At the beginning of 2020, in a special video on the official YouTube channel, Microsoft decided to recall the main events in the evolution of the Xbox platform over the past decade. It starts, however, not very inspiring: the company recalls that 10 years ago we played Halo Reach, Minecraft and Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare. And today we are playing , minecraft and … But still, a lot has changed over the past 10 years.
So, 2010 began with the release of a more compact version of the Xbox 360 Slim, featuring a capacious 250-gigabyte hard drive and the Kinect touchscreen game controller. Surprisingly, Kinect was the best-selling electronic device of 2010, with 8 million units sold in the first 60 days after its launch. Today, Kinect is a thing of the past, but its technology continues to evolve in the Xbox One. Windows 10, Cortana, Windows Mixed Reality and other company products.
2011 was marked by the release - This action role-playing game completely reimagined the genre of open-world adventure games. It is still considered one of the greatest games ever made, and the legacy of Skyrim has been carried over into Skyrim Special Edition and The Elder Scrolls Online.
In 2012, races began in the popular Forza Horizon racing series, which still retains its popularity. Microsoft believes that the game marked the emergence of a new generation of open-world driving simulators.
In 2013, the launch of the current Xbox One console took place, which offered the world a new generation of games and applications. The console has set a new standard for graphics, sound and gaming environments. In the same year, an unfinished independent game without a plot or purpose, Minecraft, became one of the most popular in the world.
The Microsoft team recognized Minecraft's potential and brought it to Xbox Game Studios in 2014. Since then, the game has continued to develop, and it is now available on Xbox consoles, Nintendo Switch, PS4, smartphones, and PCs. Windows 10.
At E3 2015, Microsoft once again revolutionized the gaming industry: Phil Spencer announced the launch of backward compatibility technology for older games on Xbox One. Since then, Microsoft has continued to invest in improving emulation technologies, which keeps the catalog of old compatible games constantly growing, and many of them look even better than before.
In 2016, Microsoft released the Xbox One S, a thinner and slightly more powerful system in the Xbox family. The console has opened up new ways to bring gaming communities together, along with player-centric features such as clubs and finding groups.
The most powerful gaming console in the world today, Xbox One X, launched in 2017, ushering in a new era of immersive 4K gaming. Also in 2017, the Mixer streaming service was integrated into the Xbox One. The service allows fans to watch, play and enjoy games together, and it continues to grow and attract more and more popular streamers.
In 2018, Microsoft significantly expanded the number of Xbox studios and teams and announced that all Xbox Game Studio games will be available on Xbox Game Pass on the same day as the worldwide launch.
Last year, the company launched the Xbox Game Pass for PC beta and also introduced Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which combines all the benefits of Xbox Live Gold with access to a library of over 100 PC and console games.
2020 promises to be a big year for the Xbox community. Expected games this year include Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Cyberpunk 2077, Minecraft Dungeons, Doom Eternal, CrossfireX, and Bleeding Edge. Project xCloud technology will bring console-quality games to mobile devices via the cloud. And the upcoming Xbox Series X console promises to set a new bar for performance, quality and compatibility, and will hit the market later this year with Halo Infinite.
Source: 3dnews.ru
