Phil Spencer havde en del interessant at sige om Xbox One-konsollens fremtid under en tale ved Microsoft Spring Showcase. Blandt andet sagde han, at han ikke vil udelukke en opgradérbar Xbox One-konsol i fremtiden.
Spencer mener, at på den måde vil mennesker kunne fortsætte med at spille spil de elsker, og ikke bekymre sig om save-filer der ikke virker, i det man skifter til en nyere konsol. Derudover pointerer han, at Sony allerede har tilføjet flere digitale hestekræfter til PlayStation 4 ifølge The Guardian.
"We can effectively feel a little bit more like what we see on PC where I can still go back and run my old Quake and Doom games, but then I can also see the best 4K games coming out. Hardware innovation continues and software takes advantage. I don't have to jump generation and lose everything I played before."
Spencer har fortalt Polygon følgende ved begivenheden:
"I look at the ecosystem that a console sits in and I think that it should have the capability of more iteration on hardware capability. Sony is doing this with VR and adding VR capabilities mid-cycle to the PlayStation 4 and they are doing that by adding another box. I don't mean that as a negative. But it's not changing what the core console is about."
Konsollerne var engang højdepunktet i den teknologiske udvikling, men nu bliver de slået af både smartphones og computere. Spencer siger:
"For consoles in general it's more important now than it's ever been, because you have so many of these other platforms that are around. It used to be that when you bought your console you were way ahead of the price performance curve by so much, relative to a PC. But now PCs are inexpensive and your phones are getting more and more capable."
Opgradérbare konsoller er blevet prøvet flere gange, men har aldrig haft reel succes. Hvad synes du om denne strategi?
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