Report: Upgraded Xbox One Codenamed Scorpio, Releasing in 2017

<p>Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s Xbox One console is set to receive two new pieces of hardware in the coming years&colon; one a slimmer model of the original&comma; and the other an upgraded model&period; The news comes from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;sources-smaller-xbox-one-coming-this-year-more-powerf-1778634446">Kotaku<&sol;a> sources&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If the inside sources are to be believed&comma; a smaller version of the Xbox One is to be released sometime this year&comma; with the upgraded hardware following in 2017&period; The &&num;8220&semi;Scorpio&&num;8221&semi;&comma; which has been revealed as the codename for the unconfirmed device&comma; will have an upgraded GPU capable of producing 4k graphics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Interestingly&comma; development sources have raised an issue with the fact that the console doesn&&num;8217&semi;t include other improvements&period; Though the Scorpio will be capable of outputting better visuals&comma; the technology used to read data from the disc drive or hard drive will not be upgraded&period; This may lead to struggles in transferring data at a suitable rate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The multi-tiered release schedule and plans for the new Xbox One consoles are part of an iterative approach Microsoft is said to be using going forward&period; Instead of releasing an immensely upgraded console every half decade or so&comma; Microsoft will launch smaller&comma; incremental hardware revisions every few years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This approach to upgrading and releasing new hardware is also in line with Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s new strategy&comma; called &&num;8220&semi;Project Helix&&num;8221&semi;&comma; to marry their Xbox and Windows gaming brands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this year we reported that Quantum Break players on Xbox One would be able to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;remedy-sending-pc-codes-quantum-break&sol;">redeem codes<&sol;a> to play the game on Windows&comma; and that Phil Spencer is interested in elevating Windows 10 as the go-to destination for PC gaming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If all this turns out to be true&comma; Microsoft has similar plans to Sony and their hotly discussed <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;playstation-4-5-rumors-escalate&sol;">PlayStation Neo<&sol;a>&comma; with a major difference in the reported release date&period; With E3 fast approaching&comma; look forward to more news from BagoGames on the future of both consoles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;sources-smaller-xbox-one-coming-this-year-more-powerf-1778634446">Kotaku<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;