The one and only head of Xbox himself, Phil Spencer, has revealed a wealth of new information for Microsoft's next-generation console: the Xbox Series X. The console has been confirmed to have a 12 teraflops of graphical performance, which is stated to be twice the power of an Xbox One X, or alternatively, eight times more powerful than the Xbox One. Additionally, players will be able to quickly pick their games up from a "suspended state", without having to wait through load screens, thanks to a new Quick Resume feature.

Next Generation Custom Processor: Xbox Series X is our most powerful console ever powered by our custom designed processor leveraging AMD’s latest Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architectures. Delivering four times the processing power of an Xbox One and enabling developers to leverage 12 TFLOPS of GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) performance – twice that of an Xbox One X and more than eight times the original Xbox One. Xbox Series X delivers a true generational leap in processing and graphics power with cutting edge techniques resulting in higher framerates, larger, more sophisticated game worlds, and an immersive experience unlike anything seen in console gaming.

The new Xbox also promises more stable performance in games, and higher framerates. The console will support up to 120fps, and by using HDMI 2.1 the Xbox will automatically switch your TV or monitor to the best settings for gaming, including auto low latency mode, and a variable refresh rate, which will change the screen's refresh rate to match your current game.

• Variable Rate Shading (VRS): Our patented form of VRS empowers developers to more efficiently utilize the full power of the Xbox Series X. Rather than spending GPU cycles uniformly to every single pixel on the screen, they can prioritize individual effects on specific game characters or important environmental objects. This technique results in more stable frame rates and higher resolution, with no impact on the final image quality.
• Hardware-accelerated DirectX Raytracing: You can expect more dynamic and realistic environments powered by hardware-accelerated DirectX Raytracing – a first for console gaming. This means true-to-life lighting, accurate reflections and realistic acoustics in real time as you explore the game world.

Immersion in an instant

The next console generation will be defined by more playing and less waiting. And when play begins, we know many gamers demand ultra-low latency to be as immersed and precise as possible. To this end, the team analyzed every step between player and game, from controller to console to display, and asked how we could make it faster.

• SSD Storage: With our next-generation SSD, nearly every aspect of playing games is improved. Game worlds are larger, more dynamic and load in a flash and fast travel is just that – fast.
• Quick Resume: The new Quick Resume feature lets you continue multiple games from a suspended state almost instantly, returning you to where you were and what you were doing, without waiting through long loading screens.
• Dynamic Latency Input (DLI): We’re optimizing latency in the player-to-console pipeline starting with our Xbox Wireless Controller, which leverages our high bandwidth, proprietary wireless communication protocol when connected to the console. With Dynamic Latency Input (DLI), a new feature which synchronizes input immediately with what is displayed, controls are even more precise and responsive.
• HDMI 2.1 Innovation: We’ve partnered with the HDMI forum and TV manufacturers to enable the best gaming experience through features such as Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) and Variable Refresh Rate (VRR). ALLM allows Xbox One and Xbox Series X to automatically set the connected display to its lowest latency mode. VRR synchronizes the display’s refresh rate to the game’s frame rate, maintaining smooth visuals without tearing. Ensuring minimal lag and the most responsive gaming experience.
• 120 fps Support: With support for up to 120 fps, Xbox Series X allows developers to exceed standard 60 fps output in favor of heightened realism or fast-paced action.

As previously confirmed, the Xbox Series X will have backwards compatibility for all currently supported original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles, along with the Xbox One library. Unique to the new Xbox will be "smart delivery", which means users can buy a game for the Xbox One, and if they have an Xbox Series X, they'll get the new version for no extra charge. This feature is on a per-game basis however, with only Cyberpunk 2077 and Halo Infinite announced as part of the smart delivery program.

The next generation of game compatibility

The benefits of the next console generation extend in every direction, bringing greater visual fidelity and improved loading speeds to your existing gaming legacy, in addition to new games. We’re continuing our commitment to compatibility with Xbox Series X and investing in technology that makes game ownership easier across generations.

• Four generations of gaming: Our commitment to compatibility means existing Xbox One games, including backward-compatible Xbox 360 and original Xbox games, look and play better than ever before. Your favorite games, including titles in Xbox Game Pass, benefit from steadier framerates, faster load times and improved resolution and visual fidelity – all with no developer work required. Your Xbox One gaming accessories also come forward with you.
• Smart Delivery: This technology empowers you to buy a game once and know that – whether you are playing it on Xbox One or Xbox Series X – you are getting the right version of that game on whatever Xbox you’re playing on. We’re making the commitment to use Smart Delivery on all our exclusive Xbox Game Studios titles, including Halo Infinite, ensuring you only have to purchase a title once in order to play the best available version for whichever Xbox console they choose to play on. This technology is available for all developers and publishers, and they can choose to use it for titles that will be release on Xbox One first and come to the Xbox Series X later.
• Xbox Game Pass: In addition to games from across four generations of consoles, our leading game subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, will continue to have our first party games, like Halo Infinite, included at their launch. We look forward to millions of you experiencing the Xbox Game Pass portfolio and immersing yourselves in a deep library of high-quality games, playing those you love now and also discovering your next great adventure.

