Microsoft's E3 presentation was perhaps the most interesting of this year. There were many major titles announced during this movie, but the one that caught the interest of many people was about the next-gen Xbox console.
The new Xbox will be called Scarlett, but the name itself is not tied to a specific console, but to a whole generation of Xbox consoles. Apparently there will be two different consoles available, one more powerful, but also more expensive and another more affordable, but with low-end specs.
The next generation Xbox will be around four times more powerful than the Xbox One X. Apparently, it will feature a bespoke AMD Zen 2 processor, Radeon RDNA architecture as well as GDDR6. Apart from that, it will have an SSD drive, which will significantly improve load times in games, and also serve as virtual RAM. All of this will allow the console to run games at up to 120 fps with varying refresh rates, as well as a resolution of up to 8k, which is a bit similar to what Sony had expected. 'implement for PS5.
Other than that, there are a few important points to mention. The next-gen Xbox console will fully support all existing Xbox One games (as well as games from all previous Xbox consoles) and their accessories, which is definitely a good thing. It will also have a disk drive allowing users to read physical disks.
Perhaps the most important point, however, was the release date announcement. The next-gen Xbox console will launch in 2020 during the holiday season. That means we're about a year and a half away from getting our hands on this beauty. And if we take a look at previous release dates, the Xbox One and PS4 were released in November 2013, so it's safe to assume that Sony will likely launch its console around the same time. Either way, the Xbox Scarlett looks very promising and I hope we get more details on that soon.
