Microsoft and AMD Could Utilize the Flexible Tile Upgrade Design of “Magnus” APU for the Entire Range of Next-Gen Xbox Devices

[Peter_Brosdahl]

It's no secret that Microsoft plans to turn Xbox into a whole series of devices, and AMD's next APU could be the perfect fit to make that happen.

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[Grimlakin]

I mean sure that makes sense. Im more asking what sort of range of devices really.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Yep, I was thinking the same but also if/how they plan to require devs to support multiple teirs. It wasn't exactly a smooth ride for the Series S and this could open up another can of worms similar to that.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

What I'm also wondering is if AMD will use this technology to finally gain a foothold in the laptop arena. I mean they might be able to convince OEMs like HP or Dell to commit to a similar APU as this. It seems, to me anyway, most laptop launches with AMD CPUs are more of a paper launch since months later if I try to find them they don't exist so a platform like this might make a difference there.

 

[Grimlakin]

What I'm also wondering is if AMD will use this technology to finally gain a foothold in the laptop arena. I mean they might be able to convince OEMs like HP or Dell to commit to a similar APU as this. It seems, to me anyway, most laptop launches with AMD CPUs are more of a paper launch since months later if I try to find them they don't exist so a platform like this might make a difference there.

Yea trying to find local resellers (microcenter) stock of AMD APU based laptops is neigh impossible.

 

[Uvilla]

What I'm also wondering is if AMD will use this technology to finally gain a foothold in the laptop arena. I mean they might be able to convince OEMs like HP or Dell to commit to a similar APU as this. It seems, to me anyway, most laptop launches with AMD CPUs are more of a paper launch since months later if I try to find them they don't exist so a platform like this might make a difference there.

They arent, no one is. Amd never will. Seems proper powerful apu will never happen for pc. Not on mini pcs not on laptop, not on desktop. It just not happening, it is hard for me to understand, it has been for years that we shoukd have a proper powerful well developed product line.
Yes yes it " canibalizes dgpus" yeah yeah people say that, i dont know if AMD says it. But to that I say, canibalizes what? The leftover bones of the market amd gets? The pity purchases they get from contrarians and masochists? (Thats sarcasm btw, i know their products are decent, but just that when it comes to dgpus).

 

[Marees]

What is likely to happen is that Microsoft will/has ditched the pro model.

Instead the console will be upgraded every 4 years with the latest gpu equivalent to the 9070xt & cost around $800 maybe

For Microsoft everything is now an Xbox — including your PlayStation

PlayStation should follow the conventional subsidized model

 

[SeymourGore]

Pretty interesting, and I'll be honest - I'm finding more and more of my gaming needs could be serviced by an APU. Heck, probably my most used gaming device is a ROG Ally.

I'm just hoping, whatever the next Xbox looks like, it's more a games console than a PC. I'm finding myself more and more drawn to the simplicity of a games console for gaming on. I blame that on the Steam Deck, it was supposed to bring more console gamers to PC gaming, but I found it made me more crave features found on consoles (suspend/resume and gamepad UI being the big features).

While I'm enjoying my ROG Ally and desktop PC, I'm finding myself more and more drawn to the PS5 for its simplicity. And I'm really excited about the PS6 rumours (having a console and handheld SKU). What I'm hoping for is that both PS6 consoles will be tightly integrated with one another. IE: I could suspend on the TV console and then resume from my handheld. I believe Valve was trying or can do something similar, but I think a Playstation console could take that feature to the next level.

 

[Uvilla]

Keyboard and mouse, true support, as in mandated to have the options in the game menu for all games published, and its likely many pc gamers would jump ship. Hardware wise, the line is non existent, you just get so much more hardware way less money.
Of course there is the closed ecosystem but sony or ms, both are huge gaming ecosystems.
Its the keyboard and mouse. Game pads suuuuuck for so many games. Maybe side scrollers gamepad is best, but so many games the thought is, this would be better with.... Keyboard and mouse (or partial/ hand keyboard which are cool too)
I tolerate gamepads.

 

[SeymourGore]

Keyboard and mouse, true support, as in mandated to have the options in the game menu for all games published, and its likely many pc gamers would jump ship. Hardware wise, the line is non existent, you just get so much more hardware way less money.
Of course there is the closed ecosystem but sony or ms, both are huge gaming ecosystems.
Its the keyboard and mouse. Game pads suuuuuck for so many games. Maybe side scrollers gamepad is best, but so many games the thought is, this would be better with.... Keyboard and mouse (or partial/ hand keyboard which are cool too)
I tolerate gamepads.

Yar, agreed there. While some games do offer full KB+M support, there shouldn't be any reason the whole catalogue of games shouldn't offer it (especially if there's a PC port of the game that already has KB+M support). I'm hoping with the 'fairness' aspect of gamepad vs kbm being downplayed in recent years and the next Xbox being a PC (so *should* have KBM support for everything) - hopefully Sony will follow suit. Heck, even Nintendo has built-in mouse support with their new joycons (and apparently has decent USB mouse support too).