Tuesday, March 19th 2024
New Xbox Development Kit Certified by South Korean Agency
Yesterday, South Korea's National Radio Research Agency certified a brand new and very mysterious Xbox Development Kit—naturally, the "Xbox News for Koreans" social media account took credit for this intriguing discovery: "this means that you can use the device in Korea. It is likely to be distributed to game developers in Korea soon." The model's serial code—2089—does not correspond to any of Microsoft's current Xbox Series (X|S) development kits. The tipster shared a short history lesson: "Xbox Series X|S dev kit consoles were certified by the National Radio Research Agency on June 10-11, 2020. The release of the Xbox Series X|S console in Korea was on November 10, 2020." By referencing the current generation's five-month gap—between registration and release of finalized retail units—it is speculated that something new could be arriving around August time.
Industry experts reckon that the leaked devkit is not linked to a rumored "All-Digital" White Xbox Series X Refresh—the latter likely contains unchanged basic hardware designs. Windows Central posited that an Xbox handheld is another possibility—leaked product roadmaps (of 2022 vintage) revealed that Microsoft was considering a move into portable gaming segments. A month ago, Xbox leadership discussed the platform's future—Sarah Bond stated: "there's some exciting stuff coming out in hardware that we're going to share this holiday, and we're also invested in the next generation roadmap...and what we're really focused on there, is delivering the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation." Many media outlets believed that an Xbox Series "Pro" model was teased during the special Official Xbox Videocast.
Sources:
Naver, Xbox News for Koreans, Wccftech, Reddit (image Source)
Industry experts reckon that the leaked devkit is not linked to a rumored "All-Digital" White Xbox Series X Refresh—the latter likely contains unchanged basic hardware designs. Windows Central posited that an Xbox handheld is another possibility—leaked product roadmaps (of 2022 vintage) revealed that Microsoft was considering a move into portable gaming segments. A month ago, Xbox leadership discussed the platform's future—Sarah Bond stated: "there's some exciting stuff coming out in hardware that we're going to share this holiday, and we're also invested in the next generation roadmap...and what we're really focused on there, is delivering the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation." Many media outlets believed that an Xbox Series "Pro" model was teased during the special Official Xbox Videocast.
9 Comments on New Xbox Development Kit Certified by South Korean Agency
Xbox One was a disappointment because of the reduced variety of games compared to Xbox 360.
Xbox One X I see almost no reason to buy except for marginally better framerates - and even then it had problems playing PUBG.
Xbox Series X has NO GAMES.
After Xbox One I switched to PC gaming till Microsoft gave me a reason to come back.
So far: nothing!
CPU: AMD RYZEN Zen5 with big and small cores (Zen5, Zen5c) 16 cores + 3d cach memory to boost fps.
GPU: lastest RDNA4 cores + AI cores + RT cores.
RAM: GDDR7 20GB 32gbps bandwith 384bit wide-bus.
M.2: Using standrad m.2 size.
SR: latest technology of AI to enhance super resolution technology.
Add some features like showing CPU/GPU/VRAM temp,useage and fps (max/avg/low).
Exterior: Must habe arbg light on.
wireless charging technology 35w capability.
size must be small as it should, I dont understand why you are try to make it very big at every generation? it should be slim tiny.
you cant compare the price of console to PCs if you look at mini-pc it show same performance of desktop with 1/2 price. even the latest technology will keep the price of consol arou $500-$600 even if consol reaches $700 with big performance enhanced ~3X every one will be happy to pay for it
I hope they ditch these for the successor and go the PS5 route for storage expansion. Also both could make the process easier for the end user.
Currently as i understand the PS5 owner has to unhook the big side panel, unscrew the bay cover and only then can they insert the new M.2 drive.
I would like to see some sort of tool-less spring loaded port for M.2 with hot-swap ability.