Interesting video that is still conjecture and should be taken with a grain of salt. However, he does a good job of summarizing the most credible rumors regarding the next gen Xbox consoles in particular. Regardless of whether or not the specific numbers are accurate or not, there are some key things we can gleam at this point from Microsoft's next gen plans:
- Microsoft is keen on maintaining a 2 tier console structure where the the current Xbox One S and Xbox One X models become the Xbox Lockhart and Xbox Anaconda models
- This model effective mimics the PC model where you have higher spec systems that will "accelerate" games designed for the lower spec. The Xbox Anaconda will essentially play games designed for Lockhart at higher settings (resolution, frame rates etc)
- The Xbox Lockhart is essentially a refreshed Xbox One X in terms of its project performance envelope. Despite having slightly less GPU power on paper (~5TFLOPs vs 6TFLOPs in the current Xbox One X) it has a much faster CPU in Zen2 plus a more effecient GPU that is Navi based and an SSD driver. So that 5TFLOPs should result in much higher performance than the the current Xbox One X.Expect this box to play older Xbox One games in native 4K but newer next-gen titles at 1080-1440P/dynamic 4K (a la PS4 Pro for current gen)
- The problem with this 2 tier structure is the same as it is currently with Xbox One S/X. The Xbox One X's power is wasted since it is only playing games designed for the much lower specs in the One S. From what we can tell so far at least, this situation will continue with the Lockhard and Anaconda. This approach is fundamentally different than Sony's where the PS5 will be one high end sku and that will be the baseline for Sony's next generation of games. This wouldn't matter with 3rd party games as much but if this true, Sony's 1st party games will potentially far eclipse games built for Xbox since the baseline specs will be much higher on Sony's machine.
Would you be happy with the Anaconda if Microsoft did not release any native games for it? Something to think about...