Xbox increasing console price, accessories and future games. Globally.

[Norion]

Pemalite said:

Norion said:

Not a total waste since it can have even faster loading times than the Xbox Series but it was definitely very overhyped since those are already so low on even a modest NVME and the game design and gameplay benefits from moving past hard drives haven't needed speed beyond SATA level so far.

Though perhaps it'll make more of a difference down the line since even now some games need to run on the slow hard drives in the last gen consoles and unless something is PS5 and PC only and requires an SSD at least that fast in the PC a game won't be fully taking advantage of that speed and developers won't wanna cut off that many gamers from playing their games so maybe a few years from now certain games that are PS5/PS6/PC only will start requiring faster SSDs.

Sony should for sure not go as hard with the SSD in the PS6 though, better to stick with a mid-range one than go high end considering how little the PS5 has benefited from doing that so far.

It's diminishing returns.

...And I did call it before this console generation started, when everyone was fornicating over the PS5's SSD... It wasn't going to enable experiences not seen elsewhere, which has absolutely remained true.

Sony should have went with a slower SSD and went with a larger SSD.

Or invested more into their SoC for better graphics.

Yeah the PS5 could've been balanced somewhat better. AI should be the main focus for the PS6 and that'll make a way, way bigger difference since upscaling will help out that console massively. I could see it having frame gen as well as a way to let loads of games offer 120fps modes.