Sony's Jim Ryan: "performance difference between Neo and Scorpio is just speculation"

[Guitarguy]

shikamaru317 said:

Guitarguy said:
Supposedly Sony were experimenting with multiplie variants before deciding on the final product. This is not uncommon as we see and hear about various iterations of PS4s that were considered prior to the final version. Not sure if this is rumor or fact though.

It does indeed make sense to have multiple prototypes in testing, MS reportedly tested several Scorpio prototypes before settling on the final 6 tflop version. However, the specs sheet that Digital Foundry received for Neo and independently verified with multiple developer sources didn't come from a Sony R&D lab, it supposedly came from the dev kit package that Sony sent out to multiple developers. You typically wouldn't send prototypes out to devs, you send the final spec so they can make an accurate game build. 

Fair call. I'll wait for the official reveal before making a conclusion. I wouldn't be surprised if it is a more powerful variant though. I really wish they didn't go through with this mid-generation upgrade altogether though.