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I know many here get sick of some of my stories while Ybarra was there but yes indeed they honestly thought every single game would be better on the Seres X just due to that TF number
I also said this before it was before the launch of this gen that Ybarra brought up to us in chat that MS got wind of the PS5 Pro (without looking back at exact dates it was sometime in 2019) and Ybarra even said something along the lines it was a panic move on Sony's part to "catch" the Series X
Even the lead architect on the Series X Jason Ronald was in voice with Ybarra and a few of us watching the road to PS5 and Ronald and Ybarra both laughed at the PS5 SSD saying they blew too much R&D on that and not enough on brute power
I assume its very likely why those at Xbox did not have a pro console counter ready (even though they researched that option at one point)
It was pretty obvious in the leaked email Phil Spencer sent to Nadella after the Cerny talk. He was damn near giddy. Stark contrast from his admission of defeat last year after the Redfall debacle. I'm still hopeful for an Xbox turnaround myself. Mainly because I firmly believe that Sony needs direct competition to keep them from getting lazy and complacent.