In an increasingly uncertain 2020 in terms of health, we have finally arrived in the month of November in which the much chat is expected release of the fourth videogame generation of the Xbox brand. However, there are many users who do not have one in their hands Xbox One at the moment, or maybe they own it but are undecided whether to launch the purchase of one of the new home platforms Microsoft products. We therefore thought of making this article, to highlight the advantages offered from every possible choice made by users.
A low cost console
Xbox One is currently a great choice for anyone who wants to play a low budget. Currently available in three variants Xbox One, Xbox One S and Xbox One X, this console allows you to get different video games with gods costs below average, for both retail and digital purchases. Physical Xbox One games, both used and digital, tend to go down in price very quickly, offering greater economic accessibility to even very recent titles. In digital, however, i services offered by Microsoft allow you to launch yourself in the direction of a multitude of products at even more ridiculous prices. Projects like the Microsoft Rewards or the never too praised Game Pass offer great benefits to every genre of gamer, from little extras in some multiplayer opera to completely free games.
The American company then plans to continue support the platform for several more years, although it has now finished the production of additional Xbox One and Xbox One X units. However, this does not affect the games it plans to launch on them, which include not only more niche products such as Psychonauts 2 o The gunk, but even Triple A from the caliber of Halo Infinite. Obviously, even the development studios and third-party publishers intend to continue to support the green old gen, which therefore remains a good solution to stay at least updated "in part" with the future of the market. We must not ignore that it is digital store is linked to that of Windows 10, making the release of both games and apps for the future possibly infinite.
The three different variants then offer different performance for games, with even products expanded to one Native 4K resolution on Xbox One X. Also, don't forget the compatibility with the Kinect, an accessory that unfortunately has not been able to exploit its full potential. For a well-known flop in the market, the titles exclusively compatible with this accessory remain playable only on Xbox One. The camera, in fact, it's not compatible neither with Xbox Series S nor with Xbox Series X, preventing you from taking advantage of some unique features such as those allowed in Alien Isolation. And don't forget how Xbox One is backward compatible with most Xbox 360 games and a good number of the very first Xbox games, allowing you to discover the past of an increasingly popular industry at a low price. Xbox One even configures itself as one multimedia tool with a great variety of offerings, much more than that of competing platforms. In addition to the classic Amazon Prime Video, Netflix or Disney + it is possible to find Plex, Tim Vision and soon also Apple TV. Finally, we must not ignore how potentially i online services of Xbox One could last a long time with a company like Microsoft behind it. Just think of the countless discounts and Golf games still offered to Xbox 360 users.
The next-gen is tinged with green
Looking at the different advantages offered by the previous Xbox, one could therefore consider that the new Series S and Series X have less appeal. Fortunately this is not the case, as the new machines offer features clearly designed for those who love to follow the latest market trends. To begin with, we must emphasize how some of the games planned for the future are only next gen, both for internal and external studies. Titles such as Bright Memory Infinite, Resident Evil Village or the next Forza Motosport are not currently planned on Xbox One, which will prevent users of this console from remaining completely on par with the market; it is also probably that this gap will widen more and more with the passage of time.
Series S which Series X are also backwards compatible, and the latter allows a incredible performance boost for any product. In fact, most of the native works for One can reach i 4K and 60 FPS without problems, with even scopes 120 FPS for some products of 360 or the very first generation of videogames branded Microsoft. Another important feature are loading times, who enormously decreased thanks to the technical characteristics offered by the two platforms. Series X is actually more powerful and faster at loading games than Series S, but both have a great performance improvement over any version of Xbox One.
Don't forget that Xbox Series X and Series S offer same exact advantages of Xbox One for multimedia products, Microsoft Rewards and the Microsoft store. The Game Pass is obviously also present here, at the same price as the Xbox One edition but offering even the best versions of all the old gen games and the only Next Gen games. The offer from the Microsoft service thus becomes even richer and more advantageous than in the past, even thanks to the imminent inclusion of the catalog EA Play.
An Xbox for all needs
With this small and simple article, we were able to see the differences offered by the current Microsoft platforms. Xbox One is transformed, therefore, into a platform suitable for those who are not looking for the high-performance video game or all the latest products in this sector. We therefore recommend it to users looking for videogame experiences at an affordable price, for those who want to let their family play without great pretensions or, again, for those who have never had the good fortune of owning an Xbox and are looking for a side of gaming that they never have. explored. Xbox Series X instead offers gaming experiences to best performance currently available in the market, with most of the future games and those of the past in their best editions. Recommended for those who want to stay in step with the industry, taking advantage of services and being able to play the latest releases.
But it must be said that it also exists the middle solution, or Xbox Series S, compatible with all next gen games albeit with lower performance. As in fact you can read in the our review in this regard, this is certainly recommended for those wishing to experience the new works offered by the industry, but with lower performance and exploiting digital services Microsoft to the fullest. Indeed, not having any entry for discs, the never too acclaimed Game Pass becomes practically essential to fully exploit it.
