If we have been talking about the next two Xbox consoles on Xboxygen for a long time, the last few months have been devoted almost entirely to the Xbox Series X, the only new Xbox console officially confirmed by Microsoft. But according to several sources, the Xbox Series S is still current and new details are emerging today.
June 9, 2020 update
A new source supports the arrival of the Xbox Series S today, which is still known by its codename, Lockhart. According to information from Venturebeat, the Xbox Lockhart should have been revealed this week, and even today. But with the delay of the PS5 conference, Microsoft would have decided to review its plans and to postpone its announcement until later.
This summer is definitely going to be really very rich in announcements if all this is confirmed!
Original article from March 7, 2020
This is the Chinese specialized site Mydrivers, close to the sources of production and having already leaked information in the past revealed to be correct on telephones, which releases this leak which we take all the same with tweezers as long as nothing is officialized by Microsoft.
Xbox Series S news coming soon?
According to their sources, Microsoft is expected to unveil the Xbox Series S for the first time soon. The new Xbox, which has been codenamed Lockhart for over a year, should be equivalent to the Xbox One S that Microsoft has released to reinvigorate its line of consoles on the current generation.
The Xbox Series S would therefore be a new design console created to offer a floor price in order to attract players who are not looking for performance at all costs.
For players looking for the best of the best, there will be the Xbox Series X and its 12 raw TFLOPS, equipped with a state-of-the-art processor with SSD, Raytracing and Variable Rate Shading. Raw power in order to deliver the best possible rendering on your TV.
Xbox Series S: 4 power TFLOPS
Still according to the same claims, the Xbox Series S should offer a power of 4 TFLOPS, 3x less than its big sister the Xbox Series X and even less than the Xbox One X and its 6 TFLOPS.
However, the gaming performance of the Xbox Series S would be higher than the last current Xbox thanks to the new RDNA architecture of the console chip. Last year, some sources mentioned a Ryzen 4GHz APU with 16 GB of RAM, including 12 GB allocated to the graphics card and 4 GB for the OS of this new Xbox. But we will have to wait a little longer for official sources.
The price is the number 1 argument targeted by this new console. If the price of the Xbox Series X is expected around 500 €, that of the Xbox Series S should be around 300 € if we believe the same sources.
For a new generation console, the argument should hit the mark. History of lowering production costs to offer this floor price, it would also be possible that the console does not have a Blu Ray player, and is only dedicated to dematerialized.
With the hectic news around the Coronavirus, the various world fairs canceled one after the other and the uncertainties around the E3 of June, Microsoft must certainly ask questions and perhaps adjust its initial communication plan, just like Sony. The next few months may be interesting to see to see if the release of the Xbox Series X and PS5 will be maintained for the end of the year, and at what price.
- What the Xbox Series S might look like (photomontage)
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