Written by Sama Labib
Saturday, June 17, 2023 01:00 AM
Microsoft has moved on from the Xbox One and no longer makes first-party games for previous-generation consoles.
While Microsoft continues to support games like Minecraft that run on Xbox One hardware and previous generations, there are no in-house studios working on new games for Xbox One, and Microsoft is slowly moving to this point using the Xbox Cloud. Gaming to offer games like Microsoft Flight Simulator to existing Xbox One users.
Microsoft’s recent Xbox Game Show featured no first-party games running on Xbox One, and Booty says the company will continue to use the Xbox cloud gaming infrastructure to bring the latest games to Xbox One users. “As reported by Thevarge.
Microsoft’s own game developers are now focused on the Xbox Series S/X consoles, with some developers asking Microsoft to drop Xbox Series S compatibility for the latest Xbox games, and the $299 Xbox Series S launched as a gaming-capable console. 1440p up to 120fps, but many games only hit 1080p and no higher frame rates than the more powerful Xbox Series X.
Microsoft’s larger and more powerful Xbox Series X has more GPU power and 16GB of RAM, while the smaller Xbox Series S only has 10GB of RAM, memory limitations were a pain for some developers, but Microsoft has worked to try and improve overall graphics. Its the performance of the Xbox Mini and frees up more memory for developers to get the Xbox Series S.
“More work?” Build for Xbox Series S “Absolutely” Booty admits, but says Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios was able to get more performance out of the latest games developed for Xbox Series S.
Microsoft also announced a 1TB black version of its Xbox Series S console during a presentation, an attempt to address concerns about the 512GB storage situation on the Xbox Series S platform.
With the Xbox One in Microsoft’s rearview mirror, Xbox president Phil Spencer recently admitted that the company “lost the worst generation of the Xbox One generation because everyone built their digital library of games.”
Microsoft is now trying to bounce back with the Xbox Series X/S after a quiet year for Xbox releases in 2022. But the Xbox Games Showcase showed several first-party games coming to Xbox in 2023 and 2024.