New Xbox-es Announced

[booman]

Apparently Microsoft is going to produce two Xboxes as their new consoles.

• Xbox One S
• Xbox One X

https://www.windowscentral.com/what-does-next-gen-look-xbox-here-are-latest-rumors

"S" is going to be the more affordable model while the "X" is going to have higher specs for a state-of-the-art gaming experience.

To me, this appears to be anti-console development. Imagine developers having to make two versions of their game for two hardware requirements. I thought the point of consoles was to make it easy for consumers and developers by have a hardware standard for each game.

If each console developer went this route, then they have less argument porting to Linux with all of our distros and PC hardware.

 

[danrok]

The Xbox One S and X are current models.

The X being capable of higher display resolutions, i.e. 4K.

 

[booman]

Why sell two models?
Why not a single affordable model that can be upgraded later on?

 

[Kaitain]

Why sell two models?
Why not a single affordable model that can be upgraded later on?

If you need to ask that, you're not really a capitalist

That being said, as MS sells the xbox at a loss and only really makes money off the games, they're not doing it right, either...

 

[booman]

Nope, not even a business man.
I'm always thinking about the "under-dog" instead of "the man"

Why am I not surprised?
Hardware - Write off
Games - Profit

Linux will never be able to use this business model