![]() ![]() There’s also some added heft, but the controller will still feel plenty familiar in your hands. In addition to the console, there’s the next generation of Xbox Controller, which is essentially a carbon copy of the version that shipped with the Xbox One S and X aside from three noticeable changes: a share button (for screenshots and recording video), a concave (and much clickier) directional pad, and textured grips along the controller’s handles and triggers. The only drawback to the machine’s beautiful matte finish is that it immortalizes every fingerprint you smudge upon on it, so be sure to handle it with care if you want it to stay classy. Much has been made of Series X’s size (11.85 inches tall, 5.94 deep/wide), but the system resembles a subwoofer when you stand it up, and will easily disappear into most home decor as a result. In a strange way, it’s easy to see the evolution from the original Xbox - a bulky, bulbous, and decidedly un-boxlike console - to this cuboid object that looks great either standing or on its side. Aside from some green paint within the ventilation port, this thing is a dead ringer for The Monolith from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” absent the extra ornamentation that the PlayStation 5 saw fit to add on top. It’s difficult to unbox the new Xbox console and not get the idea that its designers meant for gamers to worship at its base. But there’s also something bittersweet about bumping up against the ceiling of what a console like this can do, and any celebration of the Xbox Series X comes pre-installed with the feeling that future returns might only diminish from here. And as an entertainment system, the Series X is essentially a faster, larger Amazon Fire TV Cube or Roku Ultra - that also happens to support the most bleeding edge video game tech. Make no mistake: Once the future catches up with the present, this Xbox will be a marvel of graphic wizardry. Yes, you can play “optimized” versions of games like “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla” or “Cyberpunk 2077” - which certainly promise to run smoother and at higher frame rates - but whether that justifies the sticker shock is debatable. It may not reinvent the wheel, but the machine represents the logical destination of the trajectory that Microsoft has been charting in the video game world for the last two decades, and it fulfills the broad potential that Xbox loyalists have always seen in their brand of choice.īut Xbox’s need to prove its worth raises questions about the point of all that effort. ![]() The Series X feels like nothing less than the culmination of that dream, from design to operating system to unadulterated power. Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 45 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Gears of War' Movie and Animated Series in the Works at NetflixĮverything You Need to Know About Xbox Game Pass: Pricing, Perks, and MoreĢ2 Great Erotic Thrillers, from Adrian Lyne to Brian De Palma
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