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Microsoft Announces Xbox One S, Project Scorpio Gaming Consoles (engadget.com)
Details of Microsoft's rumored new console have dropped ahead of the company's conference at E3 tradeshow Monday. It appears the long-anticipated smaller and more powerful variant of company's current console is real. According to a leaked press render, Microsoft will be announcing the Xbox One S (where S stands for Slim) at the gaming event. The Xbox One S will be 40 percent smaller than the Xbox One, and pack in more powerful processing and graphics muscle. According to the render, the Xbox One S will come with a 2TB hard drive, and feature support for 4K video playback and High Dynamic Range. According to separate reports, the Xbox One S is likely to be priced at $399 for the 2TB variant. Update: 06/13 16:58 GMT by M : Microsoft has officially taken the wraps off the product. It will be available for purchase starting August. AnandTech has more details.Also at its event, Microsoft announced Xbox Play Anywhere. The Verge reports: It lets you buy participating cross-platform games once, and own them on both platforms. If you buy a game on Xbox One it will simply appear in your Windows 10 library, and vice versa, and your saved games, achievements, and other information will carry over between the two versions.Microsoft also unveiled "Project Scorpio", a high-powered Xbox One launching next year that is capable of supporting 4K content as well as virtual reality headsets. "We are creating more choice in your gaming experience than ever before," said Xbox chief Phil Spencer to open Microsoft's E3 conference. No word on its pricing yet.
they should make it 100% smaller and stop polluting slashdot
Why does anything need an optical drive in 2016? You can't use the console without an internet connection anyway.
We will update the story when things become official.
Like Microsoft's little bitch site.
How much did they pay for the red title banner?
Will you be able to see the spyware better in 4K? Are the specs faster or the same just lagging on more pixels you can't see? If you wear glasses will you get 360 noscope's in 4K? Will the smaller size fit in your pocket next to bribe money?
ill never understand the push to make every console/computer 10% smaller with every generation.
I dont remember ever thinking my xbox was too big. I dont remember wishing it was smaller.
Wishing it was more reliable, absolutely.... wishing it didnt take forever to load, yes again.
But smaller? Thats never been on the want list for any console ive ever had.
The editors have no fault, it's the userbase that's to blame for not upvoting the story while it was in the firehose.
You can try to change the userbase, or you can go to a place with a gayer userbase like Soylent news.
Either way, the right thing to do is vote Trump.
Anyone know if the xbox ones had the typical ring of death problems that the 360 did? I might buy one now that they are price reduced, as long as this time Microsoft actually offered a quality product.
So Sony announced a 4K PS4 and Surprise! There's now going to be a 4K Xbox one. Well who didn't see that coming. Of course now they effectively both destroyed the console lifecycle I expect we'll soon see the law of diminishing returns kick in as people stop buying consoles because they're worried they might out of date in a few years rather than the usual 5 or more.
If credible reports are to be believed, the XB1-S is the first of two successors to the current XB1. There is a second machine, rumoured to have significantly upgraded internals, which is apparently due next year, to compete with the PS4 Neo. This might, of course, all be proven wrong within the next few hours following MS's E3 presentation.
But if the reports are correct, then things start to look very odd. The XB1-S described in TFA looks like a pretty normal mid-generation hardware refresh, similar to the 360-S or the PS3-slim from the last generation. It reduces the form-factor and apparently adds support for 4k Blu-Rays (the current XB1 can do 4k video output, but there is currently pretty much nothing that makes use of it), but doesn't do much else. So far, so sane. But then this is apparently only going to be given a few months on the market before a significantly more powerful "XB1.5" is released, which will offer a significantly bigger step up.
There's something not quite right with this current console generation. It's hard to put a finger on precisely what - the sales numbers (even for the XB1) are pretty great compared to the last generation - but there is definitely something that isn't quite gelling. Despite being over two and a half years old, the software libraries for the PS4 and XB1 remain fairly thin, being light on the major exclusives that have powered previous generations and heavy on "HD remasters" of old games. If, like me, you prefer to game on a PC, the reasons to own the new consoles look pretty thin (and I sort-of regret my own purchases).
I don't know whether there is something sinister emerging in the financials which the public can't see, but both Sony and MS seem to be spooked in a way that the numbers don't quite support (MS's position isn't what they wanted, but is also by no means bad). I still can't work out why, at a point in the cycle when they should be enjoying the huge third-party licensing fees that should be rolling in thanks to their large installed base, Sony are taking a massive gamble and splitting their user-base with the PS4 Neo. Slightly more understandable is why MS would feel the need to follow suit, but even that doesn't quite feel right. All the omens for Nintendo's NX look pretty dire, so I doubt it's that which has Sony or MS spooked.
As I say, hard to put my finger on it, but there is definitely something odd going on.
Like you had an xbone, now you had to buy a second one, so you have two xbones.
Are they hoping for an old school "play dem xbones"? reference?
Knowing what group of terrorists one is referring to is important. Were they Eco terrorists, anti-gov terrorists, radical Islamic terrorists, radical Christian terrorists or what?
Yes, if a Christian claims his faith made him do i'd call them radical Christian terrorists.
Suppressed it? Oh, do fuck off.
