The future of Xbox – New consoles? New bone? What to expect, very simply!

To the video game sector is particularly fond of ads of all kinds; Players like to know what awaits them, on what platforms they will play, in what ways, to what games … Each speech of a manufacturer is scrutinized by a community that scrutinizes the smallest words, the smallest indices to draw more or less exact conclusions.

The intervention of Sarah Bond, president of Xbox, the Microsoft video game branch, on June 17, was therefore an opportunity for amateurs (and professionals elsewhere) to question what the manufacturer reserves for the next few years. But between announcements of partnerships for hardware, advances for software concerning Windows in particular and the promises of not being linked to a single device, you can legitimately feel lost when you are not necessarily very aware of what is happening behind the scenes. Back on the performance of Sarah Bond to unravel the wires and express, in very simple terms, what Xbox has in store for us in a few months, a few years, to come.

Will there be a new Xbox console?

Let’s start very concretely. Has Sarah Bond announce a new Xbox stamped console? Clearly, yes. “”We invest in our next range of devices“, Specifies Sarah from the 10th second of the video, pushing the nail a little later by speaking of”Xbox consoles in your living room and in your hands“. Without a doubt possible, Xbox prepares its next machines. By being measured optimistic, we can even consider the production of a living room console (or several, we remember the Xbox One / Xbox One S duo) and a portable console. We can also imagine – but with less conviction – a hybrid solution, like the Nintendo Switch 2 which would allow, with the same device, the outside.

Will we see a new, more powerful generation?

Again, it is difficult to deny the evidence: the partnership with AMD must bring “The new generation of graphic innovation to unlock a new visual quality standard“. In addition, it is quite rare, in the industry, to make new consoles less efficient than the old. However, this new generation will be compatible with the old Xbox games. Be careful, it is not yet known how these titles will be retrocompatible: will there be an optical reader to read the old pancakes? Should we go through the Microsoft store to buy its old games?

New ways of acquiring your games?

Since they are connected, game consoles have offered their users the possibility of buying dematerialized games via an online store: no need to buy discs, games available at any time of the day or night … But still today, you have to confine yourself to manufacturers’ blinds: you cannot buy games from the Microsoft store on a PS5, you cannot afford Nintendo title on Xbox. But there are many other blinds that the best known will even speak to the purest consoleux, I named Steam. We will also quote Good Old Games, Epic Games Store … These stores were intended exclusively for PC players. But if we believe Sarah Bond, the Xbox will open up to these providers and the players will only be linked to the Microsoft store alone: ​​enjoy the Steam sales on its console and not only on its PC? Perhaps everything will depend on the partnerships that will be set up. Sarah Bond does not mention anything about this in the video; You will have to wait a bit to find out more.

What operating system for the Xbox Next Gen?

Surprisingly, it would be a Windows designed for the game. Obviously, this version will be rid of the features specific to the world of PC such as the sharp management of the display, the defraction of the discs, the installation methods … The OS will have to be flexible and practical to be exploited via a controller.

In summary!

During this video of just over 60 seconds, we learned that Xbox was going to develop new consoles, probably a living room (s) of living room and one (s) portable machine (s). These will be more powerful than current consoles. Finally, we can buy games on the Xbox blind, but also on partner blinds. But for the moment, we do not know which blinds are concerned and, de facto, on what new platforms; Steam ? Epic Games Store ? The stores of different publishers, perhaps, too?