E3 2016: Sony Talks Project Scorpio Reveal
One of the big pieces of news from the Microsoft Press conference was the reveal of Project Scorpio, which Microsoft dubbed the “most powerful console ever made”. This obviously got the attention of Sony, SCE President Andrew House, who confessed he was “surprised” by the timing of the announcement.
“I was surprised by the step of announcing something over a year ahead of time,” House told The Guardian, pointing out that “there’s a much heavier emphasis on immediate gratification than there was,” citing Apple’s “available now” montra.
He also went on to talk about the PlayStation Neo, which they intentionally revealed before E3, as to not build up hype for something they knew wasn’t coming for a while, “the point of confirming the existence of PlayStation 4 NEO and the bare bones of the plan last week was about not disappointing the fan base who would obviously come to E3 with high expectations of all kinds of announcements.”
Finally, he re-affirmed what the Neo would be, and that it “is a high-end version of a PlayStation 4… rather than a generational shift,” and is a way for Sony to keep up with the growing PC market. “We’ve traditionally seen that some of the core audience tends to gravitate back to high-end PCs at some point because these are the people who want the finest graphical performance,” House explained. “So here’s a great opportunity to have them stay within our ecosystem.”