Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox, codenamed Scarlett, will reportedly be offered in two flavours: a traditional console and a game-streaming console.
The report comes from Thurrott, which claims that a traditional console is only half of Microsoft’s next-gen plan. The other half is a console that’s set up to stream and play games from the Cloud. That feature, fitting, has been reported dubbed the Scarlett Cloud by Microsoft.
“The cloud console will have a limited amount of compute locally for specific tasks like controller input, image processing, and importantly, collision detection,” Thurrott writes.
“The downside of this is that it since more hardware is needed locally, it will raise the price of the streaming box but it will still cost significantly less than what we are accustomed to paying for a new-generation console which should help expand the platform’s reach.”
At E3 2018, Xbox head Phil Spencer confirmed that the company is “deep into architecting the next Xbox consoles, where we will once again deliver on our commitment to deliver the benchmark of console gaming.”
We’ll keep you informed as more is known.
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