Microsoft Exec Denies Taking Shots At PS4 Pro

Albert Petnello:

It's not a shot. I wish people didn't take it that way. I was asked a question and tried to explain in a simple way.

[Gazondaily]

"I was asked a question and tried to explain in a simple way."

And to any level headed person, that was a simple answer. But the insecurity that Scorpio has generated really is obvious in the reactions people had to that.

I bet the very same people so obviously enraged by it were the ones touching themselves up when "this is how you share games" ads were running.

[gangsta_red]

Feelings has been running high lately and a lot of people have to be dealt with kid gloves.

Let them fight!

[naruga]

indeed he didnt say smthing aggressive or arrogant...they just want to create titles from simple states and i could say he was rather honest as the Scorpio is basically that a boosted console .....though if Scorpio was needed as boosted console instead of waiting for Xbox Two or if it willl be successful with its anaimic game support is different thing

[blitz0623]

Not blaming him for trying to promote the Scorpio in such a way that it will be better than the Pro, but he should have chosen his words more carefully. Has he learned nothing from the internet and media? Especially with how good they are at spinning their statements, he could have just said "we didn't include boost mode because the console will automatically make older games run better". That would have painted a better picture for the Scorpio

[donthate]

To be fair, Albert Penello talked specifically about Scorpio, and said nothing about PS4 Pro. If you were sensitive, salty or insecure (or all of them), then I can see how someone would feel like it is a shot. However, that is a problem that lies within, and nothing about what was said. It's a fact!

It's not like a video was made of how to game share.

[Christopher]

Feelings have been running high since the whole Pro versus Scorpio thing on both sides. I know he's just answering a question, but the game sites also advertise them in a way to get the most attention, and rarely good attention. I blame them, 'gaming journalists' for most of the attention than anyone else.

[Bathyj]

@blitz0623
And maybe people shouldnt be such whinny little b*tche$ so every comment doesnt have to be scanned before hand for political correctness and so as not to offend anyone, as if that was possible.

Everyone needs to stop being such fkn snowflakes. Get over it. Some talking up their product or even making out like youres isnt as good as theirs will not cause your face to melt off your skull Raiders style. Either take what people say onboard, or ignore it.

All this mock offense is tiring. This world needs to dragged out into the street and beaten with a a big purple melee weapon from Saints Row.

What I really want to know is anyone actually annoyed over this? Any real gamers here actually got their panties all up in a bunck over this comment? I doubt it. More like gaming "journalist" are conjuring another storm in a teacup to insight manufactured hatred and fuel the console war that generates the clicks in this industry. Seriously and big, long, purple beating.

[morganfell]

It was a level headed answer despite the fact Penello has a history of being a jerk. Once again it was the click desiring media, not PS supporters that blew it out of proportion. PS supporters merely reacted to irresponsible hit seekers.

[babadivad]

What I don't understand is why Sony designed the Pro like they did. It seems like a ruch job. It's basically two PS4s taped together and up clocked. They basically mirrored the GPU so when running a non-pro game, half the GPU will just shut down and run like a normal PS4. And boost mode only unlocks the higher CPU frequency, half the GPU stays disabled.

Why did they design it like this? It seems like such a waste. They should've done something like what MS did with Scorpio by letting the hardware flex it's muscles regardless if the game was patched or not. It seems kind of rushed.

I honestly do see a reason to upgrade to Pro right now. I can see the feasibility of a user upgrading to a Scropio since all X1 and even X360 games will run better on the new hardware no matter what.

[OB1Biker]

'the insecurity that Scorpio has generated'
back to talking the wooden tongue on the way to fanboy wars? sure you have been..

The tweet was not worth the fuss it was at most clumsy and a bit arrogant. You know well its actually not gamers, and not even fanboys, blowing these out of proportion. You know its what gaming sites like this do and then post in another article the 'denial' blaming gamers for the fuss.
but whatever serves the cause I guess

"this is how you share games" you still haven't swallowed that one, have you? haha. shame that was actually a good one you should applaud instead

[Gazondaily]

I actually thought that Sony ad was jokes.

[starchild]

Why do some of you give Septic so much crap? None of us are perfect of course, but Septic seems more fair and level headed than a lot of people around here, so why single him out? It's strange that the majority of the people that attack him are themselves some of the most extremist and most one-sided fanboys on the site.

[OB1Biker]

What Christopher said.
The point of my above comment was the media are responsible for blowing things out of proportion, not the fans unless your blinded by fanboy wars

[Bathyj]

The Sony ad was brilliant because every knew that was the way MS was going and they were all assuming Sony would do the same. They were getting tarred with the same brush and had to distance themselves from it.

