Xbox Two Confirmed by Microsoft Exec? [Release Date, Specs, Features & Rumors]

Xbox One was released in November 2013. Considering tech devices now normally have an annual launch cycles, it appears Microsoft's latest gaming console is pretty much outdated by contemporary standards.

As such, the clamor for Xbox Two is understandable. However, the Redmond-based company appeared to be reluctant in churning out such a gadget and has not said a word about making the Xbox One's successor. Until recently, that is.

In an interview with The Verge, when asked whether the Xbox remains an app outlet or a brand, Microsoft's Xbox Division chief Phil Spencer answered in the negative.

"I fully expect that you'll see another console from us [...]," he told the news outlet. "Our best customers are Xbox console customers, and I want to keep those people engaged both on the Xbox One and anything we might do in the future. I'm 100 percent committed to that."

"I don't want to dilute what the Xbox console customer feels," Spencer added. "I want to expand what we're able to do for more customers."

Spencer saying that there will be another gaming console after Xbox One has since been taken as official confirmation that there will be an Xbox Two, which apparently is the name given by fans and pundits to the yet to be released device for now.

"The Xbox Two could hybridize the downloading and streaming of games, just as the system currently allows games to be played while being downloaded," Tech Times observed. "It might not rely solely on streaming games from those Microsoft Azure cloud servers."

Meanwhile, Tech Radar speculated that the upcoming Xbox may "end up taking a very different form to the VCR aesthetic of the current Xbox One, it could be even more closely tied to the PC or may even become integral to the rise of Hololens."

However, it's possible that the next Xbox may not necessarily be affixed with the the number 2, given Microsoft's capacity to go out of numerical progression, the site added.

It is not known when Microsoft will release a new gaming console, though.

Forbes' John Archer had previously commented that the Xbox One, as well as the PlayStation 4, is already outdated. His main argument for this is the fact that Microsoft's console is unable to render games at 4K resolution.

"The PS4 and Xbox One are both past their sell by dates," he declared. "In fact, they've been living on borrowed time from the very day they launched. Why? Because neither of them truly support 4K."

"The main reason I say this is the exceptional speed with which 4K screens are being produced and adopted," he noted, going on to mention the fact that Amazon has almost 60 4K/UHD TV sets on sale starting at $339. He also added that it's possible that by 2016, it will be hard to find a big-screen TV that does not have a resolution of 3840×2160 pixels.

As such, it may appear the next Xbox may accommodate 4K resolution. What do you think?

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