After the rumor last night , among whom was the intention on the part of Microsoft to release in 2017 a Xbox One enhanced codenamed " Scorpio ", the US site Polygon on the train of indiscretions by revealing that, according to their sources, the new console will be more than 4 times more powerful than the current Xbox One.

The site explains that, in the design of the new console power factor is a key element in Microsoft's priority: when the clearing-both in terms of performance than that of sales-the minimum power of PS4, the House of Redmond is determined to reverse this situation and wants to create an unrivaled performance on the front console, then releasing new models at periodic intervals to always remain at the top in terms of performance in the same way as a smartphone and tablet manufacturers constantly produce new models to stay on top of technology.

According to sources of Polygon, for the Microsoft Xbox Scorpio would be pointing to a performance index of 6 TeraFLOPS, a general term indicating the number of numerical calculations can be performed by hardware in a second. By comparison, the current Xbox One is estimated to reach 1.3 TFLOPS, which would make the new console over 4 times more powerful than the current one. The rumor takes the competitor PS4 Neo, the new Sony console coming up at the end of the year, reaching a maximum of 4 TFLOPS. in that case the console Microsoft would resume the performance advantage, making the 50% faster but coming a year later. This chart shows the difference in performance between the various consoles:

Such an increase would be in line with previous statements by Phil Spencer who had claimed to not be interested in producing a "Xbox One 1.5" little more powerful than the current, but if you want to create a new console that represents a real breakthrough in performance: a leap from 1.3 to 6 TFLOPS would surely such a desire.

About when will be announced the new console, Polygon explains that Microsoft was initially keen to keep it secret until E3 2017 because he wanted to reveal it only months before the launch, but it seems that those plans could change to counter the announcement of PS4 Neo by Sony and already at this E3 could get the official announcement of the new hardware.

As always please treat this information as unconfirmed rumor: we will have to wait for any official announcements to find out how much truth there is in everything.