| ktay95 said: They may have to if Scorpio gets off to a decent start. The last thing they need is to launch late and give Scorpio a massive lead. If MS really is doing away with conventional generations then the Scorpio could start out receiving XBO games before MS phase out XBO support and start making games exclusively for Scorpio. This would leave Scorpio as their competitor to PS5 with a 2 year sales head start. Regardless of how powerful the PS5 is games will come to the Scorpio because of its already large install base. Sony could be playing catch up for a whole generation again. |
That sounds like a horrible idea to phase out software support too slowly. Content is arguably a stronger selling point for new systems rather than an enhanced technical experience. If Microsoft takes too long to release exclusive games for Scoprio then their efforts won't mean anything since that strategy is bound to fail in terms of mass market adoption which means that Scorpio could end up being a failure despite getting a head start if it even is one ...
So not only is a large install base not guranteed with that strategy but PS5 could be an entirely different ballpark altogether in terms of power potentially making Scorpio redundant when trying to get down ports from the PS5 at which point Microsoft would have to be the one to reach parity in that case and not their competitor who tries to take full advantage of new hardware ...
