MICROSOFT XBOX TWO

DESPITE being outsold by the competition, the Xbox One did well enough in the market for Microsoft to develop a new variant.

During E3 2018 last year, Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirmed that their hardware team, the same people behind the Xbox One X, is working on the next Xbox consoles.

The interesting part about this is that Spencer specifically said “next Xbox consoles”. This implies that there will be multiple variants of the next-generation Xbox. From what we know thus far, there will at least be two variants of the console, one codenamed Xbox Lockhart and the other codenamed Xbox Anaconda.

Xbox Lockhart is expected to be more affordable, with hardware matching the Xbox One X but with some additional refinements for improved performance.

Xbox Anaconda will feature beefier hardware, much like how the Xbox One X is to the base model Xbox One console.

There is also a possibility of a variant that will utilise Cloud Gaming technology.

Instead of having powerful hardware, the actual processing will be done on a Cloud Computer, in which the feed will then be streamed to the console. This will be backed by the Microsoft Project xCloud game streaming service. It will be the most affordable variant but it will require Internet connection for it to work.

With Microsoft’s recent acquisitions of game development studios such as Ninja Theory and Obsidian Entertainment, we can expect to see more high-quality exclusives on the platform.

Unfortunately, there’s still a lot that we do not know about the next-generation Xbox console.

However, we might not have to wait for long to learn more as Microsoft is said to discuss further on the next-generation Xbox at E3 2019 taking place this June in Los Angeles.