How could an Xbox be equipped in around 20 years and how high could its performance be? On its own YouTube channel, Microsoft fantasizes in a one and a half minute long video about the potential computing power, resolution, and refresh rate as well as the possible size of such an “Xbox 2042” game console.
The approximately 12 TFLOPS of an Xbox Series X (test) are not enough? Instead, how about a performance of 1 ExaFLOPS, which is currently only offered by the first supercomputers that fill entire halls with countless racks – just in a game console that is 90 percent smaller than the current model?
Play in 32K with 480 FPS
The video “Xbox 2042” portrays such a vision, with which Microsoft gives a not very serious outlook on what could potentially become a reality for game consoles in around 20 years' time. The “Xbox 2042” should rely on quantum computing and with 1 ExaFLOPS computing power, it should be able to render a native resolution of 32K in the “full color spectrum” at at least 240 and up to 480 FPS – and all of this, of course, with “zero latency” and immediate availability of all games without loading times. Even cloud-based games with worlds so gigantic that they need their own data center should be able to be loaded immediately and synchronized with the console.
Of course, holograms shouldn't be missing
And, of course, such a vision should not be without the “holographic user experience”, which Microsoft claims should open up new horizons particularly intuitively and from a sensory point of view and change gaming for all eternity.
Marketing for Battlefield 2042
The video description says that the new game console will have more than 70 titles and access at the start insist on a catalog of over 5,000 games spanning four decades. Incidentally, one of the new games for “Xbox 2042” is the new first-person shooter Battlefield 2042, which makes it clear what the video is actually supposed to do. The fine print shows that “Xbox 2042” is a marketing campaign for the shooter.
Battlefield 2042 will be released on November 19th for Xbox Series X | S and Xbox One. The release will take place at the same time for PlayStation 5 and 4 as well as for the PC.