Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently appeared on the 'Animal Talking' show with Gary Whitta, and talked about a whole range of topics, including his experiences with the Xbox Series X so far.
Spencer pointed out that he's been using the next-gen system for quite some time now, and admitted that as a result, he's finding it very hard to go back to Xbox One due to how different the system feels:
"I've been using Xbox Series X at home now for a few months, and it's a different experience. I've said from the beginning this generation will be more about feel than pure look - I think that's true of all the consoles, but other people can talk for what they're doing.
But we talk about the CPU upgrade this generation that we're bringing, and frame rate/load time differences - it feels very different to play games on my Series X than it does [on Xbox One]. It's hard to go back to be honest, and I can't wait for Xbox customers to get their hands on the same thing."
The Head of Xbox also noted that he took home the very final retail edition of the Xbox Series X late last week, and went through the entire unboxing process as if he were laying eyes on it for the first time:
"Brought it home Sunday, opened it up, I tried to find a different TV in the house that I haven't plugged an Xbox into for a while - because I want to have that same experience that somebody would have in their home - put the batteries in the controller, so everything is just as you will buy it in a retail store.
So yeah, that was Sunday, and I feel good! No issues at all, and the team's done really good work, and it's another reason why we felt confident in November as our [launch] date."
Looking forward to getting hands-on with the Xbox Series X for yourself? Let us know below.
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Phil cracks me up. He really is a true gamer.
And I can hardly wait to get my hands on the Series X! I just need to get a 4k TV first. 👍🏻
Of course it does, you cannot show the feel of highly responsive 120fps in compressed low bitrate IGN streams.
@KelticDevil Same, I have to upgrade to a 4k tv aswell before i get the Series X.. I want the true next gen experience and i'm not gonna get that on a 1080p tv..
I actually believe him. It will be like playing my OG Xbox games on ultra settings. I honestly can't wait for that part. I think clearing out my backlog will be a lot more enjoyable on Series X.
Edit: It is very fortuitous that I have a 4K TV and I haven't yet experienced gaming in 4K. When I upgrade to Series X, I'm sure it will be a noticeable jump. More noticeable than if I had bought an X1X, anyway.
The Halo delay put me off a launch day purchase but the talk about unboxing and plugging it in just gets my gamer blood stirring again. I may buy on launch after all ... I do want one
@Bmartin001 Can't beat 1080p 60fps/120fps gaming in ultra.
4k doesn't truly offer that experience faultlessly on any machine at the moment.
So I'm sticking with my 1080p TV
@pip_muzz Hah me too! Every time I tell myself I'm going to wait a while to get one, an article like this comes out and gets me all excited.
@Jslade It's the new gen itch. Scratch away bro!
I know I won't go back when I get one!
For all you guys discussing 4K TVs. When I bought the Xbox One X I was playing on a 1080p LED TV and the graphics quality improved compared to the original Xbox One because of supersampled output. I admit that perhaps the 1080p to 4K jump isn't that impressive but for me the huge difference (and I can't stress "huge" enough) was playing on an OLED TV (LG C9) because of the amazing HDR and perfect contrast (even games without HDR). That makes the TV upgrade much more important. Another benefit is HDMI 2.1 which means smoother frame rates (variable refresh rate) and the reduced input lag. I can't wait to try Series X next because it has HDR for all games, including backwards compatible games!
@BlueOcean I think the difference there is just OLED, full stop. C9 doesn't support the vaunted 120Hz AFAIK, but I'm not sure that matters much for XSeX....it's iffy even on screaming top end PCs - it becomes 4k OR 120Hz, not both. I doubt that many games will be doing true 4k60 let alone 4k120. And I do value 4k output on the console even on a 1080p screen for those ForzaGrass reasons.
I mentioned in one of the forum threads I reacently did a ton of research on screens and ended up buying a new monitor (as you know, i game on monitors not TVs), and opted for a 4k60hz IPS panel. OLED monitors cost god-money even if you find them, VA panels with high refresh have horrid ghosting problems, especially if you run them below native refresh (which most console games will) and 4k120 IPS panels also cost god-money, and 4k120/HDMI 2.1 IPS doesn't even exist yet in monitors (there's a kickstarter model out there from a shakey no name company....no thanks.)
I settled for a simple 4k60 (no 120, oh well) IPS w/ HDR10, which the HDR on nearly all monitors is just VESA400 or thereabouts which is arguably not HDR at all and some say makes things look worse...but oh well. Of course you're inches from the screen so 800+nit brightness for "true" HDR is probably not smart no matter how pretty it is, so that will be an ongoing conundrum. OLED would solve that....should such things ever actually exist at human affordable prices. It does have AMD FreeSync so I should get the variable refresh, though it's very unclear if you can do HDR AND FreeSync, and it's also unclear if Freesync passes through my 2.0 switches and repeaters.
