Xbox Scorpio Presentation Spotted at AMD’s CES 2017 RYZEN/Vega Booth

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thismeintiel said:

hudsoniscool said:

I agree especially when you consider phils answer to the question: Use one word to describe Scorpio. He said 'balanced'. I'm pretty sure putting a jaguar in there would be anything but balanced.

But you also have to think about price. Of course, MS has played both sides of that, as well. Earlier on they were talking about a premium product for a premium price, basically suggesting this thing will be $499-$599, maybe more. More recently, they have been talking about it not costing as much as people think. I'm wondering if they have looked at the performance of the Pro, seeing that mid-gen upgrades are a little more niche than they thought, and have scaled things back to keep price down. I don't think the Scorpio is going to be as decked out as people think.  Maybe a slightly upgraded CPU architecture, maintain the 8gb of RAM, just a better type, and of course, a better GPU.  I see the price being $449-$499, the latter being if they do use a Vega GPU.

Quite a few assumptions.

Let me tell you, why you are wrong.

 

1st The Pro is on the market for 7 or 8 weeks now. There is not much reliable data available to check how it actually performed. And no, a company like Microsoft does not base its decisions on Amazon rankings. Heck, December NPDs aren't even out yet.

2nd Even if it turns out that the Pro really underperformed, there are more reasons than "mid-gen upgrades are niche" as you claim. Maybe the Pro just isn't powerful enough to convince hardcore players and too expensive to convince casuals to pay $100 more. Maybe 4k is not mainstream enough yet. Maybe people wait for the Scorpio to get the real deal. MS might see it like they need to avoid the mistake Sony did and pimp the Scorpio up even more. WHO THE HELL KNOWS?!

3rd MS said it loud an clear that they want to build the most powerful console possible. "It is a monster" is a direct quote. If it turns out to be just slightly more powerful than the Pro, their marketing team will have a lot of work to do.

4th MS wants to distance itself as much as possible from the Xbox One and the PS4 ( PS4 Pro. They want to find their niche. They will not win anything when the general perception is like "I can do that with my Xbox One, too." or "Just the Xbox One Pro". They need USPs to sell their products. They are doing it right now with the Xbox One S and the 4k BluRay-drive. They will do the same with the Xbox Scorpio, show the public why it is so different and better than all the consoles out there. Showing software that can't be done on any other console is a great selling point, don't you think?