I don't think so. Most people are not going to build a PC from components. They're going to buy fully assembled set-top boxes. Something similar to an AppleTV that's capable of playing AAA games.
Xbox considering "OEM" for their next console (confirmed legit)
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Who?hmmm
Why don't we just go ahead and cast Tom Holland as Mike Tyson in a Punch-Out!! Movie
I look forward to the xbot faithful who will buy their $1500 "consoles" with a -60 level gpu
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Right. But do we expect devs to manage all these different boxes well? Cyberpunk isn’t the best example but part of their difficulties was optimizing for like 7 different platforms. Seems reasonable to expect issues with software compatibility etc.
I imagine Sony will continue to showcase why building with generational standards will pay off in both performance and presentation.
Isn't that one of several different accounts all run by the same Xbox fanboy? He has one for Xbox and he has one for Playstation where he pretends to be a disappointed Playstation fan.
This will fail because nobody is attached to the Xbox brand. The brand is dead outside a very small and loud lunatics.
It's just a generic box with a X logo so just buy a regular PC.
There was some nostalgia for Sega but I can't see kids today miss the Xbox days or whatever. Microsoft = excel spreadsheet.
It's just a generic box with a X logo so just buy a regular PC.
There was some nostalgia for Sega but I can't see kids today miss the Xbox days or whatever. Microsoft = excel spreadsheet.
I hope the rumored deck 2 specs are real. The current one is too underpowered to be a PC.
Xbots will just go PC or quit gaming when MS kills the hardware.
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In the last few years, PC games have gotten a lot better about automatically tailoring settings to the box. In the future I'm picturing, developers would focus on the 80% most common install base and let the 20% deal with a bit more tweaking. That's the value of a *reference* model, but not rigid requirements.
I think Sony is proving that generations don't work anymore. Just like every other AAA publisher they weren't willing to cut off PS4 sales potential on major games like God of War Ragnarok or Horizon Forbidden West. None of the major PS4 teams other than Insomniac have announced a PS5 exclusive., 4 years into the generation.
Now it makes more sense, why Blade wasn't announced as an Xbox exclusive.
Poor Xbots
I have my doubts that one person has that much inside knowledge. Interesting thing to think about regardless though. Xbox may stick around just to harass Playstation out of spite though.
All console makers have the same problem: distributing cutting edge tech to a massive global audience at low cost. MS is bad at it, Sony is good at it. Nevertheless, it's a high risk, low reward business.
Is this being discussed at all on ResetERA? I can't find a thread for it there, it's not in the Xbox OT thread either.
As long as their OS is able to play XSX titles they should be fine but going 3rd party means $$$
A new direction in console market for sure, that is what Xbox needs the most, fighting another console in the same market is also costly and risky like Sega Saturn and GC and how they lost badly to PS2.
A new direction in console market for sure, that is what Xbox needs the most, fighting another console in the same market is also costly and risky like Sega Saturn and GC and how they lost badly to PS2.
That’s not a problem, because it means a lower cost of entry and you lock people into an ecosystem. Somehow MS having trouble selling HW now means there’s a problem with the model? This is ridiculous. Sell it for profit then. Oh right.
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I have confirmed this rumor with a source.
It doesn't mean Microsoft will go ahead with it but that they are in talks.
It doesn't mean Microsoft will go ahead with it but that they are in talks.
Xbox's failures are not the only issues facing The Industry. They're not even the main issues.