Microsoft teases Xbox Scarlett in E3 countdown videos

Microsoft has been tweeting out movies counting down the times till its E3 2019 keynote presentation – and it’s been hiding hints to its next-gen Xbox Two (extra officially referred to as ‘Xbox Scarlett’) consoles in them.

Have a look at the constructions at the left of each and every video, and a letter-and-number code emerges: the primary published R55, the second one G36, and the 3rd confirmed B0. Twitter consumer @Cr8Beyond pieced them in combination – they’re the RGB code for the colour scarlet, hinting on the collective codename for the following Xbox machines. 

Consumer @Cr8Beyond used to be rewarded for his bother with a loose month of Xbox Recreation Cross, which is kind of affirmation from Microsoft. That strongly implies we’ll see some information in regards to the consoles on the corporate’s keynote on Sunday, June 9.

Scarlett is the collective title for 2 separate machines: one codenamed Anaconda, the higher-end of the pair rumored to be extra tough than the impending PS5, and the opposite Lockhart, an entry-level system with decrease efficiency and value.

This isn’t the primary time Microsoft has dropped hints on social media within the days main as much as an E3; two years in the past, the corporate posted photographs with hidden messages dissing Sony for its PS4 Professional, which had decrease intended computing energy than the then-upcoming Venture Scorpio (Xbox One X). 

By means of The Verge

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