PS4 Neo GPU Is Point-For-Point A Match For RX 480

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setsunatenshi said:

GribbleGrunger said:

But it's true though isn't it. There were many articles about how the Neo could (or would) split the PS4 userbase and many comments in Neo threads saying the same, and yet here we are with the Scorpio (a year from release according to rumours) and no mention of splitting the userbase. BUT, if the rumours are true and it can run Oculus, that means only Scorpio owners will be able to play Oculus and those with the vanilla version won't be able to, which splits the userbase. This is yet another example of a narrative being pushed that fits better with one console but for some reason it's only being used for the PS4.

Yes, that's true, plus there has been no indication at all that this new Xbox would be sharing the game library with the Xbox 1, so I tend to think it would actually be a new 'generation' and MS throwing in the towel earlier.

If the supposed 5.5 TFLOPs performance is true then it means they are done with esram completely (good for them, about time) which would mean a complete change in architecture.

The reason why not many seem to care is because afterall only 20M were sold so far and the initial vision has changed so much (mandatory kinect, always online drm, cloud computing processing graphics for games lol,etc) that pretty much everyone is quite jaded by now.

MS was caught with the pants down screwing the maid this generation and no matter what they would do it would still look stupid, probably they realized it's time to reset and get a fresh start. Too little too late? perhaps

The problem with that is prematurely kickstarting 9th Gen will land them even more ire, since Sony will likely not play along. Considering the user base, PS4 will get the majority of exclusives, though maybe not the best console versions. For Scorpio to be successful, it'd have to stoop down to 8th Gen, which would defeat the purpose of such a beefy upgrade.

 

MS stands to split their already smaller userbase and then piss off a lot of people when 99% of their games don't have better engines than their PS4 counterparts. An early 9th Gen would be an early grave for Xbox.