They are doing this because a rotten corpse doesn’t force them to compete, they can do whatever they want. If MS didn’t shit the bed with the X Seeries, Sony would be trying harder to please customers, or at least not actively screwing them (see also: 800 EUR PS5 Pro without disc drive or vertical stand).
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Aielman15@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Sony looking at the rotting corpse of Xbox and taking notes. But only the wrong ones.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 5 days ago
BenReilly97@lemmy.world 5 days ago
At least Microsoft hasn’t announced a marginally improved $700 pro console that doesn’t even come with the disk drive.
Yet.
vanontom@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Does anybody remember a decade ago when it leaked Microsoft has some concepts about restrictions on discs (used/shared), everyone gasped, Sony mocked them in a video about “sharing discs” on PS4 and became a turning point in the console wars?
Even a decade later: Remove discs at your peril! Half the reason I’ve even bought consoles is for Blu-ray movies (unbeatable AV quality). Sony won the fucking console and disc drive wars and it was still not enough.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
Generally, I find that the discs often little more than licenses and require the actual have to be downloaded.
med@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Yeah, but how long until it doesn’t come with a power brick, and you have to supply your own?
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
I mean, if it has USB PD, that could be a not so unreasonable thing. That is, supposing USB PD supplies as outlets become common.
med@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I was interested to know if that could work, supply wise.
According to these articles, the series x and the 5 pro aim to draw around 200W in-game.
USB-PD 3.1 (honestly, fuck the USB naming standard, seriously.) can allow for 240W draw.
So, kinda yeah?