Head of Xbox Phil Spencer shed light on Microsoft's vision for the
future of its console business, saying the company isn't planning to
upgrade its hardware on an annual basis.
"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,"
Spencer told WIRED
in an interview at E3. Instead, the company is "trying to think beyond
generations" with a console model that allows users to carry all of the
content they purchased for their older hardware forward.
Next year, Microsoft will release an upgraded version of Xbox One, codenamed Project Scorpio, which Spencer likened to a PC with a GeForce GTX 980 graphics card. In addition to being designed specifically for 4K televisions, the console will be capable of handling software built for virtual reality.
"When we went out and talked to VR developers, the capability and the hardware spec that they need to deliver a console-like experience to VR was a requirement of 6 teraflops, which clearly, today’s consoles—PlayStation 4 and Xbox One—don’t have," he said, suggesting the current PS4 isn't well suited for VR.
Next year, Microsoft will release an upgraded version of Xbox One, codenamed Project Scorpio, which Spencer likened to a PC with a GeForce GTX 980 graphics card. In addition to being designed specifically for 4K televisions, the console will be capable of handling software built for virtual reality.
"When we went out and talked to VR developers, the capability and the hardware spec that they need to deliver a console-like experience to VR was a requirement of 6 teraflops, which clearly, today’s consoles—PlayStation 4 and Xbox One—don’t have," he said, suggesting the current PS4 isn't well suited for VR.
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