20th December 2019, 6:44 AM
If MS intends to turn the XBox as a concept into the itterative reality of say the iPad, well, I'm out. I like that I don't have to think about consoles except for once every 5 years or so.
If,
A: I have to keep track of each yearly release so I can make sure my games are running optimally and
B: Developers either have to target the latest and greatest so their games run badly on last year's hardware OR they have to target the lowest common denominator making upgrading pointless
Then I'm out. I want consoles to be simple. If they're not simple, there's no point. I might as well just stick to PC.
If,
A: I have to keep track of each yearly release so I can make sure my games are running optimally and
B: Developers either have to target the latest and greatest so their games run badly on last year's hardware OR they have to target the lowest common denominator making upgrading pointless
Then I'm out. I want consoles to be simple. If they're not simple, there's no point. I might as well just stick to PC.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)