It’s been 6 years since the release of Xbox One. Although the performance upgrade version of Xbox One X was also launched in 2017, it is time for a big update in terms of the performance of the entire series. .
Microsoft has previously repeatedly emphasized at the E3 exhibition that they will launch a new generation of high-performance game consoles code-named Project Scarlett on Christmas 2020, with image performance exceeding 10 teraflops (trillion floating-point operations per second) The memory uses 16 GB GDDR6, 1TB SSD, conventionally supports 4K resolution games (up to 8K), 120 FPS game frame rate, and supports ray tracing, and the game is backward compatible. However, Scarlett is just a code name, and the actual release may be called Xbox Two, or Xbox One 2.
And according to The Verge reports that among the hosts released in the same year in 2020, there will be a new host with a weaker performance but a lower price, code-named Lockhart, and image performance is only about 4 teraflops.
Reporting from KotakuIt also shows that sources have confirmed that Microsoft is developing a second game console. However, compared to Scarlett, which can run 4K games, Lockhart can only support 1440P (2K) resolution; and although it also uses a customized eight-core CPU, Lockhart will use a lower frequency version than Scarlett, and The removed optical drive design is likely to change to the pure digital version, but the SSD is still 1TB.
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However, Microsoft still seems to be denying the rumor, BusinessWhen Insider interviewed Xbox head hil Spencer, he said: “Scarlett is the only next-generation console currently being developed by Microsoft.” He further stated that when he said at E3 2018 that he would launch a new Xbox console in 2020, The “Consoles” plural form is only talking about the diskless versions of the Xbox One S and Scarlett. The facts are not as speculated by the major media.
At present, there are three versions of the Microsoft Xbox One series, namely the Xbox One, the entry-level Xbox One S, and the high-performance version of the Xbox One X. However, according to IDC statistics, as of the second quarter of 2019, the Xbox One also only sold 46.9 million units, significantly behind the previous generation of the Xbox 360, which had only one model but sold 85 million units, and it was even more dwarfed than the contemporary Sony PS4’s sales of more than 100 million units.
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So, under such a relatively sluggish situation, in order to cover more consumer groups, we chose to launch both the performance version and the entry version. Scarlett replaced the Xbox One and Lcokhart replaced the Xbox One S. Will be moreIt is good for stimulating sales and boosting morale. Of course, there may actually be only one and put more energy on Microsoft’s own cloud game platform xCloud.
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