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NickSCFC wrote:

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Because I like Forza and have absolutely no love for Sony's first party games or attitudes to cross-play.

It makes sense for the market leader not to support cross play, it ensures that people buy the console that most of their friends have, which is most likely PS4.

Sure I'd love cross-ply, but I can see why Sony won't do it, MS would likely do the same if they were leader.

This past week, I was tipped off that the next generation Xbox was codenamed Scarlett and in an effort to track down if this information was accurate, I was able to view content that highlighted several unannounced Microsoft products that are coming in the next two years.

Microsoft is planning for the next Xbox console release to arrive in 2020. But what is more interesting, is that Microsoft describes ‘Scarlett’ as a family of devices; meaning we may see multiple pieces of hardware released that year.

That date may seem relatively close considering that the Xbox One X launched last year but Microsoft is aggressively moving ahead with hardware in the console space to shake up the industry. But what we don’t know is if this is a brand new set of devices or simply a more ‘powerful’ Xbox One that is again, fully backward compatible with all the content available today.

Considering how much effort Microsoft has put into backward compatibility, I would expect the Scarlett devices to support current gen games but offer more advanced features and align possibly with Microsoft’s upcoming game-streaming services.

As with any leak this far out, timing and plans can change but I was able to verify the information I viewed as being authentic and fully believe that the company is on-track to release the new console in two years.

Next Gen Xbox Consoles Confirmed - Rumoured Codename Scarlett, Coming 2020

Buffalo wrote:Kinda makes getting an Xbone X a bit redundant at this stage, really.

more heat than light wrote:

Buffalo wrote:Kinda makes getting an Xbone X a bit redundant at this stage, really.

At the price they currently are, yup. Really surprised not to see a hefty price cut announced.

KK wrote:Depends how much you value those graphics. You'd have to go back to pre-Saturn to find a console that had a shelf life of just 3 years at £450.

Photek wrote:

KK wrote:Depends how much you value those graphics. You'd have to go back to pre-Saturn to find a console that had a shelf life of just 3 years at £450.

I value them a lot. I love my X, honestly it's a massive jump up over the base X1. I play enhanced games only these days (bar Rocket League which is getting enhanced) and the results are fantastic. I've currently 52 enhanced games on my X installed and even super sampled down to 1080p they all look stunning, but then you factor in that they have better framerates too, then the back compat games that are enhanced, plus the OG BC games that have similar treatment. The jump up in some games is at times ridiculous.

Photek wrote:I won't be throwing it out, ill be replacing my daughters X1 with an X1X.

Moggy wrote:

Photek wrote:I won't be throwing it out, ill be replacing my daughters X1 with an X1X.

“Daughter! Daughter! Come here! Right, I have decided to honour you by giving you my OLD and NOW WORTHLESS X1X. That’s right, because it is no longer the prettiest machine on the planet I have decided it is not worthy of my time. 3 year old HEAP OF SHITE!

I hope you have fun with it”.