Should a $300 Lockhart be counted alongside Series X in marketshare tallies?

[EricHiggin]

Captain_Yuri said:

EricHiggin said:

Here's something to chew on.

If Lockhart is basically an XB1X in terms of performance, perhaps slightly more capable because of updated tech, does that count towards next gen? Would XB1X count towards next gen because of it's performance? Could SNY just take Pro, slap a Ryzen CPU in it, or give the GPU 54CU's, and call it a PS5, even if it still looked like a triple cheeseburger?

Where is the line and when is it crossed exactly?

I do understand why in some ways it would make sense for Series S and X to be counted together, but that leads to future concerns, like what if by chance we get another mid gen XB upgrade? Do all 3 count towards next gen sales at that point? What if they just keep adding letters to Series models for the next couple decades?

I can't say yes or no at this point. Sorta depends on what exactly Lockhart's capabilities are, but even if it outperforms XB1X by a smidgen, I don't know that just because it has updated tech, that it should automatically make it next gen.

Yes because there's more to it than just slapping Ryzen. Series S will have Nvme SSD vs traditional hard drive. Series S will have next gen RDNA 2 technologies like Ray Tracing, Variable Rate Shading, Mesh Shaders, Sampler Feedback, Direct Storage and etc vs none of that. And the list goes on.

Resolution and Teraflops is just one aspect of the bigger pie. You build a game around those technologies and SSD and you run it on a Xbox One X with Ryzen and mechanical hard drive and see how much of a power point slideshow at 540p it will be compared to the Series S.

So a decade from now, if we get a Series Z, 36TF, and it's no longer Ryzen or RDNA anymore, and we've moved beyond RT, does it still count towards XB Series model sales? What if the Series Y that releases alongside it, has all the new tech and features as well, but is only 10TF and $199? More XB Series model sales?

It's not all that clear cut. That's not to say it can't be counted towards Series sales, but it's all of the reasoning as to why it should or shouldn't.

*What if MS had another secret, and XB1S was also getting a super slim upgrade with XB Series tech, though the same performance and same XB1 name? Where should those sales be counted towards?

Last edited by EricHiggin - on 11 August 2020