The eighth-gen console war was largely dominated by Sony and its PlayStation exclusives: Horizon Zero Dawn and Spiderman were some of the most successful titles of this generation and they all have one thing in common. They were not available on the Xbox One. Prior to the arrival of the ninth-gen refresh consoles, titles like The Order: 1886 leveraged the PS4’s superior graphics horsepower to pull off visuals that were simply not possible on the Xbox One.
Even in terms of multi-plats, the Xbox One failed to impress. It barely managed to run most AAA titles at 900p or less with framerates that often dipped below 30 FPS. For years, Microsoft was on the technical backfoot with a console that delivered frankly terrible image quality and performance in far too many titles. Something had to change.
When the Xbox One X was released in 2017, Microsoft pulled out all the stops. A 6 teraflop GPU delivered graphics performance on par with PC legends like the GTX 970 and the original Titan. Meanwhile, a much-needed boost to CPU clocks meant that, at the very least, games would hold to 30 FPS more often than not. The lack of an exceptional range of first-party titles continued to be a problem. Over the past few years, Microsoft has sought to rectify that by buying studio after studio. Now, with the Xbox Series X less than a year away, we won’t have to worry about a lack of Xbox exclusives. And better yet, Microsoft’s learned other lessons, too. The Xbox Series X is expected to be the most powerful console ever made. Rumors indicate that it will sell at a relatively high price. We think that $599, the original launch price of the PS3 is a reasonable upper limit. It gives Microsoft enough leeway to pull off what news indicate is a truly remarkable console.
Let’s take a look at the expected specifications for the Xbox Series X.
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