| lansingone said: I agree. I think after XB1 they'll be playing every aspect of this launch safe. I do think that unlike the start of this gen, the hardware inside will be slightly different, because AMD seems more inclined to make custom chips than before. If those previous leaks are to believed, I expect PS5 to have a Navi GPU with whatever additions Sony needed, and MS will have a pretty much equally powerful Vega based GPU. |
No. They will both be navi. And if they are both in the same die size ball park then they will both have near identical chips. In truth from a design standpoint even the chips in the base PS4 and XB1 were identical but the XB1 just used up die space for something else forcing it to have a smaller GPU. The two consoles will be much closer matched this time around. And MS knows this too, its why they are pushing so hard to buy studios because now they realize that when there is very little between you and your biggest rival the only real way to differentiate yourself is through exclusives.
| Trumpstyle said: Because we had 2 reliable sources (Brad sams and Windowscentral) telling us Microsoft will launch next-gen with 2 skus. So most are expecting a 300$ and 500$ console from microsoft next-gen. We can't be sure what exactly Sony is doing but I think they will stick with one 400$ console only. So we will probably have a similiar situation that we have now with PS4 pro and Xbox one X. The 500$ console will easily win in performance, this way Microsoft can have both the cheapest and the most powerful console next-gen. |
This is 10% fact and 90% theory.... basically it just sounds like what a fan would want or hope fr but isn't really based on anything solid or reasonable if its to be thought about properly.
This theory only works if we ignore a lot or assume a lot.
- We expect that even though both platforms launch within 1 month of eachother, with access to the exact same tech and components and fr very similar prices MS would somehow be able to engineer hardware that is around 30%-40% more powerful..... all via a premium cooling solution?
- We expect that sony will play it safe (more like play it cheap) as if they somehow totally are oblivious to the implications of being the "inferior" console and have been living in a bubble these last 5 years.
- We assume that sony will somehow not be able to sell their console while taking a loss. Sony could just as easily make a $500+ console that they sell for $399. And the second they are doing that it means MS would need to make a $600-$800 console that they will in turn sell for $499. And it won't even be for anything that will show an obvious difference if noticeable at all. Its like one console being able to run the game at 45fps and the other at 38fps but both are locked to 30fps.
