Comments on: Dev On PS4 Neo & Xbox 1.5: Not Everyone Is Going To Spend Extra Cash For Minimal Upgrades

By: LordCancer Kain

LordCancer Kain — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:03:00 +0000

In reply to HisDivineOrder. well if the leaked specs are anything to go by, doubling the power of the gpu is substantial. also AMD has confirmed they have three new console chips coming so we know nintendo and sony are two of the three i can only wonder who the third company is. it's definitely happening whatever vague thing phil spencer says. i think e3 is going to be very exciting.

By: Dirkster_Dude

Dirkster_Dude — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:43:00 +0000

So when most studios stop making games for the 2 older consoles what does that do to your user base besides alienating it? This is a very slippery slope and I think most people want a console that works not a console where they have to worry about whether it is upgraded to play the game. Now that PS4 or XBOX ONE label on that game will mean MAYBE not CERTAINLY.

By: HAppY_KrAToS

HAppY_KrAToS — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:36:00 +0000

In reply to HisDivineOrder.

Microsoft will announce the Xbox 3, next E3. Remember my words.

Everybody remember what happened to the 1st Xbox, when it wasn’t reaching its goals ‘being number 1’. 3 years after release, Microsoft ditched it, and announced the x360.

The x1 is lagging behind the ps4. OK, one could argue 18-20 million units sold are amazing. But compared to the 45-50 million ps4, it’s a tragedy, a shame, for Microsoft.

It’s obvious Microsoft isn’t going to wait for 2018-2020 to release a new console. They don’t accept the shame of being #2 all these years. They can’t just stand and watch the ps4 totally dominate the market, sell 2-3 times more, get the best reviews and best versions. To Microsoft, and all the fans, having an inferior console and inferior games, isn’t acceptable.

Microsoft could sell an Xbox at 50$, and don’t care about any loss.
That’s why they’re going to release a new console, more expensive but with great powerful hardware, they will offer a 100$ voucher to those who buy the x1, to be used to buy the Xbox 3, to make fans happy.
And by November 2016, there will be a new Xbox, or, at least, an upgraded Xbox, with 128mb of esram, faster buses, 16gb of ddr3 (ddr3+ esram turned out being as powerful as the ps4’s gddr5), faster cpu and gpu.

And Nintendo thought they would be alone, in 2016-17, to release the NX, without any competition. .. I guess they were wrong. End 2016 and 2017, it’s gonna buy really busy, on the console side.

By: textomatic

textomatic — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:15:00 +0000

As long as all the games are backward compatible and no one gains an unfair advantage in multiplayer games then I’m cool with incremental upgraded consoles revisions every 2 to 3 years.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:57:00 +0000

PS4 Neo has a GPU that is about 2.1x stronger. How is that a minimal upgrade?

By: HisDivineOrder

HisDivineOrder — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:55:00 +0000

In reply to LordCancer Kain.

Phil Spencer never actually said they wouldn’t do it. He simply said they wouldn’t do a half-step. He said the new version would have to be “substantial.” And “substantial” is suspiciously vague and subjective.

Substantial will mean whatever they wind up releasing. 😉

By: HisDivineOrder

HisDivineOrder — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:53:00 +0000

I like how Microsoft and Sony are making the case for PC gaming. If they up the ante to $400-500 per three years, $60 per year, pay more for games and specialized peripherals…

Suddenly, PC gaming looks a WHOLE lot cheaper. Plus, 1080p60 is a lock for those who want it. No playing games with specs.

Seriously. PC gaming just became the defacto leader in value as well as performance.

By: Yuma55

Yuma55 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:32:00 +0000

In reply to Russ Palk. I'll get mine at the the midnight launch. Cya there :)

By: Rikarudo

Rikarudo — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 00:13:00 +0000

Lol, I always buy 2 or 3 consoles of the same brand during a lifetime so this is very appealing to me.
And with the older ones just having very minor upgrades if you would call it that, this is awesome. Bring it on.

By: hiawa23

hiawa23 — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 23:42:00 +0000

I am fine with the current consoles, but I am cool with the the console revisions. Those who want to buy the newer consoles they can buy, and those like me who are fine with things as is well, we will continue enjoying them as is.