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Nuvendil on 09 January 2017
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GribbleGrunger said:
SWORDF1SH said:

I think you're looking at Scorpio the wrong way. It'll have more in common with a gaming PC than a gaming console. 

Reading what MS are saying, Xbox games will no longer be defined by generations. Games will be forward and backwards compatible, you pop the game in and depending what version of console you own, the game will run at that spec. Like PC.

Think back a while and you'll realise I'm not thinking of this wrong. I've said for a long time now that the Scorpio will be a PC which is another reason why MS could risk talking in terms of a new generation: 'A new generation of consoles'. Get it? Word play and something MS does habitually. They'd be talking about a new type of console (PC in a box) but be able to blur the line enough to stay on both sides of the narrative.

But that's not really new at all.  Steam JUST did that.  And look how spectacularly well that's gone.  So yeah, still think it is pointless.  I also think that if the Scorpio doesn't take off and turn proffit, the Xbox One line (One, One S, and Scorpio) will be the end of the Xbox brand.  Consoles aren't headed where MS thought they were when they entered this market, their reasons for staying are fast running out.