The price of both systems will be decisive in settling the balance between Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. The industry believes in this regard.
After knowing the final technical specifications of both Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, two consoles very similar in some respects and radically different in others, the industry has begun to offer its first feelings about it. Although the entire sector seems to be excited, the price seems an indispensable element to tip the balance on one side or the other. Former Xbox chief marketing officer Albert Penello is clear: If PS5 costs $ 399, it's going to be a great deal.
"I didn't think it was going to be well above 9 TFLOPS"
It has been in the ResetERA forums – which are being a real hotbed of comments both for these announcements and for the coronavirus situation these days – where he has given his opinion in this regard; And he seemed very impressed, even praising PS5 architect Mark Cerny, who seems to be accomplishing something unheard of with that CPU and GPU despite the fact that PlayStation 5 will be 18% less powerful than Xbox Series X in raw muscle.
Mark Cerny during the PS5 presentation.
"I think they are making some very smart moves," he begins by saying. "Really. Remember, I never thought that (PS5) was going to be above 9 TFLOPS, so I'm not disappointed. If it really costs $ 399, it will be a bargain, "he ends up saying.
The Japanese console will incorporate 10.28 TFLOps in its GPU with a 3.5 GHz Zen 2 8-core CPU and 16 GB of RAM. Xbox Series X will feature 12 TFLOPS; however, everything will depend on how the developers take advantage of it and how completely it will be to work with that power; if the speed of the SSD is in tune with that power … Many conditioning factors apart from the power in crude oil.
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