I know certain fans of certain company on certain forum are up in arms regarding Lockhart news, but I always saw Lockhart as very logical step for MS (and Sony).
Having two consoles, A and B, that share the same CPU, same SSD, same GPU tech, one having 2-3x more TFLOPs, but also playing games on considerably higher resolution, is smart.
I imagine they will position them like this :
Anaconda and PS5 4k top specs - 499$
Lockhart entry level next gen - 1080p/1440p, weaker GPU and no disc drive - 299/349$
BAM!!!Thats damn good strat. Anaconda and PS5 play games at 4K high settings, Lockhart plays them at medium in 1440p.
MS will also make Xcloud farm of Lockhart consoles as resolution for streaming is not required to be anything more then 1440p, so perfect oportunity to put thousands upon thousands of discless Lockharts on cloud.
10/10. As Phil implied the other day, they wont be beaten on specs nor price so Lockhart makes complete sense.