As sales of the Xbox One continue to lag behind the PlayStation 4, this year’s Xbox E3 conference announced Microsoft’s new direction from the rooftops. This is no longer a race between the PS4 and the Xbox One, because Microsoft is going off-road. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Xbox One ecosystem.
The conference kicked off with a slick trailer for an announcement we all knew: the Xbox One S is a thing. 40% smaller than the original, 4K video-compatible and at $299 USD, it’s an attractive proposition for those who haven’t picked up Microsoft’s console yet come August.
For those who have, however, there’s little reason to invest in this similar hardware when something much better is dangled in front of us. At the end of the conference, Microsoft announced its new Xbox console, codenamed Project Scorpio, due to arrive in the holiday period of 2017. The announcement did two things: it loudly laid down Microsoft’s new vision for a ‘console generation-free’ future, while firing a shot across Sony’s bow by declaring it’s going to be the most powerful console in the future. The days of the Xbox being the technological underdog are numbered.
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The conference kicked off with a slick trailer for an announcement we all knew: the Xbox One S is a thing. 40% smaller than the original, 4K video-compatible and at $299 USD, it’s an attractive proposition for those who haven’t picked up Microsoft’s console yet come August.
For those who have, however, there’s little reason to invest in this similar hardware when something much better is dangled in front of us. At the end of the conference, Microsoft announced its new Xbox console, codenamed Project Scorpio, due to arrive in the holiday period of 2017. The announcement did two things: it loudly laid down Microsoft’s new vision for a ‘console generation-free’ future, while firing a shot across Sony’s bow by declaring it’s going to be the most powerful console in the future. The days of the Xbox being the technological underdog are numbered.
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