Microsoft: Xbox Series S and X only next-gen consoles with full RDNA 2 feature set

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SvennoJ said:

sales2099 said:

You and I both know that you are being hopeful given the slight vagueness at the moment but if you been following all the rumors and various news sources coupled with the basic spec comparisons we will find out soon enough. You wanna wait, sure I’ll wait. But I got the feeling it’s delaying the inevitable. 

Pot calling the kettle black lol. Custom is usually better than default, boasting about having the default feature set doesn't mean anything ;)

Sure we'll find out (later when we actually get next gen games) and yes on paper the X has more juice. However the 5 doesn't need to support a gimped little brother throughout the gen... One camp gets to optimize for one spec, the other has to make sure it runs well on both while not disappointing either set of users. Look at Cyberpunk, now delayed again because the base consoles are giving problems. The S is the new base console next gen.

Custom could mean anything. Most industry people connected imply it’s a “RDNA 1.5” but if we gotta wait we gotta wait. It’s amazing how people say power doesn’t matter but I’ve never seen a fan group cling to the power narrative quite like what I’m seeing this year. Not you but in general. 

Well now we going into other territory. That’s FUD imo regarding Series S. CPU and SSD parity mean that only resolution, FPS, and some graphical fidelity take a hit. Much like PC games on Ultra settings vs medium settings. It was designed with scalability in mind.  

Can you confirm the recent delay was due to last gen versions? Just seems like unusual circumstances of crunch coupled with working under pandemic conditions.