Last year, at the 2018 version of the big Xbox press conference that happened last week, Spencer made the initial announcement that Microsoft has “game consoles” in production.
Notably, he said “consoles” – it wasn’t a slip of the tongue.
This year, though, he spoke of Project Scarlett as if it were a single box scheduled to arrive in holiday 2020.
So, what gives? Is Microsoft making multiple new Xbox consoles or what?
“Last year we said consoles, and we’ve shipped a console and we’ve now detailed another console. I think that’s plural,” Spencer said.
The console that Microsoft shipped earlier this year, of course, was not a new Xbox console – it was
a disc-less version of its already existing Xbox One S hardware.
“Technically that is plural,” Spencer said with a laugh after I pushed him on the technicality he invoked. “Right now,” he said, “we’re focused on Project Scarlett and what we put on stage.”
That said, given Microsoft’s recent history with multiple versions of Xbox One, we wouldn’t be surprised to see new versions of Project Scarlett in the coming years – it just sounds like we’ll only see one in late 2020.
Se a domanda diretta sul rumor della doppia console rispondi "no, abbiano solo il modello potente, ho usato il plurale l'anno scorso perché mi riferivo alla One senza lettore" allora sei un bugiardo. Senza contare che certo non ci voleva un anno e rotti per progettare una One senza lettore, e farà ancora più ridere se poi diranno tra tre mesi "eh, l'avevamo abortita a giugno, poi ci abbiamo ripensato, ed eccola qui, ma 9 mesi fa non l'avrei mai immaginata". Ma é tutta la solita strategia da fumo negli occhi di MS, che mira anche a sviare PS5. Una finta smentita del rumor per impedire a Sony di i seguirla in quel senso. Non per niente preferiscono tenere i dev kit nei bunker come switch, mentre Sony spiattella le specs a caso sul blog