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[ADiTAR]

Wii u was almost a full generation behind, and yes the message was confusing. It didn't offer people a compelling reason to buy it over other consoles.

For the switch, It's not just the content, it's the one two punch of the content and mobility. Switch sells 20 million units if it's a standard home console. (If your lucky)

Plz, it has Breath of the Wild, Odyssey, Smash Ultimate, Pokemon, Mario Kart, and Animal Crossing.

The ability to have it on the go is def a seller, but it would have sold nothing if not for content.

Content is always king, and you can see that with Xbox and PS offering same gfx but one has content and the other doesn't.

 

[MasterCornholio]

I didn't say that, don't make things up.

I originally said I hadn't seen that it was outright cancelled and that it may be just a launch thing to get the Xbox versions out. Then Xbox confirmed they are still going to be working on it, which is good news.

Good at least your confirming that you didn't say that.

At least we agree that it may or may not come to the Series S. I'm sure that if it does Larian will share that with us. At the moment they are trying to make it happen. But of course everyone has their limits.

 

[laynelane]

We haven't seen this either....

That takes me back. The FUD about the "weak" PS5 was really out of control back then.

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

This is not dick riding, its straight up dick docking.

Good god

 

[MasterCornholio]

Good god

That was brutal.

 

[THE DUCK]

Plz, it has Breath of the Wild, Odyssey, Smash Ultimate, Pokemon, Mario Kart, and Animal Crossing.

The ability to have it on the go is def a seller, but it would have sold nothing if not for content.

Content is always king, and you can see that with Xbox and PS offering same gfx but one has content and the other doesn't.

It would have launched on already weak hardware with one great game, and 2 regurgitated wii u games, it would not have been enough to give it momentum to attract 3rd party developers and any casual fans, especially after the wii u. Game over before pokemon, Smash, and animal crossing even come out. It would have been doa just like the wii u. It's critically flawed without being portable.

 

[Fatnick]

Is the Switch a portable console or a dockable hand held though?

Also, if BG3 was on Gamepass, do you think MS could get away with achieving parity via just streaming the SX version?

 

[Arachnid]

I remember back during current gen launch, tons of posters here on Gaf defended the S and kept arguing specs to support the argument that the S would in no way hamstring the X. It's as easy as dropping some graphical settings, right? Those posters argued tooth and nail despite the fact that multiple devs voiced their concerns looooong before launch.

I wonder how they're doing. The S was always a stupid console.

 

[mosantos]

Naruto x Boruto Resolution & Frame Rate Revealed, Features Setting To Block Series S

The resolution and frame rate for the console versions of Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja STORM CONNECTIONS have been revealed.

twistedvoxel.com

 

[sachos]

Yeah ign still has it up. Wouldn't be surprised to see it suddenly dissapear.

Yeah i thought it would be that video, i remember how they made it seem you would get exactly the same graphics just at lower res. I think i remember another marketing video, more snappy with green text talking about the 1440p target res, it may be from the console reveal tweet iirc.

 

[mckmas8808]

One could wonder if the parity clause was..............anti-consumer this whole time.

 

[Bungie]

Sweeet!

 

[MasterCornholio]

One could wonder if the parity clause was..............anti-consumer this whole time.

Well in BG3 case it would have meant a delay to the Xbox versions. That's not exactly beneficial to the consumer. So in a way the parity clause can be bad for consumers.

 

[RobRSG]

That was brutal.

Funny thing is that XSX and PS5 are doing 720p before 2024 even.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Funny thing is that XSX and PS5 are doing 720p before 2024 even.

Bodes even worse for the Series S. Pretty crazy how much the resolutions have dropped.

 

[mckmas8808]

Well in BG3 case it would have meant a delay to the Xbox versions. That's not exactly beneficial to the consumer. So in a way the parity clause can be bad for consumers.

Exactly!

 

[DenchDeckard]

Bodes even worse for the Series S. Pretty crazy how much the resolutions have dropped.

I always look at the series s and get it though. The thing is tiny, it's onky 4tf...you expect it to be worse. Its literally the size of like 5 or 6 dvd cases piled on top of each other.

Thr pa5 and series x are such monoliths I expected more. I can't believe we are at 720p on new release next gen games.

 

[MasterCornholio]

I always look at the series s and get it though. The thing is tiny, it's onky 4tf...you expect it to be worse. Its literally the size of like 5 or 6 dvd cases piled on top of each other.

Thr pa5 and series x are such monoliths I expected more. I can't believe we are at 720p on new release next gen games.

I guess the best question is which one will last the entire gen.

 

[Katatonic]

Well in BG3 case it would have meant a delay to the Xbox versions. That's not exactly beneficial to the consumer. So in a way the parity clause can be bad for consumers.

In this case, the consumers are Xbox owners. If the majority of them are on Series S, then then this is actually horrible for consumers.

Not to mention this scenario was promised by MS and their influencers to not happen.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Good god

 

[Montauk]

MS and their magical engineers couldn’t foresee any possibility of this, really?

They had such a rough ride last gen and they decided to complicate things with a second platform.

 

[Yoda]

I wonder if the Series S is the reason Halo Infinite canned split screen?

 

[LordCBH]

I wonder if the Series S is the reason Halo Infinite canned split screen?

Xbox One version is probably the culprit there.

 

[Yoda]

Xbox One version is probably the culprit there.

Ahh completely forgot it had to run on last gen hardware too :/

 

[LordCBH]

Ahh completely forgot it had to run on last gen hardware too :/

I don’t even know the quality of the last Gen version. I only ever played it on my pc and the performance there for me wasn’t great.

 

[MasterCornholio]

In this case, the consumers are Xbox owners. If the majority of them are on Series S, then then this is actually horrible for consumers.

Not to mention this scenario was promised by MS and their influencers to not happen.

Better than not having the game at all which is the worst option. Series S owners can wait for features. Missing out on the game is much worse IMO.

 

[DeepEnigma]

This thread was a beaut.

Hardware - Xbox Series S "Brilliantly Designed Machine"

Glad to see Series S getting the love it deserves, small, powerful, silent and affordable.

www.neogaf.com

 

[Montauk]

This thread was a beaut.

Hardware - Xbox Series S "Brilliantly Designed Machine"

Glad to see Series S getting the love it deserves, small, powerful, silent and affordable.

www.neogaf.com

“To be clear, my overall opinion of the console and its performance has not changed - Series S works but there's still the sense that the cutbacks to spec were a little too severe. Specifically, I still think it should have shipped with more memory and a wider interface for more bandwidth."

"It's still early days in the generation and in terms of how gaming will play out in the long term, it's still difficult to judge to what extent Series S will be able to keep up in a world where technologies like Unreal Engine 5 are already placing serious demands on Series X and PlayStation 5 hardware."

That’s Richard from DF, who is supposedly sent black sacks full of cash from Redmond every month according to lots of people here.

Sounds like it.