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Developers are already working on Project Scorpio, confirms Phil Spencer

Whether it is more than confirmed, more than a year before its planned launch developers are already setting the pace for 3 essential things that users look for in the future of Xbox.

Gazondaily3239d ago

The beast is being fed. Can't wait to see this machine next year.

Mind you, I reckon the actual console will look horrid. Probably a fat pc-tower like monstrosity.

christocolus3239d ago (Edited 3238d ago )

Lennox is right. I think it will be the size of the original Xbox One and I bet all 1st/2nd party devs and maybe some major 3rd party devs like Ubisoft, EA/Dice, Bethesda and Rockstar already have prototype dev kits. For now, all we know is that Scorpio will support Fallout 4 VR.

Can't wait to see what devs do with the machine.

@Newmonday

Sorry bro but my friends and I have no interest in PC gaming and we're all looking forward to Scorpio. I'm sure you'll enjoy building your Gaming rig with a GTX1070 but as a console gamer I'm more than okay with Scorpio and that 6TF sounds mighty fine for a home console. Thanks for the suggestion/concern though. :)

NewMonday3238d ago

why wait? just get a GTX1070 and you have a machine that can play all "Scorpio" games and more right now.
anyway coming a year late 6TF will not have anywhere near the luster of 4.2 this year, Scorpio will need to have at least 10 TFLOPS to have the same impact, if they don't upgrade MS will be a day late and a dollar short again I'm afraid.

Unspoken3238d ago

1070? Why would you waste your money? A 1080 or Titan will be more powerful, and Scorpio will be more powerful than Neo, both of your suggestions are inferior. Stop with the bad advice.

freshslicepizza3238d ago

frunny how those advocating to buy into a pc and play xbox games there are likely the same people buying games like no mans sky on the ps4.

GameNameFame3238d ago

@NewMonday

I dont get why you are getting disagrees... GTX 1070 will get you Xbox Scorpio performance right now..

I love the "no interest in PC gaming" excuse. All Xbox games are on PC. So you are really Xbox gaming still with 1070.

@Unspoken

How does Neo come into play? I love how same people who said power dont matter changes tune so fast.

Event 1. PS4 is 40 percent more powerful than Xbox One.
Xbox fans: Power dont matter.
Event 2, Scorpio is rumored to be 50 percent more stronger than Neo.
Xbox fans: Power super matters all of sudden.

ChrisW3238d ago

@Unspoken,

"1070? Why would you waste your money? A 1080 or Titan will be more powerful"

Yes, they will be more powerful. However, when considering "dollars per fps" the 1070 is a better choice and not really a waste of money.

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Lennoxb633239d ago (Edited 3239d ago )

I think it will be the size of the original Xbox One.

Mrveryodd3239d ago

i think you are right , this thing is going to need some cooling thats for sure.

Matology3239d ago

And that to me would be okay. Just make the front more angled slightly and that would be cool.

TheCommentator3238d ago

@Boomnade

If the front was angled it would look like a Playstation 4, which is not cool. It needs its own identity.

I think it's going to look like a giant black scorpion with glowing green eyes, a startup sound like Godzilla roaring, with animated claws that raise and click shut a few times, and it's tail whips forwards to strike anything nearby. It's going to be real safe for the children!

DragonbornZ3239d ago

Bruh, Panos Panay.
Scorpio is guaranteed to be a sexy beast.

Tech53239d ago (Edited 3239d ago )

I'm expecting it to be similar to the original xbox one case, with "Scorpio" etched on it and maybe some extra etchings. particularly it's not a new console, in the sense of it's operating system and disc format coding. usually when a new console is created the operating system and coding language are different. And with that difference a fresh new console case is created.

kstuffs3238d ago

What you said makes no sense. Games moving forward are backward and forward compatible with Xbox One, Xbox One S and Project Scorpio. There's absolutely NO reason whatsoever to create a new operating system or coding language. MS made it a goal to make the Game OS transparent to the system as everything is virtualized. There's no need to reinvent the wheel with x86 architecture running on HyperV with Windows 10 and Game OS on top.

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Hoffmann3239d ago (Edited 3239d ago )

Please..stop calling it a beast, don't repeat that dumb marketing slogan.

@Sandwich. If the Scorpio is a Beast, my PC is probably a Superbeast and Rob Zombie himself would fall on his old rotten knees and beg for mercy to play on it.

@Slaveguy lol @ you thinking I am one of the Sony fans.

@Septic Nah, I don't love that one either, am mostly a PC Player.

The Scorpio will for sure be a powerful console at launch but it is not a bigger "Beast" than the first Xbox was in 2002 or the Nintendo 64 in 1996. Nice for a while but most likely outdated in comparison with an upgraded Gaming PC when it arrives in Winter 2017.

Even today, 4-6 tflops are not something special if you have a Gaming PC with a graphic card and a processor from 2015. In Winter 2017, over 10 tflops will be the low standard I bet.

@Lennoxb63 They are all just gaming platforms to me.

Sonyslave33239d ago

So what about sony dumb marketing slogan's .

