StyM
11-04-2017, 04:26 PM
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/11/xbox-one-x-review-an-exclamation-point-for-hardware-a-question-mark-for-software/
When the Xbox One launched in 2013, Microsoft had to try to convince gamers that extra features and hardware like the Kinect made its console worth $100 more than Sony?s PlayStation 4. Today, Microsoft is trying to convince many of those same gamers that the extra horsepower in the Xbox One X makes it worth $100 more than the PS4 Pro for the definitive living room 4K gaming experience.
When it comes to hard numbers, the Xbox One X definitely merits Microsoft?s marketing hype as ?the most powerful console ever.? Microsoft has pulled out the stops in squeezing stronger components into the same basic architecture of the four-year-old Xbox One. In games like Gears of War 4 and Super Lucky?s Tale, the system generates performance that?s equivalent to modern PC hardware that costs hundreds of dollars more.
When it comes to seeing the value of that hardware on the screen, though, the promise of the Xbox One X is currently unfulfilled?at the very least, it's incomplete. We?ve only been able to test a relative handful of games that have gotten a downloadable patch providing the full ?Xbox One X enhanced? treatment as of press time. That list excludes high-profile exclusives like Forza Motorsport 7 and Halo 5, as well as major cross-console comparisons like Rise of the Tomb Raider or Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.
When the Xbox One launched in 2013, Microsoft had to try to convince gamers that extra features and hardware like the Kinect made its console worth $100 more than Sony?s PlayStation 4. Today, Microsoft is trying to convince many of those same gamers that the extra horsepower in the Xbox One X makes it worth $100 more than the PS4 Pro for the definitive living room 4K gaming experience.
When it comes to hard numbers, the Xbox One X definitely merits Microsoft?s marketing hype as ?the most powerful console ever.? Microsoft has pulled out the stops in squeezing stronger components into the same basic architecture of the four-year-old Xbox One. In games like Gears of War 4 and Super Lucky?s Tale, the system generates performance that?s equivalent to modern PC hardware that costs hundreds of dollars more.
When it comes to seeing the value of that hardware on the screen, though, the promise of the Xbox One X is currently unfulfilled?at the very least, it's incomplete. We?ve only been able to test a relative handful of games that have gotten a downloadable patch providing the full ?Xbox One X enhanced? treatment as of press time. That list excludes high-profile exclusives like Forza Motorsport 7 and Halo 5, as well as major cross-console comparisons like Rise of the Tomb Raider or Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.