Microsoft says Project Scorpio won’t shorten console generations

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Yesterday’s Xbox One S and Project Scorpio announcements have the potential to be major shake-ups from Microsoft, disrupting our entire meaning of a console generation. For consumers however, there’s a more practical concern: Why purchase a brand-new system after just buying a $500 gaming device? According to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, that’s not a problem. These devices are simply solely about catching up to 4K and VR tech, while the games themselves will be equally supported across all systems.


“We’re going to have versions of those games that will work on Xbox One and Xbox One S, as well as supporting Scorpio,” Spencer told Wired. While both the Xbox S and Project Scorpio will support VR and 4K resolutions, the games will be designed to account for each system’s hardware. “The capability to build a game that actually takes advantage of different hardware capabilities is part of any third-party dev ecosystem, or anybody who’s targeting Windows and console at the same time.”

So what about the concern that Project Scorpio might shorten console generations to a much tighter cycle? Spencer claims that isn’t the goal here – Microsoft is upgrading the Xbox One so it get enter the ground floor on VR and 4K technologies. “Consumer expectation is that, if you wanted to, you could go buy a new cell phone every year. I don’t want to get into that mode with a console,” he explained. “I see the next inflection point as 4K, and I want to make sure we have a console there to support that, and Scorpio will do that. We’re not on a hardware tick-tock that says I need to put out a console every two years or every one year to get people to upgrade. That’s not the console model.”

In other words, the Xbox One S and Project Scorpio systems are more about keeping up with the curve, and we’ll quickly return to our regularly scheduled console generations. On the bright side, if Spencer turns out to be wrong, at least we’ll know by the end of the decade.

The Xbox One S will launch in August. A limited edition version with a 2TB hard drive will be available for $399. Two standard editions with 500GB for $299 and 1TB for $349 will be available sometime after the limited release.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2016/06/14/microsoft-says-xbox-one-s-and-project-scorpio-wont-start-a-new-console-generation/

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RodentPosted:

Honestly not much change at all they made the box a little smaller due to there was so much space in the original xbox one, i think its good to keep up with other consoles to keep things up todate still only 2tb you can add up to 4tb

GrohlPosted:

Its just stupid really, should focus on xbox one's problems imo instead of releasing a new console

jrfd2Posted:

no matter what this console will be in my home when it releases so i dont mind eitherway

THQPosted:

They need more clarifications on the console if it's coming out just next year

SegaPosted:

Not sure it'll give me enough of a reason to buy it unless it wont cost that much to upgrade if I trade my original Xbox One in.

HaloPosted:

Even if it does Ill still be getting it. Cannot wait

StrokesPosted:

I'll definitely be looking into purchasing this!

MushroomElmPosted:

Andy This is something that I would consider buying.. It looks so much smaller compared to the one just now and i really like that. Just hoping it comes in black lol


I'm sure it will. Whether it's a 'Limited Edition' variant like the white one for Sunset Overdrive or just a plain one a little after release.

I've been wanting an Xbox. And the Scorpio is really looking to be worth it. I'll wait until real game play reviews from actual people come out and not what the company claims are real.

AndyPosted:

This is something that I would consider buying.. It looks so much smaller compared to the one just now and i really like that. Just hoping it comes in black lol

DanielPosted:

This console looks so sick and i think i will be purchasing it...well i hope so anyway.