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Despite the breathless praise for Microsoft's Xbox strategy from many, I'm going the other way. The two-tiered next-gen console launch is flawed and isn't going to work. Here's why $MSFT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-10/microsoft-s-xbox-game-plan-can-t-measure-up-to-sony-s-playstation?srnd=opinion&sref=cSRHqDay
Who thought the naming convention made sense? Can you imagine consumers trying to figure out the differences between the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and the prior gen’s Xbox One S? Insane. Versus PlayStation 5 is more powerful than PlayStation 4. Simple, concise branding message
Gamers do not buy consoles for specs. They buy to play their favorite franchises. Sony crushes Microsoft in this department, esp. with Halo's problems. Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon, God of War, Spiderman, the list is endless. PS5 will have the games people want to play
The two-tier strategy has the flaw of forcing developers to make games that must work on the lower-common denominator device. Series S has one-third the teraflops+much lower memory/memory bandwidth than the X. Net-net, likely means games made specifically for PS5 will be better
Sure, Game Pass subscription + EA Play is a good value. But again, who wants to play old games plus a smattering of weaker Microsoft first-party titles? PlayStation has the killer games. End of story
Yup! "The variable perf between Series S and Series X could cause trouble, a Remedy tech dev says." - @DeekeTweak https://twitter.com/DeekeTweak/status/1304155169907671040
Digital Foundry on Xbox Series S memory config: “I am concerned that 8 gigs isn’t going to be enough … 8 gigs for a next-gen console is going to be a tight squeeze”
Tide seems to be turning on the Xbox Series S from developers who are actually in the business. Principal engine programmer at id Software -> 1/2 https://twitter.com/axelgneiting/status/1304179692447109120
Principal engine programmer at id Software -> 2/2 https://twitter.com/axelgneiting/status/1304186159657103365
Maybe I should send these game developer comments on the Series S architecture to all the Xbox fanboys who are sending me hate mail 
Call of Duty game developer on Xbox Series S console https://twitter.com/davidmickner/status/1303391432183435264