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Lennoxb633239d ago

Why are you comparing a console to PC? That just invalidated your entire comment right there.

DARK_WOLF3239d ago

6tf in a CONSOLE closed box environment with 12gb ram with games specifically optimized for that hardware is massive.

It is a beast and the fact that ur arguing this when we have less than 2tf consoles currently just proves u are salty for whatever reason.

omegaheat3239d ago (Edited 3239d ago )

And here we go, again. Didn't take long before one of you came from the basement to have a d!ck sword fight in honor of defending your PC. Where do you guys come from? Every last Xbox article, there's someone trying to counteract even the slightest positive news with something off topic. I will get restricted for a comment, while guys like you are inciting an argument. So Mr. Moderator, go ahead and ban me for using the word d!ck, while it's okay for the other anti Microsoft crowd to come in the Xbox forum spreading manure.

lastking953239d ago (Edited 3238d ago )

Youre right, it's not a beast, it's a MONSTER

XXanderXX3239d ago

Its not a beast its the Scorpio Mark 7 of the console world

sammarshall1023238d ago

In the console space it's a monster

starchild3238d ago

Well, I do most of my gaming on PC and I still recognize that Xbox Scorpio is going to be a beast in the console world. Some PCs are always going to be more powerful than consoles and it's pointless to bring that up.

XanderZane3238d ago

It's not a Beast. It's a MONSTER!! lol!!

It's pretty obvious that developers are already making games for the Scorpio. That was one of the reasons Phil announced it at the E3. Can't wait to see what they come up with.

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Scorpio will be designed by the Surface team led by Panos who designed the HoloLens, Surface Pro 4, and the Surface Book. It'll look just as stunning.

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Yoshida claims PS believes Xbox is their only competitor, truth is they don’t have one any more

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida claims PlayStation still believes Xbox is their only true competitor, not Nintendo.

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Terry_B1d 22h ago

True, they have pretty different audiences..and some People just have both at home or a PS and a PC that emulates more or less everything from Nintendo.

Knightofelemia1d 20h ago

Xbox hasn't been a competitor since the XB360. Last generation and this generation Sony has been running circles around Xbox. As for Sony vs Nintendo Sony runs circles yes but I don't really see Nintendo as competition. Nintendo does their own thing and it works.

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Lightning771d 16h ago

Details are important. Console sales yes. Overall games Xbox seems to be doing fairly well in that department.

LoveSpuds1d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

MS were doing so well that they had to start selling their games on their main competitors system which in turn results in around 30% of each sale going to Sony as the platform holder.

I do think tjat MS' fortunes will improve now that they are actually selling games rather than giving them away for pennies on the dollar.

Something that occurs to me is that the more success MS published games have elsewhere, the more stark it will become that selling games is much more profitable than renting them. If that becomes highly noticable, I wonder what the shareholders (who ultimately run the show) will make of a service which has stagnated for years?

crazyCoconuts1d 1h ago

PlayStation doesn't compete with third party games, they compete on consoles. They profit from third party games. If you're not comparing consoles there's no point in comparing.

drivxr1d 19h ago

Console wars are over.

Eventually, everyone else will catch up to this fact.

attilayavuzer1d 18h ago (Edited 1d 18h ago )

I think it's all PS fans have left at this point. Console wars were always a competition for fourth place behind Nintendo, PC and mobile. If Xbox evaporates into a hybrid virtual platform, then PS will be perennially left in last place.

Christopher1d 18h ago

Strange, I recall all those FCC documents and witness testimonies saying the exact opposite... Guess Microsoft doesn't know what it's talking about?

PanicMechanic1d 7h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

Great analysis. Just joking.

Pretending like companies give a f about where they “rank” against each other is just super retarded. This isn’t the World Cup.

Tell me, how does “PC” compete against a brand like PlayStation? It just doesn’t make sense at all. What you just said, is complete and utter nonsense

BlaqMagiq123h ago

I don't think PS cares about being in this so-called "last place" you came up with when they're making profits hand over fist.

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Destiny10801d 19h ago

microsoft wanted to crush sony into dust and they had the money to do it, but with such weak leadership it was always going to fail

Reaper22_1d 18h ago

Had the money? They still have the money but the industry has changed since xbox 360. Microsoft is the number one publisher in gaming. I'd hardly call that failing.

IRetrouk1d 18h ago (Edited 1d 18h ago )

The industry hasn't changed though, just ms, Microsoft was the no1 publisher for a month in december 2024, the actual no1 for fy2024 was tencent if game sales are all that's being counted.

Profchaos1d 17h ago

Money doesn't mean you'll be successful large corporations have entered and failed before like Nec

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Interview: Plants vs. Zombies Composer Talks Charm, Humor, and Musical Mayhem

Game Rant interviews Plants vs. Zombies composer Peter McConnell about honoring the series’ quirky roots, adapting its themes, and now going vinyl.

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VenomUK2d ago

The score for the first Plants Vs Zombies is such great, iconic music that it has a timeless quality. Not quite the level of Minecraft, but wonderful in its own right.

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