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Brad Sams: Deciphering Xbox Scarlett: Anaconda, Anthem, Danta, Lockhart, Maverick, and Roma
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A two SKU strategy with major differences would be a disaster. There would be no point in the more expensive SKU if games are required to run on the less expensive one.
This gen we saw games with items that took up the same amount of RAM that a 360 had in entirety (Batmobile used 500MB, 360 had only 512MB) and next gen would be gimped for 5-6 years if devs were forced to support 1X level hardware until 2026.
Edit: it was not my intention to come across so strongly or provoke anyone . I apologize and will remove myself from this discussion.
This gen we saw games with items that took up the same amount of RAM that a 360 had in entirety (Batmobile used 500MB, 360 had only 512MB) and next gen would be gimped for 5-6 years if devs were forced to support 1X level hardware until 2026.
Edit: it was not my intention to come across so strongly or provoke anyone . I apologize and will remove myself from this discussion.
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Im more interested in which way they will fail mainland Europe this time again. Will we be dirty tier 2 peasants again? Will we even get xCloud?
Just read that, some of that stuff sounds almost like an overkill of consoles and ideas. Roma, Maverick etc.
All I wanna know is will the successor to the X be the most powerful console on the market when faced agains the next Playstation.
All I wanna know is will the successor to the X be the most powerful console on the market when faced agains the next Playstation.
Not gonna happen, Infact, nothing from Matrick Xbox one strategy will be looked upon as a blueprint to launch a console.
It seems so. Hence the reason for so many Sku's
You need HW to create SW.
499 max and u can bet on it .Sony did 600 coming off most successful home console ever and faltered pretty hard.no one will touch that price ever again in console space .
Roma
Maverick
Anaconda
Scarlett
Lockhart
Danta
Anthem
Cincinnati
I wonder what code name they got for their VR/AR/MR device?
Interesting...This is all really exciting. Hype levels rising. MS going all out Hardware and Software...Next gen will be huge. I'm there day on
Maverick
Anaconda
Scarlett
Lockhart
Danta
Anthem
Cincinnati
I wonder what code name they got for their VR/AR/MR device?
Interesting...This is all really exciting. Hype levels rising. MS going all out Hardware and Software...Next gen will be huge. I'm there day on
I'm so interested in this.
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From what's being said in the video, 2 SKUs at launch with one being priced low-entry ($299-$349) and one being priced premium ($399-$499).
Low-entry one will have Xbox One X-like specs but still have next gen architecture if I understood right.
Selling a gimped version of a console out the gate is a bad strategy. Sure it hits a price point, but it's always going to be seen as an inferior, less attractive, product.
Both Sony and Microsoft will sell well for the first year of brand alone and neither of them needs to chase the price conscious consumers out of the gate.
Both Sony and Microsoft will sell well for the first year of brand alone and neither of them needs to chase the price conscious consumers out of the gate.
I would have to give them some benefit of the doubt in this regard since this isn't their first foray into console hardware design. Their hardware engineers have likely had the same thought as you and I would imagine that they will at least attempt to bottleneck the budget console in such a way as to perhaps limit frame rate or resolution without impacting overall game design
If they're gonna push $800 I would probably just buy the PS5 instead. I don't want a lower end Xbox console. And $800 is a lot of money.
I read 6 different names , each doing something different .one disckless, one streaming , two regular console and another one .lol I LL check again .sorry if I misread the article .
This is nothing like Sega lol
Especially if you are comparing it to Sega Saturn, 32X , the sega 64 bit console (cancelled).
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That's....a lot of hardware. Wow. Anyway, I'll be going with higher end SKUs for both Sony and MS next gen.
Plenty of hardcore gamers would. That's why the lower spec version exists. Also expect payment / sub plans for those that want to pay over time.
Industry is completely different from back then.
Can't watch the video
Was reading the article and it talks about so many different Xboxes .so those are not part of the new family ?
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I bet they gave different code names to a bunch of people to catch the leaker only to find that all the code names have leaked
That doesn't mean they won't make obvious mistakes just because they have experience. Sega, PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox all do.
This the same company that shipped the 360 early despite RRoD and who thought the original Xbox One DRM policies would be met well by consumers. Not even mentioning the gaffes they've made with Windows, Zune, Mobile, Office, etc over the years
Just because they do have the experience to not make these mistakes doesn't mean they won't still make those mistakes
Holy codenames! This certainly clears up some of my confusion though. Seems like the two SKU thing is really happening and that the lesser SKU is not the streaming device. Interesting and smart that the streaming device is further out, but I'll be damned if I'm not confused about these two SKU's.
I'll remain skeptical until we see it, but I agree that it seems worrisome.
I'll remain skeptical until we see it, but I agree that it seems worrisome.
