Xbox Series X Launches this November

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Xbox Series X Launches this November with Thousands of Games Spanning Four Generations - Xbox Wire

Today, we announced updates to Halo Infinite’s launch timing. Our vision at Xbox and 343 Industries has always been to deliver the most ambitious Halo game ever for our fans, while also balancing the team’s well-being. To do that, we will need some more time to finish the critical work...

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Xbox Series X Launches this November with Thousands of Games Spanning Four Generations - Xbox Wire

Today, we announced updates to Halo Infinite’s launch timing. Our vision at Xbox and 343 Industries has always been to deliver the most ambitious Halo game ever for our fans, while also balancing the team’s well-being. To do that, we will need some more time to finish the critical work...

news.xbox.com

There will be thousands of games to play, spanning four generations, when Xbox Series X launches globally this November and over 100 optimized for Xbox Series X titles, built to take full advantage of our most powerful console, are planned for this year.

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[Silvergun-Blue]

Your turn now Sony.

 

[Lashley]

Nice to get confirmation, even if we all but knew

 

[Thiago]

Is there any first-party game launching with the console?

 

[Knight613]

Figured it was November. Even though insiders were implying earlier.

 

[ILikeFeet]

so no system seller, I take it?

 

[vestan]

oh medium is a launch game? neat

thought that was 2021

 

[zombiejames]

Expected.

 

[El_TigroX]

The Launch and Halo delay is nuts. I mean... outside of fidelity and a boost on performance, maybe we don't need that new console this year.

I will still pick one up.. I'm just shocked.

 

[henhowc]

Halo no longer a launch title

 

[Tophat Jones]

So what is the major next gen title it launches with now?

 

[Soviet]

How about a price, Mr. Gates?

 

[GK86]

Excellent.

 

[Patitoloco]

Scorn and The Medium at launch yesssss

 

[Huntersknoll]

It is a bummer about Halo. I don't buy a new system to play the last four generations games though.. I buy it to play the newest generation games. I'll still get it close to launch I'm sure but I'm not sure what I will be playing haha.

 

[DrDeckard]

this is the weirdest year, it is literally launching without a launch game?

 

[DeoGame]

They need more at launch now that Halo is gone. Medium is a good step. Fasttrack MSFS's port or something. Because I'm a massive Xbox fan and I'm having cold feet not buying with Halo. How is the average consumer supposed to react?

 

[demu]

There it is.

 

[Yuntu]

oh medium is a launch game? neat

thought that was 2021

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I think all those GamePass Day 1 third party games are early on in the consoles launch. Atleast that's how I understood it.

 

[Jeremy]

Frankly an embarrassing marketing attempt...

 

[Wein Cruz]

With what?

 

[SteviaRelievingYa]

Great, now let me preorder the damn thing.

 

[shadowsdarknes]

Perhaps Microsoft throws some freebies towards SX owners to entice purchases.

 

[ShivereZ]

November was something of a given... but price would be interesting. I predict $399 for Series X and $199 for Series S.

 

[canderous]

Our back compat team continues to develop new innovations that can be applied to a curated list of titles that will enhance them even further than was possible when they were originally created. These optimizations include the ability to render titles with increased resolutions up to 4K, delivering new HDR reconstruction techniques to games that were developed years before HDR came into existence, applying anisotropic filtering to improve image quality, and creating ways to increase or double the frame rate of certain titles.

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I really want more details on this, like what games get the frame rate doubling.

 

[dakun]

Sony to announce November launch tomorrow lol and then we wait again for someone to give a precise date

 

[Delusibeta]

While delaying Halo is probably the right call for the game, it does mean that the Series X is going to be a lame duck at launch. Kinda surprised Microsoft is pushing ahead with the launch, given that it's missing the big game that they would have launched alongside it.

 

[Mullet2000]

Uh who honestly thought it wasn't going to be November? It's always November.

 

[OnionPowder]

Okay cool how much though?

 

[Sedated]

Launching without any next gen first party game now i think

 

[Chaystic]

Nice! Waiting for Sony now.

 

[EinBear]

No Halo has me seriously questioning why I should buy this at launch. I was all in for day one up until now, but without that I don't really see the point.

 

[LightKiosk]

So that controller warranty leak was spot on.

 

[henhowc]

Gonna have to push Gamepass hard.

 

[DarthWalden]

This is gonna be a strange console launch....

 

[Mentalist]

oh medium is a launch game? neat

thought that was 2021

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The pre-order discount offer on Steam is valid until Nov 3rd, so that was a strong hint as to the XSX release window.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

Bruv. This year sucks. Sorry that Microsoft had to cripple their launch plans. Console launches should be celebrations.

 

[jelly]

/Scrolls page

price.....

next time.

 

[iksenpets]

Is there any first-party game launching with the console?

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Looks like they're treating Ragnarok as the top-tier launch title, in which case man I hope the visual and performance boost versus the PS5 version is very, very significant.

 

[cw_sasuke]

No surprises so far.

November was something of a given... but price would be interesting. I predict $399 for Series X and $199 for Series S.

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200 for a Series S? You are in for a ride surprise.

 

[lost7]

It will sell out no matter what the line-up looks like, but yeah this could be one sad launch

 

[ryan299]

No reason to get it at launch without Halo. 5+ years of development on the game.

This destroys there launch as there's really nothing else. They're in trouble.

 

[Doby]

yay for random tuesday

 

[SteviaRelievingYa]

Frankly an embarrassing marketing attempt...

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Not really. Xbox has the best backwards compatibility by far. Why not flaunt it?

 

[halfjoey]

I thought we wanted exact date and price, not just general month everyone assumed.

 

[Sems4arsenal]

I'm not sure that's the best decision

 

[Deleted member 34788]

No halo?


Christ. The console needed that one. Badly.

This thing is fumbling and tripping even before it hits the gates.

 

[TsuWave]

Eeeish. I don't envy the people that have/had to figure out a way of making what's seemingly a launch without a first party game sound good.

"thousand of games spanning four generations" is a valiant attempt

 

[aerie]

Lovely to get that confirmation, even if already expected. Really looking forward to hearing the price.