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mjk45 said:

PotentHerbs said:

I see the Series X as the premium console. Its already being marketed as a console that "eats monsters for breakfast." It will probably have an entry point of at least $500. We're getting those ultra high settings right off the bat instead of a mid gen upgrade. Also consider that there could be confusion among consumers if MS has three different SKU's. IIRC, the Xbox One was phased out for the Xbox One S. Perhaps for this very reason?  

I also doubt that Project Lockhart isn't the base console. Microsoft's cross generation strategy already targets the Xbox One S until at least 2021. Project Lockhart is poised to be MS cheapest entry into next gen, making it likely the majority of their next gen userbase are Lockhart owners, and any potential bottlenecks of Lockhart need to be prioritized in terms of development. Lockhart is rumored to have a weaker GPU, so maybe they have a weaker CPU, since these units will include an SSD & MS will need to cut cost somewhere. 

it's obvious that  the Xbox series x will be the model developers target, rather than the lockhart the series x isn't being marketed as a pro version rather its their main platform the difference from this gen is the secondary SKU is a weaker one rather than an upgrade and also it won't be years later the reason the Xbox One S will be supported isn't because of Lockhart but the timeline of making next gen games combined with the time it takes for next gen to have enough sales to take the lead role in software sales.

The reason for the xbox one replacement is just like Sony with their slim models a result of manufacturing gains overtime and are made to replace the older models and give them better profitability, moving on to the way they support the Lockhart developers like Naughty Dog and many others create their assets at higher res than needed example PS3 uncharted games were created with 4K assets and scaled back to PS3 this is apparently has beneficial outcomes and gives your assets some future proofing there is no way they will hamstring themselves with Lockhart you will see the same games scaled down with less res and detail

The reason they couldn't develop the Xbox one x to it's full potential is they would have had a lot of xbox one gamers feeling betrayed not this time it's the beginning of the gen and the Lockhart will marketed as a budget model and there will have been plenty of design choices to make the porting has seamless as they can, also some games may have dual development.

We also have to remember that any future upgrades will be years away so it's not like we will have 3 SKU's for years and remember what is great today isn't so great down the track and consoles tend to have price drops.

Yep, marketing being clear on the "limitations" of Series S (and also Xcloud giving similar experience to Series X) I don't think MS would have issues, they would only benefit of the Series X being the strongest in the market even if it doesn't sell that much.