References to Xbox ‘Edinburgh’ and ‘Count’ have recently been discovered in the Xbox One operating system, possibly referencing the code names of upcoming Xbox consoles.
In the past few months, we’ve written quite a bit about Microsoft’s rumored Xbox ‘Lockhart’ console that has yet to be confirmed. While Microsoft hasn’t officially mentioned the ‘budget’ version of its Xbox Series X console, references in the company’s latest Game Development Kit and Windows OS Libraries suggest Project Lockhart is real.
As software developer @bllyhlbrt and Jez Corden discovered from Windows Central, it appears that references to more Xbox codenames have been found in the Xbox One operating system.
References to ‘Edinburgh’ and ‘Count’ in the Xbox One operating system
In addition to references to Xbox Lockhart (probably Xbox Series S), Xbox Anaconda (Xbox Series X), and the rumored ‘Dante’ devkit that allows developers to access a special mode of Lockhart profiles, the Xbox operating system apparently also mentions’ Edinburgh ‘and’ Count ‘.
At the time of writing, it is unclear whether these code names refer to actual new hardware or form factors. As Twitter user ‘Kirby0Louise’ noted, there is a possibility that ‘Lockhart’ is the code name for the Xbox Series S device and that ‘Edinburgh’ is the code name for the commercial version of the console. This would be in line with the name of Microsoft’s capital city from previous ‘S’ model variants. After all, Microsoft’s Xbox One S was given the Xbox codename ‘Edmonton’. While we might have some clues for ‘Edinburgh’, the codename of ‘Earl’ remains a mystery at the moment.
Although maybe things are backwards
Lockhart is the XSS devkit, Edinburgh is the retail XSS
It would be in line with the code-named S variants after captive cities (Edmonton, Edinburgh) and the deadly animal X variants (Scorpio, Anaconda)
– Kirby0Louise (@ Kirby0Louise) July 3, 2020
We’re likely to hear more about Microsoft’s rumored Xbox Series X, aka Lockhart, during this month’s Xbox Series X First Party Party event. Hopefully we also learn more about these new project names.
As always, we’ll keep you updated once more information about next-gen consoles, including Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, comes in.
