Can anyone please tell me why is the xbox scorpio even a thing? Before I continue let me give a brief gaming history of myself. My first system was an Atari 2600. Since then I’ve been gaming practically all my life. I own most of the mainstream gaming systems as gaming is at the top of my list of hobbies. I’ve never discriminated between systems and I’ve always tried to own them all. That all changed with the beginning of this gen. I think it’s fair to say that the reveal of the xbox one will go down in history as the worst reveal of a gaming system ever and one of the worst reveals of any device ever made.
The anti-consumer design of the original xbox one has plagued the device and Microsoft since the reveal and it left a bad taste in the mouth of many gamers, including myself, to this day. My decision to not buy an xbox one was a direct result of understanding microsoft’s absolute disdain for its user base. However many people unlike me decided to take the plunge upon them reversing their original plans and making the device more consumer friendly. Along with that move came a plethora of promises and guarantees that gave potential buyers the assurance that the system they were investing in was future proof for years to come. Looking back now I have to ask myself if maybe we interpreted things wrong or has Microsoft pulled off the greatest scam in gaming history.
Why is Microsoft asking people to fork out hundreds of dollars more for a system that is supposed to be giving us features that they told us the original xbox one had or was getting? What am I talking about you may ask? Let’s take a walk down memory lane. Does anyone remember these famous words from microsoft’s most famous mouthpiece, major nelson: “Ye! We are really excited about that too. I am sure your audience knows that 4K is the next big thing. Xbox One is a home entertainment system that is built for future. It supports 4K gaming and entertainment. In fact we are shipping an HDMI cable that is 4K rated. So when you get your HDMI cable out of the box it is 4K rated. We are looking forward to bringing 4K capabilities to our consumers in the future, but it depends on the developers,”
Why is Microsoft ranting about 4k on the scorpio now when they are the ones that sold the xbox one on the promise of 4k gaming? Why is no one talking about this? Why is no one demanding those 4k games that are coming to the scorpio be done for the xbone so that no extra money needs to be spent? We were told that the xbone is quite capable of 4k gaming, where are the games?
So you say it’s more than just 4k gaming? They increased the gpu to give us higher resolutions and steadier frame rates? They are giving us a more powerful system? How much more powerful is that may I ask? Well according to phil spencer it’s four and a half times more powerful. Wow that’s incredible you might say. I say that’s hardly impressive. Why, because according to Microsoft they sold the xbox one on the promise that the cloud can turn the power of one Xbox into 32 xboxes. Some reports said it would boost the power of the xbox up to 4 times. Or maybe we can look at the words phil Harrison:” It’s also about cloud processing and AI. This is where some of the computational effort of a game can be offloaded to the dedicated CPUs on the cloud, to make your game experience even better, better graphics, better lighting, better physics”.
Again I ask, if the xbox one can do 4k gaming and the power can be boosted up to 4 times, what exactly is the purpose of the xbox scorpio? Why are there no articles on the internet questioning Microsoft on this? Where are all the articles saying that the scorpio is not necessary and we should not buy it. Why is no one holding Microsoft to account for the promises they gave us and are now asking people to spend a heaping set of money to purchase a system with features they guaranteed us the current system has? Where are all the gamers who are crying doom and gloom on the ps4 pro and why are they not going after Microsoft for lying to them and deceiving them?
It is absolutely atrocious what Microsoft has done with the xbox one and the lies and deceit that were used in order to get people to purchase that system. What’s even more amazing are the people that are defending this. Xbox one owners were sold a lemon and told it was an orange and now that the truth has come to light everyone is turning a blind eye. I support the ps4 pro, why? Because sony made no such claims with their system. They never sold it as a 4k system, they never said the power could be boosted 4 times, they simply said that at the time of its release it was the most powerful system ever made, and they were 100% correct about that.
Whether people want to admit it or not, the Xbox one was and is an abomination to the gaming world, one that Microsoft themselves are obviously trying to blot out of the minds of the general public with the scorpio. Their entire fanbase was lied to and deceived but funny enough, it appears they like it that way.
The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth combat director has expressed that he wants the final part in the trilogy to offer players "even more freedom".
I love the game so far but please don’t make the final part a mini game fest
Everytime I get to a new part in Rebirth it’s “mini game time”
Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."
This is the issue with things like this
Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console
However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.
So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.
The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell
I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.
I agree, and the sad part is use normal folk saw it the second they announced their plans.
More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...
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"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."
Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.
I'd much rather have 1440p/60fps or even 45fps. Having just one, even with the Series S in mind, is disappointing.
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MS are cutting there losses this gen, they got trounced by Sony and the PS4 and they damn well know it, it's quite obvious to everyone(well almost) that the scorpio is not a mid gen refresh but a whole new gen and by the sound of it, it is going to be a very expensive product when it eventually does launch in 2017.
I'd ask all ms fans to be wary regarding the scorpio, ms are the masters of BS hype but delivering very little when it actually matters.......
"Why is no one holding Microsoft to account for the promises they gave us"
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"PS3 can run games at 120 frames per second, stream six channels of HD, and decode one thousand media thumbnails simultaneously"
https://www.engadget.com/20...
According to Yoshida, the PS4's "system guys" are currently working out when they can add CD and MP3 playback to the new console.
I mean, every company has made promises they don't fulfill. Calling out one company is a bit idiotic.
“Again I ask, if the xbox one can do 4k gaming and the power can be boosted up to 4 times, what exactly is the purpose of the xbox scorpio? Why are there no articles on the internet questioning Microsoft on this?”
“Well according to phil spencer it’s four and a half times more powerful. Wow that’s incredible you might say. I say that’s hardly impressive. Why, because according to Microsoft they sold the xbox one on the promise that the cloud can turn the power of one Xbox into 32 xboxes.”
Wut? This all makes so little sense. The entire write up seems so petty. Isn't Sony also making a more powerful PS4 for their fans? But the author doesn't seem happy with MS doing same for its fans. Anyways I'm eagerly looking forward to the scorpios reveal and I hope it turns out great.
Jeez man take a chill pill. If you don't want the Scorpio that's all you had to say. Don't ask what's its purpose. It's painfully obvious.