It's going to be a good year for Microsoft with the development of Project Scorpio. It has been known to be the biggest console project of Microsoft so far for 2017, which is reported to be launched also this year. Xbox CEO, Phil Spencer is very happy with the development of the project, and confident on what the team can be able to do.
According to GameSpot, Xbox Scorpio was labelled "the beast" by Xbox marketing boss, Aaron Greenberg. He further stated that the console will provide gamers with a special gaming experience this year, as the team's morale is very high in delivering innovation to the console.
It is 2017, the year of PROJECT SCORPIO, are you ready for the beast!? pic.twitter.com/25SKDZMXfK
— Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) January 1, 2017
The Project Scorpio can bring Xbox to the next level, and may finally keep up with Sony's PlayStation 4's performance. GameRant reports that for the several years now, Microsoft has been fairly behind Sony in terms of consoles,which only sold 26 million units compared to Sony's more than 50 million units. Furthermore, Sony is still confident that sales will continue to increase by April.
However, Microsoft is positive that Project Scorpio will be better than the previous consoles. Project Scorpio will have 8 cores, 320Gb memory, and six teraflops that will accommodate 4k gaming. With this features, Project Scorpio is reportedly 4 times powerful than the other Xbox counterparts.
As to the price, there is no official release yet, however, gamers can expect a premium price for Project Scorpio. Although initial announcement for its release to the market, specific date has not been divulged yet, so gamers will have to wait for more update.
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