Microsoft's Phil Spencer has stated his belief that Xbox One will not be the last home console produced by Microsoft, and has revealed that he thinks that local hardware has a long and important future ahead of it.
When asked if he thought that the newest Xbox would be the last of its kind, Spencer was in no doubt. "I don't," he said on Twitter. "I think local compute will be important for a long time."
Following up his original answer, Spencer pointed to mobile as an example of an area where hardware continues to improve despite the increasingly capable online networks that support it: "You can look at mobile, connected to faster networks, more cloud services but local power still increases each gen," he said, before adding "bandwidth caps clearly an issue, still believe HW & SW engrs working together will find local HW scenarios critical."
Xbox One was released on an eager public in November of last year. We've had over a month to get to grips with the new console and you can read our latest impressions in Xbox One: One Month On.