The ad was short, to the point, funny, and made a statement. That 20 second video said more than an hour long conference could have. It was up there with the 1995 E3 $299 Mike Drop.

And it was never meant to be nasty. It was fun. How could anyone ever be mad at Shu?

[Utalkin2me]

@starchild

Septic second account....ROFLMAO....

[Why o why]

Who cares if he did or didn't. . We can't be that sensitive to a bit of sly bants. Lighten up people

[Gazondaily]

Exactly!

[TheVetOfGaming]

I don't know why everyone got so annoyed. It is plain that the Scorpio doesn't have/need a boost mode.

[UltraNova]

Some people live to be annoyed or offended just so they can start fighting with others. Its the way they can function in today's society.

Personally I havent been more excited about the state of console gaming as it seems that power and tech innovation (somewhat) comes first while cost second!

Sony has done well in supporting both the OG ps4 and pro as promised, they got PSVR out and forced MS to react with the Scorpio. Sony will react to the scorpio. Competition is always good for us.

[WickedLester]

I'm a PlayStation guy but you're right. The butthurt is strong with the PlayStation community right now.

[Inzo]

Ah, there you are.

[Utalkin2me]

MS can pops shots all they want. They have finished behind Sony in every console generation. MS has always been arrogant since the original Xbox and some things never change. At least if your going to be arrogant, back it up with something. They haven't backed it up in the past, so who knows what will happen moving forward for them.

[Ceaser9857361]

Being a Playstation fan and also owing the xbox one.. I have to say Scorpio looks impressive and some media are blowing it out of the proportion regarding this Boost mode . It was simply a question and the reply was simple.. Thats not taking a shot , thats being honest. I am personally happy to learn about the scorpio and i hope its around 499 then i can think of buying one. Atm i am very happy with my PS Pro and xbox one. Hopefully this E3 MS announces new Games too, at least one new IP will be awesome. But looks like MS will rely on Third party games to sale the Xbox brand..

[Z501]

He could've just said "no".
Doesn't get more simple then that.
I think we're all intelligent enough to understand if he had answered that way.

[1Victor]

Less is more and with his history of taking shots that's why people thought he did this time as well ,should he has said no it's not needed it was enough to answer and not seemed like taking shots at the competition.

[XanderZane]

Panello "We don't need "Boost Mode" The whole console is Boost Mode." LMAO!! Well he's he not really wrong about that. Just look at the specs comparisons and it's pretty much true.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Why you lyin for, you did take shots. Also, cool this answer some questions

[gameseveryday]

No, he did not. He simply answered that the Scorpio doesnt need a boost mode because it's already powerful enough. How is that taking shots?

[UKmilitia]

its already poweful enough??
wtf you on about,ps4 pro is also powefull enough.
the difference is the scorpio will have boost mode perm on.
i its upscaling games,increasing framerate then its boosting,so boost mode is on.

my beast mode on ps4 pro is left on all time

[Chris12]

Nope, he answered a question.Nothing more, nothing less

[Sm00thNinja]

Why you so easily offended.

[annoyedgamer]

Nice grammar

[jmetalhead77812]

Lol! It's actually entertaining. I read some of these posts with a character voice in my head. It makes me feel like these idiots are here my amusement.

[Masterchief_thegoat]

Can't wait for e3. For both Sony and ms

[Applejack]

Same here.

[PlayableGamez-]

The Media needs to chill with the flame bait articles and dudes need to stop falling for them...

[Liqu1d]

N4G should start banning them. Low quality, clickbait, fanboy baiting articles shouldn't be allowed.

[annoyedgamer]

Just like the old days..

[PistolsAtDawn]

Only a fanboy would try and say that was "taking a shot at Sony". Insecurities screaming.

[Why o why]

C'mon now. . No point hiding behind your blinkers. It's a bit of banter and a shot at the pro having a boost mode. . Even if a loaded question was asked he could of swerved it if he wanted to. I'm all good.. let them go at it. Don't give if you can't take so Sony fans shouldn't be hurt. I know that game borrowing clip hurt a lot of feelings but it's part of this *war * game on

[Xb1ps4]

didnt hurt me i havnt bought a single disc this gen on ps or xb1. i just thought it was stupid but it did make me realise that a lot of ppl borrow games and support gamestop

[PistolsAtDawn]

That only hurt my respect for Sony that they would act that childish.

[Jakens]

Good info
"He also mentioned that all the stuff you already have on your Xbox One HDD can plug right into Scorpio without a long and tiresome transfer process, and that developers will have the ability to dynamically scale their games for the system."

I have a few of the b/c titles I'll try out.

