@Octane I specifically stated Xbox One X, because that is currently mentioned as some sort of benchmark, in relation to Series X, because that is literally 2 times more powerful than the One X.
And seeing as the base Xbox One was around 5 times more powerful than the Xbox 360, we can roughly assume that the Series X is 12 times more powerful than the Xbox 360. And the reason I say roughly, is because it's a different architecture and CPU configuration (triple core PPC in Xbox 360, 8 core custom AMD x86 in Xbox One X), so a 1:1 comparison isn't really possible.
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And Xbox One X and Xbox Series X are more easily comparable than Xbox 360 vs Xbox One X or Series X, because the latter two generations both use x86 chipsets, regardless of them being custom chipsets or not. At least they have more in common with each other than with a PowerPC chipset.
@ThanosReXXX I know. Digital foundry has a good videos on next gen console, and they've explained several times that a RDNA 2 unit isn't comparable to Xbox One (X) for example. So whilst the numbers say it's twice as fast as the Xbox One X, it's actually even better in reality. One TFLOP of Xbox One X computing process isn't the same as 1 TFLOP of Series X apparently. So it can probably do even more than what the raw numbers say.
Basically, Series X is well over twice as powerful as Xbox One X. They set an example using different-technology GPUs on Windows. TFLOPS can only be compared to PS5 because they are using the same technology and Series X has more. CPU on Series X is also more capable. The only thing that PS5 has that Series X hasn't is a fastest internal memory. Every other specification is better on Series X.
Backwards compatibility has been confirmed to be all Xbox 360 and all original Xbox games that are currently available on Xbox One by Spencer many times now but they plan to add more titles and to improve how those titles run on Series X. They want to improve games to some extent in a native way although The Coalition applied upgrades to Gears 5 quickly (textures, effects, etc.). Also, HDR will be automatically available for SDR games.
Regarding external storage, the expansion cards are exactly the same as the internal memory so of course all games can run on expansion cards. I assume they'll release expansion cards with more capacity in the future. HDDs are supported too for Xbox One games and backwards compatible games but they won't run/load as nicely as on the internal memory/expansion cards.
Other things that they have improved is latency and memory management in order to not load textures unnecessarily which reminded me of the Nintendo 64 that has something like this.
Series X is a super-smart and super-powerful console is my take and as consumer-friendly as Xbox One X (free upgrades, optional downloads...).
@BlueOcean Digital foundry said the same thing about the PS5 though. It has to do with the RDNA 2 computing unit (which are in both systems); and both are expected to deliver up to 50% more than what the raw numbers say.
According to some sources such as notebookcheck.net, the "no loading time" SSD of PS5 is a gimmick/lie. Digital Foundry suggested that the incredibly fast SSD of PS5 could meet a bottleneck. It's really interesting that the PS5 has the "fastest consumer storage solution on the market" and that Sony makes a big deal about it when Series X also has a considerably fast (and bigger) SSD plus the identical expansion units. Every piece of information I read about Series X and PS5 gives me the impression that Series X is more balanced and smartly designed than PS5 although of course PS5 is going to -finally- kick half-baked PS4 Pro in the a***.
Anyway, I just wanted to share this piece of information comparing PS5, Series X and some PC configurations because it's really interesting!
One more thing that I haven't posted yet. You can keep your Series X games on any HDD but you need to copy them to the internal memory or to an expansion card to play them because development kits are designed for the Series X memory. As I mentioned yesterday, you can play your backwards compatible and Xbox One games directly from your HDD if you want to. That makes upgrading as easy as it was to upgrade to Xbox One X.
@Zuljaras You can play Xbox One games directly using discs but they have to be installed like on Xbox One. They don't consider Xbox One games "backwards compatible", that's the term they use for original Xbox and 360 games that play on Xbox One (and Series X) thanks to Microsoft engineers' wizardry.
@BlueOcean This is fantastic! Maybe it is because of the operating system. Isn't it a modified version of Windows?
The last think I worry is if they will make the same mistake like with One about the initial setup and the internet connection. But I think they did that with one because it was designed to be almost always connected and they saw the backfire from the fans and implemented the day one update to mitigate the damage.
@Zuljaras Yes, Xbox One and Series X run games on Windows 10 but I also read that Microsoft is going to unify Direct X12 for PC and Xbox. This is great news for console players because the same technology and work can be used for PC and Xbox. The fact that Xbox One runs on Windows also made easy for developers to optimise games for Xbox One X. The way Microsoft is sharing technology between the two platforms is good for console and PC players and even multi-platform players because of Play Anywhere and Game Pass Ultimate but the biggest benefit is that developers can use the same work for PC and for Xbox. The fact that Xbox One X received more support and optimisation than PS4 Pro from third parties is meaningful.
Yes, Xbox One was originally designed to be always online but Series X even if it has a day-one update I don't think that will force users to connect to the internet before playing their first game. Phil Spencer is all about the players and not repeating Don Mattrick's mistakes.
Appears Microsoft is beginning to test out Xcloud for pcs internally. Looking forward to finally being able to use it on my Surface. Any other xclouders out there?
After buying my new RX 2080 ti + i9 9900k gaming PC (13.4 TF, which is more than even Series X, and mappable gyro for every game) I thought I was done with PS/Xbox. Switch/PC only I said.
But I have to say, I'm loving that instant suspend feature in the XSX. Thus far, XSX seems to be the better buy. Larger SSD, swappable expandable storage, suspend feature, 20% more powerful, full backward compatibility vs limited BC only from 8th gen, etc. Dont care much about the PS claim of faster SSD than NVMe, which is already so fast itll barely make a difference more than a second.
Will probably grab both XSX and PS5 eventually, but later once newer models release.
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