Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, confirmed this in an interview during Gamescom 2023 they are not working on intergenerational renewal Xbox Series X and Series S and that the only new hardware they have in hand is the already announced Xbox Series S with 1 TB SSD.

This answer is as curious as it is interesting, especially now that the rumors pointing to a possible PS5 Pro sound so loud, a console that we have already told you about on previous occasions and which will theoretically count. with a more powerful CPU and GPUand it could come with a second, slower block of memory that would only be used by the operating system.

Spencer believes there’s no need to launch an intergenerational update for the Xbox Series X and Series S, as she believes we’re at the end of the first phase of both consoles’ lifecycles, and because developers are still they haven’t gotten used to the new hardware yet which mount both consoles.

On the other hand, Spencer also dropped that when we talk about games, not everything is limited to resolution and that other things like lighting and other effects determine the graphical quality of a title. indicating that we have yet to see the full potential current generation in this regard.

The truth is, when I see the results that the current generation of consoles are achieving, both in terms of resolution and graphics quality, I’m quite confused by Phil Spencer’s words because they do not correspond to reality which we see in terms of performance, graphic quality and fluidity, because we’ve reached a point where even 1080p is too big for them.

Microsoft might not actually be working on a cross-generational redesign, and it makes sense because the Xbox Series X actually it has a GPU with a lot more shaders than the PS5 and is above it in terms of hardware. The Redmond giant itself said at the time that it decided on this configuration because it wanted to avoid having to resort to an intergenerational refresh of the console, but I think that in the end they will not sit idly by when Sony launches the PS5 Pro, especially if it represents a significant difference compared to Xbox Series X

We have to wait, but we mustn’t forget that according to various sources, Microsoft is working on new hardware within its console ecosystem, and everything indicates that its next big move could be the low-cost Xbox Series X, which would be released new design, it would be smaller and more compact and it would do without an optical drive.