The Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S are home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. They were both released on November 10, 2020 as the fourth generation of the Xbox console family, succeeding the Xbox One family. Both consoles are backwards compatible with many previous generation Xbox games, controllers, and accessories. Many previous generation games feature upgraded graphics on the Series XS at no additional charge. The consoles are also compatible with the gaming subscription service Xbox Game Pass.
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The Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S are home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. They were both released on November 10, 2020 as the fourth generation of the Xbox console family, succeeding the Xbox One family. Rumors regarding the consoles first emerged in early 2019, with the line as a whole codenamed ‘Scarlett’ The high-end model was first teased during E3 2019 under the title ‘Project Scarlett’, while its name and design was unveiled later in December. In September 2020, Microsoft unveiled the low- end model as ‘Xbox Series S’ Both consoles are backwards compatible with many previous generation Xbox games, controllers, and accessories. Many previous generation games feature upgraded graphics on the Series XS at no additional charge. The consoles are also compatible with the gaming subscription service Xbox Game Pass, as well as the cloud game-streaming platformXbox Game Pass cloud gaming. Microsoft planned to go into detail into the hardware specifications and launch games for the series X at both the 2020 Game Developers Conference and E3 2020, but both events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Microsoft scheduled online presentations over the same planned days in March 2020, while the company will schedule its planned E3 presentation at a later time. Detailed specifications were presented by Microsoft, Digital Foundry and Austin Evans of Overclock Media on March 16, 2020. Starting in May and running until launch, Microsoft plans to have additional digital events around the XboxSeries X and its games as part of an \”Xbox 2020\” series.
This included an Xbox Games Showcase on July 23, 2020, featuring games principally from its first-party Xbox Game Studios. On July 16,2020, Microsoft announced that it had ended production of theXbox One X and all-digital version of the Microsoft Xbox One S in preparation for the new products. Microsoft officially announced the Series S console on September 8, 2020 that it would also be released alongside the SeriesX in November 2020. The Series S was named Project Lockhart, based on the city of Texas, which Alan Greenberg said was known for its love of football. As tradition with past Xbox projects, the consoles were given code names based on cities without the exception of ‘Lockhart’ and ‘Anaconda’ The Series X was named ‘Project Lockhart’, based on ‘The City of Lockhart,’ which is a city in Texas known for being a football-mad football fan. Microsoft said they wanted a’soft’ transition from Xbox One to Scarlett, with Scarlett supporting backward compatibility with all games and most hardware supported on the Xbox one. By March 2019, further industry rumors had led to speculation of two consoles under the Scarlett family under codenames \”Anacondas\” and’lockhart’, with major emphasis on game streaming and backward compatibility. By July 2019, Microsoft officially revealed the design of Scarlett and its branding, \”Xbox Series X\”, as well and a late-2020 release date. Following the event, a Microsoft spokesperson stated that Xbox SeriesX constituted an entry in a fourth generationof Xbox hardware, which will be branded simply ‘Xbox’ with no subtitle.
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