Global Hardware 8 December 2018 (Smash Week)

[DonFerrari]

drinkandswim said:

DonFerrari said:

Microsoft have said many thing they changed later. This for example is over couple years ago. Now if you think MS will launch Xbox next costing 499 and playing same games of base X1 you are for a very strong wake to reality.

Sony have said they will still have next generation. And you can be sure their 1st party won't be hold down to a machine over 10 times weaker than their offering in PS5.

And exclusives on Xbox at the time was basically a no conversation.

Xbox total on that year was less than 10M, so X1X that is the premium offering sold quite good. It doesn't play a single game over X1. So over 40% (perhaps 50%) opting to pay 2,5x more for the same game is quite unexpected.

I definitely don't expect the next Generation to only play the same games as the current gen. If it did I don't think it would find much success. I mean I don't think the regular Xbox One numbers are that great, but they aren't bad considering they have near zero Japanese Market. I don't expect Switch to offer Next Gen gaming, as I said I only expect them to with the Switch Pro (assuming there will be one) be able to play current Gen games at 1080P (docked). I don't think Switch needs to play  PS5/X4 games to be successful because the trade off is portability, but if it can play current gen games (Xbox One/PS4 quality) the trade off will be enough for a second system. I assume most people would want a next gen console and a handheld they can play some games on the go. So that is where my assumption that someone will be the loser in the next Gen and I don't think it will be Sony due to their quality First Party games. A large quantity of gamers will purchase two platforms. PS5/X4 will offer similar experiences, while Switch offers handheld gaming.

So do you expect when PS5/X4 arises that devs and pubs will port other PS4/X1 games to Switch2? Not sure it makes much sense. Sure some games may see that, they may even see a remaster to PS5/X4 with upgraded visuals and together a Switch 2 version with the base quality. But don't expect a great number of games.

I mostly expect next gen to be similar to this. PS5 100+M, X4 40+M (about 33-50% of PS4) and Switch 2 or whatever solution if hybrid to be 60+M.