Agreed. And I too generally like a lot of things MS does.
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It's just one game. And that too because of split screen. I think MS shouldve dropped the requirement but i guess they didnt realize how big this game was going to be. DF mentioned how the Xbox 360 arcade version had no HDD but when GTAV came out, the hdd was required. I remember buying the arcade and having to borrow my friend's hdd because we couldnt play Halo 3 coop together. A 2007 game. Another HDD requirement.Agreed. And I too generally like a lot of things MS does.
In theory the S was a good idea, IF it would actually work so only the resolution were affected. But in reality it’s quite possibly the biggest stumble ever in the console industry.
And I can not believe they don’t rip that parity requirement to shreds when they see that they’ll miss out on the launch of one of the highest rated games ever - BG3. Legendary self-own.
I definitely understand that they don’t want it to take away the focus from Starfield on September 6 but there are other suitable days between now and eternity. There is literally no release date at all for the Xbox version right now. That’s baaaad.
What’s worse is that I guarantee that more devs will do the same thing now, delaying the Xbox version, when they realize they can do that.
Also, no plan for a X/Pro. And they signed a contract to have CoD on Playstation for 10 years and there will be a PS5 Pro. And next gen assumed to start in 2027-2028. That’s 4 years of Playstation being the best place to play Call of Duty. And GTA6. And whatever else big multiplat we’ll see this gen, goes for their own games too since some are multiplats.
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, that's a boatload of insanity right there. You realize that if MS is only legally obligated to provide parity to PS when it comes to CoD, they could just stick to that right? Meaning a theoretical PS5 Pro could actually have a 4090 in there and they can simply not release an enhancement patch for that model along with hard-locking the fps and resolution caps.
Yeah. Delay the Series S version. Or delay the splitscreen feature. Who would even use split screen on a cRPG??? Imagine going through the inventory, just having to use a controller must be bad enough and doing it on a tiny screen with low res must be horrible.
I don’t know, Phil saying in an interview that they don’t hear the community requesting it gave me bad vibes. I think they thought Sony wouldn’t do it, and now they’ll be behind the schedule if they understand they need it.
Not delayed but the best version will be on PS5 Pro, knowing Rockstar they’ll delay the PC version so you can’t go that route either.
“Important features” lol
You’re living in a fantasy, there is no way that Activision Blizzard will hurt the release of their most important IP on the biggest platform because Microsoft’s hardware team has been sleeping. The devs don’t care about console war, they just want to impress as much as they can on the hardware they release their games on.@
yep series potato was released
So you think MS will tell Infinity Ward to deliberately cripple a PS5 Pro version to not make it better than the Series X version?
wake up from your fanboy dream, there isnt a game that released after ps4pro that doesnt support it, thats actually another clause for you to release on the system.
yeah receipts, please
You do realize that a dynamic resolution on a more powerful box will always have higher resolution, right?
"true next gen feeling racing game" Did you "feel" that from the videos?
In paper a cheaper console that can do all the big brother can, but just cheaper and with less resolution is a great idea, and that works well with Gamepass idea. In my opinion the reality is that consoles are already supposed to be cheap in the first place so being cheaper does not bring that much to the table but any downside, real of imagined can really mess it up. A XSS is a really great gift to give to someone and nothing will change that in the next few years. Any weakness like the RAM will not be important for people that will just use it for games like FIFA or GTA5... What is sad is that it is at the cost of the XSX. And that it can only get worse in the years to come. Nintendo did a Wii that was weaker than the PS3 and Xbox 360 and made it work. But it forced them even since to have shorter generations compared to Sony and Xbox until they fusionned their portables and home consoles business for the Switch. I think that the Series S will be less and less attractive with time for the same reasons.
The question here is in my opinion not how good the XSS is but what is lost between the 2 Xbox consoles and what could have been if Microsoft had not gone that way. And that question can't be denied. The Series S main selling point is that it is cheap. But all consoles get cheaper with time. And get sold and resold obviously. When even the Series X( and PS5 of course) will be considered weak hardware and cheap old consoles, what will happen to the Series S in your opinion?
The same sort of deal that happened to Xbox One. The gap between Xbox One S and One X is actually larger in the GPU, Ram and CPU than between the Series X and S.
This part in bold is basically a class-action lawsuit waiting to happen.
The difference is that the Xbox one was the standard version, and the One X console is a facultative console, and was not the new normal version when it was out. A game can be made with weak hardware in mind, and then be out in a stronger one with benefits. But it will never be the same as being made with this new hardware in mind since the beginning. The question is how good a Xbox One X game would be if it did not have the One to slow it down?
This seems to be obvious to me too. But in this case it will be more of a market problem than a technical one. If the Series S and X continue to sell poorly( compared to their concurrents of course, as they will probably be more than 50 millions Series consoles by the end of the generation) I think that the split user base will be they biggest problem if the Series S dies faster. We have seen the Xbox One become irrelevant faster than the PS5 because of the weaker userbase. Here I can see both sides moving differently as the Series S and X are not really the same and does not appeal to the same groups. it will be fascinating to see how it will be in the next few years from that perspective. Will the Series X, who want a "premium console" move out faster to the next Xbox? Will the Series S, who are supposed to be attracted by the cheap cost stay longer or move on to a more standard offering in the Series X/PS5? This would need a new thread in my opinion but we still have a few years before seeing that happen.
Don't really know about what Xbox does for their games but you get a loose loose situation in that case. Either the superior console is not giving all it can give to the users, or most of the consumers get a worse experience than they should (the Xbox one probably sold more than 10 times than the One X I believe). For the Series S it will not change the discussion that much as any advantage it has form a RDNA2 the Series X has it too. So a Tier 2 VRS game will still have more use of that feature with more ram, and as the Series X has more RAM the problem is just moved on. Think of it as if the PS5 does not exist. Would that change any game? They would still either be made for PS4/Xbox One and so be cross gen anyway. And when the cross gen ends we have games that either don't use the best console to the max, or the weaker console is abandonned a little. Devs will always want more power. So either the Series X and PS5 lack a few things( like not enough RAM, cache for the CPU, Raytracing...) or they have too much and the Series S have just enough. In the CPU the S is good. In GPU I can see first parties do the work and surprise us as the console does have the power to do a lot in 1080p resolution. But the RAM... A lot of people does not seems to accept it. We will see what will happen in the next few years. And if I follow what you have said a PS5 Pro would like the One X did in some occasions be the lead console one day. In that case what would happen to the Series S in that scenario for you? Or the Xbox equivalent if they do one ?
