I'm going off of what K KeplerL2 said about two versions for that chip.I guess we will see
Well, they might not be able to ship FSE that can leverage steam / Windows without being too wide open for jailbreaks.
Which then begs the question if someone can play their old Xbox titles via BC and play games like GTA 6 day one but allows other storefronts what is this machine classified as that Xbox themselves will be making?
The problem is Epic never reached the Zero revenue sharing. Even now they still have to pay apple for fortnite purchases. A judge just ruled in December that even using outside links still requires Epic to pay apple something but they need to come together and figure out what they percentage is, or the court will do it for them. In the US you can't even install the Epic store only in the EU. In the EU epic used the DMA to get the W but if you look at the guidelines for the DMA Playstation doesn't even come close to meeting the requirements.
So this is coming out this November?
They're already proxy law-suiting against Steam there (well, UK). Just slimy $3T monopoly things.
Let's assume the PS6 is a collossal bomba and sells less than half of the PS5, so about 50 million.
Sony is banking on 4 and even 6GB modules being ready by end of 2027.
Just like Xbox fans are all PC and Nintendo fans now, right?
Yup. You can choose your form factor and power. I did it for ten years. I have gone back to just having a PC in my office and consoles in my living room. No real reason just too many things.
I think we see it this Nov with some Xbox 25th anniversary bash but its not coming until next year
Its going to be expensive
I think by the time it comes, the PC version will be ready to go.
6GB is not even in any roadmap right now and 4GB would mean only 20GB.
But what if...
But what if...
Well, until we know everything, it's difficult to make predictions and have an assessment. It's just as inappropriate to take one extreme as the other.
Personally, I've always had (and still have) a feeling that this new Xbox will be closer to a traditional console than people are starting to assume it will be.
Being able to play games from the Steam Store and Epic Store doesn't necessarily mean you can acquire/buy them from this new Xbox... It could just mean loading and recognizing them, for example. Or apps.
The question is how much effort Microsoft will put into getting people to buy games from the Xbox Store rather than the Steam and Epic Stores. The ease of access to games on Steam versus the Xbox Store. Certainly, a mandatory GamesPass subscription won't be a good idea if that version doesn't include improvements and special features compared to the Steam or Epic versions...
That's why I think that more than the idea of a hybrid console itself, the importance lies in the execution of...
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's answer is the simplest, most logical. It is going to be expensive. How expensive is the question. Not sure having the best specs is going to serve Microsoft well in that scenario, but we will see.
Never forget what Sarah said about itI don't think a mandatory sub is going to happen. Just trying to think of ways they could monetize this. I think
Could be hardly said better than this!
Every time MS is coming out with a new product, go two years ahead and see influx of new posters in forums or old ones becoming active again and all high-fiving each other that start doing cartwheels cheerleading it, trying to "subtly" troll others while shouting about specs and how MS would be going rock-hard-dick out with their wallet destroying the industry in a very pro-consumer way.
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Very premium. Yeah....I remember that now. So folks probably need to get their expectations in order. The new guy here claiming PS6 is doomed is smoking some weird shit if he thinks folks are going to move to a high dollar Xbox console in droves because it is more powerful and has steam. But we've been down this road before and some Xbox fans keep falling for it.....
Every time MS is coming out with a new product, go two years ahead and see influx of new posters in forums or old ones becoming active again and all high-fiving each other that start doing cartwheels cheerleading it, trying to "subtly" troll others while shouting about specs and how MS would be going rock-hard-dick out with their wallet destroying the industry in a very pro-consumer way.
Look at the kind script they follow… "Sony has nowhere to hide"… propaganda needs good screenwriters
You think a guy posting this is an Xbox fanboy ?
Have they ever sued MS? Cause their close ties to them makes you go, hmmm
Well they've done PS and now they've done Valve. Nintendo I assume would be next and after that the only one left is Xbox.Have they ever sued MS? Cause their close ties to them makes you go, hmmm
The only way I see a nextgen msft device selling better is if they encircle the competition. Aka all windows devices become Xbox.
When you have a design and manufacturing plan developed over 3-4 years... Faced with unexpected situations in the global economy, the only option left is to navigate them as best as possible.
I can see 6GB mofule development getting totally fucked by RAMpocalyse, but if 10 modules was the plan from the beginning, they should have just gone 256 bit bus like PS5 and split the difference between module count and additional fie space for memory controllers. 32GB with 4GB module would have been 2X of PS5 and perfect. Now you are doing 10 goddsmned modules on mobo and probably just get us 30GB instead of 40GB. Oof.
