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Goodbye, Project Scarlett, Hello Xbox Series X - Exclusive First Look And Interview

Microsoft has unveiled the next-gen Xbox formerly known as Project Scarlett, and it's unlike any console we've seen before.

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neutralgamer19921628d ago

Seriously this is what it looks like. Ps5 Deb kits much better than this. I am calling it now 12-24 months in Ps5 will be double the install base. Ms just doesn't get it and is stuck in limbo

On one hand they are chasing the hardcore gamers and on the other they want casual gamers. We will hear words like beast etc from XBDF but end result will not be that much different. Sony is laughing somewhere

King81628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

We all know ps5 will probably sell way more then the Xbox series x but at least Microsoft trying to make their fans happy by releasing another console.

AngelicIceDiamond1628d ago

Ok what's that suppose to mean? They were planning on releasing a new console this whole entire time. In 2013 and 2014 this place said MS not makin another console because they screwed up so much with X1. Now we have XSX.

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RedDevils1628d ago

It look nothing like the ps2, just cause it rectangle shape.

2pacalypsenow1628d ago

"but at least Microsoft trying to make their fans happy by releasing another console."

huh?

Is Sony not releasing a Ps5?

bumbleforce1628d ago

Sell more yes but more people will be playimg xbox and by the end of the gen the mindshare will be on xbox side. Hellblade is just the start

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Gazondaily1628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

Sony is laughing based on the face that the X looks like a pc tower? The PS5 dev kits look better than this? PS5 will double install base. Xbox stuck in limbo? You got all this from the look? Er........

zsquaresoff1628d ago

Ya man the ps5 dev kit looks better than the stacked tissue box called the xbox s series

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xX-oldboy-Xx1628d ago

It's not a great design though is it? And considering ms has just limped into 3rd place with just on a year to go until next gen - Sony once again doubling their install base seems very doable.

AngelicIceDiamond1628d ago

Wait this isn't the final design now is it? I certainly hope not tbh.

bouzebbal1628d ago

lol the caveman is back... finally something to be hyped for??

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xX-oldboy-Xx1628d ago

shaggy - ms has had none of that for the last 10yrs, more console iterations than new ips.

Short memory or just very forgiving.

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NatureOfLogic_1628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

Not a good look tbh and the name is just as bad as the Wii U.

Pickledpepper1628d ago

@old boy
Xbox is not in third place, I don't know where you are getting you information from but I think you need to check your sources, they are way out in front of the Wii U.
When the next gen does release from both Microsoft and Sony then you can compare the switch.
If you look at it another way the switch is way out in front because the others haven't released their next gen consoles yet.

xX-oldboy-Xx1628d ago

shaggy - NEW ips - not 2nd or 3rd or party exclusives. You literally listed 3 sequels in your reply haha.

ms really doesn't have to try hard to fool you guys.

Neonridr1628d ago

I don't know.. that PS5 dev kit looks ugly as f***. Imagine that sitting next to your TV. At least this is more geometrically pleasing when paired with all your other devices in your TV unit.

fiveby91628d ago

Well the design is ok. It is called the X"box". Hope it can also sit horizontally.

DJStotty1628d ago

failing to point out that you can also lay the console flat (like all the others)

darthv721628d ago

@above... it can sit horizontal as well.

I get an X68000 vibe from it but that one could only stand, not lie down. There was also the PCFX.

If you take an XB S and ADE and put them next to each other you get this.

thexmanone1628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

LOL, My robo Vac looks like the PS5. Sony has a sad looking console

battlegrog1628d ago

Some console fans are stuck when Its time for consoles to evolve and innovate. This is a smart design and very small considering the power it has compared to computers with the same specs

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AngelicIceDiamond1628d ago

"Ms just doesn't get it and is stuck in limbo" whatever that means sounds your hurt and crying to me so you just make crap up outta thin air. Hell Blade ll got announced what's you're excuse about that?

mandingo1628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

Love how you base that off a console design. Shows your true colors.

Biasedgamer

KillBill1628d ago

"Ps5 Deb kits much better than this." - wow, you are really smoking crack on that idea.

XBSX... It is simple and functional. Only as wide and deep as a controller and not the size as a PC case. PS5 Dev kit is just.... seriously godawful.

vikingland11628d ago

I agree with your size assessment. Plus it looks about 2 disc slots tall. So it's approximately 9" tall by 6" wide and deep so 6"x 6"x 9" approximately. That's not very big and should fit well in most TV stands.

KillBill1628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

@vikingland1 - I think you are a slight bit off on the dimensions. Xbox One controller is basically about 6" wide I would put the XBSX at approx 6.5" wide and deep. I would put it at just slightly over 3 controllers in height. Xbox One controller is 4.25" height. So I would put the XBSX right at about 13" in height. So 6.5" x 6.5" x 13" is closer to the dimensions with my quick estimated calculations.

It really is close to about the same size as a shoe box. (but not quite as wide)

vikingland11628d ago

@KillBill
We were both close with our guesses, a Colt Eastwood video shows it to be "6x"6x"12. Like what you said. Good deduction .

Ceaser98573611628d ago

Why do you even care about a dev kit? Like seriously this is childish. We all know dev kits aint the final product. Look at how weird the PS4 dev kit looks like...

timotim1628d ago

Are people really bringing up the dev kits of the PS5 now as some measuring point? Really?

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DJStotty1628d ago

You got all that from a design?

You sir, should put the lottery on seeing as you know the future, and have inside knowledge of what the PS5 will look like

Antifan1628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

Idk, as I get older, the flashy design choices in electronics really don't impress me anymore. I'm growing to like more simplistic designs. I'm more worried about MS grand idea to create multiple varieties with lower specs that could hold back innovation in some games. At the end of the day, it's all about games.

darthv721628d ago

What are you talking about... PS5 dev kit looks like a bedpan.

Xavi4K1628d ago

so you are judging that the console will lose just because you don't like how it looks like lol....did you even see hellblade 2 trailer?? casue that the quality of games you will see from now on on Xbox...this gen was black page in Microsoft history yet it doesn't mean next gen will be the same.

Flewid6381628d ago

You plan on looking at the games on screen or the box?

battlegrog1628d ago

You're stuck under a rock not evolving. This is a much more practical design for air flow. People said the ps pro got so hot and loud. This is a small deisgn for the specs it has compared to any pc. Only a console person stuck in the past would make that comment. So are you the bitching causal or hardcore or neither and just here to talk nonsnese

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xander707691628d ago

Do people really care that much what the console looks like? What matters is what it can do and how it performs etc. I'm still way more excited for PS5 than this, but don't understand the freaking out about how it looks.

GamerFrank851628d ago

I'm laughing at this comment.

isarai1628d ago

Im not a huge fan of the design(i think it looks ok), but looking at how many people own an Alexa which is pretty much the same footprint, its not gonna be a problem to the masses.

dcbronco1628d ago

I'm going to trust Microsoft engineers over some idiots on the internet. If they say the specs came first and the design is what they had to do to accommodate them I'm ok with that. Given the excellent design of the One X I know they know what they're doing.

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DEEHULK881628d ago

We know nothing about the games coming but so-called experts on here like NG1992 act like they know what the future holds. MS doesn't get what? They have the power and now all they need the games. You have no idea about the games they have coming....so how can anyone draw any conclusions about the system based on this quick showing of how it looks? Fanboys are the worst

jwillj2k41627d ago

What, you don’t like the x blocks?

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Tech51628d ago

i'm digging the isometric position. like the thumbnail. just notice that.
but that's not what i'm most interested in. how does the internal parts stack up.
and how much computational power is utilized in the design.

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BLizardXD1628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

it looks fine enough and it also has a disc drive. it looks straight to the point.
i can only imagine the amount power this thing will have in exchange for trimming the fat off of a gimmicky case.
a missile is what xbox gamers are expecting. 4 times the amount of computational power of X is once again quoted.

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DJStotty1628d ago

I like the design, good cooling solution, heat rises and the vent is at the top as opposed to the sides

Larrysweet1628d ago

It looks like pure shit be real

XBManiac1628d ago

Think maybe about an standard PC graphics card inserted in a PCB, with a big colector in the middle of the box to collect so much heat to the top. No horizontal position for this, I supose.

rlow11628d ago

On their website, it says it can be put into the horizontal position.

rainslacker1628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

It's designed to push all the air out in one go, with a single large fan. Whether it's vertical or horizontal, so long as the heat collection area stays clear, the fan should blow it out. Quite a few smaller PC cases are designed with this in mind, and work fine using a sideways airflow.

If I were to have a concern, it would be that in horizontal use, the majority of the heat would be pushed out the side, instead of the back, unless you turned the vents towards the back, which would make the CD slow less accessible, and possibly show the wires more....making the form and function idea go just to function. I personally would prefer the heat be pushed out the back of my entertainment center, but understand that's just a matter of how mine is set up. This thing wouldn't fit in the vertical position in my entertainment center at all.

Not that I have a concern about the heat, just that's how I'd look at it if I were thinking about it.

Parasyte1628d ago

I wonder if the layout of the internal components will be similar to the Corsair One.

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GameBoyColor1628d ago

This naming gives me Wii U flashback lol

Servbot411628d ago

It's almost as if they learned nothing from Nintendo's mistake. I wasn't even sure it was a new console until after the initial announcement.

andron1628d ago

Yeah thought the same thing. Ms have truble making good names for its consoles. This time they should just have stuck with Scarlett...

darthv721628d ago (Edited 1628d ago )

Its now a series. Xbox series X is just the first and there may be an Xcloud series as well. There could be an X2, X3, X4, maybe an XD (digital) XS (slim)

Like most devices that come out with new series and then the identifiers in that series. Like iphone and their number and sub letter. 8, 8r, 8s (for example)

Atom6661628d ago

Yeah, it is starting to make sense. X has been gaining popularity as their power moniker lately. Moving forward, this will probably be referred to simply as the X series like you described.

You can easily introduce an S series, a Lite series, etc. If they could have named it just "Xbox," I think people would understand their goal here a little more clearly. Their past naming issues kind of prevented that though.

It also brings with it a sense of sophistication. Xbox Series _____ doesn't sound like a toy. It sounds like a piece of tech, or phone, or car. All of which are consumer products that we've easily learned to identify the various models and iterations in.

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UnholyLight1628d ago

It's definitely new for consoles, but it makes sense. The name taps into consumer Psyche and how we view new products as superior with certain monikers. iPhone 11 PRO, "Black Series" in high end cars, X in Xbox One X as the superior console. Every smart brand knows that using these types of buzzwords are something that consumers hang off of and allow them to differentiate "Best from the rest".

However, I do think the name is almost a little clunky but I like the acronym XSX!

darthv721628d ago

Maybe Nintendo will have the NSX?

rainslacker1628d ago

That does make sense. I just hope it doesn't lead to a never-ending upgrade cycle, as I really don't want to see console go the smartphone route.

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rainslacker1628d ago

It's a pretty uninspired name, and I'm wondering what the talk was all about that the name would somehow encapsulate the capabilities of the system. This just feels like they used check and replace to swap "one" for "series", and it makes no real logical sense in terms of progression. Not that Xbox One did, but at least the "one" had something to do with their vision.

So, as of now, I'm wondering if there is more to the "Series" that they haven't revealed yet.

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Inzo1628d ago

The design looks uninspiring but its whats under the hood that counts. Congrats Xbox gamers, this along with the Hellblade announcement must make you pretty stoked.

SyntheticForm1628d ago

It's overload for me considering I'll be buying this alongside the PS5. Hellblade 2 is such a sweetener and looks to be a launch title.

Finally something gritty and serious from a Microsoft studio that isn't boring ol' Gears. So happy to see Ninja Theory working on this because I really wanted a Hellblade 2 and Bleeding Edge is just cringe to me.

Hopefully Microsoft's studios will be pursuing more mature themes and start trying to rival Sony's games in both visual fidelity and originality.

moriarty18891628d ago

agreed bro. this is a breathe of fresh air for MS.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken3d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty3d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken2d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty2d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken2d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0072d ago (Edited 2d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken2d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

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@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken2d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie2d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12083d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast3d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit3d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export3d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2033d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai4d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H94d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1014d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H94d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

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Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion4d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_924d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19724d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing694d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard4d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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The Witcher 3 REDkit Q&A - CDPR & Yigsoft Confirm Steam Workshop Support; Further Changes Planned

CD Projekt RED and Yigsoft have launched The Witcher 3 REDkit on PC. We interviewed both studios to discuss the release of these mod tools.

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