Xbox announces partnership with AMD for "next generation Xbox consoles"

[Kyuu]

Otter said:

Kyuu said:

Kepler corroborated MLiD's comments on PS6/handheld/Xbox-next's specs. And he agrees with me on Xbox (Magnus) beating PS6 universally or near-universally this time:

"I don't see how PS6 can match Magnus, it has fewer CPU cores, lower CPU frequency, fewer CUs, fewer ROPs, lower GPU frequency, less cache and memory bandwidth. It's not a huge difference but Magnus should have better performance in 100% of games unlike this gen where it's more of a 50/50"

For PS6 to have an "optimization" edge, it needs to beat Xbox in important hardware areas.

The less effort devs put into the Xbox ports, the more likely you will see outcomes like this. You don't need matching hardware to have an optimisation edge. None of the disparities below can be explained through the Xbox/PS5 hardware differences. It's just a poor port on the Xbox side. This is not to say Xbox won't have a clear advantage next gen in most games but you can't discount optimisation as a variable

It's a variable when the other console has tangible advantages to be exploited, which the PS5 objectively did. Assuming the reports are correct, Magnus vs PS6 is too one sided in the (full) specs sheet comparison. Without advantages, optimization won't mean much.

PS5 had real advantages that some people kept ignoring (Even though we were told so several months before this console generation started. Reputable journalists like Jason Schreier were accused of lying and Sony shilling). PS6 apparently doesn't have this, so we won't or shouldn't see anything similar to how PS5 vs Series X played out.