what if one does slightly better this or that. In the end it's the games that matter. So far it's been Sony for ME. My XBoxOne is collecting dust and giving me no gaming experience, because I have nothing that interests me to play on it...and not much else to look forward to in the near future. I'm not buying any more systems ot TV until I see some games worth upgrading for.

[sammarshall102]

If no games on Xbox One interest you that sounds like the problem is you

[andrewsquall]

There are people that believe the current Xbone delivers a better overall experience right now and, apparently, has done so since November 2013 too (720p 22fps Dead Rising 3 anyone?).
So of course the same people are going to wet themselves over a Xbone console that can actually play next gen looking games at native 1080p and above like the current one can hardly ever seem to do, even on exclusives.

[Artemidorus]

Which will deliver the best experience, perhaps the person with a 4K TV

[JasonKCK]

How can any one deliver a better experience when we don't know final specs, price, and games?

[MilkMan]

This "generation" has been hands down the shittiest, most wallet picking "generation" ever. I can't even remember a decent title that defined this gen. What? Minecraft? WTF!
I find myself playing my 360 and PS3 now more than ever.
and they want to push new tech cause the garbage they came out with a couple of years ago was inadequate? Oh and cause they want to jump on the VR bandwagon.
Whatever, just know. As far as I am concerned I'm not spending a dime on anything until I'm wowed again.
I don't know about anyone else buying patterns, but I've been a gamer my entire life and I spend a big chunk of my wages in gaming, so I'll speak with my wallet at my discontent.

[noksucow73]

Yep. The Dreamcast was not near the technical powerhouse that the ps2 was when sony released it, but the Dreamcast ' s launch lineup was amazing. Gotta bring the games too. Can't wait for both these upgraded versions. Going to be interesting to see if competition ramps up, and if Microsoft can pull some of the market share back

[neutralgamer1992]

Here we go again anything positive towards ps4 neo will get disagree yet this site is run by ps4 fans(claims that Xbox defense force makes)

Let's talk specs when neo specs released right now we have rumors. This us just my guess

Ps4 slim this fall $249
Ps4 neo next fall $399-449(6 TF, 12-16 gb GDDR5 a better cpu)

[ILostMyMind]

Neo Will have better exclusive games. PC Will have better hardware for multplayers. And finish!

[thisgamer503]

Let's see. Without even reading any comments I'm going to assume we already have a bunch mentioning "No games = No buy" and on the other end "Multiplats sell consoles". How close am I?