| Pemalite said: Oh dear God. Just because there was a collaboration announcement between Microsoft and AMD... Doesn't mean that the next Xbox is going to be using outdated Vega technology. |
I know it well, and yeah, considering that they will not put a last-month release GPU in Xboxes, because console market is so much bigger in scale, that any mistake in ur product, what ur consumer ( MS ) will buy, will simple be an armageddon. U can fuck up one thing in one GPU card series, refund it or smt, not in any serious console.
The collaboration is not the only hint we got on the topic,thoug. Forbes' leak points simply that MS will not use Navi technology, also it points the Vega will be a disappointment because resources were moved to Navi, and kinda it was proven true. So far, the leak is accurate.
IMO the best marketing strategy for MS ( and MS care a hell a lot about PR after Spencer took the chair ) is to hint it until it is "hot and good " thing. This is a totally different situation, if, it was announced at one time, Vega here, Navi here. MS cant stand Sony mano a mano in console space, the ship has long sailled.
No, I dont think Vega die shrink changed overnight, because I kinda know a thing or two about tech ( but you are right, I always look at it more bussines -wise than power-wise), and I know something about signing a contracts/future contracts, and I am sure as hell, that AMD simply came to common sense long time ago, that if they will not offer 7nm tech for next Xbox, MS will go to other supplier, thats how buss works, and they changed strategy just for it, and the both sides makes an agreement long time ago, what was now announced, with all the lights and sounds pointing what's gonna be.
