Everything you need to know about Xbox Series X, from design and naming to performance

After Phil Spencer ascended the stage of the Game of the Year award 2019 to unveil the Xbox Series X, he made a series of exciting statements to media sites that carried some answers and new information that Xbox fans might be looking for to know about this device,

Why was Xbox Series X named?

Without a doubt that you are surprised by this new name, which goes out of the ordinary and what we are used to by Microsoft with the names of its previous devices, Spencer answered this point where he said that in any case, any person who owns an Xbox machine - regardless of the name of this device - asked what is the gaming device that plays on him? The answer will be only for Xbox. This name represents the relationship between players and the brand, and they want to maintain this.

Spencer also did not hide that this name gives them more freedom to release other labels later on the various versions that may be presented in the future, also Series X is linked to the fact that thousands of games can be played across the device and that it supports all Xbox accessories.

What about performance?

The Xbox Series X has a processing power of about 12 teraflops, and its graphics processor has been said to perform 8 times more powerful than the regular Xbox One graphics processor and nearly twice as powerful as Xbox OneX.

Hardware improvements also included a central processor, which will provide four times faster performance than current Xbox devices. As for the cooling system, Spencer confirmed that they are adopting a highly efficient system that provides optimal gear-cutting work without problems and at the same time it will depend on only one fan, and this provides calm during work just as It was with Xbox OneX.

NVMe SSD will also be relied upon to reduce download times in most games to just a few seconds. On the other hand, it was confirmed that the device will support light tracking technology while providing high resolution and smooth high graphics.

Microsoft is not satisfied with this, but is looking forward to the future as it wants to support with its device the accuracy of 8K and a refresh rate of 120Hz.

What will the games look like on the new device?

All talk about the technical specifications is beautiful and exciting, but the lesson is in the application, as they say, and Microsoft did not escape this challenge, but it reviewed for us the new Ninja Theory game, which is the second part of the Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and through our opinion it seems that the new device is really able to reach the levels to levels other than Unprecedented as everything appeared across the display as close to reality, whether by the appearance of characters or the world.

There are some changes in the hand of control

Microsoft not only showed off its new device, but also showed us a picture of its control hand, which looked very similar to the Xbox One's hand, with a small button in the middle. You must ask what? This button is the Share button that is currently in control of the Playstation 4 and Switch, and it does exactly the same function, that is, to share content.

But there are other minor changes by hand, such as changing the shape and design of the D-Pad buttons, where I got a new design after these buttons were criticized by the players, so with the new hand, the design of the button hand was adopted in Elite's hand, in general the new hand will be somewhat smaller with a change Slight in shape, besides preserving the feature and features of the Trigger buttons, such as haptic feedback technology, we recall that this hand can be used to play on Xbox One and computers.

New design philosophy

At first glance, this device appears to you more like a personal computer box, it is huge in a way that we are not used to in previous Xbox devices, but it seems that Microsoft has a goal of this, it wants to provide the best performance, and Spencer said that performance is what matters most to them, and this design allows them to provide processing speed and play games at the highest Accuracy is possible and at the same time not to sacrifice the smoothness of graphics, estimates indicate that it is 12 inches by 6 inches, and can be placed horizontally or vertically.

Spencer mentioned that they designed the device to reflect its shape, the task that it will do, and the mission of this new device is to play games at the highest performance. In order to achieve this goal, designers had to abandon the usual design of home appliances and secure sufficient space for the device hardware and cooling system.

The device supports pre-compatibility with the four generations

One of the issues that occupies the mind of any player who wants to transfer from one generation to another is the issue of supporting the operation of previous devices ’games on the device he intends to purchase, and the new Xbox has been confirmed as having the ability to play previous generations of Xbox games in the sense that it will block with the ability to play thousands of games from Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Xbox

Support old hands and accessories

If you have an Xbox One controller, you can use it to play with the new device, this is confirmed by Spencer, and this applies to the accessories as well. On the other hand, the content of the gym and gold services can be transferred to the next device, and this is all the way to facilitate the smooth transition between the two generations.

In conclusion, we mention that the launch date of the device will be the holiday season 2020 and it is expected that this will be in November