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Phil Spencer at E3 2016 talking about the Scorpio.
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Analysts react to Microsoft’s impressive Scorpio console specs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft unveiled its specifications for its Project Scorpio game console today, revealing details that show the console will hit its original target of 6 teraflops of performance.

Microsoft hasn’t revealed many of the other details yet, such as the user interface, the virtual reality capabilities, and the all-important games. More of that will come over time. But the hardware specifications show where the gaming machine will be positioned relative to high-end gamer PCs, Sony’s PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro, and the Nintendo Switch.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.