After hyping up their announcement via Eurogamer, Microsoft has finally shed light on just what their upcoming console will have under the hood. The picture above details what these specs are, as well as compares them with the PS4 Pro and Xbox One. It'll also be utilizing Microsoft's Direct 3D 12, and if you have a gaming PC, you'll know that DirectX12 usually allows for impressive performance boosts. Featuring 12 GBs of RAM, a 1TB HDD, and a 4K UHD Bluray player (which the PS4 Pro lacks), it seems that this console has blown expectations away. During the event, Forza was shown off, running at a stunning native 4K/60fps. Not only that, but since the Scorpio is backwards compatible, that means that currently existing Xbox One titles, as well as backwards compatible 360 titles will be getting in on the huge performance and visual boost. Eurogamer has a more specific article, linked below, if you want to really dig into what the console does.

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[eriol33]

scorpio and ps4 pro really weird, can we say they are 8.5 gen? something like dreamcast and sega master system?

 

[Ericthegreat]

True 4K and 12GB GDDR5 is worth way more than that

Yea, I highly doubt will actually be 4k at 60 fps in a lot of games.

 

[Enteking]

It seems to be a little bit more powerful than the PS4 Pro but not dramatically more powerful. I was hoping for a real dedicated GPU instead of a lame APU design.

 

[Mystic Shadow]

It's 8gb of dev ram so the 4 is for other stuff. Gotta wait till it gets games I want to play on it and price. Still better off getting a PC.

 

[Qtis]

Ehh, 4K@60fps is sort of a relative term really. As the GTX 1080 Ti is the first GPU closing on actually being a viable 4K-capable single GPU card, it's strange to believe Project Scorpio to succeed in delivering the same experience. Just by looking at the price of the 1080 Ti itself, your closing the price of both the PS4Pro and Xbox One S. Hard to see this in any way being comparable as @WiiUBricker already mentioned.

 

[Kioku]

Yea, I highly doubt will actually be 4k at 60 fps in a lot of games.

Obviously.. A top of the line computer still struggles to do that.

 

[DeslotlCL]

Yeah, I'm sure many third party company can make game using this spec to its full power. Can you imagine Shovel Knight in 4K? Real shit man.

Being sarcastic about an indie title? nice try.

 

[osaka35]

So no vega or ryzen tech, eh? that's a bit disappointing, though I suppose research takes longer than that.

 

[OldGnashburg]

Wait till somebody hacks it. Wii U emulation on XBOX One FTW!

 

[KingVamp]

Unlike a PC, it doesn't have to worry about doing more than gaming as much, so they will probably help with the 4K/60fps. Not sure how much, tho.

As for the price? While I don't think it will be insane, I doubt it will be $400. Since this is a 1/2 step, you don't have to worry about multiplats too much. If the Scorpio gets exclusives, it not going be for the original Xbox 1 or PS4 either.

I see why they are doing 1/2 step consoles. They don't want rebuilt a userbase and helps against hacking.

due to the censorship

I had to look. What censorship?

 

[Bladexdsl]

why didn't you put the switch specs up to compare it too as well?

 

[Joe88]

Im guessing at least $599-699

 

[MionissNio]

With dat specs Oculus rift could work flawlessly with the system. Though I think VR is gimmicky right now.

Unfortunately the price will come out to be instance like 799 USD or something.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

I had to look. What censorship?

Here ya go:



Wii U - Definitive Experience

 

[s157]

599 seems a decent price for it. Above that there's not too much of a reason just to upgrade a PC to have similar spec's unless their exclusives end up not being playable at PC, least at start.

 

[netovsk]

Forza already runs at 60fps on XB1, awesome at 4k still.

Nice specs, with good upcoming titles both from Microsoft and 3rd party coming along this year, this should make for great holidays this year

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

good upcoming titles both from Microsoft

Such as? More Gears, Forzas and Halos?

 

[netovsk]

599 seems a decent price for it. Above that there's not too much of a reason just to upgrade a PC to have similar spec's unless their exclusives end up not being playable at PC, least at start.

It's unlikely, Microsoft is going full heads on against Steam with the play anywhere initiative.

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Such as? More Gears, Forzas and Halos?

Like Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves for this year. Microsoft owns Undead Labs, Rare and other studios as well.

 

[KingVamp]

Here ya go:



Wii U - Definitive Experience

I wouldn't count that as censorship and not enough to affect the overall game. Not everything that's taking out of a game, is censorship. Apparently the port of the WII U versions, didn't even add those scenes back.

 

[s157]

It's unlikely, Microsoft is going full heads on against Steam with the play anywhere initiative.

If so, that's disheartening. Well, if anything, here's hoping exclusives are optimized for the scorpio and they get in that xbox game pass going strong at its launch. A good number of exclusives releasing around the same time would help turn my head towards it and away from my switch/PC/ps4.