Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox Will Arrive in 2020
While Microsoft may have been founded as being a software company, there is no question about it that they are a hardware company too. With the Surface family, the Xbox, and peripherals, the company doesn’t shy away from building its own products and has established a sizeable fanbase who is interested in ‘what’s next’ for the company when it relates to these types of products.
This past week, I was tipped off that the next generation Xbox was codenamed Scarlett and in an effort to track down if this information was accurate, I was able to view content that highlighted several unannounced Microsoft products that are coming in the next two years.
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Microsoft is planning for the next Xbox console release to arrive in 2020. But what is more interesting, is that Microsoft describes ‘Scarlett’ as a family of devices; meaning we may see multiple pieces of hardware released that year.
That date may seem relatively close considering that the Xbox One X launched last year but Microsoft is aggressively moving ahead with hardware in the console space to shake up the industry. But what we don’t know is if this is a brand new set of devices or simply a more ‘powerful’ Xbox One that is again, fully backward compatible with all the content available today.
Considering how much effort Microsoft has put into backward compatibility, I would expect the Scarlett devices to support current gen games but offer more advanced features and align possibly with Microsoft’s upcoming game-streaming services.
As with any leak this far out, timing and plans can change but I was able to verify the information I viewed as being authentic and fully believe that the company is on-track to release the new console in two years.
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My Hell baby speaking
<blockquote>They have already purchased so many studios and companies now.</blockquote><p><br></p><p>The lastest aquisitions are meh. Four small independent studios, not capable of exuding big titles, and one studio I already thought was part of Microsoft's skin.</p><p><br></p><p>BTW what is the survival rate of developer studios gulped by MS?</p>
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Stooks
<p>There is simply no way to trust this "leak" especially when it comes to Microsoft and its constantly changing plans. Is Scarlett the Band, Windows Phone, Windows 10S, Groove of Xbox consoles?</p><p><br></p><p>With the X Microsoft plainly stated it, a more powerful Xbox, was coming to the world.</p><p><br></p><p> </p>
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dontbe evil
<blockquote><a href="#283293"><em>In reply to Stooks:</em></a></blockquote><p><br></p><p>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">With the X Microsoft plainly stated it, a more powerful Xbox, was coming to the world."</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Was/is not?</span></p>
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dontbe evil
<p>2013: xbox one/ps4</p><p>2016: ps4 pro</p><p>2017:xbox one x</p><p>2019 or 2020: ps5?</p><p>2020: nextgen xbox?</p><p><br></p><p>hopefully will be a cheaper and smaller version without optical drive</p>
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