En av de stora överraskningarna från nattens The Game Awards-mässa var uppvisandet av den nya Xbox-konsolen som ska släppas nästa vinter. Vi fick en kort trailer där vi fick se hur maskinen (som tidigare gick under projektnamnet Scarlett) kommer att se ut, och namnet har numera bytts ut till Xbox Series X. En av de mer uppseendeväckande nyheterna var att maskinen kommer kunna stå både vertikalt som horisontellt, och levereras med en helt ny handkontroll.
Via den Officiella hemsidan får vi veta att att Xbox Series X kommer erbjuda processorkraft motsvarande fyra gånger Xbox One X samt täcka spelupplevelser från fyra olika Xbox-generationer via bakåtkompatibilitet. På den mer tekniska sidan fick vi därtill veta att kraftpaketet kommer klara av att måla upp 4K i 60 bilder per sekund samt erbjuda 120 bilder per sekund-möjligheter och diverse 8K-lösningar.
Saxat från pressmeddelandet:
Xbox Series X will be our fastest, most powerful console ever and set a new bar for performance, speed and compatibility, allowing you to bring your gaming legacy, thousands of games from three generations and more forward with you. Its industrial design enables us to deliver four times the processing power of Xbox One X in the most quiet and efficient way, something that is critically important in delivering truly immersive gameplay. We also designed Xbox Series X to support both vertical and horizontal orientation. It's bold and unique, very much like our fans around the world and the team of collaborators and innovators who built it.
The name Xbox is an expression of our deep history in gaming, our team's unrelenting passion, and our commitment to both our fans and the future of gaming at Microsoft. It also signifies our belief that a gaming console should be for just that - gaming.
Gällande det tekniska:
From a technical standpoint, this will manifest as world-class visuals in 4K at 60FPS, with possibility of up to 120FPS, including support for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), and 8K capability. Powered by our custom-designed processor leveraging the latest Zen 2 and next generation RDNA architecture from our partners at AMD, Xbox Series X will deliver hardware accelerated ray tracing and a new level of performance never before seen in a console. Additionally, our patented Variable Rate Shading (VRS) technology will allow developers to get even more out of the Xbox Series X GPU and our next-generation SSD will virtually eliminate load times and bring players into their gaming worlds faster than ever before.
We are minimizing latency by leveraging technology such as Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) and giving developers new functionality like Dynamic Latency Input (DLI) to make Xbox Series X the most responsive console ever. Xbox Series X is also designed for a future in the cloud, with unique capabilities built into the hardware and software to make it as easy as possible to bring great games to both console and elsewhere. Xbox Series X will deliver a level of fidelity and immersion unlike anything that's been achieved in previous console generations.
Phil Spencer nämnde sedan att flertalet utvecklare jobbar i detta nu på nya spel till konsolen i fråga och man passade dessutom på att visa upp en ny del i Hellblade-serien betitlad Senua's Saga: Hellblade II.
Xbox Series X ska släppas under vintern 2020. Vad tycker du om uppvisandet, namnet och det vi vet om dess kraft?
