KFC confirms release of next-gen gaming console with built-in chicken chamber [video]

Look, we know it’s been a tough year. Living through a worldwide pandemic, we’ve had to deal with countless headlines which we thought simply couldn’t be true. And now a KFC video game console? Bear with us…

KFC is no stranger to weird and wonderful marketing stunts. From a chicken drumstick mouse and chicken-scented sunscreen and gravy-scented candles to KFC-inspired crocs, they sure know how to get our attention.

So, remember when KFC alluded to a video game console with a “chicken chamber” back in June and we all thought it was a joke? Turns it out it was real, after all. Oh, 2020, in the name of Sithis, what have you done?

KFConsole: What we know about KFC’s video game console

We know quite a lot, actually. And it’s not particularly a proud moment in my gaming journalism career but here we are. KFC and Cooler Master have teamed up to create a “bucket-shaped gaming PC”.

Let’s take that up a notch and tell you the video game console was also designed to keep chicken warm… While you can’t fry chicken in the console (no, that isn’t a suggestion, KFC), it can keep pre-cooked chicken warm.

It looks a bit like an air fryer, though, doesn’t it? We have to give it to KFC, their timing is spot on. With vast numbers of gamers still looking for a PlayStation 5, dare we way the KFConsole might just be the next best thing.

The console is also VR ready, supports Ray Tracing and is built for 4K-TV gaming. Let’s take a look under the hood.

KFConsole specifications

KFC went out guns blazing and promises the uniquely-designed black and red console showcased online supports cross-platform compatibility and True 4K resolution with 240 frames per second (fps) and 240Hz output.

Furthermore, its equipped with an Intel Nuc9 Extreme Compute Element, which Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar referred to as “the new king of tiny gaming PCs”, back in April 2020.

Watch: KFConsole introduction

It also supports Asus-powered graphics that “runs buttery smooth, keeping tearing and frame drop a thing of the past”. The console also has a “first-of-its-kind hot-swappable GPU slot”.

That’s impressive, we have to admit. It also means you’ll be able to play that copy of KFC’s very real game called I Love You Colonel Sanders Dating Simulator Game which you don’t want to admit you own.

“Forged from the fires of the KFC ovens and built by Cooler Master from the ground up, there has never been a tastier way to experience the latest titles in stunning 4k, 240fps”.

When will the video gaming console be released

KFC hasn’t confirmed any information pertaining to how or where the console will be released. The official KFCGaming Twitter account only confirmed on 23 December that the KFConsole is real and not a hoax.

KFCGaming tweeted that the “console wars are over”, and shared a short video clip to introduce the KFConsole, along with the #PowerYourHunger hashtag.

I’m just stating here for the record that I’m still not convinced it’s real until I get to see it for myself.