Lol. I guess you haven't seen the concerned citizens wonder what "overwhelming majority" of PS4 game compatibility means when they announced PS5's BC.
Concern trolling is everywhere.
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Concern trolling is everywhere.
This is only the case due to lawsuits with people being made to work off the clock. Before this happened people would be made to do it on their unpaid breaks, afterwords they were made to come in on days off just to do the testing then go home.
Only one console family uses numbers.
The concern here is off the charts
Yup.
The naming sucks, full stop.
Hopefully there's no Xbox Ones on the shelves come this Holiday, so Aunt Martha and little Bobby can just pick up the "New Xbox" and not have to worry about any of this nonsense.
I'm not concerned lol. I just think the names of the consoles are stupid.
Yeah, it makes perfect sense to us and other enthusiasts. For more casual audiences on the other hand... even my gaming friends didn't even understand what the Series X was because it sounded like the One X. Not everyone's life revolves around video games, unlike the newest phone model, cars and whatnot which you have to use every day.
Soooo how would you explain his tweets ? What are we suppose to take away from this ? lol
the tweet is fine, describes the pros and cons of the functionality. I see no issue
simplifying it to leave out the cons is not the answer
simplifying it to leave out the cons is not the answer
Better headline: "Xbox Series S is not 4k like the Xbox One X, but it is more powerful than the Xbox One X and the Xbox One S and can run Xbox games at 120Hz. However, if you want next-gen at 4K, you need the Xbox Series X, which is more expensive than the Xbox Series S but runs a resolution just like the Xbox One X, which already ran stuff at 4K but in the last gen"
Oh, I didn't know this and didn't click the article because I thought it was old news. I guess the biggest and most impressive thing with the One X was the resolution. I can't think of many games that had a significant bump in framerate from the 360 to BC on Xbox One, so I'm not expecting much there. Is anyone else expecting these to be huge enhancements over the One S? I'm not.
Thoughts and prayers to all the nans out there dodging covid while they try and buy the right Xbox for little Timmy this Christmas in a real scenario that I didn't just make up.
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Huh, I did an auto copy/paste and it grabbed the link to the One home page. Figures. :D Anyways, this is what you get when clicking on the Series S/X images on the home page.
This is such a case of people being snide and deciding to not listen IMO.
Yeah, the naming conventions suck, but c'mon. Most people know what the One X is and how it runs games at a different solution than XB1. All it says is, the Series S will run the XB1/S equivalent solution with back-compat, whereas the Series X will play the One X setup for graphics.
I really don't see why people feel the need to make waves about not comprehending a piece of news. This is a circlejerk.
Yeah, the naming conventions suck, but c'mon. Most people know what the One X is and how it runs games at a different solution than XB1. All it says is, the Series S will run the XB1/S equivalent solution with back-compat, whereas the Series X will play the One X setup for graphics.
I really don't see why people feel the need to make waves about not comprehending a piece of news. This is a circlejerk.
ugggh...these guys are clowning around right?
"The Xbox Series S plays Series S, and Series X games as well as Xbox One, Xbox 360 and OG Xbox games with improved visuals and performance."
No other info is needed for grandma. They are adding minutia that means nothing n the end. IGN and their Xbox Unlocked podcast really has completely shit he bed the past couple years and this title is intentionally obtuse and negative for clicks.
"The Xbox Series S plays Series S, and Series X games as well as Xbox One, Xbox 360 and OG Xbox games with improved visuals and performance."
No other info is needed for grandma. They are adding minutia that means nothing n the end. IGN and their Xbox Unlocked podcast really has completely shit he bed the past couple years and this title is intentionally obtuse and negative for clicks.
will it also have the other Xbox One X enhancements like better framerate, textures, lod etc.?
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like Fallout 4 that has Dynamic resolution, better draw distance and god rays on the One X.
or Middle-Earth: Shadow of war that has dynamic resolution scaling, increased draw distances, better texture detail, better shadows and lighting, more vegetation.
The only thing that matters to the average soccer mom/great grandparent, "one plays discs the other one is all online."
I'm not saying it's a conspiracy against Xbox. This is just how the attention economy works. It sucks that it comes at the expense of the user experience for actual people, but it's not surprising. I'm saying this is IGN's way of driving traffic - they made it confusing so people would dunk on it and click on it and share it and post outraged comments in the article... and they've done a tidy bit of ad revenue and free earned marketing in the middle of all of it.
It's stupid, but it works.
I think the naming scheme is terrible, but why would the backwards compatibility resolution/framerate stuff even come up for someone at a store?
It seems like a retail employee would just be saying Series S is cheaper and is better if you just have an HDTV, and Series X is more expensive and is meant for people that have 4k TVs.
If someone were to actually ask about backwards compatibility, I think the only differentiating factor between them that should really be mentioned is that Series S does not have a disc drive.
It seems like a retail employee would just be saying Series S is cheaper and is better if you just have an HDTV, and Series X is more expensive and is meant for people that have 4k TVs.
If someone were to actually ask about backwards compatibility, I think the only differentiating factor between them that should really be mentioned is that Series S does not have a disc drive.
Parent/ Grandparent: "Whats the difference in Xboxes? Do they play the same games?"
Clerk: "One is 4K and one isn't. They play the same games and are identical otherwise"
Parent/ Grandparent: "Give me the cheaper one, Timmy doesn't need 4K"
The end... that's literally what will happen in stores this holiday.
