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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QTPosted:

I cannot wait to get this console man!

HOFPosted:

I hope this is a big upgrade and not as expensive as the xbox one was when it first came out.

Harambe_USPosted:

I really hope that console will be good, xbox one was bit of a let down

SupervisorPosted:

I cannot wait to get this console

FriskyPandaPosted:

so guys that just means they will sell you the xbox scorpio and then 2.5-3 years later make a whole new console!!! lol

9ntyPosted:

Myself, can't wait until I get this console. It's going to be the bomb.

LilUziPosted:

Zookla Can't wait to see what it will be like


Me ether dude I want to see too

ZooklaPosted:

Can't wait to see what it will be like

CalllumPosted:

I'm might get this still not sure yet .

MushroomElmPosted:

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


What do you need to know? Pretty much everything needed is already released. Specs, Size, Cost, Release time(ish), looks, what you get with it, etc.

Rodent_Modz 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


I agree. A lot of people don't realize how much space they actually need. I prefer all my games be Digital these days just to avoid scratches, etc. I have a 3Tb on my PC and I filled it up in just a few hours with my Steam account..