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3/1/2016 2:52:55 PM
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Phil Spencer Announces Possibility of Xbox One Hardware Upgrades
During his Xbox Spring Showcase event keynote last week, Microsoft's head of Xbox Phil Spencer talked about future of "hardware innovation" for the console, similar to the ways PCs evolve.
In a speech to reporters, he said that the Xbox One could see a future in which it is upgraded, rather than replaced by new consoles. Spencer was talking about how Microsoft has sought to align its Windows 10 and Xbox One development activities under the internal "Universal Windows Platform" while offering backwards compatibility for many Xbox 360 games, now playable on Xbox One. He was addressing the concerns of some Xbox One owners that the exclusives destined for that console are appearing on PC, thus eroding the value of owning a console.
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5 RepliesI like the idea and in theory it's great. Just having Phil throw the idea around and talking about it publicly is even more so. The only way I can see a hardware update is either via Kinect cable or SS USB on the side with a device that sits next to and works with the current XB1. Kind of like one of those mini computers available but, specifically for XB1 only. Because lets face it, having people actually open up their XB1 to install/change things like RAM or even as far as the CPU would be a PR disaster for MS. Could you imagine a person with no PC building skills changing a CPU chip?? However this will be interesting to see how this plays out if it does.
