Rumors have been circulating that Microsoft my do a minor upgrade to compete with thesupposed PlayStation 4.5, but Microsoft's Phil Spencer has squelched those thoughts. Rumors have been circulating that Sony is looking to make a more powerful PlayStation 4, so far dubbed PlayStation 4.5 or PlayStation 4K, to help in its push toward VR gaming. And of course, with those rumors comes the inevitable "gotta-keep-pace" rumors on what Microsoft would do, including thoughts of an Xbox One-and-a-Half.
Well, that isn't going to happen, according to Microsoft's Phil Spencer.Speaking atMicrosoft's Build 2016 Developer Conference, the Xbox boss said (via Game Informer) that he is not a fan of the idea at all."If we re going to move forward, I want to move forward in big numbers," hesaid. "I don t know anything about any of the rumors that are out there, but I can understand other teams motivations to do that.
For us, our box is doing well. It performs, it s reliable, the servers are doing well. If we re going to go forward with anything, like I said, I want it to be a really substantial change for people an upgrade."This reiterateswhat he said in early Marchwhen he talked about the possibility of modular upgrades for the Xbox One. The feedback I ve received about, Hey, am I going to break open my console and start upgrading individual pieces of my console That s not our plan, he said on a Major Nelson podcast. www.rsgoldfast.com