Three new Xbox consoles are coming this fall, offering alternative colors and larger SSDs. Microsoft has announced that pre-orders are now available, just one day after confirming that the hardware will launch on October 15. Indiana Jones and the Great CircleThe biggest game of 2024, It's also coming to PlayStation 5 early next year..
New console varieties It was previously announced At the Xbox Showcase adjacent to Microsoft's Summer Game Festival. These include:
- All Digital Xbox Series S 1TB SSD Robot White – $350
- All Digital Xbox Series X 1TB SSD Robot White – $450
- Special Edition Xbox Series X 2TB SSD Galaxy Black – $600
The new hardware comes alongside the first batch of major fall releases: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 And Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 It's set to be one of Microsoft's biggest game launches in a long time. But here are some of the upcoming games: Carried from the tower will initially be exclusive to PC, while others like Indiana Jones have been confirmed to be coming to PS5 a few months after launch (Border reports (It is said that Sony's rival platform could arrive as early as April 2025).
“What I see when I look at it is our franchises are going strong, our Xbox console players are higher than ever this year, so when I look at that I say, 'Okay, our player base is going strong for the console platform, our franchises are going strong than ever,'” said Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming. It was said during an Xbox livestream on Wednesday “And we run a business, it's certainly true that within Microsoft the bar is high in terms of what we have to deliver back to the company, because we get an incredible level of support from the company and what we've been able to do.”
He continued:
I look at how we can make our games as strong as possible, our platform continues to grow on console, PC and the cloud, and I think that's a strategy that will work for us. And probably the last thing I'll say is, as an industry, right now, I think there's a lot of pressure on the industry, it's been going on for a long time and now people are looking for ways to grow and I think we, as fans and gamers, should anticipate more changes to some of the traditional ways that games are made and distributed. That's going to change, that's going to change for all of us. But the end result has to be better games that more people can play. If we don't focus on that, I think we're focusing on the wrong things.
Microsoft has been solidifying this post-console strategy throughout the year, and not just with games like: Sea of Thieves It's coming to PS5, but it's also coming with investments in other hardware ecosystems, including PC gaming portables like the Asus Rog Ally receiving a major upgrade That puts it on par with Steam Deck. The company also brought Game Pass to Samsung TVs and Amazon Firesticks, making it easier than ever for gamers to ditch expensive gaming hardware altogether with cloud streaming.
It's not yet clear where the future of the Xbox console is headed. Microsoft has promised to continue making hardware that will make its next console the biggest leap in technical capabilities yet. In the meantime, it looks like we won't be getting a mid-generation refresh of the Xbox Series X like the long-rumored PS5 Pro that's expected to be announced in the next few months.