Tag Archives: xbox scorpio

Non-gamers largely unaware of Switch and Scorpio

Nielsen’s US Games 360 Report 2017 has found that non-gamers still remain largely unaware of some video games hardware. Among the general population, only 22 per cent of people have even heard of the Nintendo Switch and only 11 per cent the Xbox Scorpio. In contrast, 69 per cent of …

Read More »

Microsoft had planned to launch high-spec new Xbox in 2016

What will later this year be released as Xbox Scorpio might have instead arrived in a different form last year, Microsoft has admitted. Around this time last year rumours were flying about mid-generation upgrades to both the PS4 and Xbox One. Sony went on to release the PS4 Pro but …

Read More »

Microsoft: PS4 Pro is not enough to do true 4K

PS4 Pro’s 4.2 teraflops of processing power is not enough to run true” 4K, Microsoft said. I think there are a lot of caveats they’re giving customers right now around 4K,” Microsoft’s Albert Penello told Eurogamer. They’re talking about checkerboard rendering and up-scaling and things like that. There are just …

Read More »

Microsoft’s Xbox Scorpio games will offer native 4K graphics

The 4K war of words has intensified with a vow from Microsoft that first party Xbox Scorpio titles will support native 4K visuals. Both Xbox Scorpio and PS4 Neo will offer 4K visuals, but that does not necessarily mean that the games will be generating a 4K image – in …

Read More »

PS4 Pro ‘could be a final nail in the coffin for Xbox One’

The price and imminent release of Sony’s new high-spec PS4 could spell bad news for Xbox One, some analysts have predicted. PS4 Pro is due out in November priced at just 349. That’s both sooner and cheaper than expected. Xbox Scoprio, however, will not be out until 2017. And the …

Read More »

Microsoft goes to town on Scorpio’s tech advantage over PS4 Pro

That PS4 Pro costs only 350 and is out this year is certainly a surprise. That Xbox Scorpio will be so much more powerful is equally so. And Microsoft has not been shy in boasting about the comparisons. As well as tweets from both the Xbox Twitter account and Aaron …

Read More »

Microsoft sees a future without console generations

Xbox One and PS4 will be the last of their kind, Xbox’s US marketing boss Aaron Greenberg has predicted. Next year’s arrival of the iterative Xbox Scorpio and PS4 Neo upgrades – as well as Microsoft’s growing unification of the Xbox and Windows space – all point to a shift …

Read More »

Xbox VR games likely to be Scorpio exclusive

Next year’s arrival of Xbox Scorpio won’t quite be the level playing field some had hoped for, at least when it comes to VR. Microsoft in its reveal of the new machine committed to cross-platform compatibility for both Xbox One and Xbox Scorpio for new titles. However, the extra processing …

Read More »

Sweeney is ‘thrilled’ with PS4 Neo and Xbox Scorpio upgrades

Gamers may remain split on the potential benefits of the dawn of a new console cycle, but Epic co-founder Tim Sweeney is certainly enthusiastic about the prospect. "I’m absolutely thrilled," Sweeney told Eurogamer. "It gives you the best of both worlds, the upgrade cycle of the PC which ensures that …

Read More »

DFC: Microsoft has killed the Xbox One Slim right out of the gate

Analyst DFC has issued a damning post-E3 verdict on Microsoft’s handling of the Xbox Scorpio reveal. The most immediate problem is Microsoft effectively killed the Xbox One Slim right out of the gate,” it said in an investor update. If there were many Xbox 360, Wii U and even PlayStation …

Read More »