To consign 75% of all CPUs to a single low-end bracket while you reserve two denominations for hardware comprising 0.3% of the last Steam survey doesn't strike me as a particularly efficient analytical model Pema. It's like saying you need a $1 million net worth not to be considered poor...

That being said... CPUs with boost clocks in the low 3 GHz and core clocks around half that number, as these next generation consoles are supposed to be, not to mention at least one core reserved for OS and background, yeah, that's far more mundane than your average 8-core CPU on a PC.

The first was amazing. Can't wait to see this game in action. Will likely have to wait until 2021.

I feel like Hellblade 2 will be this gens Titanfall for MS. A game that's heavily advertised alongside the new console but launches a few months after the console releases.

Kinda off topic but I'm curious to know your thoughts on the 10 seconds of Halo Infinite footage from the Series X reveal trailer. Do you think the final game could come close to looking that good?

Yeah same. Especially FIFA looked fake as hell. Don't see why the others wouldn't be CGI as well.

Ok that makes more sense. I could see then getting the FIFA deal to help them in Europe and these marketing deals seem to be pretty important at the start of the generation. As for Forza I think it's too soon for a new Horizon because Horizon 4 launched last year.  Next Horizon game should be 2021 at the earliest. 

It seems to happen every gen; about a year out we get a bunch of pre-rendered BS and tech demos that the final games never actually match.

The Steam statistics are irrelevant.
It's pricing and product segmentation which determines what tier a CPU falls into.

8-Core CPU's are the mid-range right now thanks to pricing and AMD's product lineup... And that will be pushed even further downwards next year before next-gen launches.

In terms of visual pipeline, it would be pretty close, but they are pre-rendered.
It will likely be a little less "sharp" on a local console thanks to aliasing and filtering approaches consoles typically use... The last demonstration of the game we had showed some Depth of Field effects that I would fully expect to remain intact for the actual game as it's not CGI Quality.

But I could be completely wrong on that, just an assumption at this stage.

A good start to next gen having Halo Infinite, an everybody shooter with massive focus on single player and multiplayer features with Hellblade 2's single player dark horror themes. Good variety so far. Throw in the king of racers Forza Motorsport 8 and it will take off.

All award winning franchises.

Looks great but probably 2021/22 at the earliest. But it looks so good it makes me really pumped to see what third party companies can do and what Sony can do on PS5.