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- Dec 31, 202090% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Microsoft's Next-Gen Xbox Will Arrive in 2020
- Thurrott.com (12 June 2018) reported, from internal content its author viewed, that Microsoft planned its next Xbox, codenamed 'Scarlett', for 2020, and described it as a family of devices[1]
- The report hedged that 'timing and plans can change'; it was unclear whether Scarlett was all-new hardware or a more powerful, backward-compatible Xbox One[1]
- Days earlier at E3 2018, Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirmed a next Xbox was in development and hinted at a cloud streaming service[7]
- On 12 December 2019 at The Game Awards Microsoft revealed Project Scarlett as the Xbox Series X, launching holiday 2020[2][5]
- Xbox Wire (9 September 2020): Xbox Series X and the smaller Xbox Series S launch globally on 10 November 2020, with pre-orders from 22 September, at $499 and $299 estimated retail price[3]
Notable features
- Claimed specs: four times the processing power of Xbox One X, AMD Zen 2 and RDNA, 4K at 60 fps up to 120 fps, ray tracing, next-generation SSD, and backward compatibility across four generations with Game Pass at launch[2][5]
- Final specifications (Xbox Wire, 16 March 2020): a custom 8-core Zen 2 CPU at 3.8 GHz (3.6 GHz with SMT) and a 12 TFLOPS custom RDNA 2 GPU with 52 CUs at 1.825 GHz, on a 360.45 mm2 7nm Enhanced die[4]
- 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 320-bit bus (10GB at 560 GB/s, 6GB at 336 GB/s), a 1 TB custom NVMe SSD at 2.4 GB/s raw or 4.8 GB/s compressed, a 1 TB expansion card slot and a 4K UHD Blu-ray drive[4]
- The Xbox Velocity Architecture makes 100 GB of game assets instantly accessible; Quick Resume switches between several suspended games, HDMI 2.1 brings 120Hz, variable refresh rate and auto low latency mode, and Smart Delivery gives buyers the best version of a game on whichever Xbox they use[4]
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- [1]90%thurrott.com/xbox/161232/microsofts-next-gen-xbox-will-arrive-2020thurrott.com· Posted Jul 16, 2018· Starts Dec 31, 2020 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per thurrott.com: "Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox[3][4] Will Arrive in 2020 While Microsoft may have been founded as bein…"
- [2]85%Microsoft announces Xbox Series X, arriving holiday 2020gsmarena.com· Added Sep 14, 2026· 100% of score
GSMArena confirms Microsoft announced the Xbox[3][4] Series X on 13 December 2019 "with a planned release in Holiday 2020," matching the pin's 2020 claim and independently corroborating Gematsu's[5] report of the same unveiling.
- [3]90%Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X Launch November 10, Starting at $24.99 a Month with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play - XBOX Wirenews.xbox.com· Published Sep 9, 2020· 0% of score
Xbox[4] Wire says both consoles "launch globally November 10, pre-orders start September 22" at $499 and $299 estimated retail price.
- [4]92%Xbox Series X: A Closer Look at the Technology Powering the Next Generation - XBOX Wirenews.xbox.com· Published Mar 16, 2020· 0% of score
Microsoft's Xbox[3] Wire spec post lists "8x Cores @ 3.8 GHz", "12 TFLOPS, 52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz", 16 GB GDDR6 and a 1 TB custom NVMe SSD, plus Velocity Architecture and Quick Resume.
- [5]85%Xbox Project Scarlett officially unveiled as Xbox Series Xgematsu.com· Published Dec 12, 2019· 0% of score
Gematsu reports Project Scarlett was "officially unveiled as Xbox[3][4] Series X" with a "Holiday 2020" release, published 12 December 2019, corroborating the pin's "arrive in 2020" claim roughly a year ahead of the pin's stored end-of-2020 placeholder date.
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