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   Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 07:54:24 JST Kevin Beaumont

   Video game industry insider baseball via The Verge - all PS5 titles certified by Sony from now on require PS5 Pro support, despite the console not being announced yet.

   It’s the same deal used with PS4 Pro from back a bunch of years ago, the way it should play out is expect the next big game launches (Dragon Age, Assassin’s Creed Shadows etc) to have PS5 Pro support day one.

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 03:31:28 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     PS5 Pro gets announced tomorrow afternoon.

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 03:38:59 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     I am wondering what Xbox are doing, btw, when it comes to hardware.

     I ponder if they'll do what they did with Copilot+ PCs, and offload Xbox as a brand to different hardware OEMs. E.g. Dell etc can make an Xbox or Xbox portable, as long as it runs XboxOS, meets the hardware requirements etc.

     That way they de-risk the hardware manufacturing flopping but retain the brand and digital sales cut, as they're the only storefront on the devices.

     I hope not as it will ruin Xbox.

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     Tony Hoyle (tony@toot.hoyle.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 03:43:24 JST Tony Hoyle

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     @GossiTheDog The way Microsoft are going they'll announce an xbox with an AI chatbot in it..

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     Stu (tehstu@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 03:48:51 JST Stu

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     @GossiTheDog that would be an easier way to exit the hardware business though, which probably has thin margins, and just eat that sweet, sweet subscription money.

     Xbox has got caught up in Microsoft's Make Line Go Up brain worms, rather than something they appear willing to subsidize forever. Surely only a matter of time before it's enshittified beyond the point of use (and they're about to lose their "fastest" claim).

     Sony must be running out of cabbages to lol into.

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     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 00:59:49 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     PS5 Pro announced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HaRMiTfvks

     $700. $30 for the vertical stand this time and $80 for a disc drive as they removed it (and angled the pictures so you can't see it that XD)

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     System Adminihater (systemadminihater@cyberplace.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 01:55:17 JST System Adminihater

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     @GossiTheDog This just means that the 5090 will be $2200