| walsufnir said: Wow, just when the Pro is near to launch? Classy, MS. |
Yeah, the timing is pretty funny: Right after the PSVR, right before PS4PRO and right after the Switch announcement. Not saying all of those are direct competition to the Scorpio, but MS is probably becoming very concerned with being burried under all this and the Scorpio just being too late to the party. Personally, I'm not sure how good Scorpio will do. Yeah, it's the strongest upcoming device. But PSVR will scoop up the majority of console VR enthusiasts in that time, Pro is going to eat right into their market, and while Switch is competing indirectly, consumers only have so much money. And what's worse, Scorpio launching a year later means the "highend modes" of nearly all games will be based on the PS4 Pro, not the Scorpio, for all of next year and probably most of 2018. Which means it will be months before 3rd party games take full advantage of the Scorpio. Which means MS is going to have to sell that thing on a 4k bluray player and a very modest performance difference compared to the Pro all while being more expensive than the Pro and the Switch and having the most costly VR solution on consoles.. So yeah, I can'tblame them for trying to steal some spotlight :P
