Based on the video’s caption, this is the new Xbox startup sound for the Xbox Series X. It’s kind of lovely. 

Despite these complications, the company said its “goal” is still to release Series X and Halo Infinite this holiday season. In addition, it re-affirmed plans for all major first-party games coming this year to be available on Xbox Game Pass for PC, as well as for Xbox Game Pass to become integrated with its Project xCloud streaming platform later this year.

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What’s less clear is how many other next-gen games will accompany the Series X’s launch. “I’d say the bigger unknown is probably the game production,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer told CNBC last week when asked about how the ongoing pandemic might impact the new hardware. “Game production is a large scale entertainment activity now, you have hundreds of people coming together, building assets, working through creative.”

This week’s reveal of next-gen gameplay on Inside Xbox starts at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 7.