Xbox has given us a small sneak preview into the subsequent technology of its {hardware}, and it sounds as if the multi-device, multi-storefront method will proceed throughout the subsequent few years, not less than.
In a brand new video, Xbox president Sarah Bond discusses what’s subsequent for Xbox and its {hardware}, and whereas it appears like there might be new consoles from the corporate, they will look fairly completely different from what we’re used to.
Bond says that Xbox has shaped a “multi-year partnership” with AMD to create chips for its new gadgets, together with “next-generation Xbox consoles”. Mentioned machines may even embody backwards compatibility with previous-gen Xbox video games, by the sound of issues.
Xbox is teaming up with AMD for the subsequent technology of its consoles.In accordance with Bond, that is all in service of constructing a platform that permits you to play video games that are not constrained to a single gadget or a single retailer ecosystem.
Whereas we do not know precisely what meaning, it sounds as if next-gen Xbox gadgets will help you entry shops outdoors of the Microsoft Retailer. That would imply PC shops like Steam, GOG, or the Epic Retailer turn out to be accessible on Xbox gadgets, which might give console avid gamers a wider spectrum of video games to play.
In closing, Bond says the Xbox crew is working intently with the Home windows people to make sure that “Home windows is the primary platform for gaming”. It is arguably telling that she says “Home windows” somewhat than “Xbox”; that might indicate that next-gen Xbox {hardware} will run on the Home windows platform somewhat than a bespoke ecosystem for consoles.
Lately, Xbox has been shifting away from its personal unique ecosystem in favor of releasing its video games on different platforms; titles like Forza Horizon 5, Grounded, and Gears of Battle Reloaded, all of which both have been or would have been Xbox exclusives, have been launched on different platforms.
It is truthful to say Xbox has roundly misplaced the newest “console wars”, if such issues are nonetheless ongoing (which Xbox would really like you to imagine they don’t seem to be); if final 12 months’s gross sales figures are to be believed, then the Xbox Collection X|S vary is promoting a lot worse than the PS5, which might be why Bond and her firm wish to get out of the unique enterprise.
After all, we’re nonetheless in all probability a very good few years away from next-generation Xbox {hardware}, so we’re in all probability going to have to attend some time to find what the corporate’s imaginative and prescient for its new route is. Keep tuned for extra.
