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bonzobanana on 11 June 2017
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Mr Puggsly said:
bonzobanana said:
Effectively the difference between xbox one and scorpio is the difference in performance between Switch portable mode and Switch docked. It's just a visual boost but runs the same games. So I don't understand the EA statement as they will still be programming the same games for xbox one which is the base platform that restricts the maximum performance of Scorpio. The Switch is only a 150/200 gflops portable with 16,000 mips of cpu performance and every game has to work with that all we see with Switch docked is a resolution boost and a more stable frame rate.

Scorpio enhanced versions of xbox one games may have some higher quality textures which isn't something the Switch can do because of the Switching feature but thats really it.I suspect most games will have no enhanced Scorpio assets though and it will be exactly the same situation as Switch.

It's like the only thing Microsoft have learned from Switch is having 2 performance levels.

No. The custom CPU can apparently do the same tasks with significantly less overhead and its clocked higher. The RAM is significantly faster and adds an additional 4 GB for games to access. The GPU is disparity is about 4.5x for Scropio and about 2.5x for Switch docked.

Scorpio is a huge upgrade and it may not always have to share games with OG Xbox. It should be able to support 9th gen games even if OG X1 can't.

That's not the plan for it though. It's a higher resolution verison of the xbox one running the same games. They have stated there won't be Scorpio exclusive games and there is no point anyway. As for the additional gpu power, it is needed for running the same games at 4k. The Switch only has to go from 720p to 1080p with no enhanced textures and often can't even hit 1080p or do anti-aliasing. The Scorpio has to go from 720p/900p or 1080p to a full 4k a much greater resolution increase. 

Next gen games are going to need significantly more cpu resources surely. The ps4 and xbox one are 35-40,000 mips but the latest pc cpu's can be over 300,000 mips. 

The Scorpio is a better mid-gen refresh than ps4 pro but its not a full next gen console. I suspect in time both Scorpio and PS4 pro will become the base consoles in their range as the provide better 4k support but the real next gen console gaming will be ps5 and possibly a later xbox model to compete with it unless Microsoft abandon consoles to concentrate on the windows 10 platform with more a gaming windows box rather than xbox.