Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox, said in an interview with IGN at Gamescom 2023 that Microsoft has no plans to launch a half-generation update of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, but instead focuses on the currently released hardware, allowing developers to give full play to its performance.
Spencer said that they are now only working on the increased storage space version of the Xbox Series S, and there are no other half-generation update plans. He believes that they are now at the end of the beginning of the current generation (at the end of the beginning of the current generation), and they need to allow developers to adapt to existing hardware and take full advantage of its capabilities.
Spencer further explained why there is no Xbox Series X | S half-generation update. He said that referring to the high-end PC market, the picture and feel of the game depends not only on the number of pixels or resolution, but also on lighting technology and other factors. As a result, Spencer feels that the industry still has a lot of untapped potential, suggesting that the full potential of the current generation of consoles hasn’t been tapped yet.
Although Microsoft has no plans for a half-generation update, rumours that the company is still considering releasing new hardware, such as the Xbox Series X without an optical drive and some other undisclosed hardware, which is expected to be launched in 2025.
