TechGamingSecret Xbox Series X hardware upgrade rumored to be incoming"Microsoft is working on a smaller, more power-efficient chip" for its flagship console according to a journalistWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechGamingSecret Xbox Series X hardware upgrade rumored to be incoming"Microsoft is working on a smaller, more power-efficient chip" for its flagship console according to a journalistWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
“Microsoft is working on a smaller, more power-efficient chip” for its flagship console according to a journalist
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(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
An upgradedXbox Series Xconsole could be incoming that is geared towards improving the flagship console’s efficiency and cooling.
The rumor, which to be very clear is 100 per cent unverified and unofficial right now, comes from journalist Brad Sams, who has a long history of reporting onMicrosoftand its products.
Sams dropped the next-gen info nugget when replying to a viewer’s question on his YouTube channel. When asked if a Xbox Series X hardware revision was incoming, Samsstated that, “I believe it is accurate that Microsoft is working on a smaller, more power-efficient chip. I’m very confident in that.”
As to what this new chip will improve, Sams was clear that in his mind Xbox Series X gamerswouldn’tsee a gaming performance improvement, but that the new hardware would help the console run cooler and more efficiently, as well as likely saving Microsoft money in terms of production.
“Now, are we going to see performance improvements, are we going to see anything else? I do not believe so. But Microsoft is always working on making cooler, more efficient chips because that lowers the cost of production,” noted Sams.
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
So hardly Xbox Series Z, then…
Sams seems to have heard at some point that Microsoft is revising its Xbox hardware, or is making an educated guess that the firm is, as it always looks to revise key hardware.
This makes sense. The Xbox Series X design and hardware was likely signed off 18 months before it hit store shelves, which means that right now in 2022 it is already over 3 years old. A revised console design that costs less to make and runs more efficiently and cooler therefore makes perfect sense.
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And, while we’re quite sure Microsoftwillrelease a new flagship Xbox console this generation that improves on the Xbox Series X’s core gaming power, as its history of console production suggests (just look at theXbox One X, for example), now doesn’t make sense for that to happen.
Sams relays no concrete information as to when and if this Xbox Series X hardware revision will hit store shelves, but if we were to make an educated guess, we’d expect it to be later on this year in advance of the 2022 winter holiday season.
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