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Re: Inside the next Xbox: Project Scorpio tech revealed

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Post by Grazester » Fri, Apr 07, 2017, 1:11 PM UTC

BatFastard wrote: post #18

strictnein wrote: post #10

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This 4k screenshot is really impressive, and as the benchmarks at the top show, there's lots of headroom: https://cdn.gamer-network.net/2017/screenshots/Forza-Tech-Sc... Takes a minute to load, I think their cdn is a little overloaded currently.

Great shot, 17 years ago I predicted that within 10 years you would not be able to tell the real from the computer generated. This is the first screen shot that qualifies IMHO, because this comes damn close to looking real.

and it's a time when I am least interested in video games. The hardware is what has been here.

Re: Inside the next Xbox: Project Scorpio tech revealed

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Post by mustacheemperor » Fri, Apr 07, 2017, 3:54 PM UTC

jkaunisv1 wrote: post #93

mustacheemperor wrote: post #76

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>I'd be happy if they could just bring the Xbone back to the level of usability that the 360 had My housemates and I purchased an Xbone and realized before long we were using the 360 more because it was vastly preferable for netflix/youtube/etc. Have since switched to a chromecast for that stuff, but the Xbone is absolutely a massive step back in UX. Not to mention the ads on the dashboard. There is advertising on th…

Because for some reason you keep paying the subscription, buying the games and playing them?

Ha, fair enough. I don't actually have a Live subscription. The Xbox One is strictly a couch-coop device for me, which made the last Halo release even more appalling.

Re: Inside the next Xbox: Project Scorpio tech revealed

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Post by Narishma » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 4:04 PM UTC

mikewhy wrote: post #119

supernovae wrote: post #88

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So Sony admitted defeat and made the PS4 pro? I think more than anything, it's the fact 4k happened much quicker than expected..

Maybe. My thought was that the release PS4/Xbone were still too far behind PCs

People who buy consoles don't generally care how far behind PCs they are.