Digital Foundry - Several sources indicate Neo will launch this year

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plip.plop said:

Intrinsic said:

If neo releases this year, I dont sre it being more than $399. Thats what the original PS4 launched at 3yrs ago. 

And this thing you are saying about Neo competing with the XBOs? Thats just flat out wrong. The XBOs will be coming in at $299, its competing with the Base PS4 (which mind you is still even smaller than it), and the XB1 has been cheaper than the PS4 since sometime in 2014, That has never resulted to it selling better than the PS4. Why do you think an XBOs will suddenly start outselling the core PS4 all of a sudden? 

The neo arriving this year means its not competing with anyone. And when the scorpio arrives next year, make no mistake it will be competing with the Neo, and then the Neo could be priced as low as $350/$300 to the scorpios $500 (likely the price cause the scorpio is noy just getting a bigger GPU its getting more Ram too).

And about the buying this month then new hardware releasing next month, thats only messed up if the new hardware is cheaper or better but at the same price. If i spend $299 this month cause that was what i could afford, then a newer model of my console comes out at $399 it makes no difference to me.

What Azzanation is saying though is that the XB1 s while for the most part still the xbox one, they have upgraded key components inside that will allow it to play 4k disc, stream 4k content, and if a game supports it, (Gears 4) bump up the resolution of the game. Technically even with the Neo coming out (I think it will be between 450-499) accomplishing the same. General consumers will see that the XB1 s is still going to be the cheapest 4k player on the market. Something that was a bonus to both the PS2 and 3.

MS took a page out of Sony's book, and created a console that will help usher in a new format to the general consumer, at a more bearable price point. Some people might buy the XB1 s just for being a 4k player, and never buy a game. I think this was another reason MS shrunk it down, and gave it a internal power supply, and a IR blaster so it is capable of controlling all their devices (tv, sound system) with a universal remote.

Eh? The slim alters the resolution of games, you mean... upscaling to 4k from 720p/1080p? I don't suppose you have a link to that? Wouldn't mind a read over it to hear the ideas of what that S model brings to the gaming side of things, I had thought it was purely media which got the resolution change. Awesome if some games get nicely stretched up to 4k though if it's done right.