[Sm00thNinja]

People want to see Microsoft fail. The man answered a question and every fan boy took offense because now they feel threatened that they've lost the power advantage

[eternalarsenal]

until another system comes out. we are now in the cell upgrade times. power advantage will be gone every 2 years.

[Bigpappy]

If the PS5 releases by then.

[XMarkstheSpot]

Glad they kept the HDMI In port. That thing gets abused in my household

[xsta1ker]

ya i don't think he meant anything towards sony asked a question gave an answer nothing to see hear.

[Npugz7]

People are way too sensitive nowadays!! Poor guy gets lashed at for doing nothing wrong.

[BlackTar187]

OMG who cares

[Einhander1971]

standard ps4 is a powerful beast, so is pro, even if Scorpio is slightly better.

[Gunstar75]

This is all so emarassing.

Some people need to grow the hell up.

These are videogames.

[Vasto]

It called Real Talk.

No shots were taken.

[Max-Zorin]

Cable and cell phone companies >>>> video game industry, when it come to firing shots at their competition.

[Dragonscale]

He may as well have put 'ner ner' on the end and stuck his tongue out. This is penello we're talking about.

[Bigpappy]

Why are you so hurt that Scorpio doesn't need boost mode? Make no sense. How the H*** is that taking a shot at PSpro.

Guy ask: "will Scorpio get a boost mode?"
Penello replies: "No it does need a boost mode. The system is your boost mode (makes all your games run better)."

PS Fanboy: "He may as well have put 'ner ner' on the end and stuck his tongue out. This is penello we're talking about. "

[Dragonscale]

Hurt lol, no I was just taking the p1ss, its how it reads and makes his comment sound puerile. Couldn't care less about scorpio tbh, I don't even have a 4k tv and its gonna need a hell of a lot more than boost mode lol.

[oSHINSAo]

So when sony did it on Xbox One, Was OK, buy know it's not okay.

[ps5fanboy]

Glad microshit have come hard, just makes sony come harder baby!!! Bring it on!!

[Bathyj]

Phrasing.

[reaper602]

lol really???WHO CARES!

[2cents]

lol, so funny. I really am loving this. Never seen so many rattles thrown outta prams before.

Everybody quick, get to your safe spaces! SMH. The fact he even needed to explain.

[nbalive89]

fanboys get upset over everything smh

[Obscure_Observer]

My god. Some people couldn´t sleep since DF Scorpio´s specs reveal. Smh.

[TheColbertinator]

MS is putting Sony six feet under. No reason to sugarcoat.

[optimus]

good grief. how I yearn for the days of "Sorry Atari" and "Genesis does what nintendon't"...or crash bandicoot outside Nintendo headquarters yelling "Hey plumber boy!"...this PC era we're in with gaming totally sucks...(and I do mean Politically Correct and not personal computer. although i guess it could apply to that too.😋)

[Bathyj]

Careful. You'll upset PCPC gamers. And by that I mean Politically Correct Person Computer Gamers.

[RegorL]

Thing is Scorpio CAN NOT offer Beast mode OFF.

Scorpio architecture is so different from XBox One that keeping a XBox One 100% HW compatible mode is impossible.

[objdadon]

Who cares, nothing anyone says will change the landscape of the console market.

[Bathyj]

Jesus people, nothing to see see hear. Get over it. Stop giving PS4 fans a bad name. Some of you are getting really obnoxious.

[Pancit_Canton]

Another gamingbolt article fueling the console war.

[jznrpg]

I could care less what he says, he will market his product . I don't listen to MS PR anymore anyways, they are good at spinning, I will let time and what they bring to the table speak for itself.

[Angel911]

How he is wrong? Scorpio hardware is more capable than Sony, so obviously it will run games better..

[medman]

I believe him. Why take shots when you have no games?

[rigo8582]

No one had a problem when Sony took shots at when it came to resolution and used games. Now Microsoft takes shots and people want to cry. Those people should just go to their "safe zones".

[EyeAmTJ]

that's cause he didn't take shots at the PS4 Pro duuuh SMH

[kevnb]

They mostly pay others to do it for them.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

AP: Supersampling, faster load times, 4K GameDVR, Improves existing Xbox One and 360 BC games. New HW innovations. More than just the specs.

Gamezone: Do the Scorpio have a boost mode, or will everything run better by default?

AP: Everything will run better. We don't need boost mode. The whole console is boost mode :)

Seems pretty straight forward. If I designed a console that didn't require a boost mode to make older games look better I would be happy to sing its praises too. Maybe more should seek out an answer from Sony as to why they had to make a boost mode in the first place? Is the reality of the PS4 Pro being just a half step really setting in now and angering some?