Grim... wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
It wouldn't be "less powerful" in any meaningful sense, except that it'd need beast-mode internet.
That doesn't matter to STATZ NERDZ though.
I agree that there would be an outcry.
Was there an outcry when the Vita was less powerful than the PS4?
Anyway, go back and read what Phil Spencer says here:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... x-consoles and note he's quite open about a plurality of new consoles. I think the idea of a "big" local gaming Xbox and a "little" streaming-only Xbox makes sense when you revisit that interview in light of this week's announcement of Project xCloud.
Also note: 'That's what Yves Guillemot, boss of Assassin's Creed company Ubisoft, claimed in a recent interview. Speaking to Variety, Guillemot said: "There will be one more console generation and then after that, we will be streaming, all of us."' And Ubisoft is the launch partner for Google's Project Stream:
https://news.ubisoft.com/article/Ubisof ... ect-StreamI argue that lots of serious industry players are saying the time is rapidly approaching for this tech. These aren't little startups like OnLive was.