2017 was solid year for Xbox One sales in spite of exclusvies.

[Mr Puggsly]

Pemalite said:

 

Mr Puggsly said:

The 360 had a bunch of great games, which includes multiplats. But people went to 360 because it was considerably cheaper than PS3 for pivitol years.

It wasn't just cheaper. It was also the only HD console on the market for awhile.
Games also typically looked and performed better on the Xbox 360 as well.

It also had superior online and online features.

It was simply the right hardware, for the right price at the right time, with the right games, just like the Playstation 4.

Mr Puggsly said:

1440p is not a common TV resolution. Perhaps it exist but not common.

It's a common monitor resolution. Millions of gamers around the world hook their consoles up to their monitors.

Monitors have lower input lag, which is also a great advantage for competitive gaming, the fact you are defending Microsoft's choice for omitting 1440P support for the time being is very telling.
Omitting a popular display standard/feature is not a good thing for consumers, making your argument nonsensical and baseless.

Mr Puggsly said:

Ah, so you buy all consoles for attention? I mentioned that before. Okay, you've justified your X1X purchase and I still think it was dumb. I mean its collecting dust, right?

Did I say I buy all consoles for attention? That is an ignorant assertion that is blatantly false.
Stop living in a world of conspiracy theories.
I still don't understand why you are whinging that I bought an Xbox One X, do you feel threatened that someone has purchased it, has realized where it falls short and thus is happy to criticize it where criticism is due?

Here is another reason: I do own hundreds of Original Xbox games. And hundreds of Xbox 360 games. And I do enjoy the games that are made backwards compatible.
Can't wait for a Fable 2 enhanced if it ever happens.

Mr Puggsly said:

While X1X has a modest CPU, it might be able to handle 9th gen content fairly well. Its just speculation right now and its safe to assume 9th will focus more on GPU then CPU, again.

Modest CPU is a bit of an overstatement. It's a piece of crap.

And I agree that the GPU will continue to be the main focus, consoles typically use conservative hardware that is very price conscious, which is why the Xbox One X is not a true 4k console.

Mr Puggsly said:

Halo 4 pushed great visuals at 30 fps with dips. Halo 5 raised the bar greatly on effects while hitting 60 fps. Halo 5 is a mixed bag on presentation due to sacrifices but 60 fps objectively feels great.

60fps should be a mandated minimum. 60fps is one of the best things about Halo 5 which resonates with eSports and competitive gamers, but having 60fps shows where it comes up short in terms of animation and fidelity... And that is mostly attributed to the Xbox One having low-end rubbish hardware.

And now that Microsoft has partially resolved the hardware problem, there shouldn't be any excuses for Halo 6. It better look amazing. It better be 60fps.

While I agree with your points to some degree, an evenly priced PS3 would have crushed 360.

I'm not arguing 1440p displays should be ignored, its just not a standard TV resolution.

Again, you knew X1X would be a bad purchase for yourself based on your own arguments. You could have waited for X1X to get the updates youre waiting for or hoping for. But you knew it was gonna disappoint you at launch.

The X1 CPU does too much for me to consider it crap. I mean it does have 60 fps content and often times the bottleneck is on GPU. The hardware was designed to push its best visuals at 30 fps, this is GPU and CPU limitations.

I see X1X/PS4 as 4K consoles like X1/PS4 are 1080p consoles. They do those resolutions often, but not always.

You seem surprised a console has limitations. Halo 5 pushing high quality effects in a virtually locked 60 fps experience exacerbates those limitations in graphics, still an impressive 60 fps 8th gen game.

The only other option without making significant changes would have been make the campaign 30 fps and perhaps Warzone. That would free up a lot of overhead in GPU for visual polish. That's where you most notice the animation frame drops as well.

Last edited by Mr Puggsly - on 23 January 2018