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The Ninth generation of video game consoles primarily includes the home video game consoles of the PlayStation 5 to be released in Q4 of 2020, and the Xbox Series X to be released in November 2020, There could be a future Nintendo console but it has not yet been announced However it could simply be a version of the Eighth generation Nintendo Switch [1]
During 2019, both Microsoft and Sony announced successors to their eighth generation consoles, with plans to release these in late 2020.
Microsoft revealed the Xbox Series X under the working name "Project Scarlett" during E3 2019, with the system's first look at The Game Awards 2019, and detailed technical specifications released in March 2020. The Xbox Series X is expected to be the first of the fourth-generation Xbox hardware that Microsoft will produce. The console is designed around providing high performance and support for ray-tracing, with a nominal target performance of 60 frames per second at 4K resolution but capable of rendering up to 120 frames per second and with support for 8K resolution.[2] In addition to its own games, the Xbox Series X will support software and hardware backwards compatibility, including all Xbox One games as well as original Xbox and Xbox 360 games that are compatible on the Xbox One, as well as controllers that are compatible with the Xbox One.[3]
Sony made a formal announcement of the PlayStation 5 at the Sony CES Conference in January 2020, and detailed specifications were released in March 2020. The PlayStation 5 will support ray-tracing and 8K resolution, with emphasis placed on a custom solid-state drive to optimize data streaming for these high-performance rendering modes.[4][5] The PlayStation 5 is expected to support backward compatibility with most of the four thousand PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR titles due to similar processor architecture, though Sony is validating timing differences and game-specific alterations that may be required.[4]
References
edit- ^ Gilbert, Ben. "A new, more powerful Nintendo Switch is reportedly coming in 2021". Business Insider. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Warren, Tom (December 12, 2019). "Microsoft's next Xbox is Xbox Series X, coming holiday 2020". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ Warren, Tom (June 10, 2019). "Microsoft ends Xbox backward compatibility, but Project Scarlett will run Xbox One games". The Verge. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ a b Rubin, Peter (April 16, 2019). "Exclusive: What to Expect From Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation". Wired. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ Rubin, Peter (October 8, 2019). "Exclusive: A Deeper Look at the PlayStation 5". Wired. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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