| Normchacho said: "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. 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. |
They haven't promised that, that is what Sony is promising with PS4 Pro.
MS is saying that STARTING WITH Scorpio there will be no more gens, no more compatability breaks.
That means that Scorpio 2 will be fully compatable with Scorpio, but doesn't mean Scorpio is fully compatable with XBone.
Which makes sense because they are changing memory models between Xbone and Scorpio,
which requires very different code optimization to core functions, not just "settings tweaks" to FX quality, lighting, etc.
Interestingly, Scorpio memory model is similar to PS4, so x-platform game optimization will be much easier going forward.
| Drakrami said: I just realized... people are going to be able to play games like Watch Dogs 2, Deus Ex, For Honor, FF15 in 4K one year before microsoft rolls out anything. Along with the huge marketshare PS4 already has... This may be a more of an obvious coffin in the nail to microsoft than anyone realizes. |
Your broader point is fine enough, Sony establishes more value in their brand, and people are happy to pay for that value. The idea that PSN Plus price increase is "covering the cost of the ps4 pro" is absurd though, because there is no evidence that Sony is subsidizing PS4 Pro at all... I mean, they're not even including a 4K BDXL drive which even MS' Xbone S can manage. So yes, Sony is taking profits off of it's superior positioned product, but that has nothing to do with subsidizing costs of their latest console.
