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Microsoft says it's already working on new Xbox consoles, "some of which won't come to light for years"

Microsoft made a raft of announcements today around the cloud - but it has also insisted it remains committed to making…

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Liz Hamren, CVP of Gaming Experiences & Platforms, said Microsoft was already working on new hardware, "some of which won't come to light for years."

"Cloud is key to our hardware and Game Pass roadmaps, but no one should think we're slowing down on our core console engineering. In fact, we're accelerating it," Hamren said in a video briefing shown to press this week.

"We're already hard at work on new hardware and platforms, some of which won't come to light for years. But even as we build for the future, we're focused on extending the Xbox experience to more devices today so we can reach more people."

"While we continue to expand in PC and mobile, console remains our flagship experience," Hamren added. "We want to deliver the most powerful, capable consoles in the world, devices that empower our players to enjoy amazing games for years to come, including gameplay we can't even imagine yet."

"More recently, if you couldn't spend the hundreds of dollars on a console or potentially the thousands of dollars on a high-end gaming PC, you simply couldn't participate in the global gaming community in a significant way," Xbox boss Phil Spencer said during the same video briefing.

"The cloud will allow us to completely remove these barriers to play, worldwide. Of course, there's still a place for consoles and PCs. And frankly, there always will be. But through the cloud, we will be able to deliver a robust gaming experience to anyone connected to the internet, even on the least powerful, least expensive devices, even on devices people already own.

"And with cloud gaming, players can participate fully in the same Xbox experience as people on local hardware. And we couldn't do that if we weren't part of Microsoft."

 

[kyussman]

So are Sony and Nintendo.

 

[ManaByte]

So much for the Series X being the final Xbox.

 

[Kokoloko85]

Why not, as long as there are games there will be stronger PC tech and Consoles to play games on

 

[Killer8]

So much for all the arm chair pundits saying "this is the last console generation ever".

 

[MayauMiao]

Well duh. This news is recycled every time after a new console is out.

 

[Syphon Filter]

That hardware can be anything.

 

[oldergamer]

In for the long haul

 

[elliot5]

VR babyyy

 

[93xfan]

Please no mid gen refresh though

 

[mejin]

Series SS/XX on 2023 incoming.

 

[Astral Dog]

Xbox Series XX

 

[polybius80]

its OK to think/work in your future system after you release one, after all its the work of a team inside the corporation that takes care of it and not the whole corporation, but if you say it out loud specially in this time of the year were people is searching for leaks and always pay lot of attention to what executives say you give a bad image to your customers where some may think you are not working in improving and supporting your just released system, this is something for investors not for customers, its not the first time comments like this backfire

 

[Stooky]

just like their games. HA!

 

[lh032]

"some of which won't come to light for years"

I think we can safely assume there will be different versions ? like xcloud version, pro version....etc

 

[EDMIX]

So much for all the arm chair pundits saying "this is the last console generation ever".

I know right.

They still have a market of xb users, they will continue to have such an install base.

 

[Metnut]

By the time most of the big Microsoft studios exclusives are released, this next console will probably be ready to go.

If more than few of those games end up great, I’d really consider coming into to MS ecosystem mid-gen.

 

[Corndog]

just like their games. HA!

What a meany.

 

[Krappadizzle]

 

[NoviDon]

Xbox Xplus, Xplus Pro, Xplus extra pro: Xtreme burning lust founders edition, Y are you still buying me edition, Z, Z the second, Zzz: wake me up when theirs exclusives edition.

 

[Larvana]

So much for microsoft not making anymore consoles, oh wait..

 

[nikolino840]

Well duh. This news is recycled every time after a new console is out.

Same as "is the last Xbox" at every gen

 

[Saucy Papi]

So are Sony and Nintendo.

 

[Solarstrike]

Beyond next gen sensory haptics. Preordered

 

[Kilau]

So are Sony and Nintendo.

Why the heck are they working on making Xbox consoles? OMG MS bought them didn't they?

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Phil oh Phil

 

[jigglet]

It can take a while. Sega's been making Dreamcast 2 since Dreamcast 1 came out, this stuff takes time.

 

[Tommi84]

Xbox Series XX

And then, in 18 years, we will have Xbox Series XXX and some people will buy it because they'll think it can provide some sexy time

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Not surprising. I’m sure they are already working on a mid gen refresh and even next gen consoles.

 

[clintar]

Ybox

 

[Windle Poons]

So are Sony and Nintendo.

And Google… oh, hang on…

 

[Stare-Bear]

At this rate they’ll have released more Xbox hardware than first party games.

 

[sendit]

Did anyone have any doubts that XSXSXSX would come out? Last gen proved that their is a hungry market for mid gen refreshes.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Why do we go through this every single generation? Like it's some surprise?

