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Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra: Scorpio Is ‘Going Well’, Dolby Atmos Will Come To 3rd Party Apps, And More

We’re headed into the new year, the year that Microsoft will finally be detailing more of their upcoming Xbox One Scorpio, ahead of its Holiday 2017 launch.

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MasterCornholio2695d ago

Im guessing either shortly before E3 or at E3 they will reveal all the details of the device.

freshslicepizza2695d ago

likely e3 and if they don't announce a date then i expect it to be delayed into 2018. what i also want to see is more commitment for new games and not just scorpio taking the bulk of the presentation. they should also get crackdown and scalebound out BEFORE scorpio and show they are not holding games back for it

dolby atmos, 4k, those things will also be a lot more prominant by then too.

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Kingthrash3602695d ago

I'll take that bet...
I mean I doubt it too, but it's very possible.

@moldy
They will be launch scorpio games for sure. Neither of them have dates crackdown has been absent for a year and it's demo was delayed.... hell I expect forza to launch with it too.
MS needs to show more games asap. The larger the gap in user base the harder it will be to get 3rd party support. 3rd party support is critical for xbox seeing they are burning out their 1st party ips.
I think MS has made a huge mistake though. Games will be built for the ps4 as a base and then converted to the xbox systems. Problem is with ms you gotta make 3 games xbo, scorpio, pc (windows store)..all 3 combined have a much smaller userbase than the ps4...this in itself will turn 3rd party executives off just for cost alone. If they had the user base this wouldn't be a problem. ...but they dont. PC gamers dislike windows store, xbo has been destroyed by double...and tge scorpio will be a new console with zero...I wonder why people arnt thinkin about this.

Notwithrocksteady2695d ago

@kingthrash. Windows 10 makes it so the developers only have to make one code and the game scales to different devices. Very little work to be done. PC does not have a smaller user base then PS4. Third-party support is going to be with Microsoft and Sony no matter what. The big three EA Activision and Ubisoft will always support Microsoft, what third-party support are you talking about just for clarification ?

343_Guilty_Spark2695d ago

It's already ahead of schedule.

GtR35olution2695d ago

Where are the exclusive games microsoft? The pickings are micro-soft because they dont exist. All xbox games are going to be on pc. Cant wait to hear about the excuses about more people get to play but the games wont be on ps4 that has more than double the install base

freshslicepizza2695d ago

@Kingthrash360
"I think MS has made a huge mistake though. Games will be built for the ps4 as a base and then converted to the xbox systems. Problem is with ms you gotta make 3 games xbo, scorpio, pc (windows store)..all 3 combined have a much smaller userbase than the ps4...this in itself will turn 3rd party executives off just for cost alone. If they had the user base this wouldn't be a problem. ...but they dont. PC gamers dislike windows store, xbo has been destroyed by double...and tge scorpio will be a new console with zero...I wonder why people arnt thinkin about"

no offence but you have shown once again to have no clue what you are talking about. games like battlefield 1 are developed on a pc first. they are already made to support 4k and so on. this is how games should be scaled, from the top down. plus it is very doubtful microsoft will take the same approach sony did with the ps4 pro and lock the system to force games to run exactly as they do on the regular ps4. that means over 1,200 games on the ps4 will have no benefit at all including games like bloodborne. the xbox one s already shows the experience microsoft has in the creating hardware that matches the pc. games already get a little extra boost on the xbox one s compared to the regular xbox one and i expect scorpio will too.

scorpio is also going to offe a better cpu that wont bottleneck the system like the ps4 pro does and it will have more ram. this will be a true upgrade over the xbox one and much like the pc games will be scaled to support older hardware, meaning the xbox one and s models. the approach sony took was much more conservative which means pro owners and psvr owners are at the mercy of sony's restrictions including no advatantage in online multiplayer. the ps4 cannot have a game run at 30fps and 60fps on the ps4 pro when it comes to online multiplayer. we shall see what restrictions microsoft has but we all know it will support vr and wont be handicapped by the xbox one. that means when they make a racing game it wont have serious concessions with less cars and less graphical details like driveclub.

plus microsoft is forward thinking, you can carry your games over because they dont want to have this abrupt generation like before where gamers need to start all over with the library, much like the wonderful world of pc gaming.

Bigpappy2695d ago

Details at E3 and one store shelves October 2017 in U.S.A. That's my prediction.

Errorist762695d ago

@BigPappy

On store shelves in October and still no games to play?!

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BizarroUltraman2695d ago

Here comes the patrol, lol....

rainslacker2695d ago

Nowadays, games are built to a game engine first, then optimized to different API's or hardware architecture. So, please stop acting like you are familiar with game development to chastise others for their lack of knowledge.