A generation with players at the center

Xbox Series X is our fastest, most powerful console ever, designed for a console generation that has you at its center. This means a high-fidelity gaming experience enclosed in a quiet and bold design, with the ability to discover thousands of games across four generations, all with more playing and less waiting.

Whether it’s empowering amazing creators at our 15 Xbox Game Studios, fueling game discovery with Xbox Game Pass, or expanding what and where you can play with Project xCloud, Team Xbox stands for frictionless pathways between players and the best experiences our remarkable art form has to offer. Xbox Series X represents that same commitment for players who want immediate immersion in games that also look and feel better than ever.

We can’t wait to share more details about the new Xbox with you in the coming months.

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[Foxi4]

I've been thoroughly impressed with the build quality and overall design of the One X, Microsoft definitely has some big heads working in the hardware department. It's more powerful than the PS4 Pro while staying whisper quiet, which is really impressive. Sadly, the software doesn't go hand in hand with the hardware, so the PS5 will likely be my primary gaming platform. I'll still pick this beast up for the sake of Halo Infinite alone, but unless Microsoft really hits the spot with their in-house games this generation it's really a no-contest.

 

[SnakeOil992]

Will performance be better? Sure. But I think we've hit a wall in graphical fidelity since the past era.

 

[kumikochan]

Lol what. Did you even read my comment, or are you replying to the wrong person?

probably nevermind

 

[Xzi]

Will performance be better? Sure. But I think we've hit a wall in graphical fidelity since the past era.

For consoles at least, that isn't even remotely true. PS5/XBX is going to be the first generation where they can finally manage 1080p@60+ FPS and high settings. We're going to see a very noticeable bump in graphical fidelity once consoles are no longer holding back high-end PC hardware.

 

[Deleted User]

Can it just be called Xbox X or Xbox SX? Xbox Series X is too long.

But anyway, people will just call it "Xbox" when they're gonna buy it.

 

[JuanMena]

are we going in full circle again?
12TF?

16TF?
32TF?
64TF?
128TF?

 

[DANTENDO]

Can it just be called Xbox X or Xbox SX? Xbox Series X is too long.

But anyway, people will just call it "Xbox" when they're gonna buy it.

As I've said I'm not a fan of the name and when you say long yeh it has 3 separate wordings if thts what you mean but how about super nintendo entertainment system though I don't think anyone called it tht

 

[Pipistrele]

So is going to have a lot of stuff I don't understand. And that's supposed to make me want to buy it. Just to say that it makes your games look pretty and run smoothly... if you have the right tv for it. Does any of that make the games more fun to play?

More horsepower = more room for developers to make fun games, simple as that. Some genres benefit a lot from good performance, and certain ones are impossible without semi-decent hardware in the first place.

 

[Kadji]

So...here is the deal:
I skipped the Xbox One because all of my xbox 360 games (99% shmups) were incompatible with their backwards compatibility.

From this news article I get the impression that, with the Xbox One Series X, *every* game will be compatible.
Am I right in my thinking that I can just download my previous purchases (everything was bought Digital on the 360 by me) on the Xbox One Series X, and that they will just work?

The OG Xbox as well as the 360 had some of my most beloved games and I would love to play them all on one console.

If that is the case this *might* be the tipping point that convinces me to invest in an Xbox One Series X.
The Ball is on your side now Sony - impress me.

 

[ThoD]

I'll summarize this "news" post in one sentence:

"The XBox Series X will finally catch up to PCs of ~4 years ago in performance while only doing a fraction of what PCs do and still offering only features that are considered basic in this day and age but calling them something new to trick idiots into getting excited for them"

 

[SkittleDash]

Not sure if I'll be getting this. I look at both Xbox Series x and the PS5. Then I look at my PC that has PlayStation Now and soon xCloud. I'm not sure what I'm doing yet.

 

[DANTENDO]

Not sure if I'll be getting this. I look at both Xbox Series x and the PS5. Then I look at my PC that has PlayStation Now and soon xCloud. I'm not sure what I'm doing yet.

Playstn now don't get big games til wel after original release which I'm sure you kno so you say I'm not sure what yr doing next just save up for the ps5

 

[Minox]

I'm honestly glad that these fools got so greedy that most folks would rather buy a console than a expensive PC that needs to be upgraded every couple of years. I always said it was a money pit being a PC gamer and it's now even more true now than a year or so ago.

How is that any different to buying a new console every few years?

 

[ThoD]

I'm honestly glad that these fools got so greedy that most folks would rather buy a console than a expensive PC that needs to be upgraded every couple of years. I always said it was a money pit being a PC gamer and it's now even more true now than a year or so ago.

