Next-Gen Xbox “Project Scarlett” to release in 2020

Rumour has it that Microsoft’s next Xbox is codenamed “Project Scarlett”, with a report from Thurrott stating that Microsoft intends to release the device in 2020 and has described “Scarlett” as a family of devices. 

This information backs up Phil Spencer’s statement at E3 which indicated that they were working on Xbox “Consoles”, suggesting that Microsoft plans to release multiple devices. It is possible that Microsoft plans to release an Xbox streaming box for their planned “Xbox game streaming service” or release their Next Xbox with a standard and a high-performance X-series variant out of the gate, delivering customers both affordable and high-end options. 

Given Microsoft’s love for backwards compatibility, Microsoft’s next Xbox will almost certainly use an AMD-powered APU with Ryzen and Radeon hardware. This change should deliver a significant boost in CPU performance over both the Xbox One and Xbox One X. Backwards compatibility would be a lot more difficult if Microsoft decided to move to Nvidia graphics or another processor manufacturer, ignoring the increased cost and complexity of using individual CPUs and GPUs.