Xbox One X

[macosx]

Just ordered some Turtle Beach 700's in readiness. Looking forward to being back on the Xbox.

 

Is Sunset Overdrive augmented for X? Fancy playing that again.

[The Mighty Ash]

I don't think there is anyone left at konami who cares.

[Alex W.]

Metal Gear Online: Now in 4K!

Includes an exciting teaser for the eagerly awaited

 

Spoiler

Metal Gear Survive

 

[Boozy The Clown]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11740/hot-chips-microsoft-xbox-one-x-scorpio-engine-live-blog-930am-pt-430pm-utc

 

 

 

[Wallace]

Fascinating.

[Nate Dogg III]

5 hours ago, Yoshimax said:

It's Shannon FFS

 

No it's definitely Loftis

[Boozy The Clown]

So if I buy from the MS store and pick standard delivery of 2-3 working days how likely is it going to go missing/ get thrown on a roof/ arrive a week late etc... vs paying an extra £10 to get it presumably on 7/11/17 ?

 

Do they still use UPS ?

[The Mighty Ash]

I did the free delivery having read people used that for the S and it arrived on release.

[Boozy The Clown]

Cool cheers.  I just bought a Project Scorpio.

 

 

Batshit mental as it may be.

[Oracle]

Think I am going to sit this out for launch, November is an expensive month for me already.

[gossi the dog]

Pre-ordered in GAME yesterday. Surprised it was only a £20 deposit.

[bankies]

39 minutes ago, gossi the dog said:

Pre-ordered in GAME yesterday. Surprised it was only a £20 deposit.

Same here I was expecting it to be £50

 

Must remember to cancel my Amazon pre order nearer the time!

[Superunknown]

Remember you're giving Game an unsecured, interest-free loan. I'd stick with Amazon TBH.

 

One of these days Game are going to go pop (again) and take all these deposits and piles of store credit with them.

[Wallace]

First proper comparison to other platforms? 

 

 

[Superunknown]

This is the PS4P version compared to the Xbox One X. Apparently the video above is the PS4P outputting 1080p rather than the higher res mode.

 

 

[footle]

So at *any reasonable distance* from the screen, you won't be able to tell the difference unless there' s a lot of texture detail.

[Wallace]

I think they're both showing PS4 Pro. The difference being the first video at PS4P 1080P with enhanced visuals, but the second video is PS4P at just 4K... I think... 

[Bojangle]

"Exactly, you can't fully see the TRUE amount of detail in this video since Youtube compresses it. The One X obviously still looks better, but you can't see the real textures/res, etc"

Obviously.

[Disgraced Toblerone]

So broadly on similar level consoles give broadly similar results when upgraded to 4K?

 

Who could have thought.

[MattyP]

 This is starting to read like a PC thread... FPS, resolution comparisons to the nth degree.

 

IIRC Rise Of The Tomb Raider was also released on the Xbox 360 and it looked great on that too. 

 

I'd like to know what this will do better than the XBOX I have other than 4K visuals? Will it make the game playing experience any better? Probably not... This upgrade kind of reminds me of a PC graphics card update... Everything is a little bit shinier in places but the games essentially all play the same.

 

Personally not bothering with the XBox-X as much as I like new toys to play with I already have an XBO and this doesn't really feel like something significantly different to warrant a buy... if there was some new experience that can't be had anywhere else fair enough... but there isn't IMHO. Be interesting to see how it develops though in terms of how much better the games will be going forward with future releases.. what new things get added that are only made possible on XBox-X.

 

Great for first time XBO buyers though with a HDR 4K TV. Even then I don't think this will be powerful enough to run all games native 4K @ 60fps.

 

Out of interest why are existing XBO owners upgrading to this? 

[Yoshimax]

1 minute ago, Disgraced Toblerone said:

So broadly on similar level consoles give broadly similar results when upgraded to 4K?

 

Who could have thought.

 

No i think the takeaway is higher resolution textures make a massive difference at 4K.

 

And now we are back to "why does this console exist? Who is it for?"  No steps forward, two steps back

[gossi the dog]

47 minutes ago, Phil said:

Remember you're giving Game an unsecured, interest-free loan. I'd stick with Amazon TBH.

 

One of these days Game are going to go pop (again) and take all these deposits and piles of store credit with them.

 

They're not going under before Christmas. I'd be wary of having any store credit come January.

[footle]

7 minutes ago, MattyP said:

Out of interest why are existing XBO owners upgrading to this? 

 

HDR.

4k support where provided by games (with appropriate support for the relevant size textures, as opposed to a compromise).

 

A more appealing approach to backwards compatibility, and using the resources of the console to improve backwards compatibility over time.

It works with an Xbox Elite controller.

[JPL]

10 minutes ago, MattyP said:

Out of interest why are existing XBO owners upgrading to this? 

I'm currently on the original Xbox One but I've recently upgraded to a new AV Receiver and a 4K TV, so I'm getting it for quite a few reasons.

— Better image quality on new games (frame rate / resolution / HDR)

— Better overall quality (frame rate / resolution) on current titles and Backwards Compatibility

— UHD Blu-Ray, for both better pictures and, in some cases, sound.

— 4K Netflix

— 4K YouTube

— My youngest son wants his own Xbox, so he can have my cast-offs

— I quite fancy a new, good looking console

 

Plenty of reasons for me, but I can understand a lot of people won't feel the need for any of that.

[PaB]

46 minutes ago, Disgraced Toblerone said:

So broadly on similar level consoles give broadly similar results when upgraded to 4K?

 

Who could have thought.

Yup - Diminshing returns. 4K native obviously looks great, but the Checkerboard solutions and even 1800p/1440p are not far off. At 6 foot from a  55" screen its very hard to tell the difference.

Still, if you are coming from a  One S then the resolution boost will be nice.

[Revival]

I don't think we're quite at the level of diminishing returns when only one system has the capability to run 4K textures alongside the native resolution.

[macosx]

I was dubious about getting the PS4 Pro, but it exceeded my expectations with the quality it puts out, no doubt bone upgraders are going to feel the same, especially if you pair with a 4K TV

[Mr Do 71]

40 minutes ago, JPL said:

I'm currently on the original Xbox One but I've recently upgraded to a new AV Receiver and a 4K TV, so I'm getting it for quite a few reasons.

— Better image quality on new games (frame rate / resolution / HDR)

— Better overall quality (frame rate / resolution) on current titles and Backwards Compatibility

— UHD Blu-Ray, for both better pictures and, in some cases, sound.

— 4K Netflix

— 4K YouTube

— My youngest son wants his own Xbox, so he can have my cast-offs

— I quite fancy a new, good looking console

 

Plenty of reasons for me, but I can understand a lot of people won't feel the need for any of that.

 

— Green Project Scorpion text 

[DC Lemon]

My Pro is increasingly noisy. Never mind 4k, it's a simple sell if Microsoft get the X as quiet as the rest of the Xbone family.

[JPL]

3 minutes ago, Mr Do 71 said:

 

— Green Project Scorpion text 

Fuck that. I'm waiting to get a standard edition.