Microsoft Unveils Xbox Series X, Available Holiday 2020, and "Senua's Saga: Hellblade II"

[matar]

This i will buy.

 

[Deadshot1982]

Microsoft discovered SFF gaming PC in 2019.

Just waiting for the 2349080324709 mini-ITX cases that will look exactly like this.

The FT03-MINI by Silverstone

 

[LiveOrDie]

LMAO this is just a budget PC crammed into a ITX case made by Mircocrap, just for all those console peasants.

 

[Xuper]

LMAO this is just a budget PC crammed into a ITX case made by Mircocrap, just for all those console peasants.

lol dream on ! just wait a couple of months for First game.

 

[rtwjunkie]

lol dream on ! just wait a couple of months for First game.

It really is. That's all consoles have ever been. It's just well optimized for all parts to work together well.

 

[notb]

it looks or based on Corsair One's design, minus the perforated side panels, RGB lightings & the Corsair logo. This design; I like.

I'm not sure there was any leak of interiors + Corsair One is quite complex and expensive (watercooling etc). So I really doubt it's anything like.

Best bet would be: 2x140mm and directed airflow for optimal cooling. It's doable.

I was thinking more of how Mac pros have moduals. The upgrades are tightly controlled by the manufacturer, ensuring easy compatibility. In this case, you can buy the base model and upgrade later on instead of having to get a brand new console. The upgrades could be for resolution and/or fps. I'm not saying it's going to happen but, I think consoles would be better if they did.

Again: why? How would you make it work?

Console games have no quality sliders. You don't choose resolution.
Console has fixed parts. Game studios make games to work on that particular components. The target is to output acceptable fps at particular resolution.

Even if faster components would come from MS (with guaranteed compatibility(, the only possible result would be more fps. And the basic model is already fine. So what's the point?
If you're one of those people who desperately need 144fps, just use a PC.

 

[Dwyriel]

Again: why? How would you make it work?

Console games have no quality sliders. You don't choose resolution.
Console has fixed parts. Game studios make games to work on that particular components. The target is to output acceptable fps at particular resolution.

Even if faster components would come from MS (with guaranteed compatibility(, the only possible result would be more fps. And the basic model is already fine. So what's the point?
If you're one of those people who desperately need 144fps, just use a PC.

I understand your point but, doesn't sony and Microsoft already kinda do that? Xbox one x and ps4 pro are just upgraded versions of the base one so they can achieve better fps and resolution (4k etc). So it wouldn't be that much of a change to have a upgradable device, although it would be a little more complicated for the end-user.

All in all I agree they shouldn't do that.

 

[notb]

I understand your point but, doesn't sony and Microsoft already kinda do that? Xbox one x and ps4 pro are just upgraded versions of the base one so they can achieve better fps and resolution (4k etc). So it wouldn't be that much of a change to have a upgradable device, although it would be a little more complicated for the end-user.

The "Xbox One X enhanced" games are not the same software. They were updated, textures and effects were added (which makes them a bit like remakes).

Making a game for both Xbox S and X is almost like making it for 2 consoles. As a result, many games (even launched long after Xbox X) didn't get an "enhanced version".
When you run a non-enhanced game on Xbox X, the only significant difference is less performance dips in complex scenes. So the game may look crisper and smoother. But it's the same colour depth, textures, drawing distance (fog), details etc. It's the same image built from the same data.

Allowing upgrading of consoles (with multiple combinations) would mean that either:
- game studios have to prepare multiple optimized game versions
or
- consoles get more abstraction (more performance overhead, less optimized games) and players get control over image in settings, effectively turning consoles into very limited ITX PCs.

 

[umdterps71]

I'm not sure there was any leak of interiors + Corsair One is quite complex and expensive (watercooling etc). So I really doubt it's anything like.

Best bet would be: 2x140mm and directed airflow for optimal cooling. It's doable.

Again: why? How would you make it work?

Console games have no quality sliders. You don't choose resolution.
Console has fixed parts. Game studios make games to work on that particular components. The target is to output acceptable fps at particular resolution.

Even if faster components would come from MS (with guaranteed compatibility(, the only possible result would be more fps. And the basic model is already fine. So what's the point?
If you're one of those people who desperately need 144fps, just use a PC.

There's nothing wrong with wanting more options. And the current basic options are not fine. Modern warfare on one s looks like complete garbage. Anyone else would say get a PC or a one x and I've gotten myself a PC because I can upgrade. Why do you think there should be a hard line between console and PC when they are merging closer and closer every year? What's wrong with additional options? What if I want 144fps or the latest and greatest but don't want to tinker? What's so wrong with that?

