damiank
Member
Sup regular sized consoleMicrosoft's Xbox Series X :
fans :
meanwhile Sony :
the result :
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Speshal Nick [XboxEra]: Jason Ronald not Leading Next-Gen Xbox design (Replaced by Surface team).
digoutyoursoul
Member
Nick seems a decent fella, his podcast drags on tho, no sense of pacing at all.
Kumomeme
Member
It will happen but not like usual they will be fighting for the PC & Mobile space
Surface encompasses much more hardware and form factors than the ‘Surface Pro’ tablet. The tablets themselves started off as clunky Windows PCs and crippled Windows RT stuff that people hated. These days, they’re quite well received.
Why are so many of you clueless about tech?
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MonkeyClaw36
Member
Broooooooooo stop it. You are making a fool out of yourself. Holy shit! This NEVER happened. Stop trollposting. It's clear you hate the brand, but Jesus you didn't have to make it THAT obvious.
People like a challenge you know.
They've been selling like hot cakes the last decade. Only since last year there is a decline. Stop pretending you are so anti-MS that it comes across as being oblivious and fucking ignorant.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
So only the NFL sideline staff will have the new Xbox?
Mibu no ookami
Member
He's probably the one who blew smoke up Phil's ass leading up to that e-mail where he boasted to Nadella and Hood that the Xbox Series was a better product than the PS5.
ResilientBanana
Member
Say goodbye to BC if you do.
MonkeyClaw36
Member
Both which are overly saturated as it is. Yeah, good luck.
The stuff about NFL folks disliking the Surface RT, calling it an ‘iPad like device’ and blaming it for issues are all news items…from 2014. A decade ago. Thats what he’s surfacing
Fast-forward to modern era and the deals - and the devices - are being hailed as a success story and Surface hardware is widely used in the NFL.
Surface saver: How Microsoft’s deal with the NFL turned into a marketing boon for its tablet
In hindsight, Microsoft's decision to ink a six-figure sponsorship deal with the National Football League in 2013 was a shrewd marketing move. Tune into a
www.geekwire.com
Between that and the clown having never heard of Surface Laptops before, it’s weird to imagine people being clued into gaming but being ignorant about tech trends. One would have thought there’s a significant amount of overlap. Perhaps just mindless trolling?
Insane Metal
Member
MS going the Nintendo way apparently.
That said, I’m not sure why this is an active thread since the Nick fellow is unreliable and this is a rumor that can’t be fact checked until 3 years from now.
The Surface team have also made some baffling hardware choices in the past that I strongly dislike, like failing to add a USB-C port for years until the outcry became too much, and not using the latest hardware in their devices.
Engineering wise, they’re absolutely top tier. Just some weird choices with components.
The Surface team have also made some baffling hardware choices in the past that I strongly dislike, like failing to add a USB-C port for years until the outcry became too much, and not using the latest hardware in their devices.
Engineering wise, they’re absolutely top tier. Just some weird choices with components.
MonkeyClaw36
Member
I suspect the latter. Either that or he's clueless and I pity the fool.The stuff about NFL folks disliking the Surface RT, calling it an ‘iPad like device’ and blaming it for issues are all news items…from 2014. A decade ago. Thats what he’s surfacing
Fast-forward to modern era and the deals - and the devices - are being hailed as a success story and Surface hardware is widely used in the NFL.
Surface saver: How Microsoft’s deal with the NFL turned into a marketing boon for its tablet
In hindsight, Microsoft's decision to ink a six-figure sponsorship deal with the National Football League in 2013 was a shrewd marketing move. Tune into a
Between that and the clown having never heard of Surface Laptops before, it’s weird to imagine people being clued into gaming but being ignorant about tech trends. One would have thought there’s a significant amount of overlap. Perhaps just mindless trolling?
Moriarty1889
Member
It’s not. It’s his ego talking and nothing more.
Papa_Wisdom
Member
Surface to say I’m interested in the next normal Xbox console.
Not so much the handheld
Not so much the handheld
Ar¢tos
Member
They create a series of emulators for each of the previous gen and it will be another thing for the hypervisor to manage.
MORE LAYERS! MORE!
Off-topic but I randomly met and spoke with him last September in Bothell at Tavern on the Square. I was there with a friend from high school and the conversation consisted of the weather, music, and travel since I was visiting from Texas. Nice guy with his family and at the time I couldn't pinpoint where exactly I knew him, but I knew I had seen that beard from somewhere. That somewhere is here.
ResilientBanana
Member
Nah, this is different. You're switching your whole API by switching GPU manufacturers and as it stands, each solution is a custom one. The amount of power a next-gen console will require to play current-gen titles would be pretty damn high, especially for the resolutions and frame rates and that's not how Sony and MS roll. Next gen consoles need to stay in the realm of high adoption rates. What you are asking for is a $1200 console, but what they want to release is a $500 console to appeal to the masses. Microsoft struggled with porting Xbox games (Intel/nVidia) to Xbox 360 (IBM Power PC CPU / ATI GPU) they even had a hard time porting Xbox 360 games to Xbox One (AMD SOC) and converted them on a case by case basis. The reason Xbox One games work so well on Xbox Series is because they stuck with the AMD SOC, therefore all Xbox One games work on Xbox Series. Same goes for PS4 to PS5. But to this day, you cannot natively play PS3 BC titles because of the emulation barrier and the amount of power you would require trying to emulate the CELL processor. We all know there are PS3 emulators out there for PC, but when you port to a console with a customized hardware and API, it's far more difficult.
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NeverYouMind
Member
It is a better product. The X performs slightly better in applications (often 1080p vs 900p native resolution on PS5), much better in UI, and is available at a lower price point. The Series S as well outside of applications being scaled down relative to other two. With most games being cross-gen Series S runs the majority just as well on lower end TVs and monitors.
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Ahead of the launch, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who didn’t think the Series X was more powerful on paper. I’m not sure why you’re pitching this as an outrageous statement, or why it bothered you so much.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Not sure we are qualified to give you any, but we can give it a go. What is the worst that can happen
?Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
That is what you want from your experts, pure echo chamber hype based on paper specs and underestimating the other companies... There were the ones that thought it was wise to boast and those that thought they would be neck and neck...but the dynamic clock speeds, true RDNA2, etc... etc...
This is revisionist history at this point...
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
?? about the first... really? $399 launch digital PS5 would like to have another word (the disc based model was the same price as the XSX)...
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TheDreadLord
Member
Series S replace by the Xbox Portable designed by the surface team. Series X still supported.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Sure buddy.the irony
Not sure the relevance of this line of discussion anyway