“Exciting” new features are planned for the Xbox Series X | S. according to Jason Ronald, Microsoft’s director of program management.
During the latest episode of the official Xbox podcast (via VGC), Ronald noted that the latest Xbox consoles are still very young, and we will be hearing more announcements ‘in the coming months’ about how Microsoft plans to update them .
“As a team, we are just really excited about this initial reaction from fans around the world,” he explains in the podcast (below). “At launch, we say it internally all the time, this is actually just the beginning. We have a lot of really exciting things coming in the pipeline in the coming months and years to come. “
“There’s a lot to come … we can’t really say too much,” added program director Larry Hryb to the podcast. ‘I think we’ll have it [Ronald back on the show] sooner than later. “
Ronald noted that the Xbox team took a well-deserved break in November “to sit back and just listen to the community and hear how people are using the consoles, what they are excited about, areas we can improve”, but now team is ready to roll out more updates.
First and foremost, it seems Microsoft is focused on updating the Xbox Mobile app with performance tracking, and broadcasting updates, DVR quality improvements, and Quick Resume tweaks will all be in the pipeline for the consoles.
“We had to turn off Quick Resume for some titles in the start screen,” explains Ronald. “The team has worked really hard to turn those titles back on so that people get that great, fast resume experience for all the titles people play.
“These are all areas that have really high priorities for us as we look at future updates in the coming months and you will be able to see some of these experiences in the Insider rings soon,” he added.
Despite some teething problems, the launch of the Xbox Series S | X has been a good rollout for Microsoft; we even heard that the Xbox Series X / S was the best-selling platform in the UK in January.