As leaks started to blow up the internet, Microsoft finally revealed the launch date and pricing for its upcoming Xbox Series X and Xbox Series X next-generation consoles. Following the announcement, the company also shared a lot of details regarding the two consoles such as differences between the two consoles, the tech used in the consoles, and more. Read more to find out everything about the Xbox Series X/S.
Launch Date and Pricing
The next-generation of Xbox consoles will come in variants – the flagship Xbox Series X and a slightly less powerful Xbox Series S. Both of these consoles will be launching on November 10. The Xbox Series X carries a $499 price tag, while the Xbox Series S is $299. Players can begin pre-ordering the consoles starting on September 22.
Difference Between Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S
The major difference between the Xbox Series X and S is that the former console is capable of running games at 4K resolution and 120 FPS. The console's younger brother, the Xbox Series S, will run games at 2K resolution and is also capable of 120 FPS. That said, not all games that run at 120 FPS on the Xbox Series X will be capable of running at the same framerate on the Series S. The Xbox Series S is powered by a slightly less powerful AMD RDNA2 GPU, but the console itself is powerful enough to run all current and upcoming titles at higher resolution and framerate. Moreover, the Xbox Series S is all-digital, which makes it smaller and sleeker than its older brother.
Hardware Specifications
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are powered by almost similar hardware, but there are some important differences:
Xbox Series X
- CPU: 8-Core AMD Zen 2 Processor
- Clock Speed: 3.8 GHz
- GPU: AMD RDNA2 GPU with 52 compute units clocked at 1.825 GHz that offers a total of 12.15 teraflops of throughput.
- RAM: 16GB GDDR6
- Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD
- Ray Tracing: Enabled
- Maximum Resolution: 8K
- Optical Drive: 4K UHD Blue-ray drive
- External Storage: USB 3.2 external HDD support
- HDMI: 2.1
Xbox Series S
- CPU: 8-Core AMD Zen 2 Processor
- Clock Speed: 3.6 GHz
- GPU: AMD RDNA2 GPU with 20 compute units clocked at 1.550 GHz that offers a total of 4 teraflops of throughput.
- RAM: 10GB GDDR6
- Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD
- Ray Tracing: Enabled
- Maximum Resolution: 2K, can be upscaled to 4K
- Optical Drive: No disk drive
- External Storage: USB 3.2 external HDD support
- HDMI: 2.1
Launch Day Xbox Series S/X Games and All Confirmed Games for the Consoles
The launch titles for Xbox Series X and S include:
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- Dirt 5
- Tetris Effect: Connected
- Gears Tactics
- The Falconeer
- Yakuza: Lika a Dragon
All Confirmed Games:
- Halo Infinite
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Outriders
- The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
- Immortals: Fenyx Rising
- Rainbow Six Quarantine
- Battlefield 6
- Dying Light 2
- Gothic
- WRC 9
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- Bright Memory Infinite
- Dirt 5
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Scorn
- The Medium
- The Ascent
- Chorus
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
- Scarlet Nexus
- Second Extinction
- Call to the Sea
- Far Cry 6
- FIFA 21
- Hitman 3
- Resident Evil 8
