Soooo did the Xbox One X succeed?

[Mr Puggsly]

Errorist76 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

But if $399 is price theyre aiming at in 2020, I wouldnt anticipate a massive CPU upgrade while aiming for 4K with bettter graphics.

The X1X is four years later, $500 but not a masive upgrade outside of GPU.

So Im genuinely curious what specs in 2020 look like. As I've suggested maybe a budget $399 and premium $599 console should exist at 9th gensl's launch. Both have a 60 fps pushing CPU while the GPU would differ significantly. Like 10TF versus 20TF or whatever. So the $399 specs still has 4K potential but not a priority. Personally that ideal for me given ai dont care that much for 4K.

Nah, the difference will be immense since they’ll finally move to a new architecture, probably Ryzen based. The slight upclock Pro and 1X got isn’t really worth mentioning. New games that make use of the next gen CPUs won’t be able to run on the slower consoles without big cuts, so I really expect Microsoft to do another 180 with their “we’re done with generations” talk, because in that case the X1X would hold back game development for some years, since Sony has clearly stated they want a real generational leap. If they stay the market leader by a wide amount Microsoft will have to adapt their strategy.

60 fps won’t happen for most games because many third party game developers will always chose better fidelity over high frame rates. The increased CPU will hopefully be used to simulate larger, more vivid worlds and better A.I. and physics.

I also don’t believe in the two versions at launch possibility. It would unnecessarily divide the market at the start of the gen and next gen consoles will finally be real “true 4K” consoles first and foremost. 8K won’t be a thing for quite some time. I’d even say it’s unnecessary. VR/AR/MR will be the new thing the consoles will be focusing on.

We could theoretically have better AI and physics with the currents CPUs. I could argue last gen CPUs had more potential then we saw as well.

Even when new consoles launch, the Pro and X1X may be in demand at around $250 and they will get cross gen ports for a few years. The average game is not extremely CPU intensive, atleast at 30 fps. A $60 PC CPU can run virtually any current game pretty well assuming there is no GPU bottleneck. So Im not convinced quite yet 9th gen consoles will have amazing CPUs. But they will likely be better equipped for 60 fps.

I feel the 360 and PS4 got phased out for ports because RAM and GPU issues primarily. Meanwhile Switch is getting ports because the GPU and RAM are upgraded significantly over 7th gen, even if CPU is lacking. Hence, a device like X1X could thrive for a while thanks to the significant midgen upgrade and it will be cheap hardware when 9th gen starts.

But its all speculation at this point.

Last edited by Mr Puggsly - on 19 December 2017