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thismeintiel on 19 June 2012
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Turkish said:
Dodece said:
I am somewhat bemused by the posters that think the PS4 and the Next Box will be in some way comparable as far as raw power will be concerned. Microsoft has made it a point to push the envelope. Not only does their model for console gaming allow them to have a substantial loss lead. Their cash reserves ensure they have the power to really make that a reality. I expect the Next Box to be at least twice as powerful, but more likely to be three times more powerful.


According to the leaked docs the nextbox wil be a media hub type set top box for a mere 299 bucks, with Kinect 2. So no it probably won't even be that much more powerful to the WiiU.

 

Seeing MS will price their nextbox at 300 bucks, itll mean an xbox that cost only $200, PS4 at 399 with no extra peripheral in the box would mean that its twice as expensive as the nextbox. I think this time MS will follow what Nintendo is doing, not a big leap in the graphics department but try to innovate with motion things.

 

I'm confident that PS4 will be the strongest console again. And they don't even need to release at 600 bucks, but this time there will be even a bigger gap in graphics.

If those leaked documents are true, it does seem MS is going to approach next gen a little more like Nintendo.  While I expect the NeXbox to be more graphically capable than the Wii U, it seems like it won't be that huge of a leap.  I think they want to go the middle of the road, provide decent leap over this gen, but also focus greatly on the casuals by packaging the Kinect 2 in with every box.  I hope Sony sticks with a big leap over this gen.  With the dropping costs of Blu-ray, RAM, and HDD, they can put much more money into their CPU and GPU and either break even or sell at a small loss, which would provide some great visuals.