Xbox One Games Launching Post-Scorpio Will Natively Render At 4K

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Just yesterday we posted official confirmation by Andrew House (Sony Interactive Entertainment’s President and Global CEO) that PlayStation 4 Pro games will be mostly upscaled to 4K, probably via checkerboard rendering, rather than be rendered natively at 4K resolution.

In an interview published by USA Today, Microsoft Studios’ Publishing General Manager Shannon Loftis revealed that this won’t be the case for the upcoming Xbox One Scorpio.


Any games we’re making that we’re launching in the Scorpio time frame, we’re making sure they can natively render at 4K.

Microsoft definitely jumped the gun with the Scorpio announcement back at E3 2016, one year and a half before the projected Holiday 2017 release date of the new console. That said, we do already know that Microsoft is targeting 6 teraflops of computing power (PlayStation 4 Pro has about 4.2) thanks to a Polaris GPU, an eight cores CPU and 320GB/s of memory bandwidth.

The goal is to allow proper 4K gaming as well as a premium VR experience (no VR device has been confirmed so far for Scorpio, but the Oculus Rift is a very likely candidate). After Sony announced the technical specifications of PlayStation 4 Pro at New York City’s PlayStation Meeting, Xbox Senior Director of Product Management & Planning Albert Penello promptly stated that the difference in favor of Scorpio will be obvious and Microsoft will have the most powerful box next year.

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Source: http://wccftech.com/microsoft-making-sure-scorpio-launch-titles-will-render-native-4k/

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MajPosted:

So not only are people gonna have to pay for the console, there most likely gonna have to buy a new TV / Monitor too haha

LostPosted:

I'll probably end up getting a new TV for the 4k.

RepBanditPosted:

better get the new tv's or you gonna be playing on wack pixels.

StrokesPosted:

should be some good games coming

9ntyPosted:

Be interesting to know what games Xbox S will have in 4K?
Inb4 MW2 RW. Kappa

extrememasters1Posted:

Basically if you cant afford to upgrade your getting left behind i guess.

HolmesyPosted:

Only a year to go .. wonder how much it will cost though ..

NickPosted:

This is what I've been waiting for. Definitely picking this up

SkatesPosted:

Lets gooo, saving up every penny for this beast. :)

XboxPosted:

Yep this is what I'm waiting for. Definitely getting the Scorpio as my next gaming system.