The leader of the Xbox video game department exchanges his profile picture for this CPU chip of his powerful next console.
Phil Spencer has surprised through the social network Twitter with an update of his profile picture; an image that corresponds to the CPU of its next console, Xbox Series X, with which Microsoft will start the new generation of consoles from Christmas 2020.
As you can see in the image shared by the manager, the machine's processor will have “Project Scarlett” inscribed, the code name with which the machine was known until now, as well as an indicative in which it is confirmed that It will support 8K resolutions. The image is, for now, very low resolution.
A user has asked Phil Spencer about the publication of this image, but his response has been limited to saying that he will keep that image until the launch of Xbox Series X and that it is like his “lucky coin”, since it is what same as he did with Project Scorpio; what we ended up knowing as Xbox One X back in the middle of 2017. “I have been getting a lot of questions today; I'm really happy to work at Redmond today. ”
Thanks I'm keeping this with me until we ship. Worked well for Scorpio, my lucky "coin". Oh, and getting a lot of questions today, I'm happily at work in Redmond today.
– Phil Spencer (@ XboxP3) January 6, 2020
What else we know about Xbox Series X, the first console of the Xbox generation
As revealed by Microsoft at The Game Awards this past December, with Phil Spencer in the lead, Xbox Series X is the name of the first confirmed model of the next generation of consoles of the company, whose real name is simply Xbox. In this way, the American firm expects to offer a range of consoles, not just a single machine; although we only know one of them at the moment.
It is a very powerful machine, capable of being compatible with up to 8K resolutions and up to 120 FPS. The priority, not in vain, is that 4K 60FPS become a standard. Xbox Series X will be fully backward compatible with both previous video games of the brand and with peripherals, controls included. Its goal is to be "the quietest and most efficient console" thanks to its CPU, which is an AMD Zen 2 processor with RDNA architecture four times more powerful than Xbox One X. It will be compatible with Ray-tracing and will have VRS technology, a technique of variable speed shading patented by Microsoft. Its storage memory will be ultra-fast NVMe SSD to be able to eliminate "practically load times".
For now, we know that Xbox Series X will feature the Halo: Infinite launch video game; another, still undated, will be Senua’s 2: Hellblade Saga.
