For about the third time in as many weeks, Xbox has again stated that a new generation of Xbox is coming and that they have no plans to leave the hardware space any time soon. A new video posted with Xbox president Sarah Bond shares that the next Xbox will be a "powerful experience" that will allow players "to take their library with them."
The statement comes from an interview between Fortune Magazine and Bond. During this interview, Bond fired off what sounded like a rather scripted statement about the future of hardware within the Microsoft owned company.
Hardware is absolutely core to everything that we do at Xbox, because we know that our most valuable players, the people who love Xbox, love the hardware experience. That’s why we’re working on our next-generation hardware.
It’s going to be a powerful experience, and one that also enables people to take their library with them, and that’s what’s really important here as well, is that we know while people want to play their library absolutely on the console, they also want to play it on PC or stream it on the Cloud.
And so, the Xbox experience starts with the console but then gives something to people that they can experience across all screens if they choose to, bringing their library, their community, their identity, and the store with them everywhere they go.
It’s going to be a powerful experience, and one that also enables people to take their library with them, and that’s what’s really important here as well, is that we know while people want to play their library absolutely on the console, they also want to play it on PC or stream it on the Cloud.
And so, the Xbox experience starts with the console but then gives something to people that they can experience across all screens if they choose to, bringing their library, their community, their identity, and the store with them everywhere they go.
It's obviously too early to say for sure. We will undoubtedly start to see more and more details on the next Xbox hardware in the months ahead.
As for Xbox games, the team did officially announce an Xbox Partner Preview showcase for November 20th. The games shown here will be titles coming to Xbox from third party partners. The focus of this event will be on titles such as 007: First Light, Tides of Annihilation, and Reanimal.
