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Where do you think Microsoft will focus on?

PC 62 54.87%
 
Xbox 14 12.39%
 
Equal focus on both 37 32.74%
 
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Intrinsic said:                             

 

I don't even think the dock is a scaler. or has any kinda scaling hardware built in. 

The NS hardware is what it is in or out of the dock. difference is that out of the dock it's downclocked to improve battery life. In the dock it can be powered externally and thus perform as it would if not being downclocked. Simple as that. Everything happens inside the NS itself. 

Exactly, this should be common knowledge by now imo.

The Dock has been opened to see its insides and there is not one component that boosts the NS power.

Its size is basically all plastic with a tiny chip inside for the HDMI out, that is why Nyko (?) managed to make a Dock way more portable than the original.

Objectively, the Nintendo Switch is a Tablet with a Dock. That's it.



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reviniente said:

Wot? Is 2160P not high enough for you?

My next display is likely to be a 5k display.
Aka. 5120 × 2880. Or 4x Quad HD aka. 2880P.

But I am not sure you understood my post correctly, the Xbox One X is a 1080P console on my 1440P display, granted a very clean 1080P console, but still 1080P.

ThisGuyFooks said:

Exactly, this should be common knowledge by now imo.

The Dock has been opened to see its insides and there is not one component that boosts the NS power.

Its size is basically all plastic with a tiny chip inside for the HDMI out, that is why Nyko (?) managed to make a Dock way more portable than the original.

Objectively, the Nintendo Switch is a Tablet with a Dock. That's it.

A USB C dock to be exact.
But there is a little more to it, but overall it's a pretty "dumb" device.
The Switch's SoC certainly does all the heavy lifting.

It's a shame Nintendo didn't use a PCI-E based interconnect to connect the Switch to the Dock... As that would have opened up the console to the possibility of having a second GPU.




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KungKras said:
RJ_Sizzle said:

When all is said and done, it's a tablet. Just one that's dedicated to Nintendo products. 

I'll have to agree with Alkibjhnfdksjfbdsk on this one.

Can you dock tablets into TV's? Do tablets have motion sensing controllers with HD rumble?

The switch is obviously more than a tablet and is doing unique stuff. It's not that hard to see.

Yes I can dock My Dell Tab into my TV. I can also add a wireless controller with rumble and motion (PS4) to Windows. 



Superman4 said:
KungKras said:

I'll have to agree with Alkibjhnfdksjfbdsk on this one.

Can you dock tablets into TV's? Do tablets have motion sensing controllers with HD rumble?

The switch is obviously more than a tablet and is doing unique stuff. It's not that hard to see.

Yes I can dock My Dell Tab into my TV. I can also add a wireless controller with rumble and motion (PS4) to Windows. 

Your Anecdotal Evidence doesnt count brah!



Intrinsic said:
reviniente said:

Instead of making people buy games they already own, right?

XB1X embarrassment? No, no, no. Find your way to Youtube, and visit the Digital Foundry channel. Then you will understand who is being embarrassed.

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If you were not too quick to be prejudiced then maybe you would have got what I was saying.

for point one? yes. And while I get the slant you are trying to imply? it doesn't even really matter. what good has BC done for XB1 this gen. But next gen it would matter. And no, before you get shallow, its not because it's Sony doing it. It's because of the growth of digital distribution this gen. it's growing and growing Evey year. And that's a big deal. Because games bought digitally is tied to an account that's gonna be carried over across generations now. Think about that. 

As for point two.... read carefully. Obviously the person being embarrassed is Sony (if we really can call it that being hey came out a year earlier) but let's call it that; an embarrassment. hence why I said make no mistake they would set out to make as powerful a console as they can next gen. 

Sony will make as powerful a console as they can because that's what they do. Between MS and Sony, they are the ones advancing gaming, not Nintendo. Game graphics and physics get better because of the hardware being powerful enough to run it. Games get larger and more detailed due to storage space allowing for it. Nintendo makes mediocre consoles and changes how they are used every generation. While Sony and MS have been adding online features and improving everything NIntendo has been focused on the next gimmick. They make a lot of money on them but at some point people will probably  get tired of the gimmicks. Maybe not though, people still buy Iphones.

 

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ThisGuyFooks said:

My question is:

If Xbox cease to exist tomorrow, what will be the legacy of Xbox? How did they contributed to the industry? In which way they pushed the industry forward?

I would probably say they brought online gaming to console and lead the way in bringing it to what it is today.



The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Ernest Hemmingway

In my eyes the biggest problem MS have is their constant dishonest marketing, which simply tries to deceive their (potential and trusted) customers again and again by exaggerating or twisting facts and in the sum never delivers, which leads to disappointment again and again. People are not stupid, they realise something is fishy and this stuff always comes back biting them in the butt, be it fake "exclusives" (console launch exclusives), The Cloud, Kinect and always online is "mandatory" or DX12 and "true uncompromised 4K".

Second biggest problem is the lack of identity which they could have created by releasing new exclusive IPs, like they did last gen! A system only for multiplats is a hard sell outside the diehards, especially if there are other options which offer more interesting experiences over all...and all that at a lower price point.

Coming back to my first point and combining both points...if they could at least be considered a trust-worthy company with a clear vision, I'm sure sales would be much better and more competitive worldwide.

At the moments it's just a bit sad. Sony and Nintendo would deserve a third, worthy competitor.



Brutalyst said:
ThisGuyFooks said:

My question is:

If Xbox cease to exist tomorrow, what will be the legacy of Xbox? How did they contributed to the industry? In which way they pushed the industry forward?

I would probably say they brought online gaming to console and lead the way in bringing it to what it is today.

So they took online gaming from PC games and made it available on consoles?? So not really innovative as such, because the technology already existed elsewhere and Sony etc would have added online at some point. Everyone was just waiting for the download speeds to get better.

I'm not a big Xbox fan, but I think Xbox didn't innovate with achievements, but made it more acceptable to the masses. I think achievements may be their legacy.

However I think the Xbox One will be a shining example of how Microsoft snatched defeat from the jaws of Xbox 360's success.



Xbox 10 will launch in 2020 and will be a windows 10 pc on console form factor. Capable of running any windows executable. They will push windows store and have full support for window mixed reality headsets.

Price will be 500usd. There will be a xbox 10 with form factor of a laptop also.



solidpumar said:

Xbox 10 will launch in 2020 and will be a windows 10 pc on console form factor. Capable of running any windows executable. They will push windows store and have full support for window mixed reality headsets.

Price will be 500usd. There will be a xbox 10 with form factor of a laptop also.

Can I have your crystal ball please?!

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