This gen I was at the midnight launch, long line up at Microplay. I guess it will all be different this year, curb-side pick up? I haven't been to a game store since the start of March.

I like Phil, and for the most part I've given him a pass on the Xbox One as he inherited a train-wreck from Mattrick and Co. I will say however that he has had several years at the helm now and they NEED to show games at the event next week. Games that blow the doors off the competition and showcase the power of the console. They need a "killer app" and a ton of other games beside it. These games need to run as well or better than their PS5 versions and Microsoft need to show gamers what they hell they've been doing for all this time.
This could be a huge week for Microsoft, but if they don't have much to show Sony and Nintendo are going to eat them for breakfast once more in the 9th generation

I agree, and that have kinda be my position since Lockhart rumour appeared. If we had something like Lockhart 299, PS5 399 XSX 499 (or any similar 100-100 difference between them) Sony would win by a landslide, because one side people would think there is no point in buying something with 1/3 the power for just 100 less or expending 100 more for just 20% better performance. That way PS5 would basically have a very strong middle ground position. And after they put two models that became easier because they can lower the price of the discless to combat Lockhart without making the disc version look cheapo. On the other hand there is a floor on how much can MS lower on the Lockhart without either looking cheapo and also leaving not much room for holidays promotion and price cuts.

That is why I`m very excited on what the prices will be, and also probably why both companies aren`t releasing the prices until the last minute. They want to go second to leave little maneuvering space, because whoever announce first if the second go lower won`t be able to cut again without looking bad (either greed because they could had been lower but wanted more profits, at least on consumer mind, or that is in a weak position and need to lower the price to compete).

I am merely talking about taking the output resolution and up-scaling it to display resolution.
Internal resolution is obviously an entirely different factor that needs to be considered.

But in general... I would rather an upscaled 1080P image to 4k than a 720P image upscaled to 4k, you are just getting a significant amount more information to work with.

The Xbox 360's scaler was certainly hit or miss, part of that was because the scaler is extremely rudimentary as it released when pixel-perfect displays were just gaining traction, good for the time when a large % of televisions were being sold as 720P panels, but definitely comes up short with more modern displays.

I guess we got our answer. Phil lied.

What ever could you mean?

Yeah, go with low res pics from a stream for Halo Infinite.

Totally representative...

That damn elevator in the halo demo

No need to get defensive or sassy, im actually excited for the game, I'd get it day 1 if I can, its got CE vibes which is my favorite halo, and I understand why the game looks like that since its a Halo with open levels running at 60fps with split screen co op (atleast going by their previous statements) so it makes sense, im not a graphics guy at the end of the day, granted I enjoy sexy graphics but it doesn't make or break a game for me, just trying to poke a bit of fun, plus i didn't make those pictures, they're all over the internet along with many others so blame those people.

^ its trolling i mean open world at 4k@60fps represented by a screenshot lmao