Hehe, yeah same here. I DID end up playing Yakuza Remastered Collection and Song of Life on my PS4 Pro last year in preparation for Yakuza: Like a Dragon, but the performance issues with Judgment (and it being a less related spin-off) meant I had no qualms about putting it to the side.

from the 15 minutes I spent with the demo, it seemed to confirm my initial impressions watching game play footage: Mario Odyssey but without the polish or fun momentum based gameplay that makes platformers interesting to play.

Why the Xbox One in that setup? The Series X can do everything the One can do (apart from HDMI passthrough and direct Kinect.

As for the smaller memory compared to the X: Remember, the S doesn’t do 4K and as such, will likely use lower resolution textures. Due to Smart Delivery, the S versions of the games will take up less space than the X versions.
You can still use an external USB device as a back up storage. Yes, you can’t play games from…

Let’s just hope that the disc drive isn’t as loud as in the PS4 Pro. I always wonder if it’s a plane trying to take off when I install a game. :)

It’s easy to have the literal last word when you wait for the competition to make their move :p

Got a taste for Yakuza a few years back when Kiwami 1 was a Playstation Plus title. I’m glad I got over my kinda resentment of the series, I was terribly bitter Sega put so much attention here instead of Shenmue sequels.

Not really.

MS stopped manufacturing the One X because it is going to be redundant when the Series machines drop. Might as well clear inventory now.

From what MS has said, they themselves will for at least another year, focus on games that will run across the entire ecosystem, just the better machine you have, the better the performance will be
Eventually though, I can’t imagine them not having higher end titles that rely on the bigger CPU and faster storage of the…

for 1080p, 4 TFs of GPU power is fine, especially since the ray tracing is basically on top of that. Coupled with the same CPU and storage as the Series X, this will be a decent machine at a sweet price point.

Not at all. At 300$, it would be redundant if it just had the same performance as a One S Digital, just in an even smaller chassis.
It will have the “next gen” features of the Series X, i.e. NVMe storage, multiple suspended games, ray tracing, but limited to 1080p rendering (possible upscaled output) and can still run…

Microsoft was very clear when they announced the Xbox One back in 2013. Generational consoles are OVER for Microsoft. It is ONE overarching ecosystem to them, hence the name, Xbox ONE.
They are basically selling console PCs with varying specs:

Was kinda interested in this, then Sony pulled the Spider-Man exclusivity card and I’m putting my money somewhere else. :p

It’s actually not all that weird.
Considering the enormous budgets associated with the games that would actually only be possible on Series X and PS5 (and I am talking straight up un-scalable design, not merely turning on ray-tracing and upping resolution and frame-rate), they would require a much larger install base…

The One X is being retired. With the Series S coming out, there’s no room for it anymore in the cost/power matrix.

The thing is also, MS CAN undercut, whereas Sony has been hit much harder by the Covid crisis (movie studios) and as an overall entity might be a bit more strapped for cash and unable to sell (significantly) below cost.

Considering that Sony’s modus operandus has been to wait and then undercut when they were launching head to-head (both with the PS1 and PS4) waiting a little longer is a smart play by MS, especially since they have a lot more flexibility with pricing this time around due to the Series S.

Edit: sorry, my bad, misread the article, the Hulu bit was referring to Solar Opposites, not Lower Decks.

Lower Decks is NOT on Hulu.

Well it’s only the first ten games revealed, of which Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder is an absolute highlight, since it has never seen a home version.