More Powerful PS4 Neo Will Launch This Year - Report

@ramtracker42: I have a friend that has a 10 tflop pc... in tech terms it's cool. But his gaming experience isn't much different.

@ramtracker42: Each and everyone of the games coming to Neo will also be playable on PS4. So I think you would agree with me I said the wisest decision is to hold on to your PS4 up until holiday 2017, and then decide which one of the upgrades suit you best knowing almost everything about Scorpio and Neo.

@wkadalie: $800? Who in their right mind wouldn't just build a PC?

@6t4gp: for starters that price wont be the same at what you have now to what it will be by the time the Scorpio comes out. most of that stuff will be on sale within that year, so if you decide to build a gaming pc right now, most likly get all of thoes items will be much chaper than $370 (for a mid level gaming pc). that 18 month diffrence will change the price, also i belive the Scorpio will costs way more than $500. its going to be close to a 2nd/3rd tier pc so cheapest i can see that thing be £/$700+ unless MS sell for a big loss. cut out peripherals and just concentrate on the main system then you would have a VR ready, 1440p minimal, amd 8 core 4.0/4.5, 16 gb ram with a 1 tb hard drive (with somthing like a gtx 970) custome built for that price mark (£/$700 right now), and probably be cheaper in 18 monthes to include peripherals and still be cheaper. hell theres a £/$200 GPU that able to do VR, if you can SLI (or similar) 2 of them you probably be good enough.

@6t4gp: Those are currant prices... in 18 months when scorpio releases, the price of the same hardware will probably be half of what it is today. I'm not a PC gamer yet, but I'm amazed at how affordable it's becoming so quickly.

@joshrmeyer: Console gamer at heart. Bought the Xbox One first. But what I am realising having just bought my gaming PC is things are just easier now. Steam Big Picture, Nvidia optimised game settings, remote play (stream to a lesser PC on the same network connected to the TV). Xbox apps on PC - game streaming from Xbox etc. PC exclusives, low game prices ... even refunds on Steam. It is all starting to gel together more than it has done in the past.

With Play Anywhere there is some reassurance as a console player, that if you did switch entirely to PC, you in essence take the bulk of your game library with you. Backwards compatibility ... not so much of a problem if a game will play on PC. So Project Scorpio whatever it is will probably have compatibility with these titles straight from launch. I think there is like a cross-over about to happen, with Play Anywhere being the first indication.

@batts86: "Not that many PS4+ exclusives to write home about'. I realize that is subjective ... Yeah totally, it is just not my type of console. A Realm Reborn is the only reason I use it, and now I have a gaming PC thinking of moving over to that due to Keyboard/Mouse/PC better for MMO's than console. So only keep my PS4 hopefully for the Last of Us 2...

As mentioned in a previous comment I think the lines between console and PC are going to be blurred. And Play Anywhere is the start of that deliberate blurring by Microsoft. I think it is a strategy that will ultimately see Xbox Players - playing on a gaming PC (Project Scorpio) and not a console as we know it today.

@Rushaoz: I think it's the first step between bridging the gap between console and PC, that might actually make a difference. With the idea of the platform not being as important as the game itself - because Microsoft lost that battle with Sony. It will not make a massive difference initially, but all depends on what details we get with regards to Project Scorpio. My gut feeling is Project Scorpio will be a gaming PC right out the gate with a Microsoft Logo, not a console as we know consoles now. It will run a gaming version of Windows 10 but with more PC functionality - hooked into the Xbox Live network, and the hardware will be upgradeable up to a point graphics card, memory, storage. That is my feeling anyway - bit like a Steam Machine but a lot better implemented. Microsoft has lost the war of the consoles just based on sales numbers - doubtful they will recover. But merge Xbox and PC gaming into one and your user base is huge...

@Rushaoz: I bought an x1 and am going to sell it first chance I get. And keep my ps4. Now that PC is an option.