The ongoing situation with the Coronavirus seems to have at last stretched to the upcoming console generation, as it appears there is now astrong chance the PS5 and Xbox Series X release will be delayed. As unfortunate as this is, it has not stopped Sony or Microsoft from sending the hype trains ahead full speed, especially not when it comes to the Xbox Series X and what it is capable of.
There are a lot of rumors and speculations around theXbox Series X, both in terms of what games will or will not be available or exclusive for the console, and in terms of what the console itself will be capable of. Microsoft has a tendency to push new tech features alongside its game consoles, and some recent new from the company showed that this is no exception, with a feature on the Xbox Series X that will seemingly allow players to do something previously restricted only to powerful PCs.
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The tech reveal that Microsoft showed off came via both a Tweet and a YouTube video. It showed how the console’s “Velocity Architecture” allows several games to be played parallel and paused on the Xbox Series X when a player wants to switch between them. While further questions will be asked and more details hopefully revealed atthe digital event Xbox is planning, it is certainly an interesting feature to whet the appetite of those planning on buying the console.
The main feature of “Velocity Architecture” that has been shown off currently is the parallel games feature, which allows for something called “Quick Resume” between multiple games whenever the player wants. Essentially, the player opens a menu showing the games currently being played, chooses one, and picks up right where they last left off, with the previous game being put into a suspended state until they pick it up again. The video shows five games up at once, although it is currently unknown if this is the maximum that is possible for the system. If this is what the “Velocity Architecture” of the Series X is capable of, along with the other stuff it promises, itmay be true that the Series X our-powers the PS5.
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Other promises about the Velocity Architecture include better detail for game worlds (Open Worlds specifically) and reduced load times, always good things. However, it may be best to take claims like this with a grain of salt, as players only have the tech demo to go off at this point. It is easy to compare this Velocity Architecture andthe Xbox Series X’s “Dynamic Latency Input"to the Sega Genesis' “Blast Processing” of old, a phrase that sounded awesome, but conveyed little of the system’s actual specs.
Of course, expecting the Series X to be more powerful than what players have now is only natural, and while swapping between multiple games may not find much use, there are still features to be excited about. Here’s hoping that therumored backwards compatibility of the Xbox Series X with older gamessoon becomes more than a rumor.
TheXbox Series Xwill release in Holiday Season of 2020, or perhaps later.
