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karmakid said:
so, more power equates to less or no games because BC?

*looks over at pc and laptop and whispers* what have you done?
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Ha! Nah, it just seems like in order to ensure BC, they had to stick with a similar HW architecture to PS4/Pro. MS is doing BC on the software side, so it’s easier for them to go with a new HW setup.

It wouldn’t have been as much of an issue if they could hit the $399 price they *apparently* originally intended. And at at least $100 less than what XSX is probably going to cost, that would be a decent trade off. Sony studios can do magic, so the power difference wouldn’t matter much if the costs were so different.

But with the costs going up, now it’s looking like they’ll have to charge more. Maybe. So if you’re an executive, what do you do?

I mean, it’s going to sell well either way, but if a gamer is on the fence, and the XSX offers allegedly significantly more power for the same price, that will sway more than a few people. Probably.

Or do you charge $100 less and take the loss on each unit to ensure more people choose your system?
 
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Rollins said:
Ha! Nah, it just seems like in order to ensure BC, they had to stick with a similar HW architecture to PS4/Pro. MS is doing BC on the software side, so it’s easier for them to go with a new HW setup.

It wouldn’t have been as much of an issue if they could hit the $399 price they *apparently* originally intended. And at at least $100 less than what XSX is probably going to cost, that would be a decent trade off. Sony studios can do magic, so the power difference wouldn’t matter much if the costs were so different.

But with the costs going up, now it’s looking like they’ll have to charge more. Maybe. So if you’re an executive, what do you do?

I mean, it’s going to sell well either way, but if a gamer is on the fence, and the XSX offers allegedly significantly more power for the same price, that will sway more than a few people. Probably.

Or do you charge $100 less and take the loss on each unit to ensure more people choose your system?
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Depending on how similar components are for MS, they may very well be dealing with the same scarcity issue as Sony. We may have just not heard of it.
 
Frozpot said:
Depending on how similar components are for MS, they may very well be dealing with the same scarcity issue as Sony. We may have just not heard of it.
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or they could be ahead of the game and secured them before Sony couldsource them out for the ps5. But those rumors state they may be using other brand/maker for specific parts, they do have a really good relationship with the likes of Samsung and apparently now phision (that’s probably not how you spell it lol) oh or if ya want more tin hat speculation then they coulda swayed said suppliers like they supposedly did with the 360.
 
Frozpot said:
Depending on how similar components are for MS, they may very well be dealing with the same scarcity issue as Sony. We may have just not heard of it.
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That whole Bloomberg article seemed to be pieced together by sony's financial reports along with some speculation, they've been wrong on a few things so it's not something I'd take as 100% true right now.
 
Why do people keep buying "hardware based BC means iPS5 is held back"? that line of thinking makes no sense, It's using a Ryzen 2 just like XSX, it's using Navi GPU just like the XSX and an SSD, where is it being held back? Hardware based RT is a guarantee this isn't a set up that was intended to release in 2019.
 
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karmakid said:
or they could be ahead of the game and secured them before Sony couldsource them out for the ps5. But those rumors state they may be using other brand/maker for specific parts, they do have a really good relationship with the likes of Samsung and apparently now phision (that’s probably not how you spell it lol) oh or if ya want more tin hat speculation then they coulda swayed said suppliers like they supposedly did with the 360.
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doubt this
 
Seen this yesterday reported on a few sites. A 4 CHAN leak

PS5 12.6 TF 18GB GDDR6 + 4GB GDDR4

Xbox Series X
11.8 TF 16GB GDDR6 + 4GB GDDR4
Xbox to be overclocked to 12.1 TF
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Two Pennys Worth said:
Seen this yesterday reported on a few sites. A 4 CHAN leak

PS5 12.6 TF 18GB GDDR6 + 4GB GDDR4

Xbox Series X
11.8 TF 16GB GDDR6 + 4GB GDDR4
Xbox to be overclocked to 12.1 TF
www.notebookcheck.net

PlayStation 5 vs. Xbox Series X: Alleged devkit specs leak and Xbox updates online presence with new console image

Some fresh specifications supposedly linked to devkits of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have been shared online. Although many have already dismissed the information as fake, the consoles seem evenly matched in devkit form. Xbox has also updated its Twitter and Facebook accounts with an...
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Swede said:
Latest rumor on Twitter seems to point to xbox being 12.4 tf with the ps5 around 8.9 tf. Also seems that ps5 bc and ps account migration are going to gimp what's already weak specs.
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Interesting they are saying the PS5 dev kits are 9.x, so the retail is 8.9. Supposedly.

I wish both companies would show their hand, but it seems like a poker match right now.

At least there are lots of good games coming soon :)
 
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