The rumour mill is at it again and the latest morsel to bounce off from that ever turning grindstone is the speculation that Microsoft are, as many have suspected, indeed working on some new Xbox hardware. A slim model firstly will be bestowed upon us and next, the much more exciting idea of an Xbox One upgrade – codenamed ‘Scorpio’ – that will house a more powerful GPU and technically could handle 4K. Though unless the I/O transfer was increased this would mean lengthy load times for 4K content.
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:
Switch 2 – 140,026
Switch Lite – 5,212
Switch OLED – 5,110
PS5 – 3,581
Switch – 2,442
PS5 Pro – 1,676
PS5 Digital Edition – 749
Xbox Series S – 107
Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 47
Xbox Series X – 37
PS4 – 28
Nintendo - 152,790 units
PlayStation - 6,034 units
Microsoft - 191 units
Nintendo selling 25x as many units as the next closest competitor.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is more likely to be held back by software limitations than hardware limitations, according to a game developer.
LLC: "Nintendo Switch 2 is a massive upgrade in every way that matters on a day to day basis, and with some firmware updates it could be even better."
Great review! We have almost the same impression of the Switch 2. I don't care if the screen isn't OLED, because when I put it next to my friend's Steam OLED screen, they barely deviated in quality.
It's definitely good that Microsoft won't be left out of the VR game (if the rumours are true) but 6Tflops plus backwards and forwards compatibility basically make it a day one buy for me
It is good that it will have VR support but that has no impact on all why I will buy the system.
VR is cool tech that is still years away from being something I would buy.
I am not yet sold on VR so, I have to say NO. If devs manage to bring some amazing VR experiences, that ends up convincing me to give VR a try, then I would be glad the next Xbox is powerful enough to support Oculus Rift.
As for now, my main draw to the next Xbox is the rumored 6Tflops capability of the GPU. As someone that has been disappointed by the lame leap in graphics performance this gen, that amount of power is music to my ears.
I think it's a good selling point. Especially since I can use it on both my Xbox and my PC. I will be able to enjoy it with more friends that way. Price is gonna be key though.
Yes