It has always been stronger

Wait till E3 next year

If you look at the history of video games, it's usually the games that help the console dominate the generation. Power alone did little: Atari Jaguar, Xbox, Neo Geo, N64, etc.

@XXanderXX
It's not about the life span, but more about the games. Xbox had a good amount of titles released for it (Halo, Crimsone Skies, etc), but PS2 already had a huge backing of exclusives which set the record for the sales of PS2.
I was an early adapter of the 360 because of the numerous "games" shown at E3 and promised when the 360 launched.

@Ravenor
I don't think the NEO GEO sunk, it just didn't dominate the console competition. Imagine SNK sealed an exclusive deal with Capcom on SF2 and Champion Edition at the time.

@PhoenixUp
The SNES was not; it has it's tech advantages over the Genesis but processing power wasn't one of them.

Sony has the best Single Player games. MS has the best Multiplayer games. It's all about what your own. Neither choice is inferior just different.

The thing that gets me is that any game you can play on xbox as an exclusive, I can play it on my PC. There's still going to be a huge gap in what my PC can do compared to what the scorpio can do. If I could get the sony exclusive games on the PC as well, I wouldn't ever need a console.

Two things unrelated. The power of a console and the quality of its games.

MSoft needs to impress the masses with the Scorpio. Late 2017 seems like a mistake to release a upgraded Xone that probably won't be taken advantage of.

Sony could easily kill the Scorpio by just mentioning PS5 is in the works.

The HD will have to be 2tb or higher if Microsoft wants my attention after buying the XBOX One S 2tb

The only Triple A Xbox Games that's confirmed for 2017 that I can think of is
Halo Wars 2
Scalebound
Sea of thieves
Crackdown 3
Hopefully Microsoft have some surprises at E3 2017. Getting the Xbox One Scorpio day one.

I dont know i think you should wait til e3 to make that kind of assumption. Im looking foward to cuphead , scalebound , crackdown 3, sea of thieves, halo 6 hopefully and whatever else gets announced for the scorpio launch.

On ps im looking foward to horizon zero dawn, days gone and god of war (hopefully they drop next year) and spiderman so far. But hopefully most of what the they showed have a release date of next year cause that would be awesome.

After this past weekend's PlayStation Experience, Microsoft's Project Scorpio will be officially declared dead on arrival. What's under the hood of their new piece of plastic and tin is irrelevant to the real issue that's going on. Microsoft has always been incompetent when it comes to gaming console logistics. The reason why Xbox One is suffering is because Microsoft is now feeling the consequences of 15 years of bad business decisions.

When Microsoft was busy wasting their cash on washed up PlayStation®2 exclusives to appear on Xbox 360, Sony Interactive Entertainment was busy focusing on superior in-house AAA titles that paved the way forward for gaming and ultimately led PlayStation®3 to the promised land. Third party support has waned away from Xbox and has migrated towards the PS4 to ensure maximum profitability.

Microsoft has been exposed for the one trick ponies that they are. Their highest selling exclusives on their system are all shooters. This accurately represents the brain dead audience that plays their system. If you want variety and a wide range of games to suit your gaming needs, you won't find that on Xbox. All you will find is the same 2 shooters combined with a bunch of shovelware that no one cares about.

2017 is almost here and the winner of the 512 bit generation has already been declared. Dark Sniper is glad that he made the correct choice in this generation. He knows which system he will be playing for his 4K gaming needs.

$niper

Calm down people!
I'm sure that at e3 things will change. SONY will show the same just showed to us but MS will come with new projects.
But I got to say that until now ps4 have the edge with the exclusive in the future.
In my case I don't care. I will buy the Scorpio for the multiplatform games and the MS's exclusives and the ps4 for the ps4 exclusives..... I'll be fine.

of course playstation games lineup are stronger, since sony actually give us games we want to play, compare to that other console, RIP "sunset overdrive" :(

No contest - games are more important and as long as the PS4 Pro delivers exclusives like TLOU2, Uncharted, God of War, Spider Man, etc., it does not matter how powerful Scorpio is or whether it will be the most powerful console in the world for long (only until Sony announces PS5).

With Nintendo back in the fray with the Switch, and the PlayStation going from strength to strength, Scorpio will need exclusive games (and I mean not available on PC) to make it a necessity. Right now, if you have the PS4 or the PRO and have a decent gaming PC, Xbox is irrelevant. Adding a PSVR and the Switch when it arrives, most gamers will have access to so many games that missing the 4 or 5 (at the most) that Microsoft releases each year won't mean much unless you are a Halo, Gears of War or Forza die hard.

Sony's Game lineup has always been stronger

could you imagine if this was piece on ps4, the uproar would be insane. This is a BS article, most of you know it but I digress as if people haven't noticed by now PC isn't playing any major factor in Xbox One or stopping people from buying the console bundles or it's games. sigh

It is and always will be about the games and in that area Sony DOMINATES. End of story. MS is compelled to give gamers the annual dose of Halo Gears and Forza til the cows come home. They would be wise to create some fresh NEW original IP's to push along with the Scorpio to show they can adapt to something new and take the chance like Sony does. Variety is always better than the same old games over and over and over. So even if Scorpio has the power edge it wont mean anything if they cant manage to make the games to go with it. The PRO is strong and smartly designed and Sony will be able to create amazing games for us with the power thats available and many third party games already taking advantage of the PRO's muscle have shown very nice results. So in the end it is all about the games.

