Hello, I am the new Xbox Series X, can I enter the game?

Xbox Series S and X consoles are available November 10, 2020, welcome to the family -

• Microsoft launches new Xbox Series X and S consoles on Tuesday, a week ahead of Sony's PlayStation 5

• Monolithic look, figures to turn the heads of technophiles, the best in sound and image… the Xbox Series X is the "most powerful console in the world"

• And what do we play?

  No exclusives but games "optimized" for launch

With the arrival of mid-generation machines (Xbox One X / S, PS4 Pro) or the development of streaming games (xCloud, Stadia, Shadow, Luna), we would have thought that

consoles

would do less. event, become (an) accessory.

And yet.

For weeks and months, Microsoft and Sony have set the pace for video game news and have been engaged in a bitter, albeit friendly, fight with their Xbox Series and PS5.

It must be said that their strategy for this new generation of consoles is quite similar, with two versions and the same race for power.

Available first this Tuesday, the Xbox Series X, accompanied by its little sister the Xbox Series S, is presented as "the most powerful console in the world".

Quite simply.

The most powerful console in the world… like a PC?

In gaming, the most powerful console in the world has always been… a computer.

Maybe that's why the Xbox Series X looks like a PC tower.

Or the

monolith

.

Or to a fridge.

Since it was unveiled, the new Xbox has been the source of all hijackings, trolls, memes, and Microsoft has taken self-mockery to build a real Xbox Series X fridge. But in your living room, your bedroom (or your kitchen), the new Xbox is doing much better than one might have feared.

Although imposing, its rectangular look and its matt black color make it elegant, even discreet to the eye… and vertically.

Because TV cabinet requires, you may have to lay it down horizontally, it is possible, but less happy.

The one.

The only.

Xbox Series X Fridge giveaway.

Follow and retweet with #XSXFridgeSweeps for a chance to win the Xbox Series X Fridge.

Ends 04/11/20.

Rules: https://t.co/4P5hCSBPcy pic.twitter.com/MAt7xcTTQ4

- Xbox (@Xbox) October 28, 2020

A monster of power and silence

The guts of the beast have been dissected on specialized sites, and boil down to listing figures that speak little for the general public but exciting for technophiles: 12.15 TFlops of GPU, 1TB of SSD storage, 16 Gb of RAM, 499 euros of… that is the price.

In use, this power translates into a 4K Ultra HD image at 60 frames per second, and even 120 for some games (but you still have to have the appropriate screen), Dolby Atmos or DTS: X sound (but still need to have…), faster loading times (a few seconds for a game) and church silence (if you live in a church).

Phil Spencer (@ XboxP3) has something to tell you. # PowerYourDreams pic.twitter.com/oByGXr4Q9o

- Xbox FR (@XboxFR) November 8, 2020

"Optimized" games but no exclusives yet

The interface does not change from the Xbox One, with its window system, to which is added the new “Quick Resume” feature, to switch from one game to another.

The games, let's talk about it.

With the postponement of

then of

, the Xbox Series does not offer exclusivity when it comes out, but only, if we refer for example to the titles provided by the manufacturer to test the machine, to games of news and multiplatforms (

...) or "optimized" games (F

or

, a kind of excluded because only released on PC ).

Keep an eye out for games marked "Smart Delivery", they are eligible for free optimization, a program that only asks to prove itself and which should not only concern the titles of the last generation.

How to become the new boss of England?

It's simple, watch this video. # AssassinsCreedValhalla, available November 10 on Xbox Series X | S.

pic.twitter.com/ESegz5UDpY

- Xbox FR (@XboxFR) November 5, 2020

More than a console, an ecosystem

Backward compatibility on Xbox Series indeed concerns the games of the four generations of Xbox.

Whether you still have them in CD and box, or whether you are subscribed to Xbox Game Pass and its hundreds of titles, playable on console, PC and even mobile (Android and perhaps soon iOS) for the Ultimate version.

It is also on this side that the video game revolution is perhaps located, the Xbox Series X - and even more its little sister - being only one manifestation, "an accessory".

Less large, less powerful and less expensive (299 €), the Xbox Series S is devoid of drive and therefore 100% digital, unfortunately with a disc of only 500GB, against 1TB for its predecessor, Microsoft's only false note.

Xbox Series, PC, Android… It is no longer a question of “console” but of an ecosystem, of a service, accessible in different ways, devices, budgets.

It is no coincidence that Microsoft is buying studios with a bang, or offering Xbox All Access, a subscription starting at 24.99 per month, for 24 months, with an Xbox Series X | S and an Xbox Game Ultimate Pass.

Xbox president Phil Spencer even talks about deploying his Xbox Game Pass on Smart TVs, Chromebooks, FireTV and maybe, one day, Switch or PlayStation.

But that's not his priority.

Nor that of Sony which counterattacks next week with its PS5.

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