New XBox One must become far more powerful...

they will HAVE to make another console or someone else will.

This is what I've been saying all along. Microsoft doesn't need to ever make another console and take the hardware loss simply to be a game distributor.

I think the writing is already on the wall that the Xbox brand will be the gaming arm of Windows 10 rather than a console, Microsoft has even said that.

www.pcgamer.com/phil-spencer-interview-we-ignored-what-was-going-on-with-windows-to-launch-xbox

You'll have a small segment of the Xbox community that will whine because they think having different hardware will somehow impact their gaming experience but from a business perspective it's a smart move for Microsoft.

 

When the Xbox One came out and they said it will only have a eight core processor,I was kinda shocked because if you see how todays gaming market is booming with better grapical content each day it doesnt makes sence. Some computers today have twelve cores
or even more. in the future the twelve core would only make sense. Eight cores is only a little jump compared to what they could have produced,to me eight cores is a little behind.

 

@Randver It is becoming quite clear that Microsoft is molding the X Box One into a Steam Machine.

So someone playing a F.P.S. on a P.C. struggling at 30fps wouldn't have a disadvantage over someone on a high-end machine running the game at 90fps? ;-) Being a smart move for M.S. remains to be seen.

Peace, J.R.

 

@D33dles

So someone playing a F.P.S. on a P.C. struggling at 30fps wouldn't have a disadvantage over someone on a high-end machine running the game at 90fps? ;-)

30 and 90 wouldn't make a difference if the 30 was consistent. 15 and 90 would be another story but no PC gamer would be in that position, you lower your settings until you get a consistent frame rate.

The only thing the high end guys have over the low end ones is how pretty the game looks. I think that is going to be what upsets the console crowd. Knowing that Halo 5 looks better for someone who spent more money on their hardware will bring on the whining.

 

And consistency is the problem. Even if they locked a game at 30fps, a lower spec build would dip.

As I still play 8-bit games occasionally, graphics wouldn't be my concern. Frame rate, pop-in, draw distance, etc., would be mine.

Peace, J.R.

 

If they did that I would be done entirely with consoles. As it is I am already dismayed by the almost criminal way they do business, and doing this after we all bought one already would be such a kick to the face and there is only one way to respond to that.

 

if they do that, Sony will have a monopoly over console business. even now with the Xbox one they are dominating the market with there powerful ps4, so imagine if all xbox games come to pc, xbox will just become an application

 

"xbox will just become an application" In a way that seems to be MS's plan for Xbox anyway...

 

Only time will tell. Thank you all for feedback

 

"The human eye struggles distinguishing the difference between 900p or 1080p when shown on a full HDTV under 50 inches. "

Ya I know this post is old. What kind of point is that making? People still trying to argue against 1080p seriously crack me up. That's like saying my stomach has a hard time telling the difference between a 20 oz prime rib vs. a 16 oz prime rib. 900p isn't
much different than 720p either, so why not choose that? lol.

 

Odd that you should use this particular scenario. Just recently took my girlfriend out to the LongHorn for her birthday; she ordered the Pecan Chicken while I debated between the 16 ounce or 20 prime rib. Long story short, decided on the 16 oz, though by
the end kind of wished I would have rolled with the 20.

Not on topic, nor is my response gaming related...just love a good prime rib. ;-)

Peace, J.R.

 

Seems everything went silent about an X1 Slim, or revamped hardware.

Perhaps at E3 2016 Spencer will drop another bombshell like he did with BC?