Phil Spencer had no idea of ​​the PlayStation 5 All Digital

The launch of Xbox Series X / S it has been over for about two weeks now. The next-gen of Microsoft products it started much better than any other generation of console in the green case, a sign that the communication and the double opportunity of choice proposed, all-digital “entry level” console and the most powerful flagship on the market, have paid off. Faced with a lack of killer applications on day one, the Redmond company was able to counterbalance with the now well-known and loved service Xbox Game Pass. Phil Spencer, head of the gaming division, recently spoke about some internal strategies, but also how he "softened" the blow to the vision of a rival console such as PlayStation 5 in fully digital format, effectively creating a comparison between the two machines without a reader.

I have deep respect for Sony and the PlayStation gaming division, but with our Xbox Series S we wanted to offer the opportunity for as many people as possible to join the nextgen. Inside the company we have always discussed the possibility of creating a console defined by many as 'entry level' that could be dedicated to new customers. The announcement of the PS5 All-Digital, in addition to the standard model, really took me by surprise. As I see it, Sony is the absolute best argument that anyone who thinks that our strategy, based on the creation of a next-gen dual console, is wrong.

To these statements Phil Spencer finally added and talked about the difficulties encountered in the production of consoles in full pandemic. To these there is also the important phase of changes that AMD was implementing with the new RDNA2 architecture.

Production of the consoles started late compared to the competition because we wanted to wait for AMD to release the specific technology for our chips. Due to this wait, we then decided to produce more Xbox Series X than Series S.