Microsoft reportedly plans to talk about next-gen Xbox consoles at E3 2019

Sony may additionally have determined to pass the video game enterprise’s biggest annual expo this yr, however, Microsoft plans to be again at E3 2019 with its typical blow-out press conference. And now, French gaming news outlet JeuxVideo is reporting that Microsoft plans to discuss its subsequent-gen Xbox lineup as properly.

We probably gained’t get pricing information or product names, the file states, however, we’ll surely get a few reputable confirmations of the 2 gadgets Microsoft is planning to release next 12 months. The news traces up with the business enterprise’s gradual and regular method to unveiling its future console roadmap following the release of the Xbox One X in fall 2017.

At last yr’s E3, Microsoft unveiled the next new release of Halo, to be called Halo Infinite, and also confirmed the rumors that it was officially operating on a recreation streaming service for Xbox consoles that might additionally paintings throughout Windows PCs and mobile phones. (A document from simply yesterday also has that cloud carrier coming to the Nintendo Switch.) In comparison to Sony’s more tight-lipped technique to subsequent-gen hardware and offerings, Microsoft has already come out and revealed the name of the cloud service to be xCloud, with public trials beginning this 12 months.

Last December, the codenames for Microsoft’s new consoles reputedly leaked, with one known as Anaconda and every other Lockheart under a new two-console improvement strategy codenamed “Scarlett.” Microsoft is reportedly taking its present Xbox One S / One X “true/higher” technique and apply that to its new era as properly, so there may be two console alternatives for people at launch.

Other rumors have the better-end Anaconda containing a solid state force, and the decrease-give up Lockheart doubtlessly coming in a disc-less variation to praise xCloud along a new disc-to-digital initiative that could allow customers transfer over bodily libraries. Additionally, JeuxVideo is reporting that, as rumored, the newest Xbox gadgets could be completely backward compatible with the present day technology of hardware, and that Halo Infinite could be a launch title across the Xbox One X / One S and the new consoles.

So we may additionally understand an honest bit approximately Microsoft’s approach here, and it makes quite a few sense now that E3 2019 might be the organization’s massive opportunity to kick off the following-gen conversation, specifically with Sony absent. (We recognize tons much less about Sony’s next-gen method, however, we nevertheless have sufficient information to invest what the PlayStation 5 may be like.) Both Microsoft and Sony’s new hardware items are anticipated to release in the fall of 2020, marking seven full years of the modern-day technology.