Games Thirst – Amazing Life
Now that Microsoft has rubbished Kinect for Xbox One (I could have made great use of that $200 million), more games will look slightly better on the console — thanks to the GPU boost the console now enjoys that was once held hostage by Kinect.
That’s according to Xbox’s new boss Phil Spencer, speaking with Xbox frontman Major Nelson in a recent podcast.
“This was a point where we actually looked at the GPU reserve that we had set aside when we launched,” said Spencer. “And you always set aside these reserves not exactly knowing how people are going to use the reserves, and we’ve got more work to do to bring the reserve down as we get more efficient with stuff we’re doing in the platform.”
He added: “If they know how they’re going to use Kinect, or if they’re going to not use Kinect in their game, we wanted them to have the option at a game side to decide how much of that reserve will wait – will remain”
Spencer says that Bungie is using the extra resources with great results.
“Our friends at Bungie, and I’ve been spending a lot of time down there, they’re going to pick up the June SDK update for Destiny, and they’re going to up the resolution of Destiny based on this change,” explained Spencer.
It’s not known what the new Xbox One Resolution of Destiny will be.
Meanwhile Sunset Overdrive will be able to deliver “a more vibrant and alive gameplay space”.
“So I think it’s just a great time for us,” Spencer concluded.
