Tom Warren reviews through The Verge: Microsoft is teasing the potential for distinctive Xbox {hardware} sooner or later and a strong next-gen console. 4 beforehand unique Xbox video games are formally coming to the PS5 and Nintendo Swap quickly, and Microsoft needs to reassure Xbox followers that it is nonetheless very a lot invested in the way forward for its platform and {hardware}. In an official Xbox podcast at present, Xbox president Sarah Bond teased that Microsoft will ship ‘the biggest technical leap’ with the next-generation Xbox: “We have got extra to come back. There’s some thrilling stuff popping out in {hardware} that we’ll share this vacation. We’re additionally invested within the next-generation roadmap. What we’re actually centered on there may be delivering the biggest technical leap you’ll have ever seen in a {hardware} technology, which makes it higher for gamers and higher for creators and the visions that they are constructing.”
Chatting with The Verge, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer went a step additional, teasing that the Xbox {hardware} groups are serious about constructing totally different sorts of {hardware}. “I am very pleased with the work that the {hardware} crew is doing, not just for this yr, but additionally into the longer term,” says Spencer. “[We’re] actually serious about creating {hardware} that sells to avid gamers due to the distinctive elements of the {hardware}. It is sort of an unleashing of the inventive functionality of our {hardware} crew that I am actually enthusiastic about.”
Maybe that distinctive {hardware} is an Xbox handheld. “We see numerous alternative in various kinds of gadgets, and can share specifics on our future {hardware} plans as quickly as we’re prepared,” says Microsoft in an Xbox weblog publish at present.