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globalisateur on 17 August 2016
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RolStoppable said:
globalisateur said:
So now suddenly there will be exclusives Scorpio titles if they are VR compatible ?

The backpedaling has begun. It won't stop there. Slowly but surely the message will shift. But one day, suddenly, Scorpio will be the Microsoft next gen 4 years after the release of XB1, like X360 was next gen 4 years after the original Xbox.

People have to understand that they already had a generation that lasted only 4 years with the OG Xbox. Scorpio will also be released 4 years after XB1.

I don't expect it to be much different for Sony either. The initial message is that all Scorpio/Neo games will work on the original models of the XB1/PS4 as well, but since both Microsoft and Sony are actively encouraging third parties to use the additional processing power, it shouldn't take long until the versions for the old models begin to suffer in the development process. There might be the argument of userbase, but shiny graphics sell games, so the prettier versions will be prioritized within a year or two.

No. the difference is that Sony has mandated forward compatibility to the devs on the official documentation. The Neo is after all an overclocked PS4 + dual GPU. the forward compatibility and backward compatibility will be easy to implement and to mandate to devs for all games.

There is no such thing with Scorpio. Forward compatibility will be impossible to mandate. It's not practical, Microsoft won't aleniate developers after what they have done with their XB1 initial fiasco. Scorpio is technically a next gen with an architecture totally different than XB1. Dfiferent Memory architecture, different CPU tech, different GPU tech.

What MS say is all PR messaging. It's empty. But even their message is already changing. Now the VR compatible games will be Scorpio exclusives. And the scorpio is not there yet. Message will change again.

Don't you understand that it's just 101 marketing in order to sell XB1 S? people are so naive. MIcrosoft already lied to us before using disingenious wording.

"There won't be Scorpio console exclusives". technically could mean that as long as you release the game on PC then you can release the game on one console only, the Scorpio. Hell 99% of xbox games are already released on PC too.