This is one hype train I’d avoid.
No, I’m not talking about Microsoft’s Xbox One X. That’s old news at this point. We’re looking to the future now, to the so-called Mad Box (go.pcworld.com/mabo), a new console announced by Project CARS developer Slightly Mad Studios this week. CEO Ian Bell promises the Mad Box will run games at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second, with full support for the major virtual reality headsets—thus the “most powerful console” comment.
And he promises it will ship in three-ish years, for a price comparable to other nextgen consoles—which raises the question, what will those next-gen consoles look like? What does the Mad Box tell us, if anything, about the PlayStation 5 and whatever Microsoft’s next Xbox is named? What features will be important? And, in turn, what effect will that have on the PC?
THE STAR CITIZEN OF CONSOLES
First, let’s talk about the Mad Box itself. We might as well.
I don’t see a world in which the Mad Box sells. I just don’t. There’s been a lot of credulous reporting on the Mad Box this week, a lot of people reiterating Bell’s claims without analysis. I can’t find that same cautious optimism within me.
This story is from the February 2019 edition of PCWorld.
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