With ROG Xbox Ally right around the corner, it feels as though Microsoft is moving into a new era with Xbox devices, and fresh comments from a Microsoft hardware chief confirm that Team Green is about ready to move on from Xbox Series X|S.
In a lengthy post over on LinkedIn, Partner Head of Design at Xbox Carl Ledbetter reminisced about this generation of Xbox, and how the team built its Series X and S devices to “empower people to play and connect with others”.
“As we wrap up this journey with the Xbox Series X and Series S, the mission behind these consoles echoes everything I’ve learned over 30 years — to create technology that’s powerful, purposeful, and beautifully integrated into people’s lives.
Xbox is about fun and playing games. The console, the controller, the headset, all of the devices become a reflection of the people who make them, but more importantly, of the people who choose to purchase and use them. These products matter to people.
In designing them we often refer to their expression as “Intelligent Geometry”. Products that are based in pure geometric form, and evoke an impression of precision, craft and intelligence that will empower people to play and connect with others.”
The MS exec goes on to talk about how both Xbox Series X and S were designed, and how the systems took two “different paths” in terms of their intended uses. Xbox Series X was built to “deliver unprecedented power while seamlessly integrating into the modern living room” while Xbox Series S “rethinks what a next-gen console can be: lightweight, accessible, and uncompromising on performance”. It’s a big reflection from Ledbetter on how these devices were crafted, and the full post is definitely worth a read if you’re interested in the finer detail from someone who was integral in their creation.
Finally, the Xbox exec does tease a little bit about what’s next in terms of hardware from his team – but it’s expectedly vague at this stage. In short, Ledbetter says “with my journey far from over, I am excited and inspired by what is ahead of us” – one of those things being ROG Xbox Ally of course, with the full next-gen Xbox waiting in the wings for a launch in the coming years.
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