Microsoft working on Xbox that can only stream games
Microsoft is developing two new game consoles. One is a traditional successor for the Xbox One, while the other is only intended to stream games from the cloud.
Microsoft fan site Thurrott released the information after retrieving it from an industry source. The new Xbox gaming consoles would be developed under the codename Scarlett. The cloud console would play some of the games on the device at home, while another part would be run on an external cloud server. Such a streaming device is less powerful in hardware and thus cheaper to fab and sell. The downside is that the console would always need access to a cloud streaming service from Microsoft and that your internet connection needs to be peachy perfect at all times. It is likely a system based on a monthly subscription fee to play games.
The second game console that Microsoft would work on does contain more powerful hardware. This device would contain all the necessary hardware to play games locally, just like the current generation of game consoles does. What that hardware will be or become, remains unanswered at this time. According to the sources, both game consoles will be brought to market in 2020. Microsoft did not respond to the rumors, but the company recently said it was working on game fair E3 on a new generation of game consoles.
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It's not even worth releasing as StreamXbox should cost like $50.
@HardwareCaps : Wifi is not problem, today it is sub 1ms latency in home, 1200Mbps+. Wired apparently almost never loses packet, but my home wifi performs in same manner.
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This device would severely limit its market due to inherent limitations. They're doing well in my eyes with things like BC and the X and should continue on that trajectory. How about spending more on some good first party games instead of the same old staple of forza, gow, and halo and the odd indie they found interesting. Let sony drop the ball this time around lol.
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HH, Sony is maybe going to drop another Nuke on Xbox again. I mean, Xbox game-to-account-locking... Then Sony makes fun of it by just introducing sharing/selling by handing over disc.
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We know this was coming, corporations loves subscriptions (a quick hint at EA's E3 event) and it's something we're going to have to deal with in the future if we don't act now.
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Interesting... I hope they are gonna use wired connection for streaming, wifi would be awful.