Microsoft announced Xbox Series X

At The Game Awards, Microsoft's head of gaming, Phil Spencer, officially unveiled the Xbox Series X, the console formerly known as Project scarlett. Unlike the Xbox One, the body of the new model is more like a PC. And yes, Spencer confirmed that the box can be laid horizontally without sacrificing performance or cooling.

According to Microsoft, the computing power of the new model is 4 times higher than that of the Xbox One X, while it runs almost silently. Inside is a customized AMD Zen 2 processor with a Radeon RDNA graphics card. The console will support 8K games, up to 120 fps, ray tracing and the ability to adjust the monitor refresh rate.

Almost nothing is known about the graphics, but in interview for GameSpot, Spencer pointed out that they at Microsoft “wanted to achieve significant differences in graphics quality. As a result, the video card of the new model turned out to be 8 times more powerful than in the Xbox One, and 2 times more powerful than in the Xbox One X ”. Given that the performance of the Xbox One X is 6 teraflops, we can assume that we are talking about 12 teraflops.

Together with the console, a new Xbox Wireless Controller was shown, which will be included in the package. It has shrunk slightly in size, has a new D-pad and a dedicated Share button for quick screenshots and video recording. The controller will be compatible with all Xbox One and Windows 10 computers.

Xbox Series X is backward compatible with Xbox One games and accessories and will go on sale in Fall 2020.

In addition, Microsoft showed one of the first exclusives for it - Senua's Saga: Hellblade II. There is no release date yet, so it is unclear if it will be available at launch. It uses video from the engine - that is, the video demonstrates the graphics capabilities of Project X.