Five Xbox Predictions for 2022

ABizzel15h ago(Edited 5h ago)

I agree these are safe, but overall 2022 is looking more like a safe year for Xbox with Starfield as their big AAA Marketing game of 2022. My guess would be:

1. Xbox Streaming App (XCloud on TVs and most android devices considering you can already do it with APKs)

2. XBO / XBO-X are now fully marketed as Xbox Series Stream boxes, and Phil or somebody will state that “there are now tens of millions Xbox consoles in homes as of today capable of playing the latest and best games “Only on Xbox””.

3. Rumors of a new and more powerful Series S expected to launch 2023, but really it will be just a rebrand of the Current Series S with better cooling and its handicaps removed thus increasing performance. The Series S+ would be a 6nm version with the same core components maybe better / more RAM (12GB, 224 – 390 GB/s), with higher clock speeds (CPU +200 MHz / GPU 1.825 GHz like the SX) for around a 20% more overall performance. It would be nice if all CUs were enabled giving it around 50% more performance, but that’s not likely. However, with the +20% it technically puts it completely on par with the Xbox-X in every aspect, but still with a target towards higher fps over resolution (especially with the higher bandwidth memory).

4. Ubisoft+ comes to GamePass, more publisher start making their own Game Collection Apps….And GamePass price increases to $19.99/mo to accommodate most of them. Also Xbox will eventually lock out the loop hole of buying 3 years of Live and 1 month of GP this will make most people mad, cause on online uproar for about a week, and people will accept it and move on. GP numbers will grow at a significantly slower rate, but it will become the norm on Xbox and then slowly pick back up.

5. Square Enix sells their European division to Xbox for billions. Specially Crystal Dynamics and the Tomb Raider IP and Eidos and the Deus Ex IP. Tomb Raider will be rebranded as Xbox’s Uncharted and Deus Ex will be rebranded as their version of Cyberpunk 2077, expected launch alongside Elder Scrolls in 2026.

Five Xbox Predictions for 2022
Source: Balita Araw Araw