Home · Technology · Aug 26 archive

Xbox boss 'thinking about affordability' of next-gen console

Developing

Technology Desk

File:Psychonauts 2 - Lucky boss battle.jpg
Photo: Xbox MENA / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

That meant, she said, for the next generation of consoles, Xbox had to think about "hardware efficiency in terms of how you use storage and memory, the kind of price per unit, the components, things like that". "I know players love physical media, and I know there's a lot of benefits in digital media, and I want to make sure people have a choice," Sharma said.

In an interview with the BBC, she said rising hardware costs partly driven by AI spending mean firms need to find ways to make gaming affordable. "We've long pioneered backwards compatibility and so you'll continue to see that as we go forward in the generations," she said.

"As an industry, we're in the middle of 'Rampocalypse' ," Sharma said. "There are stacks of games on everybody's shelves," Sharma said.

"AI is fundamentally changing a lot of things," Sharma said.

What's confirmed

What's still developing

Sources