Microsoft is thinking “beyond console generations” with Xbox Scorpio

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Xbox director Albert Penello on how the Scorpio will avoid the “disruptive” console transition.

In an interview on The Inner Circle podcast, Microsoft’s Albert Penello shared the company’s thoughts on the Scorpio.

“You hear us talking about thinking beyond console generations,” he said. “It’s not the idea that you don’t want to do consoles anymore or that there’s not going to be more performance. But if you go back and look at console generations, they’re always super exciting when something new comes out, but they’re super disruptive.”

Penello refers to the difficulties developers face when transitioning to new hardware, as well as those faced by consumers.

“The idea is, can we smooth that out? Can this be more about a family, can we think beyond, ‘We’re gonna do this one and then stop and then start all over again.'”

He goes on to describe the next slew of Xbox consoles as tiered products for different customers.

“Do [customers] care about price? Do they care about performance? Do they care about 4K? It doesn’t matter, you can’t go wrong. Your games are going to work, your accessories are going to work. I think that’s just a different way of approaching it.”

Project Scorpio is slated for a December 2017 release.



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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2016/08/22/microsoft-is-thinking-beyond-console-generations-with-xbox-scorpio/

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MushroomElmPosted:

Halo December 2017? I like it. And yeah you could tell they were thinking ahead with this console, I'm wanting to know the price but I don't think we will know until this time next year, perhaps even after that. Oh well, I'm sure they will show it off at E3 2017 and we will all want it, ha.


They already announced it's expensive, more so than the normal release of the first Xbox One drop. It's a luxury console. Very powerful and, useless without a 4K TV in the sense it was made for 4K resolution. A 4K TV alone with run you a few hundred, and that's still a cheap brand at a low size.

Again, luxury. I'm willing to bet, tv+console, you'll be spending roughly 1K USD. Again, that's my speculation. Knowing consoles, they'll cut corners somewhere and cheap down items that shouldn't be. They advertise 4K at 60FPS but we'll probably see it at 30-40 FPS.

XboxPosted:

The Scorpio is what I'm waiting for.

HaloPosted:

December 2017? I like it. And yeah you could tell they were thinking ahead with this console, I'm wanting to know the price but I don't think we will know until this time next year, perhaps even after that. Oh well, I'm sure they will show it off at E3 2017 and we will all want it, ha.

9ntyPosted:

I think a lot of Xbox gamers wants to have this console so they can hug the console in their own bedrooms. I would as well but I'm on the PS side. Haha waaahr

dnasty239Posted:

Nick Been waiting for this console for some time now.

Yeah a whole 2 months lol quite a wait.

NickPosted:

Been waiting for this console for some time now.