18 PCWorld JULY 2019NEWS
IMAGE: MICROSOFTNext-gen Xbox ‘Project Scarlett’
console packs Ryzen, Radeon
Navi, SSDs, and ray-tracing
Here’s what you need to know about the next-gen Xbox console and Project xCloud.
BY HAYDEN DINGMANS
ix years after the infamously
terrible reveal of the Xbox One,
Microsoft has somewhat
redeemed itself. At Microsoft’s E
2019 press conference, Phil Spencer detailed
the plans for its upcoming next-gen Xbox
console, “Project Scarlett,” a traditional
high-end box that will live alongside
Microsoft’s “Project xCloud” streaming
service. Project xCloud is due later this year,
while you’ll need to wait until holiday 2020for Scarlett, as expected.
Let’s break it down. If you’re curious about
the games revealed at Microsoft’s showcase
(go.pcworld.com/mse3), we split those out
into a separate article, complete with trailers
for all the major announcements.PROJECT SCARLETT
NEXT-GEN XBOX
“We believe a console should be for one
thing: Gaming.” That was Phil Spencer as