Xbox |OT|

[shikamaru317]

Looking at what was announced, my thoughts:

• None of the 4 games are surprising
• Glad there will continue to be new exclusives, even if not everything will be exclusive
• Biggest hardware leap of any gaming generation ever is quite the tease. I'm skeptical that it will truly be the biggest leap in actual hardware though, if the leaks are right we are only looking at 6 years between Xbox Series X and next-gen Xbox, that is not enough time for a massive leap in actual hardware specs unless it is very expensive. I'd rather say that things like better dedicated raytracing cores that allow path tracing, and AI frame generation to nearly double framerates at the chosen graphics settings, will do the heavy lifting of making this next-gen Xbox seem like the biggest hardware leap yet.
• Guessing the unique hardware tease could be a reference to the dual-layer Xbox and Windows OS, or it could be about the rumored cloud graphics improvements from the slide that leaked out in the ABK court case
• Glad ABK games are coming to base Gamepass, feared they would be Gamepass Ultimate exclusive
• New Xbox Series hardware option this year is somewhat surprising, the AMD leaker suggested the mid-gen refresh console had been cancelled and even Phil said that slide that had leaked was outdated and no longer matched their current plans. Could just be a cheaper to produce model on a small nm production line, or a larger SSD model though.