Isn't Sony's lineup always better? Mind you it makes me f*cking sick when I look at that list by The_Infected ... Is this what defines a console? The exclusives? I know that yet again this just makes me sound like one of those complainers but come on! Our community was built on complaining to get what we want! So why the hell are we letting corporations take our content hostage like this? I mean it's not like the Playstation doesn't stand a chance on it's own ...
That said, the Scorpio, regardless of price (that's a pretty big regardless XD) still looks to ME way better than any other current console out there ...

* I have a PC, Wii U, XB1, 3DS, Vita & PSP to play games on.

* Eventually once I've caught up with my backlog of games from these, I'll buy a PS4 and get to play a ton of those games for a reduced price.

Doesn't matter what you game on. The are all worth owning, so seeing comments like " who needs and xbox", is just plain arrogance which = ignorance.

That same type of arrogance was "100 % sure Hilary Clinton will be our next president"............... ..We all know how that turned out.

* Sony gamers.....why do some of you come across as so elitist,entitled and arrogant.....like you come across as though you actually think you are better than people.

^ Do you not think this might get some people to think less of you ? Do you even care ?

It's not all of you...most of you are cool, but I find this Sony Arrogance this gen to be disgusting.

* It's worth owning PC,Wii U, XB1, PS4, 3DS, Vita, PSP & soon to be Nintendo Switch along with every other gaming console in existence.

* If you actually truly love games, then you understand they are all important and worth owning.

* If you are still mentally weak and immature, then you probably say comments like " who needs an xbox"...or whatever console you don't prefer.

Gamers need to grow up a bit.

Xbox has slowly been declining in decent exclusives for years, all they need to do is ignore the millennials listen to some people with great fresh ideas and apply them.

I fully agree.. Its not only about horse power.. They need exclusive titles that make people outside their fanbase to get excited for..

So much hate in the comments, its amazing.

On Topic:
We are talking about 2017 and as it stands right now, both have a great lineup. Sony will have Horizon, Nioh, GT SPORT, MLB, Hellblade, Knack 2, Persona 5 and Ace Combat 7 plus a few smaller japanese games. Microsoft will launch Halo Wars 2, Scalebound, Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves, Forza Motorsport 7 and State of Decay 2.
So you have to ask yourself the question which Lineup you prefer, Multiplayer or Singleplayer.

As it stands right now with everything we know, you go for the SP/RPG games to Sony and for MP/Racing/Shooter games to Microsoft.

You probably all know where I stand, but I love MP games and don't care about most japanese games, so Xbox One is my main console. PS4 has just 0 MP games worth playing right now, but I like me some SP mayhem on the PlayStation once in a while.

Make a list what games you REALLY want to buy and decide which console you like more, its that easy. Just don't come up with "OMGGGGG THIS CONSOLE IS DEADZZZZZ NOW LOL ROFL DIE", just have a nice discussion once in a while.

Scorpio!

If MS's next gen console really does release near the end of 2017...Sony's PS5 better not be far behind...

Can't wait for Forza 7 for Scorpio hope they go for 1080p to make the game look as much real as posible, because if the go for 4k the game will look just Colorful with more pixel count

No but wait it can make a imaginative thought provoking paperweight.

Sony has some great games but only a handful pique my interest.

One thing that is noticeable especially on this site is that dormant desperation of these games years away being the killing point of the Xbox Scorpio.

Once Scorpio is revealed it will dominate the articles, bring back resolution gate, be a main talking point for a large chunk of 2017 so it's totally understandable why these preparatory measures are taken to make it all about software we have no idea is releasing.

For for all Xbox fans get ready. The lists of Bs no one really cares about and people with PhDs in Chequerboard 4K are almost upon us.

"Much stronger" may be the biggest understatement of the decade. Sony is killing it with games right now.

I feel sorry for Xbox fans next year
Ps4 is just in another league with its game library...currently enjoying last guardian :)

Project Scorpio still Day 1 for me. Playstations line up no matter how great will never sway my decision.

The entire year of 2017 is going to be a blast for the many of diverse exclusive games releasing on the PS4 including 2018.I can't say the same for MS possibly 2 or 3 exclusive games.

2 days after PSX and now all eyes back on Project Scorpio.

That shows you whats up.

lol

imho that's always been the case with Sony. Stronger lineup. Xbox has fooled me twice now. Not again. I need substantial offerings before I bite a third time. While those experiences were great it wasn't enough to warrant dropping $300-400 on a console. Though for Lost Odyssey alone I almost wish I'd have kept my 360 but at the same time, would I have ever even played it again? probably not, when there's so many great games always dropping it's hard to look back.

