Is the Xbox Scorpio coming too late? Or is MS trying to reinvent console gens?

[archbrix]

barneystinson69 said:

archbrix said:
Honestly, Scorpio makes more sense to me than Neo. Sony has the advantage of the best performing hardware and, by far, the best sales this gen. Just seems as though a mid-gen upgrade was completely unnecessary for them and that they would have rode out this gen as champs without the need of an upgrade until PS5.

But I have no idea how the masses are going to react to this new type of business model, so we'll see.

What if the scorpio is a 9th gen console though?

I think that would be the best move for Microsoft.  If that's the case (and based on Scorpio's rumored power it very well could be), it may present a bit of a problem for Neo.  Scorpio will almost certainly be backwards compatible without the hinderance of its new software having to run on the XB1.  A full gen leap will also justify buying a new console for many people.

People could just stick with the standard PS4 and/or decide to upgrade to the next gen with Scorpio in 2017, making Neo the least desirable choice and giving Microsoft at least a year head start on gen 9.