Project Scarlett: Here’s what we know, and what we’d like to see in the next-gen Xbox console
Project Scarlett is the name of Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox console, to be released in holiday 2020. Xbox head Phil Spencer first discussed the new console back at E3 2019, a couple of weeks after Sony first opened up about the PlayStation 5. 2020 will see the beginning of the 9th Xbox console generation. With Sony and Microsoft both launching their new consoles in holiday 2020. The two giants may be facing some competition from Google Stadia, which had quite a rocky launch this week. Objectively, Stadia is the first 9th-gen game platform launching one year ahead of the competition, but it’s based on a cloud gaming service, not a traditional console. Early reviews suggest that Google’s game streaming technology is currently the best on the market, but it will probably be years before cloud gaming technology is good enough to replace traditional game consoles.
Project Scarlett will support Backward Compatibility Microsoft confirmed during its E3 press briefing that Project Scarlett will be able to play games from all three past generations of Xbox consoles, and it’s probably one of the reasons why the next-gen Xbox will come with a disc drive. Microsoft also said that all existing Xbox One accessories will be supported, which is great if you want to keep using your collection of Xbox One controllers. A couple of months ago, Microsoft announced that it would no longer add new Xbox 360 and OG Xbox games to the Xbox One Backward Compatibility list to focus on the future of backward compatibility. “Thousands of games from all four generations will be playable on Project Scarlett,” said Jason Ronald, Partner Director of Xbox Platform back in June. Hopefully, this will all existing Xbox One games, in addition to the more than 600 titles that are already backward compatible on Xbox One.
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