If your machine lacks an optical drive, and the best home Internet connection in your area is satellite or cellular with a cap on the order of 5 to 15 GB/mo, good luck carrying your console and a monitor into town every time you want to install a game, even if you aren't using online multiplayer. Many rural users are in this situation due to the DSL distance limit. And in Seattle, Washington, the Director's Rule requires a supermajority of nearby landowners to approve any construction, where failure to respond counts as a no vote, and vacant properties also count as a no vote.
The problem with trying to stuff augmented reality and VR down our throats this early is that the screen door effect is still very prominent. The only way to get rid of the screen door effect is to provide a 5K resolution display per eye. AR and VR will fail because they tried to bring it out too early.
No mention if MS is going to release the hardware-refresh as a kinetic-only bundle. The original Xbox One suffered from the higher price-point but also due to the %10 of resources which were reserved for the kinetic which meant that titles on the Xbox often ran at lower resolutions and worst frame rates then on the PS4. Eventually MS unlocked those %10 resources but with this hardware refresh they could be added on top and allow for the kinetic to run without limiting performance. A bundle is likely to be the case since unlike previous generation refresh this one seems to be positioned as a high end 4K release rather then simply a smaller cheaper console
The intentional exclusion of features from these devices to drive their own services means I won't be using a console for the foreseeable future. I use my PS3 almost exclusively as a streaming player now. Sony removed features from the PS4 that made the PS3 a useful device once games run dry. I can buy a NUC device and get much better ROI.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
My current setup is a 1080p projector at about 87", and I'd be pretty hard-pressed to see a difference between 1080P and 4K even at that size.
other technical requirements which Microsoft might not feel so inclined to do when the main beneficiary is Sony.
And Disney, Fox, Paramount, Universal, and Warner. Universal is a big one for the following reason:
It seems more likely that they'll toss in 4K support for streaming services and leave it at that.
Any streaming service operated by Microsoft in the United States has to overcome peering policies of an ISP owned by Universal's parent company.
40% smaller in volume translates to 16% smaller in each dimension. Whoo hoo!! that's so exciting.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Even the old XB360 had various generations though. The early ones had component video out,while later generations added HDMI (and supposedly more reliable motherboards)
Xbox One S = Xbox Ones = Xbox Two, at least, right guys?
"Microsoft Announces the Xbox Two, Its Smallest Xbox Yet"
FTFY
Presumably the One S will have better specs than the One; $300 for that sounds like they're selling it at a loss. What would be the prospects of buying it and not buying any games to harm Microsoft and have a decent Linux machine?
It runs 40% hotter?
Then either your projector is terrible or you need glasses. Likely both.
640 pixels are enough for everybody.
And, before I forget it: slashdot editors hate gays, that's why they suppressed reporting about the radical islamic terrorist attack for so long. And as they did, they didn't mention the term!
Whipslash and EditorDavid should resign due to this disgrace.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by carelessness.
I just presumed that it took so long to cover the story because they just load up a bunch of stories on Friday and let the site run on automatic until Monday.
Seriously? I mean, I realize Apple doesn't own a copyright on the letter "S", but Microsoft couldn't think up a better moniker for a sub-release of a device?
then either your eyes don't work or you've never actually seen a large 4K display before
Remember kids: What's right isn't as important as what's profitable.
My current setup is a 1080p projector at about 87", and I'd be pretty hard-pressed to see a difference between 1080P and 4K even at that size.
Hmm, according to my calculations, you should be closer than 150 yards to your screen.
PCs aren't smaller, but they are at least 100% more powerful and useful.
If gay people in a Christian society had to tolerate being asked "1. I don't like what you're doing so I'm going to try to "fix" you." a few times a year then I think they'd be pissed, but over all no more put-out than being asked for change by the train station.
Do not under-sell the discrimination that the Christian church has extended towards gay people. Discrimination that affects you daily, limits your freedom, impairs you financially, and alters your self esteem.
There is nothing redeeming about the Church's policy against gay people.
So yes, perhaps it isn't as bad as "hang, behead, stone, or kill you in some other gruesome way" but it's still inexcusable.
Sorry, we're well off topic. Small X-Box. Hmmm, didn't Sony do this with the Playstation?
There's only one way to read this: OMG next quarter's loss will make the last one look like a profit, we need a distraction fast.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
I can see pixels, but only if I really strain to. I admit I'm far more sensitive to audio than video.
Golden Goose, meet clever.
My tiny little 100 lumens LED DLP projector (roughly 4.5" x 3.5") only has a native resolution of 858x600 projected to about an 80" screen. If I play a game on it, I can easily notice pixels and for text it's barely legible, but when playing movies (generally downscaled 720p or 1080p), it looks perfectly fine, clear and watchable.
This is fine because I got it to be able to watch movies and videos on a large screen when travelling.
...with encrypted flash to run xbox games on your pc, for like 50 Bucks, would be great.
Yes, but how will the new console(s) integrate with LinkedIn?
and I'd be pretty hard-pressed to see a difference between 1080P and 4K even at that size
How far from your "TV" are you sitting? 20 feet?
No more than 8 or 10 feet I'd say.
You need to go see an optometrist or an eye doctor, you are going blind.