The idea of lead platform is something that applies to the game engine, not the game itself since you have to start the game engine in a certain mode before the build which is usually PC. But it has very little to do with the final output. Particularly today where all the architectures are the same. After the base code is done, the API specific optimization happens, then the hardware level optimization which rounds everything out.

The new paradigm with multiple levels of hardware means extra build time, and starting a game out on PC does not necessarily mean that it's suddenly easier to port or will be automatically optimized for Xbox because....magic I guess. It just doesn't happen like that.

Just for the record though, when devs talk about lead platform, that is purely a console paradigm. It has nothing to do with PC. This is because certain levels of code require more care over the generalized PC API's which are very broad and aren't written with less abstraction, so the devs focus on a single platform then adapt. In general, it's still much easier to start with OGL, then port to DX. Same reason that devs started using the PS3 as the lead platform later into last gen, is the same reason that PS4 will be the lead platform this gen....along with the fact that PS4 has a significant sales lead.

But with the PC builds, it does mean that less time can be taken on the Xbox version. That could be good or bad depending on the dev and how much they care about optimization, because there is no way to directly port a PC game, and it run great on a console. It actually ports better starting on the console, then muscling through the shortcomings of the console with more powerful PC hardware.

Hope that helps you learn something you'll ignore in the future to try and sound smart as you're want to do.

freshslicepizza2694d ago

@rainslacker
"Hope that helps you learn something you'll ignore in the future to try and sound smart as you're want to do."

lol

JasonKCK2694d ago

Sony fans want it delayed lol

Obscure_Observer2691d ago

@Kingtrash360
@Rainslaker

"Games will be built for the ps4 as a base and then converted to the xbox systems."
"PS4 will be the lead platform this gen....along with the fact that PS4 has a significant sales lead."

Do you really believe that? No offense, but I think you two just put up for some disappointment. Do you honestly believe that a new GTA or Cyberpunk 2077 will be on PS4Pro instead of Scorpio? PS2 is one of the best-selling consoles of all time but this fact has not prevented the devs from choosing the more powerful Xbox as the main console for their third-party games. ;)

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CalamityO2695d ago (Edited 2695d ago )

I guess small snipets will be given out through out the new year with E3 being the final reveal. So yeah agree.

LastCenturyRob2694d ago

Yeah, was hoping it would be sooner but what can you do.

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Errorist762695d ago

Attention guys it's Gamingbolt again!

vega2752695d ago

Attention: no one care if it is except sonyfanboys that hate anything negative being said about their GOD console

Errorist762695d ago

It's their general style of reporting fake news and click bait headlines we're all tired of. Granted this doesn't fall into this category. I still refuse to support this site.

vega2752695d ago

@ Errorist76

"It's their general style of reporting fake news and click bait headlines we're all tired of"

The same can be said for many of the countless articles being submitted on this site. Yet only when it comes to negative news about sony or ps4 does everyone want the world to know the article is clickbait.

DeadlyOreo2695d ago

@vega

You clearly have been living under a rock the last couple of months. It's not just "Sony fanboys", stop trying to create some sort of stupid conflict 😂

freshslicepizza2695d ago

ignoring a topic because you have issues with gamingbolt is too hard for you? i guess you have nothing to say about scorpio so now its about gamingbolt? they are just quoting what the guy said, nothing wrong with that.

Errorist762695d ago

No, I just have a problem with their usual click bait agenda. Granted it seems they have improved lately...mainly due to us complaining I am let to believe.

TBH I haven't even read it as I refuse to give them clicks out of principle. Let's see if they really improve their petty journalism.

Kiwi662695d ago (Edited 2694d ago )

What is wrong with them reporting this for those who are actually interested in something that they want to hear about .... edit if you don't like GB then don't click on the articles as no one is holding a gun to your head

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BizarroUltraman2695d ago

I think we're getting tired of you guys pointing that out. Dont read the article. Haha

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XXanderXX2695d ago (Edited 2695d ago )

Xbox not paying for 3rd party app to have that feature right , cause sounds stupid if you are .

DillyDilly2695d ago

If & when Sony does it I expect you to say the same thing about Sony

XXanderXX2695d ago

Won't ever say anything regarding them , not concerned with that platform .
Just don't think MS should have to pay for 3rd app to have a feature they should have on their own , no senses in paying to make a 3rd party app better and reap nothing in return .

Artemidorus2695d ago

Got to be an E3 showing surely?

DiRtY2695d ago

Red Dead Redemption 2 in 4k on Project Scorpio. Nuff said.

BizarroUltraman2695d ago (Edited 2695d ago )

Def Day one on Xbox Scorpio as will be any game that utilizes it's power. I'm gonna ride out with my PS4 Pro til the Scorpio. Then I'll have my great 4K console setup!! God willing!

