exclusive_console said:
Kerotan said:
I'm making the assumption the scorpio will be a good bit more powerful and also more expensive. if the above turns out to be true then the following statement applies.
So I think having the scorpio in the next tier in terms of power and price is good. why?
Well people now have 3 power brackets.
1. Ps4/xb1
2. Pro
3. Scorpio
It means gamers now have more choice. The 3 tiers are not directly competing. You want the most affordable?? ps4/xb1 base models are very cheap. you want more power at an affordable price? the Pro got you covered. you want even more power? then we have the scorpio for you.
Basically I think it's best not to have the Pro and scorpio directly competing. What if the consumer was deciding between a gaming pc and a console. but the Pro isn't powerful enough. well there's a chance the scorpio will be and he'll go for that n
I think the only loser in this will be pc. You're going to have console upgrades every 3/4 years and the only thing not covered will be the really high end market that is very expensive. I think because of this the future for consoles is very positive.
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Scorpio is a competing with PS4P. The main difference between PS4 and Xbone was 50% more powerfful gfx chip 18CU compared to 12CU and obviously the ram GDDR5 vs DDR3 + 32mb esram. Going by tflops Scorpio gfx chip is around 42% more powerful. Ram bandwidth is more and cpu is unknown. So going by this the difference is similar to the advantage PS4 had over Xbone. So instead of 1800P it will be 2160P or 1440P vs 1800P in favor of Scorpio.
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One big difference though.
While ps4 was a decent amount more powerful than xb1 it was $100 cheaper at launch.
If scorpio is a lot more powerful it won't be cheaper. That's the difference. You'd obviously pick the base ps4 over the xbox1 in terms of value and the xb1 won't have a huge value advantage over the Pro. in fact the low pro price point is likely much more appealing for those who want to dabble in 4k. and by the time the scorpio releases Sony will be able to cut the price if needs be.
