PS5 and Xbox Scarlett Are Both Very Powerful, According to new leaks

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According to a new report, both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Scarlett are "very powerful," which perhaps suggests a premium price point. The report comes way of Kotaku reporter and scoopmaster Jason Schreier, who is widely considered one of most reliable sources in the industry. According to the journalist, he's heard "whispers" that both of the next-gen consolea from PlayStation and Xbox are very powerful. How powerful exactly, isn't divulged, though Schreier does emphasize "very," which does seem to suggest the consoles may be more powerful than current estimates.

Schreier also notes that for whatever reason, Microsoft is "well behind" Sony when it comes to communicating with third-party developers. This probably won't matter in the grand scheme of things, but it's interesting to hear, and is something that other previous reports have echoed. This could lead to more PS5 games at launch than Xbox Scarlett games. It could also mean developers are getting more time with the next-gen PlayStation console in comparison to the next Xbox. For now though, this is nothing more than speculation.

Lastly, the Kotaku reporter notes that Sony is really going all in on being accessible as possible, which is why it's been beating the "no load times" drum. In other words, perhaps except some additional accessibility features from the PS5 that are similar or push accessibility like no load times. Of course, no load times itself is something many are skeptical about. It's unlikely this means games won't have load times at all, but rather booting up games will be drastically reduced or erased all together, and maybe first-party games from Sony itself will have minimal to no loading times. Again, for now, all we can really do is speculate.

A few more next-gen tidbits:
- MS has been well behind Sony w/r/t communication, but that probably won't matter next fall
- Whispers suggest PS5 and XB2 have similar specs (and both sound VERY powerful)
- PS5 strategy is to be as accessible as possible (hence "no load times")
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) December 4, 2019

Posted: Dec 07, 2019 9:11 am
Last Updated: Dec 07, 2019 10:28 am
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/12/05/ps5-xbox-scarlett-details-rumor-powerful/

Comments

OGTrey079Posted: Sat. Dec 07, 2019

KyloCrux Based on all the reports I'd say they'd keep up with some mid to high range PCs. Can't wait for the next generation of consoles. Excited to see what can be done with them.

I guess to an extent. Consoles are good for what they are and obviously they should strive for high specs but at same time they shouldn't try to be something they aren't like a PC. They're aiming for 8k when who really needs that and should be aiming for 4k at most with high frame rate yet it wouldn't even matter that much with most people's display not having a high refresh rate let alone lacking a good grey to grey response time.

ZydrinPosted: Sat. Dec 07, 2019

Based on all the reports I'd say they'd keep up with some mid to high range PCs. Can't wait for the next generation of consoles. Excited to see what can be done with them.