Microsoft has no plans to get out of the console business at any time. The company has been repeating for a while that it is about to make at least one generation of Xbox consoles. Now it has been confirmed that the AMD will strengthen the upcoming hardware, as it did with the Xbox Series X/S.
Xbox President Sarah Bond made the announcement in a short video. Under multi -year partnerships, Xbox and AMD are advancing the State -of -Art in the gaming silicon to supply the next generation of graphics innovation. To unlock the deep level of visual quality; and general gameplay and player experiences are increased with the power of AI.
Since May 2022, a leak presentation (which was part of a massive Xbox leak next year) indicated that Microsoft has not yet decided about the processor and GPU for the next Xbox Console (S), which in a slide suggested that it had to supply them with AMD and AMD. As we know now, the company is doubling with AMD.
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At the level, the AMD contract is the main news from the bond announcement. But, if you read between the lines, there are many interesting details to tease what he said in the short video.
For one thing, the AI aspect of the bond carefully produced statement stands with details in Microsoft with details in leak (and other progress) about embracing machine learning in future Xbox Games, including for things like AI agents. So the company is likely to go down this route.
The Bond said that Microsoft and AMD “in your residential room and in your hands, will add engineer Silicon to a portfolio of devices, including our Next Generation Xbox Consoles”, “said Bond,” which means that the company is more than the Xbox Branded Rogue -based plans for the coming of this year.
In addition, Bond said the next gene of Xbox devices “will maintain compatibility with your current library of Xbox Games.” The Xbox has pledged backward compatibility, but it is still happy to hear.
These are quite interesting nogs, there is no doubt, but Bond said there were two other things that I think the Xbox is starting to light more on the future of the ecosystem. First, he said his team “is making you a gaming platform that always lives with you, so wherever you can play the game you want, you do not close to a single store to provide an Xbox experience or not be tied to a single device.”
This “single store” phrase is a chin stroker, especially in the light of the new user interface for Xbox ROG Hand Helds. Windows -powered devices will not only allow users to play games from the Xbox PC app, Xbox Consoles remote play and cloud. They will integrate sports with other PC store fronts, such as Batter.net (which are operated by Microsoft owned by Blazard), steam, GOG and more. Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass users have long access to EA play games as part of their subscriptions. Yubisoft+ Xbox is also on consoles.
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Perhaps this concept of “not locking on a single store” will begin to operate in other ways. The valve said a few years ago that for example, the game pass would be happy to integrate the steam. Similarly, Microsoft has said it will welcome the steam and epic game store app on its PC App Store (though the valve and the EPIC may not want to cut Microsoft in the sale of the game). We may eventually see that they have been the result of them in the next few years.
But how can these integration work on the Xbox Console? The bond also pointed to it. He said the Xbox is working with the Windows team to ensure that Windows Gaming is a platform. “
Certainly, this can be a reference to PC gaming. But the bond did not clearly state, which has surprised me whether the next Xbox console could be more in Windows PC, which is sitting under your TV. Which will be compatible with comments made by Jez Carden a few months ago Windows CentralWho said the next Xbox “is a PC, in essence, but with a TV friendly shell.”
Like the choice of Steam Deck and other handheld PCs, this will give game developers a specific set of explanation to potentially work (though making sure their sports have been improved to create more and more desktops and laptops, it will still be a complicated task). Perhaps the user interface is debuting the Xbox Elli X -devices is a symbol of things that come on a large display.
In addition, Xbox and Windows teams run the unnecessary aspects of the operating system in Xbox Eli Handhelds more efficiently. Removing. What is the next Xbox console to prevent them from doing so? This can offer the Xbox more united ecosystem in all platforms, while smooth things for developers who want to play for both PC and Xbox. Don’t forget that Microsoft is making a real effort to drive Windows more easily on arm -based processors as part of its Co -Pilot+ PC Push.
We may have to wait two or three years to get a full sense of Microsoft’s vision for the future of Xbox consoles. But it certainly has the opportunity to make their platforms more closely and make the Xbox (and PC) play more smooth experience in devices.
