The gadget is codenamed Scorpio and will be launched sometime this year
Microsoft Corporation surprised its audience by breaking the news that it has two consoles for the revival of people’s favorite Xbox One. People have been already anticipating Xbox One Slim while another Xbox One dubbed as Scorpio is rumored to be launched soon. The rumored gadget is expected to be more powerful than PlayStation Neo –also referred as PS4K and Neo.
Although there is no presence of solid specifications to back the report on, however, a report by Kotaku has opined that Scorpio is supposed to have a powerful GPU. According to the sources, several third parties were informed about the console’s system in a secret meeting scheduled last week. The take away of the meeting was that the console will support 4K resolution as it has a powerful GPU upgrade. In the meantime, no such upgrade has been actually given to the console. The transfer speed will be requiring a boost to support the 4K games as they have larger assets which require more speed and power.
According to several reliable sources the new console will be more powerful than PlayStation Neo. It could be around four times better than the current model and is speculated to have longer life span than Neo. This has increased the worry for Sony who –apart from Nintendo’s NX and the slimmer Xbox One –has to deal with one more powerful console. Analyst at The Verge, Tom Warren has reported that Xbox One Slim will be around 40% of its size and be accompanied with 4K support for video content. Also, its controller will be redesigned as well.
The release date of Xbox One Slim is expected to be somewhere in August however Scorpio release date will not be any time before 2017. The delay in the launch is because of the high number of upgrades the console requires. In the similar way as Neo, Scorpio is likely to be the newer flagship and will bring evolution to gaming consoles. But, now, Neo needs more power to get ahead of Scorpio. Sony ought to come up with a definite way to make its PS4K better than the rival. Although PS4 has strong dominance in the market as compared to Xbox One however Microsoft has left no stone unturned to sure its competence.
The report by Kotaku has revealed that Neo will have enough power to support Oculus Rift. If the report is true then Scorpio will have the same feature to outperform the rival.
By the looks of it, it seems that Scorpio has edge over its competitor. Therefore Sony will have to reconsider for introducing few upgrades to its console. If Scorpio turned out to be as good as projected then it will have positive impact on the company’s revenue while increasing the stock at the same time. As at the market which closed on Thursday, Microsoft Corporation stock stood at a price of $52.48. The 52 week range of the stock is $40 to $57.
