As part of Gamescom, Phil Spencer commented on the brand’s future plans. Should the Xbox Series S continue to exist, the Xbox boss rejects mid-gen upgrades.
As part of yesterday’s Xbox Showcase, Microsoft announced not only new software, but also new hardware. Obviously a brand new version Xbox Series S Represents whose habitat is colored “carbon black” Comes with a controller included in the scope of delivery, which is also kept in the corresponding color. Of course, nothing changes in the basic technology of the console, the well-known ones keep coming AMD APU with 20 Compute Units For use in this way the console achieves a nominal computing power of 4 TFLOPs. Also, the graphics chip and CPU share a 10 GB GDDR6 memory.
Compared to the previous version, however, the internal SSD memory is increasing as Microsoft is doubling the storage capacity 1 TB. The console now offers as much storage space as the more expensive Xbox Series X It is still possible to retrofit a proprietary SSD module or connect an external USB hard drive However, the latter only allows playing older Xbox One titles. above Microsoft website can console for About 350 euros Pre-order.
Xbox Showcase: Star Wars Outlaws and new Starfield gameplay
In general, Microsoft had a lot to show at the Xbox Showcase. Announcements are not limited to Microsoft Game Studio games. Among other things, with Star Wars Aliens Showcasing a new open world adventure in the Star Wars universe. Unfortunately, there was no real gameplay to see yet, as it should be On today’s Ubisoft Forward But without change, too Starfield Shown, which was developed at Bethesda Softworks. Another trailer was teased to the game, and new gameplay was also ready at the next Starfield Direct.
Other announcements include the next Fable game, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and Hellblade 2. Payday is the third part of the series announced, which should appear already on September 21, 2023. If you want to watch the full-length event, you can find the stream recording on the official Microsoft YouTube channel.
up to date [26.08.2023]: Series S remains, no mid-gen upgrade
Xbox boss Phil Spencer is here as part of Gamescom Eurogamer interview Microsoft commented on the console’s future plans. Despite complaints from developers who had to plan for the Xbox Series S’s poor technology when developing games, The smaller variant of the current Xbox series is not abandoned become
If you ask if there is one Mid-gen refresh, i.e. an upgrade to the Xbox Series X similar to the PS5 Pro, Spencer responded with caution. Such mid-gen upgrades will interact with a PC’s upgrade cycle as hardware differences between generations diminish. Developers will face new problems because they are no longer working with a platform whose hardware specifications have been fixed for years.
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