Should Sony pull a PS5 release to compete with Scorpio?

[Normchacho]

Soundwave said:

Is Scorpio really a "mid-gen" refresh?

1.3 TFLOP to 6+ TFLOP is the same jump as XBox 360 (250 GFLOP) to XBox One (1.3 TFLOP).

It's basically a generational leap in GPU tech anyway. Even the PS4 Pro is a bigger jump than I would have expected. 

A "mid-gen" refresh should be like what the Wii was to the GameCube ... a moderate upgrade. Not a practical full generational leap in GPU and a new CPU and probably new RAM to boot, lol. 

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-scorpio-wont-have-exclusive-games-except-for-/1100-6442754/

 

"Forward compatibility" is what seperates the Scorpio from being a full next-gen machine. Any game that they make for that 6 TFLOP system is also going to have to run on a 1.3 TFLOP system.

It's the same reason I think the Pro doesn't show that Sony is going to be blending generations. I am very confident that the PS5 games won't be required to run on the PS4 or even the Pro.

 

Here's the pickle I see MS running into if they try to blur generations while Sony keeps them going.

Lets say it's February 2019. Sony announces the PS5 due for launch November of the same year. It's a clean break from the PS4 lineup, but is backwards compatible with all PS4 games, and it is far and away more powerful than even the Scorpio.

Then they show games. Games that Sony isn't going to require to run on anything weaker than the PS5. They will be a truley generational leap above any games out at the time.

So now MS is in a situation where they have a piece of hardware that's less than 18 months old that can't offer visuals anywhere near the PS5 becuase they promised forward compatibility with a 1.3 TFLOP system.

Beyond that. Sony is going to be going to developers saying "Here's the new hardware, make games for the old one if you'd like. But you don't have to." Wheras MS is going to be saying "If you want to make a Scorpio game, it must also run on the old Xbox One."

 

What happens? What happens when MS wants to release it's next piece of hardware? Do they stop supporting the Xbox One in 2020? Because then that's just a generation, is it not? Also, now do they need to provide forward compatibility to the Scorpio without the normal Xbox One? Which by this time will also be a good deal underpowered.