I personally am not interested in the Scorpio at all, but the author has made a few blunders;

"There is no doubt that Microsoft’s Project Scorpio has about 6TFLOPS integrated with its GPU – that’s almost twice what the PS4 Pro currently has"

6 TFLOPS is almost twice 4.2 TFLOPS?
Do numbers change their value when FLOPS get involved?

Also, as Scorpio is likely to be released towards the end of 2017, surely what is released in 2018 will be more relevant (even if MS tend to release all their games at the end of the year).

love how the defence force is strong in this thread with lots of troll replies but they never get spamebut say one thing in a Sony thread and the bans come thick and fast, unbelievable

the circle jerk begins youre comparing software of a hardware that is less than a year out lol. Journalist?! get out of your mommas attic and find more ideas to inform us of what developers are doing and educating gamers on what games are being overlooked to give those games a shot.

I can afford all of them and will have all of them. I win.

Lol no, besides Horizon nothing jumps out to me. 6tfs, Cuphead, Scalebound, the best fps and the best racer now that jumps out.

Sony has always had more and better exclusives

My favorite games so far this generation are Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Dark Souls III, Sunset Overdrive, Diablo III and Destiny. The only one of those games that isn't on Xbox is Bloodborne. Not saying everyone has the same tastes in games but thinking Xbox doesn't have great games isn't true either.

My Xbone hasn't been touched since Halo 5, but let's not act like they don't have anything up their sleeves. I believe they are awaiting E3 to announce their line up.

I mean, don't get me wrong, Sony will still bulldoze MS on the exclusive side for the foreseeable future but, I'm not going to act like MS won't come out swinging in 2017. They will try to win E3 in 2017.

I remember people saying the ps pro was a toaster when it was announced

What's new it's been stronger since day one. Xbox just don't seem to wanna bother with Games.

Its not that relevant . PS4's best selling exclusive Didn't outsell Wiiu's top 5 best selling exclusives. PS4 is the best console to play COD, ,AC ,Destiny, Watch Dogs, Ect, for the best price. That's really the truth of it. Sony was smart to recognize it and get all those marketing deals, not to mention MS shooting themselves in the foot helped a lot.

Let out wallets do the speaking
I'd rather get a switch than an Xboxone, I buy consoles for games and fun not so much for power.
Even the 3ds and "dead" PSVITA are better choices at this point.

Thanx for letting us know.

I just canceled my Scorpio pre-order.

The comments on this website literally make my brain hurt.

Sony's got a great line-up coming, there's no denying that. If you do it's because you're immature and buy into flame war bullshit. Microsoft's line-up, while not as diverse or strong, is still good with lots of exciting games on the horizon. You guys literally bicker and argue about this shit until you're blue in the face instead of just talking about games you enjoy.

Get over yourselves already. This is seriously the most toxic community and it's just sad because it could be so much better.

Can't help but agree, this is why i play on playstation, right now i couldn't tell you what in house games MS are bringing

Project Scorpio Just seems like Microsoft is throwing in the towel on this gen. Four times the power isn't a mid gen upgrade, its a whole new system. If the uptake is strong I see them dropping Xbox one pretty fast (within 2 years). They did this before with Xbox to 360 and it worked, guess they are hoping it will again

Wow! Off topic, since when can we cancel votes on N4G?

Killer Instinct and Forza are the only two Wndows IP's I wish were on PlayStation.

Of.course im buying a scorpio, I already have the pro,.not.a.big upgrade from the regular ps4

Insecurity all over this article

As much as I want improved consoles and would like to upgrade my Xbox One, I just can't justify the upgrade. I use my PC for all multi-platform gaming, and my PS4, XBO, and Wii U are all for the exclusive games. And unfortunately, the only Xbox One exclusives I was interested in coming out in 2017 have since been announced for PC. So, there really is no reason for me to get one.

its not even close

it's so dirty that xbox sections of n4g are regularly used to advertise for playstation. they'll mention something xbox just to push a playstation game or the playstation agenda as a whole. why couldn't that just mention xbox scropio and just stick with that for an xbox article? there always has to be something that says hey.... look over here and not over there even though im using this to catch your attention. sad but true. if you don't see it now, either you haven't been paying attention, but please pay attention now. i promise that you'll see it.

You can't argue with that title. Being the most powerful console without having attractive exclusives just isn't enough. But i guess microsoft needs to learn it the hard way, again!!!!! Instead of relying on scorpio their main goal, during the last 6+ years, should have been to deliver the games to offer a broad lineup for gamers to choose of. And that's where the failed and fail miserably. First tv,tv,tv, then all the secret sauces including scorpio. It's crazy when you think about how well they started with og xbox(which is btw still one of my favorite consoles of all time) until midgen 360. that's when they lost their focus. I really wish they would use some of all the money they have and build up quality first party studios which are also free to try new things if they want to instead of making only shooters. Then ms will finally become a valuable competitor in the console business again.

So essentially it's Horizon vs Scorpio? Yeah nice try