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SvennoJ on 07 April 2017
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Pemalite said:
thismeintiel said:

Also, the Scorpio isn't going to do anything for their brand if it's bought by the same Halo fans that already bought the XBO for Halo, while pricing themselves out of most gamer's price range.

I don't think you get it. Scorpio doesn't need to be cheap or in a gamers price range for it to do it's job.
Visit most gaming websites and the talk has been about the Playstation 4, most reviews are done with Playstation 4 copies.
Allot of advertising showcases the games on Playstation 4 or PC hardware because of their superior levels of fidelity.

Most graphics and performance comparisons  (Such as those done by Digital Foundry) show the Xbox One on bottom, Playstation 4 in the middle and Playstation 4 Pro on top, people then associate the Playstation Brand as being superior, Scorpio reverses all of that entirely.

Do you really think that's because of the 'power gap' and that userbase doesn't play a much bigger factor?
Did the XBox scoop up all the multiplat reviews from the ps2?
Did the WiiU scoop up all the multiplat reviews from ps3 and 360?
Advertising showcases it for the system that payed for the advertisement...

DF will still call PC superior but compare it to Scorpio instead of the pro and call Scorpio the best premium console experience, ps4 best base console experience. Then people asking about the Switch in the comments...

This whole most powerful console thing might have some influence at the start of a gen, yet do you really think it will make a difference now? Scorpio will mostly sell to the existing hardcore userbase just as ps4 pro is doing. The late arrival new console buyer is a late arrival for a reason. They don't want to shell out $400 or $500 for a console. The battle will still be between ps4 slim and xbox one s.