Microsoft confirmed that this will mean that the Xbox Series X will support backwards compatibility all the way back to original Xbox games. This may also hold true for controllers, headsets, and perhaps even the Kinect and Xbox Smartglass. There may also be plants to incorporate external storage capabilities - but we do not know of them yet.Īt E3 2019, Microsoft's Phil Spencer was quoted as saying that the Xbox Series X will eventually be able to take advantage of four generations of Xbox games and accessories.

However, we do not yet know what size the SSD will be, as they are often more expensive than a traditional hard drive. In terms of storage, we know at the Xbox Series X will offer a Solid State Drive to drastically increase the speed at which games and other applications can be loaded. It will also be able to render up to 120 frames per second. Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Series X will support a native 4K resolution, and will eventually be able to support up to 8K, likely with upscaling. Video Output - High Definition Capabilities The mock back showed five additional ports - there were two HDMI ports, two USB-C port, an ethernet port, and an optical out port. The Xbox Series X comes equipped with an optical drive and a Type-A USB port on the front.ĭuring CES, AMD showed what was at first thought to be the actual back of the Xbox Series X, but AMD later stated that it was not the official design.

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer changed his Twitter profile photo to an image of the Xbox Series X processor in January 2020.ĭue to its processing power, it will also support a quick resume function for multiple games simultaneously. Microsoft plans also to use a custom AMD Zen 2 CPU chip with an 8 core for processing, and will support 'variable rate shading', and hardware accelerated DirectX Raytracing.

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