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1) You're Cherry picking: "yes plenty of games run natively at 4k on the XBX that only run at 2k on PSPro " "Yes. There are differences between PS4 Pro and XB1X games -- the biggest typically being resolution." "The Witcher 3 seems to be the biggest. You get a much closer to 60 fps experience in 1080p performance mode, or a much more stable locked 30 4ps in 4k." "The X1X's 30fps 4k mode is supposed to be slightly more stable than the PS4's checkerboarded 4k, which also has some LoD scalebacks." "If you only consider performance, resolution, image quality, texture quality and filtering, then yes, there are examples of the X making a notable " "Shadow of War. The 4GB extra RAM allowed the X to showcase better textures. The Pro version got a big rez bump but was stuck with base textures." "Seems like just about every game either looks or looks and performs better on the xbox one x, going by just about every digital foundry video I have seen." "As said earlier, mostly Shadow of War, where the extra RAM gives the X a clear takeaway the PS4 can't even handle in textures. " "Barring developer incompetence it should always be PC>XB1X>PS4P>PS4>XB1>Switch" 2) CPU cores aren't the biggest/only problem with hitting 60Hz at 4k. It's having a 6 GFLOP GPU. Faster CPUs don't magically make your GPU better. 3) Guerilla Games has been making some of the best "technically performing" games for years. They were able to get the game design up to a consistent level. Undead Studios and Compulsion Games are not currently AAA sized studios -- and have never even made a full priced game. Big difference.

Now they begin working on their Day 1 patch! (Does going gold mean anything anymore?)

1) People have universally said there is a difference in resolution, and a visible difference between the two platforms (what thread were you reading?) 2) There are declining benefits to increasing resolution. IMHO, improving the IQ and/or frame rate goes much further in most living room settings than improving resolution. Going from checkerboarded 4k to real 4k in most living room settings is hard to notice. 3) The output from MS studios is notably below Sony/Nintendo. Outside of Forza, they aren't releasing many top tier games. And I don't see the purchasing of Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory or Undead labs changing that. None of them have released a game that would compare to Zelda, Mario, Horizon, TLoU, God of War, etc.

EA has made some decent games over the year. Mass Effect: Andromeda was a worthy game to play Mirror's Edge Catalyst was worth a twirl

EA CEO: We’re Looking at Key Franchises to Deliver Cross-Platform Play Similarly to Fortnite "During the latest investors call after this quarter’s earnings report, EA CEO Andrew Wilson spoke (transcript via Seeking Alpha) about the company’s plans to investigate cross-platform play for key franchises in the near future, after Fortnite’s success paved the way for it. Wilson noted that this could be a particular fit for titles that have a “broad and diverse player base”. This could certainly be the case for sports titles, for example." I still believe that internet infrastructure and latency will be a huge barrier to widescale adoption of the game streaming strategy. Not everyone lives in San Francisco.

No. Nintendo has never launched a lower cost console with the vision it would play all the same games as the most expensive console. I don't believe it will be "more work" for the developer in the same way as it would be for developing for Wii (which made it essentially impossible for AAA) -- I believe very similar game software will be running in the cloud, and it will be streaming essentially the same game to your console. This is about (trying) to give you the same console experience, but moving the revenue out of the hardware, and into the monthly subscription fee.

You can't transfer your ownership. But you can "gift" a game you own by buying it again. I have my Xbox set up as my main account, and my kids play my games on their accounts.... I am sure you could do the same with their Xbox.

Given that I don't play Madden, FiFA or Battlefield. I'll just buy Anthem on Origin.

Yes. It gives you the option to "Buy as Gift".

Is $10 billion in annual revenue a big number for a console company?

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Nintendo went after a low pricepoint on Wii, and arguably on their handhelds. That is not the case with Switch or Wii-U. Microsoft's strategy, IMHO, in the next generation will be to transition gamers into subscription revenue to a higher degree. And the objective of this rumoured box is to create a low price of entry, to drive subscriptions. I am not aware of Nintendo prioritizing subscription revenue in anything they've done.

I didn't get to race Hot Wheels Cars though...

FH3 is the best Forza

EXCLUSIVE: NVIDIA’s Next Generation Graphics Cards Specifications, Pricing And Nomenclature Details " These are the expected MSRPs that AIB and vendors have been informed of by NVIDIA: The 120W NVIDIA next-gen Turing GPU will be priced around $499 MSRP. The 150W NVIDIA next-gen Turing GPU will be priced around $599 MSRP. The 180W NVIDIA next-gen Turing GPU will be priced around $699-749 MSRP. ........... Add in board partners and vendors of NVIDIA are expecting to have the SKUs stocked by the following dates, which is around the same time we should see them released: The NVIDIA next-gen 120W GPU will be arriving at the end of September. The NVIDIA next-gen 150W GPU will be arriving by the second week of September. The NVIDIA next-gen 180W GPU will be arriving in the first week of September." More rumours.

Forza Horizon 2 is a 4 year old game. I haven't played For Honor, my reaction was based on the reviews I read at launch...

That brings back so many fond memories....

It's a different strategy, with the same objective. The strategy is VERY different to what Nintendo is doing.

Another bad month....

Absolutely. It's what they have always wanted with Xbox. They thought they could do it with Kinect. Then they thought they could do it with making Xbox one into a "media box". Now they believe they can do it with Game Pass / streaming.

Correct. A 6-year old $100 video card is not good for running much of anything.

Not for running No Man's Sky.

I'm assuming the OP doesn't have a Pentium 3 and a Voodoo2 if he is asking the question.

PC is always the answer.