I built my PC almost EIGHT years ago, wasn't even top-end at it's time and cost around 800€, still haven't needed upgrades and can play everything that comes out at at least medium settings if not high/max and at a juicy 60-75FPS instead of 24-30FPS like consoles. If I was playing on console, I'd have needed to buy at least two by now and with massively more expensive games and would have gotten inferior experience as well.

 

[Rahkeesh]

Not sure if I'll be getting this. I look at both Xbox Series x and the PS5. Then I look at my PC that has PlayStation Now and soon xCloud. I'm not sure what I'm doing yet.

Microsoft studios stuff will all be cross platform with PC, so building that up will make a perfectly viable xBox. xCloud also looks pretty good for that too.

PSNow is a joke that Sony is winding down if anything, with it still being more of a PS3 service and removed from most devices recently, plus a stated goal of not devaluing their new IPs by putting recent games there. You are likely still going to need a PS5 if you want to play their exclusives.

From this news article I get the impression that, with the Xbox One Series X, *every* game will be compatible.
Am I right in my thinking that I can just download my previous purchases (everything was bought Digital on the 360 by me) on the Xbox One Series X, and that they will just work

I don't think this is right.

Our commitment to compatibility means existing Xbox One games, including backward-compatible Xbox 360 and original Xbox games, look and play better than ever before.

All *Xbox One* games will be compatible.

So far they are just promising the OG/360 games that are already "backward-compatible" on XB1. It could expand but there's no mention of that, in fact they seem to be treating it as a part of XB1 support so they might never revisit, since the XB1 back-compat program has officially ended. (I.E. no more games will be added to it.)

 

[lachlan_sol]

I built my PC almost EIGHT years ago, wasn't even top-end at it's time and cost around 800€, still haven't needed upgrades and can play everything that comes out at at least medium settings if not high/max and at a juicy 60-75FPS instead of 24-30FPS like consoles. If I was playing on console, I'd have needed to buy at least two by now and with massively more expensive games and would have gotten inferior experience as well.

i just bought my first gaming computer with $800 i won from a bet, the specs are:
-Asus H110M Motherboard
-Intel i5-6300HQ CPU with stock cooler
-8gb Corsair Vengeance LPX Red DDR4 RAM
-MSI Radeon rx580 8gb Armor oc edition
-250gb SSD
-1TB HDD
-700w Thermaltake Smart 80+ PSU (brand new)
-NZXT H100 Case (brand new)

will this last me long?

 

[ThoD]

i just bought my first gaming computer with $800 i won from a bet, the specs are:
-Asus H110M Motherboard
-Intel i5-6300HQ CPU with stock cooler
-8gb Corsair Vengeance LPX Red DDR4 RAM
-MSI Radeon rx580 8gb Armor oc edition
-250gb SSD
-1TB HDD
-700w Thermaltake Smart 80+ PSU (brand new)
-NZXT H100 Case (brand new)

will this last me long?

I don't see why this wouldn't last you long, I mean it's well above the specs in mine and mine still does it's job fine Mine is FX6350, 4GBs of RAM and R7 265x SE OC 2GBs GPU, runs everything at at least medium settings. As long as you don't fill the computer with junk stuff and your HDD is fast enough, you won't have issues. Many people don't realize electronics have hit the limit of what's possible without involving quantum theory, so technology won't improve THAT considerably for quite some time, probably around half a decade, meaning required specs for gaming won't suddenly jump up if you don't care about absolute max settings.

 

[lachlan_sol]

I don't see why this wouldn't last you long, I mean it's well above the specs in mine and mine still does it's job fine Mine is FX6350, 4GBs of RAM and R7 265x SE OC 2GBs GPU, runs everything at at least medium settings. As long as you don't fill the computer with junk stuff and your HDD is fast enough, you won't have issues. Many people don't realize electronics have hit the limit of what's possible without involving quantum theory, so technology won't improve THAT considerably for quite some time, probably around half a decade, meaning required specs for gaming won't suddenly jump up if you don't care about absolute max settings.

thanks for the feedback! i was saving up for a build really similar to yours when i was in year 7 but i bought a ps4 instead :/ - btw if you are wondering why it was 800, i had to pay an extra 200 for shipping (literally boston to south west australia...) but i saved more than that with the deal the seller gave me haha

 

[tabzer]

I don't see why this wouldn't last you long, I mean it's well above the specs in mine and mine still does it's job fine Mine is FX6350, 4GBs of RAM and R7 265x SE OC 2GBs GPU, runs everything at at least medium settings. As long as you don't fill the computer with junk stuff and your HDD is fast enough, you won't have issues. Many people don't realize electronics have hit the limit of what's possible without involving quantum theory, so technology won't improve THAT considerably for quite some time, probably around half a decade, meaning required specs for gaming won't suddenly jump up if you don't care about absolute max settings.

The real question is: How does his $800 box compare to xxx's hardware?

 

[MarkDarkness]

And software development costs will keep soaring...