Say hello to Brooklin.
A new Xbox Series X will drop its disc drive but include 2TB of internal storage, leaked documents tied to a court matter between Microsoft and the FTC have revealed.
The mid-cycle console refresh, codenamed Brooklin, will also include a front-facing USB-C port, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2. Sporting a revised design, the Xbox Series X will also feature a smaller power footprint, reducing PSU power by 15%. It will also offer up a new low-power standby mode that will function at 20% of the current Xbox Series X’s standby mode.
The leaked documents say that Microsoft will sell the Brooklin refresh of the Xbox Series X for the same price the current model is offered for. That’s $499 USD, or $799 AUD.
Moreover, the documents also detail a mid-cycle refresh of the Xbox Series S, codenamed Ellewood. The budget-minded current-gen console refresh will offer up 1TB internal of internal storage, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. According to the documents, it too will be priced at the same price point of the current 512GB model: $299 USD or $499 AUD. It should be noted that the current Xbox Series S model is $50 AUD more for 1TB of storage.
According to the documents, Microsoft intended to announce the new Series S and Series X consoles in mid-2024.
While it was initially believed the leaked documents were the fault of the FTC, Douglas Farrar of the FTC has stated that Microsoft provided the un-redacted documents to the FTC via a link. That link was then made available to the public (hence these reports).
Details of the consoles were joined by that of a new Xbox controller, codenamed Sebile.
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