id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> Just the name itself, Xbox Series X -- following Xbox One X and Xbox One -- points towards steady progress as opposed to a grand leap into uncharted territory. But the $500 (_450, AU$749) Xbox Series X is also a different beast at launch, compared to its 2013 predecessor, the Xbox One. There's no more Kinect camera and no HDMI-in port right next to the usual HDMI-out port, back when the Xbox One wanted to be your cable box. Gone are gimmicks and extras (except for a semiproprietary slot for an expensive Seagate expansion drive). The one loss I'm lamenting is the optical audio jack, an Xbox One feature missing here. Yes, it's not for everyone, but AV people want what they want.
For Microsoft, all those years making everything from Windows to MS Office to Surface Laptops more consumer-friendly has paid off, because the onboarding process for setting up and signing into the new Xbox is among its most polished features.
Setup via the Xbox app (iOS, Android or Windows 10) is a breeze. It reminds me of setting up a good smart home appliance. Turn on the console itself and it broadcasts its own Wi-Fi signal, which the app picks up on and uses to complete the setup. Just make sure to go through the setup options carefully to avoid sending too much data to both Microsoft and third-party publishers.
Exactly how much continuity is there going from the Xbox One and One X and the new Series X? Not only can you transfer most of your device settings from the older console to the newer one (via the app), but my Logitech Harmony remote seamlessly started controlling the Series X when I hit the button for its predecessor.
It's nearly featureless from the outside, save for a glowing, all-seeing eye... I mean small, light-up Xbox logo. There's also a vertical optical drive slot and a nearly hidden USB-A port. Other than that, the main visual feature is a slightly concave black-and-green grid over the top, which acts as a fan vent.
And this thing kicks a good amount of really hot air out of that vent. I spend a lot of my time with high-end gaming PCs, so I know a bit about system heat and exhaust, but I was still surprised. I'd keep a good amount of headroom free above the console if you're going to stand it up vertically.
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UI and experience
Turning on the Xbox Series X, you'll see only minor tweaks to the current Xbox One menus. They are remarkably similar, with the same advantages and quirks.
Multimedia and shopping, from streaming apps to the Microsoft game and video storefronts, gets prominent placement, nearly as important as the games. On the PS5, the menu is split into separate Games and Media sections, firewalled from one another.
That's [url=/news/why-xbox-one-and-ps4-may-be-the-final-generation-of-consoles/]a point I first made back in 2013, when I suggested the fixed-hardware living room console would eventually be replaced by small set-top boxes built around cloud gaming. Why give people a hardware box that will age quickly, when you can upgrade cloud-based gaming servers as needed and offer access on a subscription basis? I may have been off by a console generation or two, but considering how quickly everything from phones to laptops age, the idea of locking yourself into 2020 hardware for the next seven-plus years feels like it's close to becoming an buy old casino slot machines business model in a new world. One caveat: This requires someone to really nail cloud gaming and all the lag and quality issues it comes with, and no one has really done that yet.
The lineup: Xbox Series S, PS5, Xbox Series X.
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The $500 question: Should you buy an Xbox Series X?
The Series S can stream media at 4K in HDR. It has half the SSD capacity and doesn't do native 4K game output, instead topping out at 1440p. But that lower resolution means it can still handle the ray-tracing and other new game eye candy, despite a less powerful GPU. I played the same handful of games on both the Series X and Series S, via a 65-inch LG OLED, and found very little practical difference in the experience. The Series S also lacks the optical drive, but I'm a well-known optical drive skeptic, preferring to skip complex mechanical parts that spin around and are more likely to break down.
Now, I can't promise that future games won't eventually split off into Series X and Series S versions, with different visual features for each -- but if you're a casual gamer, have a smaller TV or just want to spend less, I'm very comfortable recommending the Series S. As a long-time PC gamer who likes to play everything at the highest resolution and detail settings, I'll be opting for the Series X myself.
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