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Apparently he was appointed director of Rare and Lionhead right before they bought them
Damn, I want to be the director of something. I guess he has been there awhile. Though he apparently didn't do a good job directing Lionhead :)
 
I want you guys to hear her out, please. She speaks a lot of truth to this.


Her argument is weak. Not wrong, but. Here is the problem...yes, always online was ready in 2013 but why? Because online gaming was big...it was in nigh on all the big games, all the games people played for a long time. So, why did people reject MS's idea? Because it was forced, it was limiting, it was telling people they 'had' to do something. The forcing people to always connect is something she doesn't talk about. She also conveniently doesn't touch the ISPs issue of data caps when stating the percentage of broadband users in America.
 
I don't know Brad Sams, but I'm told he has covered Xbox for years and is pretty reliable.*

via Brad Sams:

"This past week, I was tipped off that the next generation Xbox was codenamed Scarlett and in an effort to track down if this information was accurate, I was able to view content that highlighted several unannounced Microsoft products that are coming in the next two years.

Microsoft is planning for the next Xbox console release to arrive in 2020. But what is more interesting, is that Microsoft describes ‘Scarlett’ as a family of devices; meaning we may see multiple pieces of hardware released that year.

That date may seem relatively close considering that the Xbox One X launched last year but Microsoft is aggressively moving ahead with hardware in the console space to shake up the industry. But what we don’t know is if this is a brand new set of devices or simply a more ‘powerful’ Xbox One that is again, fully backward compatible with all the content available today.

Considering how much effort Microsoft has put into backward compatibility, I would expect the Scarlett devices to support current gen games but offer more advanced features and align possibly with Microsoft’s upcoming game-streaming services.

As with any leak this far out, timing and plans can change but I was able to verify the information I viewed as being authentic and fully believe that the company is on-track to release the new console in two years."

https://www.resetera.com/threads/br...-gen-console-will-arrive-in-2020.48524/page-3

*although others say he claimed Halo would be split SP/MP, and he was wrong about that, so who knows.
 
2020 would make sense to me. That's still my bet for when PS5 will show up, and MS wouldn't want to be a year late.
 
2020 would make sense to me. That's still my bet for when PS5 will show up, and MS wouldn't want to be a year late.
I assume the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett will probably be pretty close in performance. The question is, how much more powerful can these next consoles be with their release date 2 years away, at an affordable price? I have to believe we will be looking at $400?
 
I assume the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett will probably be pretty close in performance. The question is, how much more powerful can these next consoles be with their release date 2 years away, at an affordable price? I have to believe we will be looking at $400?

It's not going to be a huge leap, relative to the X and the Pro -- not if they want to keep the price to $400.

If they do offer multiple SKUs, MS could design a powerful but more expensive option (say, at $500) and then another one with more standard specs at $400. That would be a good strategy, because it captures the hardcore gamers who want the best hardware -- I'm assuming Sony would just have a $400 model, less powerful -- but it would also allow people to buy in at a lower price.
 
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I assume the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett will probably be pretty close in performance. The question is, how much more powerful can these next consoles be with their release date 2 years away, at an affordable price? I have to believe we will be looking at $400?

A fair bit. The power of the X1X is actually pretty low for today's technology. and the CPU is pretty s***.

Microsoft's console will be $400. Doesn't matter how much they might lose at that price.
 
My predictions, no sources. Completely pulling out my ass:

$200, $400 and $600.

Streaming box. Next gen machine. Next gen machine with more RAM, better CPU and better GPU.

There's always this challenge to balance price and quality. Obviously Microsoft is no longer in the business of losing their shirt on hardware sales like they did with the OG Xbox. Give us enthusiasts an expensive option that's not compromised.

Edit: Streaming machine might be later but it's coming. I predict all next gen consoles have sim cards that connect to 5G. When Spencer announced that they were working on streaming that was as good as local, it was a giveaway. There is no way to accomplish that without directly connecting the device over super low latency which would be with a 5G sim card.
 
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Not doubting source but was it not Windows Central who said it was Codenamed "Scarlet" awhile back. I believe they even mentioned consoles.

I don't know about WC, but I heard that Phil specifically said during their presentation that they're working on the next Xbox "consoles," plural.
 
I assume the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett will probably be pretty close in performance. The question is, how much more powerful can these next consoles be with their release date 2 years away, at an affordable price? I have to believe we will be looking at $400?

Nah, Xbox Scarlett will beat the crap out of ps5 like X1X does with pspro
 
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If it turns out that the premium model is significantly more powerful than what Sony offers, I might end up picking up an Xbox in 2020. Assuming I can still play BC titles in X-enhanced form on the new machine.

We'll have to see how things shake out. There are a lot of unknowns. One thing we do know is how bad people generally are at predicting these things, especially this far out.
 
If it turns out that the premium model is significantly more powerful than what Sony offers, I might end up picking up an Xbox in 2020. Assuming I can still play BC titles in X-enhanced form on the new machine.

We'll have to see how things shake out. There are a lot of unknowns. One thing we do know is how bad people generally are at predicting these things, especially this far out.
Indeed. There are a TON of unknowns. Even the release date isn't confirmed by MS. The only thing we know about Scarlett:

  1. It's the next Xbox
  2. Phil said there would be multiple Scarlett devices
  3. That it will be BC (per Phil based on what he said about all their future devices)
  4. It will have a hard drive to install games on, at least one of the devices will
 
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