Ugh. Proprietary storage.

Interesting.

And where is PS5....

Honestly, I wish I understood the benchmarks for hardware a lot more so I could appreciate some of the finer details! Either way, i'm excited for the new generation to be unleashed on us and some healthy competition to keep pushing gaming as a whole forward!

Bring them on

I'm impressed but peeved at the 1 terabyte SSD. Storage is going to be a major problem next generation.

Sounds good!

Well Sony, you are up next!

Sweet Jesus.

3.8GHz Ryzen Zen2 CPU, that...is 10 times or even more than 1,75 GHZ Jaguar. Suppose the PS5 will be more or less the same, this is truly next-gen...

Good lord, a very potent bit of kit
On an otherwise depressing day this is all gravy to us gamers especially those who love their X and want to upgrade to this daddy.

Take my pre-order now!

Monster, day one buy.

The Xbox One X already proved that "power" means nothing.

Gamers care about one thing....GAMES.

Sony and Nintendo have the games. Let's see if Xbox has anything worth playing this time around.

The problem is that with coronavirus both consoles will be delayed. Some still dont understant the speed of contagion! Its getting worse and this is just starting.

very, very nice move Microsoft. Congrats. Now, where the hell are you, Sony? Do you really have a ps5 for 2020? Im starting to doubt it.

I wonder if the gpu on this is overclocked I saw it has 52cu from a rumoured 56? Any1 notice that

well done Microsoft. This looks interesting.

Rumor is Ps5 will be more powerful.. "Now I believe in Tommy Fisher, seriously. The ResetEra user said a while back that Xbox Series X would have a 12.1TF GPU with RDNA 2 clocked at 1.82Ghz and 52 active compute units was quite literally right on the dot.

Now because of this leak being true, PS5’s side of the story is likely true as well with a 13.3TF RDNA 2.0 GPU clocked at 2.0Ghz with 52 active compute units."

https://jackofallcontroller...

This is very exciting.

As impressed as I am, the lack of any exclusives and them only offering upgrades on games I can get on the current cheaper system means is a slight letdown. I will hold as this is just a continuation of Xbox One and One X. Makes no sense at this stage sadly.

”The form factor is cute, the 2.4GB/s of guaranteed throughput is impressive, but it's the software APIs and custom hardware built into the SoC that deliver what Microsoft believes to be a revolution - a new way of using storage to augment memory (an area where no platform holder will be able to deliver a more traditional generational leap). The idea, in basic terms at least, is pretty straightforward - the game package that sits on storage essentially becomes extended memory, allowing 100GB of game assets stored on the SSD to be instantly accessible by the developer. It's a system that Microsoft calls the Velocity Architecture and the SSD itself is just one part of the system.“

This console has the same fully customized love and touch down to the silicon like they did with the One X but like... triple fold.

The words “technique was built for..” is ever so present and Microsoft as a software company is definitely flexing its muscles.

DXR is another game changer.. the most ambitious ray tracing projects can be achieved more so on the Series X and that’s thanks to optimizations made between both AMD and Microsoft with the Direct X api.. Custom RDNA 2 (DXR 1.1, Patented VRS, SFS etc.)> RDNA 2

Minecraft DXR marketing will get the casuals lines up in droves... Microsoft is playing this extremely well.

Hardware blowout reinforced by software prowess(today).... followed by a software blowout reinforced by hardware prowess (Upcoming event)

The lack of hype.... A news like this should have 300 or 400 + comments. Its everything about the series X, except the price. Very strange indeed, but it says what some dont understant yet.

Xbox is just "killing it" with news and hype for next-gen. So much that I think they put PlayStation in a bad light. And before anyone goes on with "PlayStation is market leader, have games coming out this year etc etc"...I dont care...as a consumer and gamer I want news and to be excited. And the only thing I'm excited about regarding the PS5 is the potential the new controller can have. That's it....Sony need to wake up.

AMD calls the Xbox Series X “ the beacon of technical innovation this console generation“

Proofs in the pudding... it’s almost like even if the Series X was competing against a 13.3tf GPU it would still somehow outperform it from sheer technical prowess

how does pc compare to this?

I'm not an Xbox guy but God I have to give them credit here. Playstation has been so annoyingly quiet, it's so frustrating, we have no idea what's happening there, they don't communicate at all with the consumers. Meanwhile here is Xbox doing great business and showing fans what they want to know. Good job Xbox, you have my respect.

4k@120fps is easy for this Day One beast.

freakin beast.

This all sounds great. Hopefully MS will have something to show off soon game wise.

Can’t wait to get ahold of the New Xbox One Series X

I dont care what anyone says...Fuzion Frenzy running at native 4K with HDR and DXR Ray Tracing has me very excited. Im so serious!

I give one thing to Microsoft, they always show their hand first with no fear. This machine is very impressive.

this thing is a legit straight up BEAST. incredible what it can do. MS has earned my respect bigtime with the XSX. Would love to see what types of games they are cooking up that take actual advantage of this systems power like Hellblade looks to be doing. Exciting times ahead for xbox owners. This machine is a game changer.Props to MS for coming out and sharing all this info as it shows how confident they must be in the XSX.

Why does it always look and sounds like they are always up microsoft's azz?..weird..

That's really damn impressive. I hope that developers take an advantage of the power it has and allow us more options to run games at either 60fps/1080p or 4K/30fps.

Awesome. can't wait..

Love how confident they are. I’m sure they have more as well with the games they will show.

Makes me so sad this console has the most impressive tech, but will probably provide the most sub-par games in the future.

I liked the way the new console is naked, with the parts fitting into others without cables and how the case consists of only two parts. Microsoft has greatly improved their hardware production (or assembly) quality. Congratulations to Microsoft engineers. It showed great specifications. That made me happy because I now know what to expect from the PS5 as Sony is in its own time.

Realistically speaking:

Is there anything MS could have done better for next gen?

Software:
Built great new studios, acquired great studios and expanding existing studios.
Halo Infinite as a launch title, Fable IV by Playground games, Hellblade 2, Grounded, Everwild, Battletoads are all confirmed for next gen.

Hardware:
It sure seems to be a beast. You can't ask for much more. PS5 might or might not match this, but it won't surpass it to a degree that you will see a difference on screen without asking for a ridiculous price.

Other than that:
Backward compatibility for the past three generations!
GamePass, still the best deal for the industry.
CrossPlay

You can't deny that they are doing a lot of thing right these days.

Looking like an absolute monster.

Microsoft: *unveils XSX full specs*
Sony: Horizon is now coming to PC

Ugh... Come on, Sony. Quit blue balling us

Nice thing about getting all the hardware out of the way (unless the rumors are true about the cheaper edition). They can focus on the games and i'm hoping that means alot of new titles.

I'm interested to see the PS5 and its games. I'm also glad i waited upgrading my PC GPU though as i want to see how good the next gen 3000 series are from NV like a 3070. Can't see them slacking in power/price this time with the new gen consoles coming, they already announced an 8GB 2060, so i imagine even the lower end cards like a 3060 will start with 8GB and (guessing) 12GB VRAM for the 3070.

1TB is a joke thats gonna up quick as hell.

Very nice reveal, it matchs the rumers, I will have one.

Very impressive indeed. I wonder when Sony will reveal the PS5.

Impressive stuff! Microsoft is really playing their cards right with this beast!

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau