Vi hører mere og mere snak om både PlayStation 6 og Xbox Next, som begge er blevet bekræftet at være på vej - dog uden nogen egentlige detaljer endnu. Når det gælder sidstnævnte, tror mange, at Microsoft sigter mod at harmonisere PC og Xbox endnu mere, for eksempel ved at tilbyde spil via platforme som Epic Games Store og Steam - hvilket i praksis ville betyde en konsol, der kan spille stort set alt (undtagen Nintendos titler).
Nu har den velrenommerede YouTube-kanal Moore's Law is Dead fremlagt et nyt læk vedrørende næste generation af Xbox, og som sædvanlig dykker de dybt ned i de tekniske detaljer. Zuby_Tech har samlet oplysningerne via sociale medier, hvor det blandt andet fremgår, at den AMD APU, der efter sigende skal bruges, er markant større end den, der forventes i PlayStation 6 - og dermed væsentligt dyrere.
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Designet skulle også minde mere om en pc end om en traditionel konsol, og alt tyder på en lancering i 2027. Pure Xbox har transskriberet en del af samtalen, hvor der blandt andet bliver sammenlignet med PlayStation 6 i forhold til ydeevne:
"It will be the largest APU used in a gaming console in history... it will total roughly 408mm squared - that's about 13% larger than both the Xbox Series X and the Xbox One X's die size. And it is a 46% larger die than the monolithic one that will be used in the PlayStation 6 home console.
So yeah, it should be stronger than the PS6, but at the same time it will also be more expensive because of this larger size and its use of bridge dies and likely a larger RAM capacity compared to the PS6, at least if it wants to work well as a PC/console hybrid."
De taler også om prisen, som forventes at blive høj - men stadig lavere end en kraftig gaming-pc:
"That's OK I think, because this time around, Xbox is going to be much more than a console. It should also be something that can run more than just Xbox apps and challenge the PC gaming market at least somewhat directly. And although it is using a large, for a console, APU die, I will say that compared to PC mega APUs, it's actually a tad smaller.
And therefore, yes, while I don't see Xbox Magnus as likely being a direct competitor to the next-gen PlayStation console anymore due to how much more Magnus will cost to make than the PS6, compared to PC gaming systems I actually think it will be much more favorable.
Xbox Magnus is going to be pretty expensive from the perspective of a console, I think it will definitely cost more than $800... I don't think it needs to cost more than $1200."
Vi anbefaler at tjekke videoen for at få alle detaljerne fra lækagen. Hvad synes du - er det den rigtige strategi at bygge den mest kraftfulde konsol, der også kan køre pc-spil, selvom det bliver dyrt?
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