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Xbox boss 'thinking about affordability' of next-gen console
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She also revealed gamers will soon be able to get digital versions of many of the physical games they currently own, potentially meaning their old games can be played on future Xbox consoles without having to put a disc in a drive.
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.
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- 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.
- She also revealed gamers will soon be able to get digital versions of many of the physical games they currently own, potentially meaning their old games can be played on future Xbox consoles without having to put a…
- "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.
- "There are stacks of games on everybody's shelves," Sharma said.
- "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.
- "AI is fundamentally changing a lot of things," Sharma said.
- 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".
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