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Fears that the Xbox Scorpio would launch at a price in-line with a PC can be put to bed, with Xbox boss Phil Spencer telling AusGamers that the 4K system will launch at a “console price point”.
The key for Xbox was designing a new console which delivered on the promise of 4K gaming, without sacrificing the affordability of a console.
“When you talk to me about Scorpio, the term I use about the architecture isn’t the six teraflops which is obviously what we’ve announced, it’s balance,” explained Spencer.
He continued: “Really what it is, is you want a platform that is balanced between memory bandwidth, GPU power, you know, your ability to move memory and [an] amount of memory around in many ways is more inhibiting to the performance of your game than absolute teraflops on any one of the individual pieces, and when we designed Scorpio we really thought about this balanced rig that could come together at a price-point. Like, I want Scorpio to be at a console price-point, I’m not trying to go and compete with a high-end rig. And because we’re building one spec, we’re able to look at the balance between all the components and make sure that it’s something we really hit that matters to consumers and gamers.”
Of course, a console price point is a pretty broad range, but you’d imagine Xbox would be keen to see the Scorpio launch at around the £349 mark in Holiday 2017.
Source: AusGamers
