Microsofts has admitted that they tried to replicate a game with the qualities of uncharted so they are not really going in a different direction. MS just serves the west where Sony serves both the east and the west. They need to invest into filling in the gaps where they are lacking. They have the better OS, better accessories and all of the other distractions (trust me, I have them), but Microsofts lists are marginalized to a couple of games at the end of the year. Thats how strong their development is. Sony can get all parties firing on all cyninders at all times of the year. It doesnt really end for them. Microsoft knows they arent even in Nintendos league in game development, so dont even need to argue about that. They are behind both of their competitors by a mile where it matters. Again, i'll have the scorpio, but that should not be the biggest news of the year for Microsoft. Thats all I am saying. If it is...the priorities are not straight. I argue less about Sony because they  have their priorties straight, but ill definitely be watching the reveal from Microsoft no different than Sony.

Compared to PS4 it's sorely lacking.

In Japanese stuff? PS4 has more but X1 has some.

You're trying to argue X1 lacks variety but it still has plenty.

I actively use my Vita, 3DS, and Wii U. Now those are platforms that sorely lack variety.

In practice, the games I like from MS are generally very different from what Sony does well.

Sony doesn't serve the east, they make games for the west. While 3rd parties keep Playstation relevant in the east.

I don't really feel like responding to a text wall rant. I'll just say in practice Sony has made some good adventure games and a lot for forgettable stuff. This is why I like have PS4 and X1, I get more good games in more genres.

Sony and Microsoft both made fps and third person shooters internally, but Sony has also created  platformers, as well as third person adventure, now action rpgs and put out quite a few great sequels like gravity rush that are sure to please the eye. Their second and third party exclusives have also served to appeal to both to east and the west. Horizon, nioh, neir the last guardian, persona 5 is just overkill for a five month period. As an Xbox owner I know what it is to have a platform that generally gets less than a handful of great exclusives every year whereas with Sony it's year round.

What does this even mean? Do you think when making their games, Sony doesn't look at what is currently successful in the industry and incorporate that into their own games? Look at Horizon. A good game. But borrows elements from pretty much any action/adventure game of recent memory. And that's fine. Or look at what they made Zipper do to SOCOM with SOCOM 4, trying to latch onto the success of Call of Duty according to confirmed former Zipper people who post on GAF.

Yeah, according to Papa Phil, they've tried to make games that would be "of the same ilk" as Uncharted. That doesn't mean they are trying to clone Uncharted, lol. Hell, Uncharted is not even an original formula, just one done real well.

Don't forget the 4x increase in L2 cache over the Xbox One for the CPU.

Then Next Gen consoles are probably for you. So sell everything you own right now and wait for them.

Evidence? Sony right now is knocking the exclusive count right out of the park.

Oooh. Vapor Chamber cooling confirmed?

To be fair. There have been no real "advances" in cooling since even before the Xbox One launched. It's just marketing fluff, I wouldn't read to much into it.

The flops isn't the important part.
The fact it *could* use AMD's new NCU GPU architecture rather than the old outdated GCN architecture could mean big things. But we will need to wait and see.

Essentially if it has AMD's new NCU architecture, it not only could have significantly more raw horsepower... But it can do more work per flop than the PS4 as well... Which is where things get exciting for a tech head like myself... It would also mean that Scorpio would not be launching with old, outdated technology either like the Xbox One, Playstation 4, Playstation 4 Pro and Switch.

That is *if* it can handle Halo in native 4k.
343i is pushing for 60fps in Halo to appeal to the eSports demographic... Sadly, Halo 5 was an ugly duckling of a game and came with a large amount of compromises... And it still didn't hit 1080P 60fps.

So if 4k 60fps turns out to be a "thing" for the next Halo on Scorpio, it's probably not going to be that visually impressive.

I think a lower resolution with checkerboarding is going to be more likely.

There is this thing called "down sampling" games running at 4k will of course benefit those who are playing at 1080P.

Sorry to let you down... But Scorpio will support checkerboarding.

If the PC cannot handle 4k, 60fps in a AAA game with all the details on max... Then you can bet your ass a console won't either.

I expect most Frostbite powered games to do Native 4k. The engine is pretty light on modern hardware all things considered... Provided you don't start pushing Ultra settings.

They both have games that fall in the same genre but I think they excel in different areas. For example, Sony's shooters have been just average and they can't get GT out in a reasonable amount of time while X1 had three great Forza releases already. But MS is lacking in the adventure games, 3rd parties help with that (AC, TR, Mordor, Far Cry, etc), but Sony does a good job making those (UC4, TLoU, R&C, Infamous:SS, Horizon come to mind).

Sony is having an exceptional period for exclusives right now, but its not reflective of the PS4's life. It had slow periods and disappointments. I wasn't ready to buy a PS4 until UC4 was released and SFV was around the corner.

If catering to the east means throwing money at 3rd parties... okay. But internally Sony makes games for the west. The last time Sony really tried making games for Japan was Vita content but that didn't go great.

Well Sony did make Gravity Rush 2, but that game flopped really bad. Personally I enjoyed Horizon zero dawn, but that and drawn to death are the only games that intrest me this first half. Second half I know GT sport isn't going to hold a candle to Froza. I mean four years later and your game only has 150 cars? Jesus, even forza 5 (the worse in forza series) had more cars.

Awesome news if true.
Obviously Scorpio will be more powerful than any consoles ever built. Hence why I am curious to see how Red dead redemption 2 will look on that thing... 0_0