 

[Windle Poons]

Personally I think they’ll drop all the Series X stuff and just revert back to calling it XBOX, then XBOX 2 and so on if they carry on for that long. Don’t think anyone will get confused with the OG and a newer model after all this time.

 

[Team Andromeda]

So are Sony and Nintendo.

Yes, but listen to those fanboys Microsoft was pulling out of the console business. Nice to see they're not and working on the next Xbox

 

[Windle Poons]

Why do we go through this every single generation? Like it's some surprise?

It’s a slow news week?

 

[Esppiral]

In other news, water is wet

 

[Zeroing]

“Look at us and please be excited”

 

[Zeroing]

Yes, but listen to those fanboys Microsoft was pulling out of the console business. Nice to see they're not and working on the next Xbox

I’ve read posts Xbox fans saying MS didn’t need consoles anymore… that streaming is the future etc, so can we agree on something? Or we just go with the “flow”?

 

[Reindeer]

Last time Phill said this we got a new console 3 years later. I facepalmed when DF said they don't think there'll be Pro consoles this gen. Pro consoles make more sense than ever. You release a 24 teraflop console and then bring it over to following gen as your base cheap machine with decent install base. There'll be no need to worry about not having install base when new gen starts. They could have done it with PS4 Pro and X (I'm sure they wanted to), but CPU and lack of storage were very limiting factors, something that shouldn't be a problem next time around. There'll be no more generations once this is done.

 

[Stare-Bear]

But with the messages released this week, we can safely assume MS haven’t got much to show this E3. Plenty of CG trailers, but no actual games.

 

[Riky]

Yes, but listen to those fanboys Microsoft was pulling out of the console business. Nice to see they're not and working on the next Xbox

Those people have been saying that since the original Xbox, hilarious really.

 

[Reindeer]

But with the messages released this week, we can safely assume MS haven’t got much to show this E3. Plenty of CG trailers, but no actual games.

Jeff Grubb already said not to expect too much and that next year will be the year (where have we heard this one before?). He's been right so far, let's hope he's wrong on this one.

 

[reksveks]

It is a comment in response to the stupid narrative that cloud gaming is going to replace local gaming for all people or Microsoft was going to suddenly pull out of gaming aka fanboys suggesting that Microsoft was going to pull out of the hardware business.

That's it and let's move on.

 

[Spukc]

Call it

xbox series XS

 

[ZywyPL]

Yeah duh, it's not like they're gonna fire all the design/engineering team once the consoles are shipped, they immediately start working on the next one. Same for Sony, Cerny is already working on PS6, and new Switch is literally just behind the corner so Nintendo's team is also almost certainly thinking of what's next. Those things do take years to make after all.

Please no mid gen refresh though

Why not? I'd gladly pay 500$ 3 years from now or whenever mid-gen starts to play the games in fidelity mode with native 4K+RT, but at 60FPS instead, or with 120FPS being even more widely available than it already is, except with all the bells and whistles. But I don't think we will get twice as fast GPU within such short amount of time, what will be reserved for full next-gen hardware.

 

[Team Andromeda]

I’ve read posts Xbox fans saying MS didn’t need consoles anymore… that streaming is the future etc, so can we agree on something? Or we just go with the “flow”?

Maybe the Xbox fans in India?. The rest of us still like consoles

 

[93xfan]

Yeah duh, it's not like they're gonna fire all the design/engineering team once the consoles are shipped, they immediately start working on the next one. Same for Sony, Cerny is already working on PS6, and new Switch is literally just behind the corner so Nintendo's team is also almost certainly thinking of what's next. Those things do take years to make after all.



Why not? I'd gladly pay 500$ 3 years from now or whenever mid-gen starts to play the games in fidelity mode with native 4K+RT, but at 60FPS instead, or with 120FPS being even more widely available than it already is, except with all the bells and whistles. But I don't think we will get twice as fast GPU within such short amount of time, what will be reserved for full next-gen hardware.

Couple of reasons:

-Chip shortage- so I’d rather they just focus on making the chips smaller and possibly coming out with a slim model.

-most games are already 60fps and upscale well to 4K

-I feel like by the time they’d release, we’d finally be seeing big gains with refined engines (UE5 finished version, mesh shaders, upscaling being even more refined, etc.)

I get that some will disagree with above reasoning , but I think it’s certainly less necessary than it was last gen.

 

[ZywyPL]

-I feel like by the time they’d release, we’d finally be seeing big gains with refined engines (UE5 finished version, mesh shaders, upscaling being even more refined, etc.)

Alright I'll give you that, we have yet to see how all this new tech being fully utilized pans out.