@Oreo,

What's so stealth troll about it.
Like I said I have the PS4 Pro and when I get the Scorpio I will have an all 4K consoles setup. What's so misleading about that or Lmao...mad I'm gonna buy Red Dead on Xbox.

DeadlyOreo2695d ago

Lmao. Stealth fanboy.

Microsoft really should be investing in new games rather than hardware as that is the real issue.

andrewsquall2693d ago

So I guess for some people, resolution and that alone IS the most important thing this gen.

DeadlyOreo2695d ago

Red Dead Redemption 2 will look good in 4k on my PS4 Pro too.

BizarroUltraman2695d ago

Yeah checkerboard upscale 4K. I can already see it. PS4 Pro holding back the true power of Scorpio due to parity. Lol....jk but I like riling you fannies up.

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XCOM's Jake Solomon Q&A - Building a Narrative-Driven Life Sim Game at Midsummer Studios

XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon has founded a new studio to make a life sim game. Here's a new interview with him.

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The Big Inworld AI Q&A - 'Everyone in Gaming Sees the Potential of Generative AI'

Wccftech interviewed Nathan Yu from Inworld AI to discuss the dynamic NPC tech's applications to games as well as potential issues like costs.

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Xbox President Sarah Bond's Bloomberg Interview Is Corporate Fakery At Its Best

Saad from eXputer: "After Arkane Austin & Tango were shutdown, Xbox President Sarah Bond spoke with Bloomberg in what I believe to be utter corporate fakery."

gold_drake1d 15h ago

im not really surprised by that, shes always been more a "let me talk about something else than what u want to know" kinda gal

Cacabunga1d 8h ago

If what they are doing is that good, what’s the point of hiding the true story?

anast1d 12h ago

She's a caricature of the shareholders.

PRIMORDUS1d 10h ago

"Shareholders" I call them cancer, they are already rich to begin with but need more and more. It's like a disease, with no cure.

__y2jb18h ago

If you have a pension then you are likely to be a shareholder in these big tech companies yourself. To demonize them as 'heartless rich people' shows you have no idea what you're talking about.

anast17h ago(Edited 16h ago)

@Y2

Of course, it isn't about that. You are attempting to set up a self-righteous strawman to stir up some kind of ignorant mob mentality.

And by the way, most everyone is a touch heartless or we wouldn't be able to consume the products we do knowing very well how they are made. People have to be this way because of self-preservation and convenience.

__y2jb14h ago

@anast please explain to me how what i said is self righteous or a strawman. I simply pointed out that categorizing all shareholders as cancer is ridiculous.

Leeroyw1d 7h ago

I own shares in game companies. I'm not anything near a major share holder. I just want them to make good games and be successful because of that. I think it's the senior management that's the problem. They are the ones that should be making it clear to the shareholders what creates growth and ensures a future of their business. Not this weasle words garbage that she did on the interview. It was horrific. I don't know a shareholder that would be happy with any of them for this.

Profchaos1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

Same and I'm not rich by any stretch like most people's I'm just trying to keep my head above water these days most company's shareholders are made up of everyday people it's amazing how companies think we want something but the reality is we don't.

Disney are probably the worse at the moment it's shareholders voted on ending a lot of the crap and outing the current execs the execs turned around and said no we disagree with the shareholder vote

PRIMORDUS1d 2h ago

I meant at the rich fucks who have millions in the bank already. They are making so much per year, that if they don't make what they are expecting they go into a panic, when in reality it will not even hurt them at all. Those are greedy assholes.

anast17h ago

"you have a pension then you are likely to be a shareholder"

Pensioners don't make any decisions about anything. Obviously that is not what this is about.

CrimsonWing691d 12h ago

Yea, it was and it’s insulting that they think we’re dumb enough to fall for this. Look, the truth was you took a gamble on these studios and while they released some games to critical praise and great reception they just aren’t bringing in a ROI. Be transparent, you’re not a politician.

Just tell everyone you spend money on projects big and small and when money isn’t being made you go over the potential of revenue a studio can bring in vs those that can’t and make the hard decision to chop them.

She says this whole thing about “success” doesn’t fit one meaning for each studio. Well yea, a small budget production isn’t going to expect to sell the same as a large budget production.

One thing I wish they did though was let Tango be an independent studio.

TheGamingHounds1d 11h ago

disheartening to see no regard for the human cost of business anymore
the bad decisions and judgements of these CEOs severely impact the frontliners
these fake responses are just salt on wounds

RoadRacer1d 11h ago

imagine havin the audacity to say "we need more games like hifi rush" right after closing the studio that made it lol
followin up with this show of "deflecting every question" was in poor taste

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