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Thurrott has learned new details regarding Scarlett, Microsoft’s upcoming family of Xbox devices. Redmond is reportedly working on two consoles: one will be a traditional piece of hardware, a la Xbox One, but the other will be a weaker but less expensive cloud console that can only stream games.
The cloud console will have a limited amount of compute locally for specific tasks like controller input, image processing, and importantly, collision detection. The downside of this is that it since more hardware is needed locally, it will raise the price of the streaming box but it will still cost significantly less than what we are accustomed to paying for a new-generation console which should help expand the platform’s reach.
The cloud console will have a limited amount of compute locally for specific tasks like controller input, image processing, and importantly, collision detection. The downside of this is that it since more hardware is needed locally, it will raise the price of the streaming box but it will still cost significantly less than what we are accustomed to paying for a new-generation console which should help expand the platform’s reach.