Intrinsic said:
MS won't really have a choice. All this realease stuff really all boils down to availability of tech. And lastly, the focus on power we have today will become very irrelevant come the next gen. Both console will be able to handle 4k [...] |
Tech solely dictates release date, yet Scorpio will launch on same process as Pro a year later?
None of this is based on achieving "totally different class of power", any more so than Scorpio,
MS used this exact strategy with Scorpio, and as I indicated they do that with higher $ as well.
Because the extra year doesn't help with relative cost (vs Sony), although ABSOLUTE cost drops.
It is not just about "beating Sony", but making the most out of their existing platform base.
Xbone was selling half as well as PS4, so a year delay made sense to make most of platform.
Given Scorpio launched a year later than Pro, keeping the year delay is just the same gen length,
and trying to launch at same time would mean a shorter gen length on weaker selling platform.
Each platform has it's fans, so exact power parity at all times is just not be-all-end-all for either one.
The multiplats which are biggest sellers will likely continue targetting Scorpio even after next MS release,
never mind in first year when PS5 base would hardly justify AAA development on it's own.
I'm not saying MS must necessarily launch a year later, it just looks like it could go either way...
And the deciding factors have as much to do with financials and install base as "just tech availability".
I do agree the next gen will demonstrate the "decreasing returns" on perceived benefits vs numeric performance increases.
(which further underlines why it isn't catastrophic for MS to have a year launch delay with Scorpio or it's successor)
I would guess VR would be area where those performance increases would have highest impact on perceived benefits.
