Microsoft does not plan to leave the console business at any time. The company has been reiterating for a long time that it will do at least one more generation of Xbox consoles. It has now been confirmed that AMD will feed the next hardware, .
Xbox President Sarah Bond made the announcement to . Under the multi -year collaboration, Xbox and AMD are “ moving forward the state of art in silicon game to offer the next generation of graphic innovation; to unlock a deeper level of visual quality; and immersive play experiences and the experiences of players improved with the power of Ai, while maintaining the compatibility with the existing Xbox games library, ” said Bond.
A Presentation filtered from May 2022 (that was part of the massive leak of xbox The following year) he said that Microsoft still had to make a decision on the processor and the GPU for the next Xbox (S) console, suggesting in a slide that was planned to reach an agreement with AMD to supply them and another that still had to make a “ARM64 decision”. As we know, the company is doubled with AMD.
On the surface, the AMD agreement is the main news that comes out of Bond’s ad. But if you read between the lines, there are many other interesting details to delete what he said in the short video.
For one thing, the appearance of the AI of the carefully elaborate statement of Bond conforms to details of the filtration (and ) On Microsoft that embraces artificial intelligence and automatic learning in future Xbox games, including for things like Agents. Therefore, the company is likely to continue to go down this path.
Bond said that Microsoft and AMD will “co-design silicon through a portfolio of devices, including our next generation Xbox consoles, in your living room and your hands”, which means that the company plans more hand cuts further they will arrive later this year. These are also fed by AMD.
In addition, Bond said that the next Xbox devices gene will keep “compatibility with your existing Xbox games library”. Xbox has committed to backward compatibility, but this is still welcome.
Undoubtedly, they are quite interesting nuggets, but there were two other things that Bond said I think it begins to give more light on the future of the Xbox ecosystem. First, he said that his team is “building -you are a game platform that always suits you, so you can play the games you want on devices anywhere you want, providing -you are an Xbox experience not blocked in a single store or tied to a device.”
That the “Unique Store” phrase is a Chin Stroker, especially in the light of the new user interface that Xbox is doing for ROG hand laptops. Windows -powered devices will not allow users to play Xbox PC, XBOX CONSEMBLY APPLICATION GAMES Remote play and cloud. They will integrate games from other PC showcases, such as Battle.net (which is led by Activision Blizzard, owned by Microsoft), Steam, Gog and more. Game Pass Ultimate and PC GAME PASS Users have a lot of time as part of their subscriptions. Ubisoft+ is .
Perhaps this concept of not being “blocked in a single store” will start to work in other ways. Valve said a few years ago I would be happy to do For example. Also, Microsoft said he would Steam and the Epic Games Store at their App Store store (though Valve and Epic would probably not want to give Microsoft a cutting of game sales). Maybe finally we could see that they are in good port in the coming years.
But how can these integrations work in an Xbox console? Bond also suggested it. He said Xbox is “working closely with the Windows team to ensure that Windows is the number 1 platform for games”.
Sure, this could be a reference to PC Gaming. But Bond did not say it explicitly, which asked me if the next Xbox console can be more than a Windows PC found on your TV. That would align with A few months ago by Jez Corden of Central WindowsWHO The next Xbox is “a PC, in essence, but with a television shell.”
As with the tastes of the Steam cover and the hand computers, this could offer game developers a specific set of specifications to work (although ensuring that their games are optimized for as many desktop configurations and possible portable computers will still be a complex task). Perhaps the XBOX user interface is debuting on Ally X devices is a sign of things that offer larger screens.
In addition, Xbox and Windows equipment are stripping unnecessary aspects of the operating system to the XBox Ally hand devices to make them more efficiently. What do you have to prevent the same in the next Xbox console? This could allow Xbox to offer a more unified ecosystem on all platforms, while streamlining things for developers who want to play games for both PCs and Xbox. Don’t forget that Microsoft has been making a real effort In ARM -based processors as part of your co -pilot+ PC push.
Maybe we will have to wait two or three more years to have a more complete feeling of Microsoft’s vision about the future of Xbox consoles. But he certainly has the opportunity to weave his platforms more closely and play Xbox (and PC) games through devices a more perfect experience.