 

[Super XP]

The design looks interesting, but the name Series X? What is Micro$oft thinking lol,
The PlayStation is straight forward, PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 & now upcoming PS5.
Where as Micro$oft like confusing people it seems with XBox, XBox 360 (Good Name), XBox One (Great Name), now what? XBox Series X? lol

 

[Th3pwn3r]

This is ridiculous beyond belief.

I think Microsoft may be losing me as a customer for Xbox Live.

My computer can run anything on the market, has a 2080Ti which means I can ray trace better than this newer machine possibly can and I have more RAM, more CPU power and more SSD storage than Microsoft will offer.

And your machine costs 5 times as much as the new console. What's your point?

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

It looks like a Silverstone Ft- 03 mini. Really looks like it.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Powered by our custom-designed processor leveraging the latest Zen 2 and next generation RDNA architecture from our partners at AMD, Xbox Series X will deliver hardware accelerated ray tracing and a new level of performance never before seen in a console.

It's Scorpio. I thought it was just a 7nm shrink of Xbox One X.

Worst. Name. Ever.

 

[Valantar]

Here's what I got out of the whole article: We, Microsoft, are reverting to our "We hate PC gaming" corporate unofficial policy again (which we had for years, even when we said we were pro-PC gaming) by releasing a sequel to a game that was made by a small studio with the PC as it's focus, under the publishing umbrella of X-box Game Studios, and then maybe later sometime we will let it get released on PC.

Pretty much every first-party Microsoft game released in recent years has been a "Play Anywhere" title, i.e. with a simultaneous launch on both Xbox and the MS Store and cross-buy included.



Edit: Just found out that they're keeping compatibility with every Xbone accessory. The new controller is even backwards compatible. Nice!

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

Ever since the inception of their Play Anywhere model, on top of the Game Pass model, ANY games published by Microsoft can be played on both Windows 10 & XBox consoles. Hearing that the new XBox Series X having backwards compatibility is a big plus.

 

[Flanker]

It looks like a Silverstone Ft- 03 mini. Really looks like it.


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I love that case, kinda wish I bought that one instead

 

[Valantar]

It looks like a Silverstone Ft- 03 mini. Really looks like it.


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Yeah, quite similar, just a lot smaller. Windows Central estimates the size of the Series X (based on the known size of the USB port) to ~312*157*157mm, or about 7.7l volume. That's similar to some very compact ITX cases e(the Dan A4 is 7.2l) but nonetheless quite small.

Liking this design more and more.

 

[LiveOrDie]

CEMO L1 Aluminum mini Chassis

It really is. That's all consoles have ever been. It's just well optimized for all parts to work together well.

Yeah but they taken a step closer and turned it into a tower LMAO.

 

[Valantar]

CEMO L1 Aluminum mini Chassis


Yeah but they taken a step closer and turned it into a tower LMAO.

The previous generation consoles had more in common with the Cemo L1 design than that, at least if you stood them upright. The L1 is essentially an old-school desktop (as in not tower, but meant to lie on a desk) design stood on its side. It has relatively little in common with a square-based tower with a central airflow channel and top vent.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Pretty much every first-party Microsoft game released in recent years has been a "Play Anywhere" title, i.e. with a simultaneous launch on both Xbox and the MS Store and cross-buy included.

You might want to assume that, but MS has not acknowledged in any press release or even rumor that the PC version is in the works.

I for one, do not forget Microsoft’s long history of claiming to be pro-PC gaming and then turning around and taking direct action against it. This has happened repeatedly.

 

[gaximodo]

After playing pokemon sword I realized the game is made for kids of this generation, not me.

Probably the same case with naming series X..

 

[Deadshot1982]

It looks like a Silverstone Ft- 03 mini. Really looks like it.


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Yeah I said that look above.

 

[INSTG8R]

It's not even stylized, like Apple's trash can. Much bigger, too.

Precisely or a chimney...I’m trying to decide...

 

[Chrispy_]

Here's our new mitx machine... I mean gaming console. Where the hell am I suppose to place it? Single fan on top, try fitting this in your living room.

Next to the TV until that holds your soundbar, current XBOX, amp, HT-receiver or whatever, on the opposite side to your subwoofer?

 

[INSTG8R]

Next to the TV until that holds your soundbar, current XBOX, amp, HT-receiver or whatever, on the opposite side to your subwoofer?

I’m looking at my ho,me theatre unit and I can’t find a suitable space without laying it horizontally. My PS4 Slims spot barely let’s it breath, that said I’ve never owned an Xbox so I of course will be waiting for the PS5 before I even decide if I’m buying a new console at all my PS4 is just my Blu Ray player and occasional media server. But I suspect the PS5 will be a more traditional design that would fit on my shelf.