News Xbox Series X | S - launches November 10, 2020 (S - 299$ . X - 499$)

[Virtual Ruminant]

Fwiw, the series S sure has the potential to be a nice Game Pass machine, but only if Microsoft can successfully entice / enforce developers to make a serious effort at optimizing for it. This will almost certainly be the case for anything coming directly out of Microsoft Game Studios, but keep in mind a lot of Game Pass content is critically acclaimed, ambitious indie titles originally developed for PC and in my experience with this generation, a lot of those really needed the One X to play nicely, sometimes to be even properly playable at all.

Anyone remember the performance of Layers of Fear on the original Xbox One and the One S?

I could see a lot of that happening again with this machine. I would feel better about this if Microsoft would actually start to curate different Game Pass selections for the Series S vs. the Series X, but I don't think that's going to happen.

 

[warp_]

Yeah I'm very curious about that option! France should be a priority European country so I hope.

looks like france is getting all access for this holiday

 

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for those interested in the xss as a game pass/back compat box df did a deep dive on that stuff

This is how Xbox Series S backwards compatibility really works

UPDATE: For the authoritative take on Microsoft's new flagship console, Digital Foundry's full Xbox Series X review is …

www.eurogamer.net

tl;dr:

Series S inherits Xbox One S versions of games by default.

When running Xbox One S versions of games, Series S has more GPU performance than Xbox One X did, and it obviously has way more CPU performance, so it can get rid of performance issues in games that had them, and it can boost resolution to the maximum in games with dynamic resolution.

On select Xbox One S games, frame rate will be doubled. Either 30 FPS to 60 FPS, or 60 FPS to 120 FPS.

Original Xbox games and enhanced Xbox 360 games run at around 1440p on Series S

 

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welp preorders just got slightly harder to acquire tomorrow....good luck all

dates & times below, plus ms has confirmed that you can pre order with all access as well

Pre-Order Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S Starting Tuesday, September 22 - Xbox Wire

[Editor’s Note, 9/21 at 4PM: Beginning at 8AM on September 22, you’ll be able to pre-order Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S online at the retailers listed below. Please check their sites for exact timing.] On November 10, a new generation of console gaming begins. Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S...

news.xbox.com

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

I'm pre ordering with all access tomorrow so I think I should be able to get one. I wouldn't be surprised if put the most stock into that since it'll be the one that will cause the largest Game Pass subscriber boost.

 

[warp_]

looks like france is the only all access country not doing preorder, only on launch day, wonder why? maybe the retailers want the upfront money?

 

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xbox get

 

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it begins

also, its smaller than i thought

Spoiler

the dumbest question i have that i'm sure no one will answer is if it'll work with my third party x1 media remote lol

 

[Le Pertti]

Do the new xboxes play xbox one games? Because I mostly want to get the new just to play RDR2.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Do the new xboxes play xbox one games? Because I mostly want to get the new just to play RDR2.

Yes, the new Xbox Series S and X are backwards compatible with all Xbox One games. They also play select 360 and original Xbox games.

 

[Le Pertti]

Yes, the new Xbox Series S and X are backwards compatible with all Xbox One games. They also play select 360 and original Xbox games.

Awesome! Just hope RDR2 is still one game pass once I manage to get a new xbox.

 

[C-Dub]

Awesome! Just hope RDR2 is still one game pass once I manage to get a new xbox.

It's already gone.

 

[Le Pertti]

It's already gone.

Nooooooooooo!

 

[C-Dub]

Nooooooooooo!

RDR2 went really quickly to be fair. Must've cost them a small fortune to get it for the time they did.

 

[warp_]

yeah most games last a year minimum on gp...rdr2 was 6 months or less.

edit: 4 months...may 7 til sept 7

 

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i guess embargos are up cause (very) early xsx previews are coming out

interestingly it seem bc is not fully finished yet cause some games aren't playable at this point for previews

in regards to back-compat not being complete: the list of games is constantly changing during our preview period, but here a few games that were not playable at the time this video published:

• Gears 5
• Halo 5
• Most of the Forza games
• INSIDE
• Doom II (360 lol)

halo, gears, and forzas were supposed to run at 120fps so i wonder if they are holding those back til that is working correctly?

df preview coming soon

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[Arc]

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Monster Hunter World gets 60 FPS on XSX and here I am stuck on PS4.

I'm almost half tempted to restart on Xbox even though I have like 300 hours on Playstation.

 

[Pogi]

How in the world are these consoles small? Big Navi better be small.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]