Xbox Series S appears to support 1440p resolution at 120fps and costs 299 euros – Gaming – News

That is called market segmentation. Technically it is not that problematic, but you can assume that such a console will be sold at or just below cost price. Regardless of whether that optical module would cost a lot, this is kind of the idea:
– Push people towards subscription
– Individual games often cost much more in their own store than during offers in physical stores
– You cannot resell digital games that easily (or not at all)

By not giving the cheap model optical discs, you can be pretty sure that the customers will have to spend extra money and thus start to profit. If you do put in the optical drive, you run the risk that people who want to save money will only buy second-hand games (that can also indirectly yield money but not very interesting) or even consider it as a fairly expensive 4K Blu Ray player. use.

What I find interesting is that it also gets less RAM. You may be able to load textures at lower resolutions and frame buffers will be a bit smaller, but in terms of game logic it will not matter whether the target is 1440P or 4K I think. Will we get games that limit themselves in terms of technical capabilities to the possibilities of the Series S? If we later get a mid-generation upgrade such as the XBOX One X, you will soon have 3 specs living side by side …

Then Sony’s model with optical or all digital seems a bit more logical since they seem to be otherwise identical, with the likely risk that the PS5s will become, for example, 399 and 499 instead of 299 and 499 (assumptions).

[Reactie gewijzigd door Rctworld op 8 september 2020 12:26]

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