| enditall727 said: Interesting post I can definitely settle with Samaritan demo graphics :) |
Then you might be dissapointed. The jump between Xbox and Xbox 360 was around 10x, a similar one is required between the Xbox 360 and the XboxNext to run the Samaritan demo. But to make the 10x jump between Xbox and Xbox360, Microsoft sold the console at 400 dollars at a loss.
Now lets suppose you also need the 10x jump from PS3 to PS4, they will need to sell the console at 400 dollars at a loss and with many hardware issues that cost the company even more money, given the current Sony financial situation they will not do it, so the options are selling it at a higher price (something that already backfired for Sony with the PS3) or not making a 10x jump and go for a 6x-8x jump and that would not be enough to achieve the Samaritan Demo level of graphics.
Is too early to tell but I think this is a realistic posibility. On the long run it could be better for Sony to have a console more similar to the Wii U than to the XboxNext as the development cost will not be so high and they could share the developments process, leaving Microsoft in a hard position were only a few developers coul spend the extra cash to create better assets for their console.
