And now there's word Sony will offer yet another version, a slimmer version for Q3 this year. Also, it's about 1.5 pounds/.7kg less than the launch console. It consumes 10% less power and runs ~3C cooler than the original version and ~2C cooler than the 1100. However the 1200 series (Q3 2022 production start) had a significant change with a new motherboard PCB design as well as yet another cooling tweak with lighter components.

The Q4 2020 launch was the 1000, and the 1100 update (Q2 2021-Q2 2022 production) had a cooling tweak design.

So.has Microsoft improved on the XBSX since the launch? Sony is now on the third iteration of its PS5 which is currently the 1200 series - one I purchased last November.

Presumably this means the price increase is happening while these old consoles keep getting cheaper to build and more profitable every day, which is scummy.īut it's like they always say ,'Desperate record-breaking-profit times call for desperate record-breaking-profit measures.' I think people are going to keep going to go back to PC as the cost of most non-Nvidia parts continues to drop like a brick. That means however far they are behind, its not close. I think a lot of gamers share my feelings of not wanting to buy into the ecosystem, since Microsoft is too embarrassed to ever bring up their sales figures. They almost had an advantage with higher specs than the PS5, but then they completely kneecapped that advantage by building an astonishingly bloated OS and forcing games to be compatible with severely underpowered XseS.Īlso, we're almost 3 years deep and they still haven't released anything resembling 'system seller' games. I would be mad, but I don't actually want an XseX, since they are laggy ad-heavy always-online nightmares built around an ever-increasing pile of 'infinite money forever' subscription scams.

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