Opinion: Microsoft should delay Scorpio until Holiday 2018 and call it Xbox 2

[EricHiggin]

 

Pemalite said:

No question that Sony has the upper-hand at the moment, Microsoft could have released Scorpio at the end of last year... But then the release would have been overshadowed by Playstation 4 Pro, Playstation has the brand power going for it at the moment.
Then they could have released it during the first half of this year... But then they would have been overshadowed by the Nintendo Switch, being something dramatically different there are so many different aspects of that device that people are talking about. (Both good and bad.)
So later in 2017 is tactically the most optimal window to get as much bang-for-your-buck with Scorpio's launch.
Plus, the hardware probably needed more time to mature and come down in costs to make it more viable, which end-of-2017 brings.

Exactly. Use the holidays to help Scorpio gain some traction early on. Waiting allows PS to run away with this gen a lot like PS2. XB has thought this through. 

Pemalite said:

I doubt Scorpio is going to place any pressure on Sony, Sony is doing amazingly well.. Heck the Playstation 4 Pro isn't exactly a run-away seller comapared to the base Playstation 4 either.
But it is a Halo product that Sony can leverage for it's advertising to make it's platform seem better than the competition with it's superior graphics.
Scorpio should do the same thing for Microsoft, even if the bulk of machines is the regular Xbox One, Scorpio being a Halo product should make the Xbox seem more attractive in advertising thanks to it's superior graphics.

Unless Scorpio is a highly subsidized semi custom Ryzen mobile + Polaris/Vega APU, which isn't impossible, but unlikely, then Scorpio shouldn't put all that much pressure on PS. Making Scorpio as powerful as possible for a Pro like price is most likely, even if XB has to ever so slightly subsidize it to hit $399. Regardless, MS has to let XB go a little bit overboard on hardware or software to try to entice players to choose XB first, or upgrade from PS4 to Scorpio. Holiday 2017 is their best chance to try and make a comeback/get ahead, depending on whats in the box and how you look at what gen it fits.

Pemalite said:

I think we are still a few years away from a Playstation 5 or Xbox "Two". The technology needs to exist first and I don't think we are there yet to justify a generational leap. 
Sadly these days consoles are at the mercy of the PC in regards to technology, if the PC stagnates/doesn't innovate, that impacts on the consoles as well.

With XB and their "no more gens" talk, it all depends on how everyone agrees to classify the Scorpio. Do you go by the name they give it, the Tflops, the overall hardware and specs? If they call it XB Two but the specs don't seem next gen, do you classify it more so as an XB1 Pro? 14nm is the best they could do right now for the APU, but if they upgrade from cat cores does it still count as this gen? Comparing Scorpio and Pro may not be as simple as every other gen. Then again, it may be exactly like PS4 and XB1, just flipped this time.