Microsodt has shown that you can sell a console without a disc reader, Xbox One All Digital Edition has swept this Black Friday in Spain with an offer below € 100, something unthinkable in other models or consoles, and I could repeat play with Xbox Scarlett, according to the latest rumors.
After the announcement of Xbox Scarlett, many months were talking about Microsoft's intention to release two consoles, a less powerful as input range, codenamed Lockhart, and a top of range of greater technical capacity, nicknamed Anaconda. As time went by, this idea was discarded, but now Kotaku states that Microsoft would go ahead with that economic version of its next-generation console and reduce costs by eliminating the disk reader, with a total focus on digital content. Microsoft's strategy would be to repeat its current proposal, an Xbox One successor, and a superior model to the current Xbox One X, with its corresponding price difference.
According to Kotaku sources, Lockhart would be equivalent to Playstation 4 Pro in terms of gross graphics power, but would have all the expected improvements of a new generation console, including SSD hard drive. «Developers informed about Lockhart also say that It has a faster CPU than any current video game console, which could allow higher frame rates, although there are other factors that may not be clear until the console is completely finished, such as clock speed and cooling. »
Microsoft's goal would be to reach the 4K standard at 60 fps with Anaconda and the 1440p at 60 fps with Lockhart. Although the company does not confirm anything at the moment, "we do not comment on rumors or speculation," Lockhart would be heavily promoted alongside xCloud and Xbox Game Pass as a way to get instant access to a large library of digital games for very little money.
As for whether the most powerful version of Xbox Scarlett, Anaconda, will be more or less powerful, Kotaku seems not to have found a clear answer, since both consoles would have very similar capabilities. «The common consensus is that both consoles have more or less similar specifications, and that the biggest differences may be due to other factors, such as the characteristics of the operating system or the small technical advantages that Sony or Microsoft keep secret. The biggest and perhaps most important question is the one that still doesn't have a final answer: how much will these things cost?
What is clear is that both Sony and Microsoft, before the arrival of competitors such as Google Stadia, they are betting more than ever for the digital format and streaming game. This Microsoft strategy for the launch of Xbox Scarlett can be a great step to lead the segment for next year.
