Spencer's been clarifying his statements but I now get what why he said what he did.see thats the thing. i think a lot of people were under the impression that even if you didnt have a 4k tv, at least games that werent running 1080p/60fps would be that and judging by what i understood from that long interview, that isnt the case. if you dont have a 4k tv, spencer flat out says buy the slim instead. well the slim isnt going to make a game that ran at 1080/30 or 900/60 turn into 1080/60.
that scorpio video was hilarious marketing wise. it makes it seem like devs are HAPPY that now when they dev a game for scorpio (and essentially neo) that will have to make sure it runs on basically 5 things instead of 2 (xbone, xbs, scorpio, ps4, neo). more work with no real incentive to make more profit.
Basically, games are programmed to run on specific hardware. He used Halo 5 as an example, which scales the resolution up/down in certain parts to maintain a steady 60hz based on what the X1 is capable of. Now, if you take Halo 5 and put it in the Scorpio, the game's engine isn't going to know that it's on better hardware b/c it's not programmed to deal with anything other than the X1. Therefore, it'll continue to run as if it's still on X1. Same issue with the Neo, older games will need to be patched to see any performance gains b/c the games were design specifically for the PS4's specs.
I agree with you though, these consoles are gonna be a huge headache for developers and will likely lead to more problems in some form or another.
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