Microsoft has announced that its next-generation Xbox, Project Scarlett, will launch holiday 2020 with Halo Infinite.
The reveal trailer above was shown duringMicrosoft’sXboxE3 2019briefing. “Unmatched power and speed ushers in a new level of game play performance and the future of gaming,” reads the trailer description.
Microsoft says in the video: “At the heart of our next-generation console is our custom designed processor leveraging the latest Zen 2 and Navi technology from our partners at AMD.
“From a pure processing perspective this is four times more powerful than theXbox One X. We’re leveraging high bandwidth GDDR6 to ensure that we’re getting the best performance possible.”
It adds: “We’re looking at frame rates up to 120 frames per second, 8K capability, variable refresh rate, next-gen ray tracing — it’s real time because it’s hardware accelerated for the first time ever.
“We’ve created a new generation of SSD. We’re actually using the SSD as virtual RAM, resulting in more than 40 times performance increases over the current generation.
“When you may move through worlds without waiting for screens to load, that speed, that performance is what the next generation’s about.”
Introducing Project Scarlett:🔴 Native 4K at 60 FPS, up to 120 FPS🔴 Next gen SSD = 40x faster than current consoles🔴 Hardware accelerated ray tracing🔴 Games, accessories and career come with you🔴 8K capableComing holiday 2020. More:https://t.co/2dmZXanWQz#XboxE3pic.twitter.com/PRvGTHdyK7
Microsoft has also announced thatProject Scarlett will feature backwards compatibilitywith games from all previous generations of Xbox consoles. It will be compatible with all previous Xbox accessories too.
Additionally, Xbox bossPhil Spencerhas confirmed that Microsoft’s next-gen consolewill include a physical disc drive.
Xbox Game Studios bossMatt Bootysaid this week that the arrival ofProject Scarlettin tandem with advancements in cloud technology means we could be about to witness“as big a transition as when we went from 2D to 3D”.