Clerk: "One is 4K and one isn't. They play the same games and are identical otherwise"
Parent/ Grandparent: "Give me the cheaper one, Timmy doesn't need 4K"
The end... that's literally what will happen in stores this holiday.
That people outside of this forum are allowed to joke that systems like Vita, Xbox One and Wii U did not make it into popular culture and are forgettable. Also, jokes. We joke about this stuff all the time even on this forum.
This is embarrassing. If you think Brendan is biased you know absolutely nothing about him. Also, what exactly do you think he's biased for/against? This is nonsense.
This is super ridiculous and video games sites are making it extra complicated.
for example, why can't it be enough with:
Both Series S and Series X can play previous generations of games, period.
Why can't this be the starting point?
for example, why can't it be enough with:
Both Series S and Series X can play previous generations of games, period.
Why can't this be the starting point?
XSS runs the code of X1s and applies few enhancement Like better AF and stuff and more stable frame and auto hdr(but 1s already has hdr) so no god rays and better LOD are not in the X1s code.will it also have the other Xbox One X enhancements like better framerate, textures, lod etc.?
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like Fallout 4 that has Dynamic resolution, better draw distance and god rays on the One X.
or Middle-Earth: Shadow of war that has dynamic resolution scaling, increased draw distances, better texture detail, better shadows and lighting, more vegetation.
The type of people who don't understand it will probably be happily served with whatever Series variant they buy. Meanwhile more informed consumers will know exactly how the devices are delineated.
I think this is the sort of thing that will gradually become more straightforward thanks to forward compatibility and an increased focus on their service-based offerings. But yeah, it's extremely inelegant right out of the gate.
I think this is the sort of thing that will gradually become more straightforward thanks to forward compatibility and an increased focus on their service-based offerings. But yeah, it's extremely inelegant right out of the gate.
Forget about the "Grandma buys a console" chlichee, this is what i'm worried about: Even talking about the systems gets incredibly messy quite fast - because of BC/ enhancements, several SKUs across generations that are all based on two letters of the alphabet to distinguish each other.
It just didn't have to be that convoluted.
It just didn't have to be that convoluted.
If you laughed at Wii U's brand confusion you're obligated to laugh at Xbox.
Wii U was very simple and easy to understand compared to whatever is happening between the ever growing Xbox family of devices.
Wii U was very simple and easy to understand compared to whatever is happening between the ever growing Xbox family of devices.
I don't like IGN in the least, but they didn't do anything but post a tweet that stated the substance of an article.
People being disingenuous on Twitter to troll and it gets amplified into something "real" that is not even important news it is just based on some random tweet getting replied to and that reply getting a few hundred likes.
I don't think we should take away anything from this or like take the same away you take from hearing random dudes speak at Gamestop.
The headline is either bad on purpose or written by someone who needs to learn to write clearer headlines.
I don't have extensive knowledge but I know some games' framerate are improved on One S. Ninja Gaiden 2 is the biggest one I know off the top of my head
Is BC that much of a big deal to people? If so , is this really the box to go for? No disc drive and whatnot. Would be interesting to see the number of people playing BC games for this to be an actual issue, especially the one X enhanced versions. The naming convention isn't great but for the people who it does matter to will know exactly what .
Also they had X1s version of gears 5 multiplayer running 120fps on the XSS which looked fine.
I think there are more things we need to know like outside of first party games how easy will it be for 3rd party devs to make it work on XSS, XSX & PC
Also they had X1s version of gears 5 multiplayer running 120fps on the XSS which looked fine.
I think there are more things we need to know like outside of first party games how easy will it be for 3rd party devs to make it work on XSS, XSX & PC
That is certainly true, too, yeah. Some won't be able to help themselves for taking advantage, and that's always the crummy part.
Meant to quote you in my last reply. It's still confusing to me (any many others apparently). Calling it "extremely clear" is a huge reach.
Do your old games work? Yes
That's all 99% of people will care about
Why pay for AstroTurfing when people will provide similar services for free?
Shouldn't the naming convention make things less confusing here? The Series S = One S backward compatibility and the Series X = One X backward compatibility....
I don't think this is going to sink the console or anything, and it's probably not going to come up in discussion when anyone buys one in a store, but you have to be so many layers deep to understand that sentence. You have to know that:
- 'Series' is newer than 'One', which is newer than '360', two random nouns and a number that don't have any intrinsic hierarchy to them
- 'S' is less powerful than 'X', again just two random letters
- The same video game can be played at differing performance levels depending on the computing horsepower of the box playing it
- Xbox games offer two (or more?) different performance levels depending on the console you play them on
- The new Xbox Series S is more powerful than the old Xbox One X if you're playing new games. BUT, if you're playing old games, the old Xbox One X is actually more powerful than the new Xbox Series S.
Obviously us enthusiast forum dorks understand this and the reasons for it, but I wouldn't blame anyone outside this bubble for seeing it as pure gobbledygook.
- 'Series' is newer than 'One', which is newer than '360', two random nouns and a number that don't have any intrinsic hierarchy to them
- 'S' is less powerful than 'X', again just two random letters
- The same video game can be played at differing performance levels depending on the computing horsepower of the box playing it
- Xbox games offer two (or more?) different performance levels depending on the console you play them on
- The new Xbox Series S is more powerful than the old Xbox One X if you're playing new games. BUT, if you're playing old games, the old Xbox One X is actually more powerful than the new Xbox Series S.
Obviously us enthusiast forum dorks understand this and the reasons for it, but I wouldn't blame anyone outside this bubble for seeing it as pure gobbledygook.