| LudicrousSpeed said: If it's much like the PS Pro then MS was very misleading with their marketing. What I think a lot of Xbone users are expecting is exactly what MS has hyped. The most powerful console ever, and we can expect MS's own games to run in native 4k. Now, if it's "much like the Pro" in terms of 3rd party games, well, only the delusional would be disappointed in that, because we've been told nothing by anyone that would lead them to believe otherwise. MS has said from the start their games would be native 4k and third parties are free to do whatever. There's not much reason for them do put a lot more effort into the Xbone builds than PS4, unless they already have a comparable PC build ready to go. Either way, at the very least, it will run games better than the Pro, the games will look better than on the Pro. That's pretty funny given how the gen started and all the fucking fuss we heard about 900p vs 1080p and all the threads we got making sure Xbone owners understood their versions looked slightly worse and had a slightly less stable framerate. That's been the most entertaining part about this link. PS4 is around 40% or so more powerful than the Xbone and it's a huge deal. Scorpio is around 40% more powerful than Pro and MS somehow still fucked it up. So much faux outrage and concern trolling :) -snip |
While it's true many on both sides have flipped their stance on various issues in light of the due circumstances, believing the PS4's power advantage was a positive and that the Scorpio is a mess up aren't inherently contradictory beliefs. While i'd personally disagree with the latter (i'd have preferred Sony held off for at least a few months, even if i am happy with the Pro), because of MS's early mistake the PS4 was able to have its power advantage without the common downsides; a higher price and/or later release. With the Scorpio, MS have had to accept a much later release and a likley higher price for that power. While some of us may consider that worth it, it's certainly a significant enough change in variables that alternative positions can be held about the benefit of a power advantage in both instances.
