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Microsoft's Next-Gen Xbox Will Arrive in 2020: Report (thurrott.com)
Brad Sams, writing for Thurrott blog: 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. 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.
The XBox is no longer a video game console.
It is an ad machine. Has been since they removed the blade interface from the 360
90% of the home screen is ads and 'recommendations' (Fancy way of saying ads.)
The millennial that doesn't like most of the stuff designed for millennials.
Would be nice if they thought of Xbox as a platform. With apps/games on one side of the equation while they continue to build new hardware that adds new capabilities. Think of it like an iPhone from a hardware perspective where even new hardware has full compatibility with old games. Basically continue moving forward with new hardware like they did with the Xbox One X.
PC Gaming keeps getting more attractive all the time. If we now are going to have 3 years life cycles, one might as well just give up on consoles.
That was just a dumb name for a product for children.
I haven't played on a PS4 or Xbox and I doubt I will get involved in the next generation unless they drop their preoccupation with polygons and frame rates and start producing fun games.
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Many 360 owners jumped ship to the PS4 this generation. And I'm sure many who bought an XBone ultimately regretted it and will switch to Sony next gen.
I've been happy with my PS2, PS3, and PS4. There are maybe two games on Xbone that I would like to play, which is not enough to justify getting one. I could get those two games on Windows 10, but I ripped the MS store out of the one Windows 10 install I use for gaming on a Ryzen system.
If Playstation ever gets as bad as Xbox, I'll just stick with the games I have, or emulate many of the old consoles I never had.
Because Sony seems to have all the best exclusives right now, and MS has specifically stated that all their Xbox exclusive games can be played on a PC too. So remind me why I should thrown down another $500 on a Xbox in 2020 after I just wasted $500 on one in 2017 and could just buy a PS5 and PC instead?
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
No fucking shit.
MS's E3 conference came and went, and they had a one line mentioned they're working on future Xbox hardware, they didn't reveal anything at all.
MS probably could launch a new Xbox in 2019 running on AMD's latest shit fabbed at 7nm. That would be Navi and Zen 2.
But my bet is they're going to force Sony to make the first move so they can one up them. The One X is a better hardware proposition than the PS4 Pro (fuck you, Sony, for not including UHD BR playback), but on games it seems like a loser. MS is busy buying up exclusive rights to titles and buying up smaller studios (they announced the purchase of four and the creation of a fifth) in order to get people into their platform, but they keep making these games available on Windows 10.
MS is likely going to press hard for the Windows 10 integration and push for the Xbox Game Pass subscription (is this a subscription cost on TOP of the Live! subscription cost??). One of their best selling points - buying a game and getting it on Xbox and Windows 10 is one of their weaknesses, unfortunately. Of the handful of games on Xbox One, I'd much rather play them on PC (even if it means having a separate drive with Win 10 installed on it just to play games).
Sony didn't say SQUAT about a PS5 this year, so it's a bit of a standoff at this point.
Graphics tech hasn't really advanced enough for this to matter. It's the reason we're still on the PeeS4/exBox. The 4k/HDR upgrades were nice and a lot of games are taking advantage of them; but before we get a new generation of consoles, we need some major innovation in graphics. Like, uncanny divide breaking graphics. Like making you uncomfortable like you're controlling a movie graphics.
Trouble is, studies show customers do not like those styles of realistic graphics. They get creepy. So what's next? What's the next big innovation that will give us a newer console? Graphics? Sound? 8k resolution?
... on an Xbox One X that perfectly well plays all the games inserted on physical discs - and which is not connected to the Internet.
If Xbox wasn't useable offline, I would never had bothered looking at it - if only because you can be sure, if the machine is online, MicroSoft will harvest personal data from you like crazy.
They just launched the Xbox One X and have yet to even show anything that looks as good as PS4 games from a few years ago. They need to at least make good on the $500 hardware they already launched
It's plausible that two models of Xbox will be released out the gate: a standard model with a spinning hard drive and baseline performance (enough for 4k 30fps play), and another model with a SSD and substantially more powerful graphics (for 4k ~60fps). Coming late 2020, that could be ~11TFLOPS (40% improvement from architecture, and a compounded 35% from 7nm die shrink) for $399, and ~18TFLOPS for $549 respectively. Expect a price drop as NAND prices come down and the 5nm shrink happens a year or so later, eventually ditching the standard model. Compatible with (maybe only 2nd-gen) Windows Mixed Reality headsets, as well.
Rumor is also that the PS5 devkits are going out to 3rd party developers already. That could signal a late 2019 launch, although rumors suggest 2020 is more likely. In any case, new console generations will be defined by how much RAM they have, rather than how much graphical power they have. Scaling back graphics (particularly resolution, now) is relatively straightforward but changing coding to require less RAM isn't so easy.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
Xbox one released in 2013. It's a 7 year cycle. Xbox one x is not a different platform. It's the same shit in higher resolution.