Poll: * Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread *

ic1male · 9 Jun 2019 at 23:48

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/12/12/microsoft-unveils-xbox-series-x/

Project Scarlett arriving Holiday 2020
Project Scarlett will set a new bar for console power, speed and performance, arriving Holiday 2020 alongside Halo Infinite. With a custom-designed AMD processor, high bandwidth GDDR6 memory, and a next generation solid state drive (SSD), Project Scarlett will give developers the power they need to bring their creative visions to life. Thousands of games across four console generations will look and play best on Project Scarlett.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/project-scarlett

AMD Blog Post

https://community.amd.com/community/gaming/blog/2019/06/09/amd-powers-microsoft-project-scarlett

Official Tech Specs

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/03/16/xbox-series-x-tech/

All Xbox Series X games that have been optimized for the console will feature this badge

Xbox Series X boot up logo

Xbox Series X gameplay - first look

Xbox Series X|S press briefing (September 2020)
Part 1: https://streamable.com/3i8ud0
Part 2: https://streamable.com/ogjm82
Part 3: https://streamable.com/pd4lme
Part 4: https://streamable.com/govb9n

ic1male · 9 Jun 2019 at 23:49

I'm curious if they've found a way to enable backwards compatibility for every single Xbox title that ever existed, without having to re-package them in an emulation wrapper as they do now for Xbone.

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 08:11

I won’t be buying it expecting 8K or 120fps, just a nice, solid 4K60 will do.

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 08:19

It’s not 4x GPU power but overall processing power. The GPU is probably only 10Flops or something, a bit better than Stadia.

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 09:33

doodah said:
8k/120, I assume that's for video output?

Not at the same time. 8K TVs will be in homes during this console's lifecycle so the HDMI 2.1 connection can support them. 120Hz might be for 1080p games only. Or not-too-taxing indies at 4K.

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 09:51

There's a snippet about BC in AMD's blog post (see OP for link)

Project Scarlett will also be backwards compatible with all Xbox One, Xbox 360, and original Xbox games available on Xbox One today – all of which will play better than ever before.

So if it's not BC on Xbone, it's not BC on the next console.

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 10:46

Kobi said:
Haha no chance were getting 4k60. 4k30 and if we're lucky 1080p60 or hopefully 100+ fps. Even now days, pc gamers would rather game at a lower(than 4k)resolution, but higher fps/hz.

Best case scenario, 1440p60 upscaled to 4k.

I would strongly disagree with you but the ray tracing might put a spanner in the works and cause resolution/fps to be reduced.

I'm guessing we're only getting 16GB memory and they'll use the SSD as virtual RAM if extra is needed. That saves a few quid on the Bill of Materials.

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 10:53

Seen a tweet saying that the new Xbox Elite Wireless Controller is 100% compatible with Scarlett. Well, that's jolly good news. The ordinary Xbone controllers are my favourite ever so if they're not changing the design, I'll be well happy.

https://twitter.com/shieldsjames/status/1137872302094241792

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 13:10

Isn't the new Call of Duty running at nearly 4K with 60fps on PS4 Pro even in an early stage without optimization? Games like that could manage 4K 120 on the new consoles, probably.

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 17:11

banbom44 said:
you won't get 4k60 even the 2080ti can't hit 60 on some games so a console is not going to do it you will probably get a solid 30fps and no upscaling.

PC ports are generally janky offloads done by small studios though. I've got faith.

ic1male · 10 Jun 2019 at 22:37

ninezerofive said:
None of them really look like they know what they are doing or know what the gamers want. Looks like bunch of MBA graduates that gonna try to force feed their "innovation".

I might be wrong, but the vibe is there.

It's the same folks who did the Xbox One X and that's a lovely bit of kit by all accounts.

ic1male · 11 Jun 2019 at 12:43

CliffyG said:
Being able to use my existing controllers is quite a selling point.

I wonder if this means they're not going to change the controllers at all except for cosmetic things like improved grip or something. Certainly won't be changing the button configurations/layout, will they?

ic1male · 11 Jun 2019 at 22:16

McBain said:
I hope the next gen Xbox doesn't have a similar laggy as **** UI like we have now. Smooth please.

It's going to be using Windows Core OS (according to Windows Central) which is a brand new version of Windows coded for modularity and without any legacy guff bogging it down. I'm quite excited to see whether it lives up to expectations.

ic1male · 15 Nov 2019 at 19:27

I like this quote from Phil Spencer at X019

Phil Spencer: If you remember at the launch of Xbox One, we were $100 more expensive and less powerful. So, I won't be in that position. There's no doubt about that. As an industry that's growing so fast, we do think about price. We do think about performance as well. I'm not going to sacrifice performance for the sake of price.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-15-the-big-xo19-interview-xbox-boss-phil-spencer

That's great news to my ear. I'd rather have something powerful at £499 than something not so powerful at £399.

ic1male · 4 Dec 2019 at 23:58

The boss has got his...

ic1male · 5 Dec 2019 at 00:10

Kreeeee said:
In case you missed the subtext, all XBox One games will be backwards compatible on the next console.

Yes, I didn't think there was any doubt in that. What will be interesting is to see how they run though. Will plain Xbone games be upscaled to 4K (much like 360 games are). Will games with Xbone X enhancements run that version instead.

ic1male · 5 Dec 2019 at 01:17

Surely it is finished though? Or mostly. The APU has to be done and dusted so that manufacturing can start - they have to start in Feb/March to have enough units for launch in November.

ic1male · 9 Dec 2019 at 19:06

Here's what Windows Central are forecasting...

Codename Anaconda (pricey Xbox) = 12TF GPU, 8 core Zen 2 @ 3.5GHz, 16GB RAM (13GB available), SSD
Codename Lockhart (cheapy Xbox) = 4TF GPU, 8 core Zen 2 @ 3.5GHz, 12GB RAM, SSD

https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-scarlett-anaconda-lockhart-specs

And there's rumours flying round that Microsoft may reveal the consoles (i.e. a big teaser) at the Game Awards on Thursday, hosted at the Microsoft Theater in LA. But I'd take that with a big pinch of salt.

ic1male · 10 Dec 2019 at 14:04

MOOGLEYS said:
Few people I have spoke to in the know have said it’s going to be called “Xbox Kuro”... We will see.....

Why would they pick that? Unless they want to appease more to the Japanese market. Xbox Black.

ic1male · 10 Dec 2019 at 16:40

Xbox Cloudbuster then.

Kumo is the Japanese word for cloud. It's very similar sounding to kuro.

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