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Errorist76 on 27 December 2017
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Mr Puggsly said:
Errorist76 said:

But that’s the problem...it’s late and expensive. It’s late in the gen already. 500 for a console that will probably outdated very soon already seems like a tough proposition. I’m not questioning the value, it’s good value for sure, no rip-off at all.. but few people will find the motivation to buy one at such a high price nearing the end of the gen, especially without stand out games to show it off.

If X1X came sooner and cheaper it would feel half backed like the Pro. Which has even less CPU power, no additional RAM (better textures), and even less capable of 4K. Even when it launched I said the Pro should have been $499, because for a Premium console its simply not doing enough and it might have sold even better at a higher price with better specs.

X1X will be outdated very soon? Depends how long until we see a console with better specs like PS5 which would also be more expensive. At best, that would be two years. That would also make this a short generation for Sony in spite of their success. That could be perceived as Sony being reactive to the X1X.

Also, if the PS5 launches in 2020 or 2021, then MS could simply launch a more powerful device the year after. Hence, there is always a more powerful device around the corner.

Its worth considering the X1X may be supported longer because it could better handle 9th gen games while and OG X1 support may not be required. As I've stated before, X1X could be treated as the budget 9th gen console.

We’ve had this discussion before. Once newer games will make use of the new Ryzen based CPUs, Jaguar simply isn’t gonna cut it anymore.

6-7 years would not be a short console cycle. The 7 years of last generation were/can be considered extraordinarily long. Sony stated at the start of this generation that they’re not planning to repeat this. All generations before were more like 5 years long.

Concerning the later release of a more powerful platform....It won’t change a thing. It doesn’t now and unless MS sells a more powerful platform for less money with a similar amount of exclusives MS is never going to come anywhere as close to Sony, as they were last gen, when Sony fucked up their start. Sony’s worldwide appeal is on a completely different level.