@NEStalgia I have 2 screen upgrades in the works.
An Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX (HDR-1400+ and G-sync Ultimate) for my PC and a Panasonic TX-65HZ2000B for the living room. I'll have to compare both once I get the new consoles because they will both offer something over the other.
IPS with up to 1400nit HDR vs the raw quality of the superior tech on OLED. Since they're both 4k and 120hz (without fake motion on the TV).
@BlueOcean I ended up going with the CX on sale but couldnt agree more.
I am colour blind. And even for me it was a massive leap.
@Menchi I think I'm going to you instead of Mr. Nook for loans from now on!
With the rate of change in displays these days and that they're fairly "disposable" like consoles, I can't see "investing" so much in any display. It seems they keep turning over and by the time any of the features are really standardized and mature, those $4000 feature sets are like $999. I'm a "spend big once and never buy again" kind of guy.....but they've turned display tech into GPUs where you throw it out and buy a new one every few years...it's really sad. I still have my 12 year old launch era 1080p RP TV! I think next time I'll just get a bargain bin special. It'll be better than the old one and cost pennies. All my gaming is on monitors so I'm mostly focusing on the tech there. But I figured, instead of buying some $1400 display now, I'll get a $400 one now, and in 6 or 7 years a $400 will be way better than a 1400 one now, and have actual standardized tech. I'm envious of that HDR capability though on the Asus...whenever they launch it!
Then again I've been waiting for "organic LED" to be the next big thing since 1999......and we're still at the several-thousand-dollar "house of the future" phase. Not sure what went wrong there. I thought by 2005 OLED would be the only display tech around!
@Jaxx420 Wonderful TV, actually C9's successor. Do you confuse red and green or not see the colours?
@NEStalgia You're wrong, LG C9 supports 120 FPS at 4K and has full HDMI 2.1. I know you play on monitors, the question is why? Get an OLED TV!
@BlueOcean Confuse red and green and close colours like blue/purple and green/brown
Thankfully can still see vibrant colours.
@Jaxx420 At least, you see life in colours (that's wonderful).
@NEStalgia I'm a "go big now, get the most for it long term, before going big again when you "have" to" kinda guy.
I did the same in 2014 when I got my main gaming monitor which still holds up to this day spec wise. In the PC Community we call the yearly upgraders, "gold chain gamers".
I do always look at the tech around before buying something. For example the previous ASUS model was 4k, 144hz g sync and HDR10, but there was no point getting that with my GPU, because most of the time, the display exceeded the GPU. With the new cards being announced September 1st, the €2200 I could've spent on the "not full utilised" previous model, will now get me a properly utilised, BETTER monitor for around the same cost.
The thing for me, is I'll get so much use out of the screens, even if I upgrade when available and then again in 3, 5 7 or 10 years, I'll have got an insane amount of use out of them. (my old 1080p Panasonic plasma from 2007 finally hit end of life burnout last year from use).
Oh, and unlike Nook, I have dates on repayments >_>
Or I send Timmy and Tommy round.
The upgrade I'm most looking forward to is lack of loading times.
I'm fine with current framerates/resolutions, to be honest, but it's a pain to turn on my XboX One X and have to wait for it to "start up", then choose a game and wait for that to "load".
As I understand it, all this waiting time will disappear thanks to the ultrafast SSD drives. Gonna be amazing.
@BlueOcean ahh, that's cool. I don't own a single piece of 2.1 equipment in the chain. Just updated switches/repeaters to 2.0. 2.1 is next decade.. that wasn't easy! oled tv is still waaaay too expensive. I'd never spend over $1500, maaaaaaaa6be$1700 on a tv. The tech turns around too fast. Breaks down too fast. Better to buy "mainstream" hardware at mainstem prices, but go "high end mainstem". I got a $400 panel that was 800 2 years ago... I'm set .
Plus being nearsighted, monitor is pick up and play. Tv means wearing glasses to play. Even on my 100" dlp front projector. Ick! . Id rather have an ips i can see than an oled i can't
I'm more jealous of menchis hdr1600 monitor that doesn't exist yet, really.
Phil talks a good game
In Phil I trust. 👍🏻
I don't want old era game. History said you idiot.
Please say something why i bought Expensive game machine .
Why people buy a new cellphone?
Why people buy new notebook?
Why?
Beause they want new shocking experience.
And xbox X is not. Already seeing yesterday...
New contents and new experience is important.
Don't follow netflix, they have only cheap contents.
And thank you for "midium" no korea localization.
Phil's comments make me even more regretful of not getting the generationless future XBox was supposed to have. What went wrong, Phil? That would have been amazing!
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