- It's next gen Xbox time. (gentle music) I've been testing the XboxSeries X for a few weeks now and the smaller Xbox SeriesS over the past week
All of your controllers andaccessories will work just fine and all of your existinggames will run just fine, except they'll just run a lot better. It's like upgrading a PCto get faster frame rates, better load times or justprettier graphical settings, except this isn't a PC so you don't get any ofthose Windows update
The $499 Xbox Series Xlooks like a miniature PC, but hardware isn't the whole story here. This next gen Xbox is missing out on the truly next gen games that really show off theperformance of the console, and just the thrill that youget from something brand new, at least for now. The Xbox Series X is abig and boxy console. It looks best standing verticallylike a smaller PC tower. And if you set it down horizontally,
it kind of looks like it fell over because you can't remove the stand. Up top there's a greencolor underneath the grill, which isn't actually an led. It's where the fan sitsto push out warm air. Now I've never heard thisfan at all, not even once. I felt the air exhausting out of the top, but it's pretty much thesame as my Xbox One X, never really been an issueand not too hot to touch. I think most people are goingto have to carefully consider how and where they slot thisinto their existing TV stands, because you won't want toenclose this console in due
It's also a massive fingerprint magnet. My review unit alreadyhas plenty of smudges. At the rear there's an ethernet port, two USB ports, a HDMI 2.1port, the power connector and a expandable storage slot to increase the one terabyteof storage that comes built in. Both of these new Xbox consoles also come with an updated Xbox controller. The key difference is a USB-C, a new share button and an updated D-pad. You'll still need to usethe same AA batteries or purchase a rechargeablePlay and Charge Kit separately for 24.99
(gentle music) If you were hoping fora brand new dashboard on the Xbox Series X, then I'm sorry, it's thesame one from the Xbox One, but with some minor tweaks,and new animated backgrounds. Microsoft has mostlycleaned this dashboard up so it's less of a hassle, but I still find the guidea little bit cumbersome to use at times. The real changes I started tonotice for the Xbox Series X are with the games thatyou play on this console,
everything just feels faster. Frame rates are higher in certain games, load times are better, and everything just feels just genuinely smootherin gameplay overall. Warframe loads in around 30seconds on the Xbox Series X, while on the older Xbox one X, it takes almost a minute longer. I mean just look at how long this takes to load on a Series X. I usually have time to grab a drink you know, check some emailsor run around the block before the Xbox One Xhad even loaded a game
(gentle music) I've been to play someof the optimized patches for Xbox Series X games, and I'm blown away by how muchexisting games can change. Sea of Thieves has jumped from taking more than a minute to load, to loading in less than 30 seconds.
And it feels like I'mplaying on the PC now. It's that much of a radical jump. I've also been testingout Dirt 5 and Gears 5, which both include a new 120 Hertz mode. In Dirt 5 the resolution dropsinto 1440p rather than 4k, but you get nearly a constant120 frames per second and buttery smooth gameplay. It makes a big differenceto input latency.
So when I'm cornering, the car just feels thatmuch more responsive. It's the same in Gears 5, which also has 120 frames per second mode in the multiplayer version of the game. Running around the arena feelsreally smooth and responsive. These modes also had similar options in Yakuza: Like a Dragon,a great for player choice. There are even more games, coming with 120 frames per second support.
I love this freedom of choice and it reminds me of thegraphical options you get on PC. The Xbox Series X also hasa new quick resume feature, and this is one of my favorite additions. It actually quickly swapbetween multiple games and they all individually resumein around 10 seconds or so of swap time. This feature takes advantageof the SSD on the Xbox Series X and
playing, but it still works after you've powereddown the console fully, or even rebooted it for updates. This means you can quicklycontinue where you left off in a variety of games, which is great if you're busy tackling a single player campaign, and then a buddy invitesyou to play some Fortnite. You can just tap on the invite and you don't have toworry about save points. When quick resume works, it works really well, butnot every game supports it. I haven't been able touse it in Forza Horizon 4. Even new titles like Watch Dogs: Legion and older titles like GTA 5.
It's really disappointing thatnot every game supports it, and Microsoft hasn't really said why. (gentle music) The Xbox Series X isn't theonly next gen Xbox though. There's also this tiny $299 Xbox Series S. Unlike the larger Xbox Series X, the Series S is really designedfor 1080p and 14he ones I have been testingwith the optimized patches they feel like an Xbox SeriesX, just a lower resolution. Now I've been impressedwith the 4k upscaling from this tiny Xbox Series40p gaming up to 120 frames per second
The ones I have been testingwith the optimized patches they feel like an Xbox SeriesX, just a lower resolution. Now I've been impressedwith the 4k upscaling from this tiny Xbox Series S, but I think most people should be pairing itwith a 1080p TV anyway. If you really want 4k, the Xbox Series X is reallythe console for that right now.
So you'll need to use thesame expandable storage found on the Series X. And this storage situationon the Xbox Series S is the biggest problem I see right now. You only get 364 gigof usable storage here. So if you go and install a gamelike Call of Duty: Warzone, then you're left with just over 250 gig.
The only option for storage, is a one terabyte storagecard priced at $220. Now if you go for this, thatputs the total price up to $519 for the Xbox Series S,which is more than the 499 on the Xbox Series X. Now I'm hoping Microsoft brings out more of these storage cards with different sizes in the coming months, but for now, I feel like the storagesituation on the
Series S could be a problem for a lot of people. (gentle music) Both of this next gen Xbox consoles, deliver some key improvementsto existing games and just a general boost to speed. They feel closer to a PC experience than I've ever seen from a console before. That seems like a verydeliberate choice by Microsoft, and you could feel it throughouttheir Xbox Series X and S. If you upgraded from a GTX 1060 gaming PC to the latest RTX 3080, Windows 10 would be thesame Windows 10 you know, and all the games would bethere
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