Published 17:41 IST, December 19th 2018
Microsoft’s next high-end gaming console is apparently codenamed Anaconda
Microsoft is reportedly working on two gaming consoles expected to release sometime in 2020
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Microsoft’s next high-end gaming console is reportedly codenamed Anaconda. Anaconda, said to be successor of Xbox One X will be one of two consoles that Microsoft is reportedly working on with or, codenamed Lockhart, being a more affordable offering on lines of Xbox One S. Both Anaconda and Lockhart Xbox consoles are reportedly part of Microsoft’s Scarlett project and are expected to launch sometime in 2020.
Anaconda Xbox, as mentioned earlier, will be successor of Xbox One X – aka Project Scorpio – and will resultantly be more powerful of two consoles that Microsoft is working on. This invariably means new and improved hardware – processor, graphics – including faster SSD stor under hood. current-generation Xbox One X is most powerful gaming console in world right w, and it isn’t even a next-generation device but a mid-cycle refresh. It will be interesting to see what Microsoft has in store with regards to its true next-generation console.
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It isn’t clear if Anaconda refers to actual console or dev kit at this point of time. Xbox One X dev kit, to recall, was codenamed Chuckwalla.
or console, aka Lockhart, is said to be more affordable one of two consoles but it will reportedly pack hardware comparable or even slightly more powerful to existing Xbox One X.
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Both se consoles should oretically be compatible with Microsoft’s existing backward compatible Xbox and Xbox 360 games, and Xbox One titles, a strategy that company has employed to open its past games for next-generation consoles as a means to overcome dearth of exclusive titles.
Since Microsoft is yet to formally anunce specifics about eir of two consoles, it is vised that you take this piece of information with a pinch of salt. What we do kw is that Microsoft is working on something as we speak. Redmond giant, during its E3 2018 keyte h confirmed that it was "deep into architecting next Xbox consoles, where we will once again deliver on our commitment to deliver benchmark of console gaming."
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In or news, Microsoft is also reportedly working on an update to Xbox One S with a slightly tweaked disk-less design, expected to release in early 2019.
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17:25 IST, December 19th 2018