Microsoft is today giving us our first look at the future of Xbox. At E3, Microsoft is revealing details on the next-gen Xbox console, codenamed Scarlett.

“It eats monsters for breakfast”, Microsoft’s Kareem Choudhry said. The new console will be powered by a custom-designed processor, leveraging AMD’s Zen 2/Navi architecture. The new processor on the Xbox Scarlett will make the console 4x faster than the current generation.

The new console is powered by GDDR6 RAM and is capable of powering 120fps gameplay, as well as 8K gameplay. “This generation is going to be a bigger leap than any generation before”, Microsoft claimed.

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer said the new console is design for one thing and one thing only: gaming. The company has built next-gen SSDs for the new console that are used as virtual RAM, allowing for 40% performance increases over the current generation consoles, and faster game load times. It will also feature a variable refresh rate and ultra-low latency input.

“Unmatched power and speed ushers in a new level of gameplay performance and the future of gaming. With four generations of content that looks and feels unlike anything before,” Microsoft said, focusing on the quality of the gameplay on its next-gen console. And that’s not a surprise at all — Scarlett comes with real-time, hardware-accelerated ray-tracing that should make gameplay look absolutely stunning.

“With Project Scarlett, we continue our commitment to compatibility by ensuring your gaming accessories and Xbox career will also move forward with you, along with thousands of games across four console generations which will look and play best on Project Scarlett,” the company said at E3. The promises made here are quite incredible, and Microsoft says the console will even launch with Halo Infinite when it comes out in 2020.

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