So they Should not look to improve their architecture or advance their hardware? Considering their competitors are both poised to launch new hardware in the next year all because of esram setup? This is a joke right? They weren't the market leaders in any generation I don't see the point you're making the Xbox one is still successful ps4 is just vastly more successful in comparison. The idea that only market leaders commend respect from developers is ludacris these are business partnerships to make money on both sides. They don't sit around like fanboys and say well ps4 is kicking your ass suck it! Most likely Microsoft coming with new hardware I think now that they know when NX is launching they have to decide if they want to be the first ala 360 or not.
Of coarse they should look to improve over their current hardware to advance the platform!
And it's just my opinion, but the point I was trying to make is that they should not try to release a new version of the Xbox 1 that would bring minimal benefits to the consumer such as a slightly higher resolution, while making life harder on developers.
I pointed out that making two versions of a game would be harder for xb1-xb1.5 as as a new Xbox with a beefier gpu would likely require a completely different memory architecture than is currently in X1, whereas with ps4&ps4k the memory architecture will likely be identical
Also, I personally think that they don't have to compete with PS4k as they can continue to be the cheapest alternative for current gen games, and they would be better of waiting a couple years and comming out with a brand new console with a true generational leap in power over what XB1 can do and maybe their own version of VR.
While they might suffer a little in the short term in doing this, I think it will be good for keeping their base (who probably don't want to have to go out and buy a new console so soon) happy, and will let them focus on creating a great next gen console with more power and better architecture (relatively) than XB1.
