It really looks like 2020 is going to be the year of subscriptions. There has been an overall decline in the sales of hardware and software. Mostly due to the upcoming release of the Xbox Series X and the PS5.

The Xbox Adaptive Controller powers the experience

EA COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen claimed PS5 and Xbox Series X are significantly more powerful than existing consoles and the software being created for them will amaze consumers. “I don’t want to get ahead of our great partners Microsoft and Sony, but you should assume that the power of those consoles are going to be a lot better than the power of the existing consoles, which means a really simple thing, we can do a lot more,” he said.

Believe it or not, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One released almost seven years ago. For some, the time seems to have passed in the blink of an eye; for others, the wait for the next generation of consoles has felt like an eternity. Whether you're ready for it or not, times are changing. The big two have bumped against the upper limit of what consoles are capable of, and it's time for yet another jump into the future.

Rocksteady hasn't released a game since 2015 (not counting Batman: Arkham VR), when it delivered Batman: Arkham Knight, the final game in its Batman: Arkham trilogy. However, not only has the UK studio not released a proper game since then, it hasn't revealed one either. In the face of this though has been numerous rumors and reports over the years on what it's working on.

If you're an Xbox Insider in the Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings in the US and UK, you can now start testing out Microsoft's Xbox Console Streaming service, which streams any Xbox One game to an Android device. The prerequisites for the service are a bit restrictive, but going through the steps will let you put in some Gear 5 gameplay during your work or school commute.

It's a far cry from the widespread opprobrium that greeted the bizarre live TV focus of the original Xbox One, but it would be fair to say that Microsoft's announcement that it won't be releasing any exclusive titles for the Xbox Series X at launch has not exactly been popular.

A look inside the numbers behind Xbox Live’s freebies

A common refrain is that if phones cost a thousand dollars, why can't Xbox Series X or PS5 cost $600 or more? This is why.

Microsoft's next-generation gaming console, formerly known as Project Scarlett, has been officially unveiled: the Xbox Series X. Since Scarlett was first confirmed, there have been numerous questions: What does it look like? What do the new games look like? How powerful is it going to be? We finally have the answers to those questions, and in talking with Xbox boss Phil Spencer, we got more insight into the power behind the Series X console.

The next Xbox was finally revealed during The Game Awards.

Microsoft is gearing up to reveal Xbox "Scarlett" in full in the near future, and we've finally got some credible information on the target specs.

In an interview with Xbox On, Phil Spencer said that RPGs for Xbox had done well in the past and that Xbox Game Studios should focus more on the genre in the future.

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Multiple contractors working for Microsoft explain how they listened to audio captured by Xbox consoles.

Just a high-end Project Scarlett console for 2020

Boulder Dash 30th Anniversary, which is currently available for PC (Steam), iOS, and Android, is coming to Xbox One and Switch, publisher BBG Entertainment announced. The news comes via a press release from Japanese publisher Worker Bee, which will release the Switch version in Japan.

Another redesign and another loss for Cortana.

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood talked about the company's gaming business. 

The Outer Worlds will be available on the Xbox Game Pass when it launches on October 25, Microsoft confirmed at its E3 conference earlier today. While we had a vague inkling that The Outer Worlds release date would be this year, today’s trailer is the first official evidence of that information. That video, which you can check out for yourself further down this article, introduces players to Halcyon, the corporation-run planet that the game will be set on. It also reveals a little more about the character that you’ll play as, who’s acting as a significant thorn in the side of those massive companies.