Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, does not consider the launch of a new console necessary. The executive confirmed the information in an interview with the media Bloomberg, right after the Xbox Games Showcase. As he comments, It’s not what users want right now, so they’ve decided to focus on other things..
“It’s not the feedback we’re getting right now. Right now, we’re pretty settled in the hardware we have“Adds Spencer in his interview with the aforementioned medium.
A more powerful and renewed version of each console generation usually makes an appearance after approximately three or four years from the initial launch. In this case, Phil Spencer’s comments come two and a half years after the launch of the Xbox Series X/S, so we would already be quite close to that usual window. However, it seems that in this case there are no plans for a major renovation, at least for now.
While it may come as a surprise to some, the truth is that this generation of consoles is being somewhat atypical. Hardware advances are slower and slower, resulting in more gradual graphical advances than seen in the first decade of the 21st century. Also, technologies such as 8K resolution are not being in as much demand, either because consumers don’t notice much of a difference or because the equipment needed to view it is quite expensive.
Be that as it may, after several years of shortages as a result of the pandemic and a more limited catalog of high-level games than previous generations, Xbox Series X/S still have a lot to prove. But they are not the only ones, and it is that Sony’s PlayStation 5 also has the same challenge to meet.
Other novelties presented during the Xbox Games Showcase
Although Xbox affirms its compliance with the current hardware, it continues to work to take its software to new levels. For this, have decided to bring the huge catalog of Xbox Game Pass games to the Nvidia GeForce Now service. As they commented in the presentation, this will allow its users to play “on any device on which GeForce Now is broadcast, such as computers with input specifications, Macs, Chromebooks, mobile devices, televisions, etc.”
On the other hand, Microsoft has confirmed during its Xbox Games Showcase the arrival of an Xbox Series S with internal storage of up to 1 TB and in color Carbon Black. This new model would arrive at the price of 350 euros and would be launched on September 1, in time for the premiere of Starfieldgame of which we also have news and 45 minutes of gameplay.
The Xbox Games Showcase left very good feelings in a large part of the public. During his more than an hour and a half presentation, we were able to see some of the biggest exclusives that will come to Series X/S, being fable and Starfield two of our personal favourites.