Hey everybody, Daniel Rubino here with Windows Central,
and today we're going to unbox Project Scorpio,
because, why not, it's Xbox week, stay tuned.
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So here it is, the Project Scorpio Edition.
It comes in this lovely cardboard box.
Now there's nothing dramatically different
about this version.
It still goes for $499 but if you had to choose
between this and the normal Xbox One X,
I'm not sure why you would choose the latter.
You do get a free stand with this,
so that's at least something.
Let's open it up though and see what's inside.
Alright, looking at top here,
you do get the normal Xbox Game Pass and Live Gold,
these are just samples, so you get I believe it's two weeks
or 30 day pass to try those services out,
which is really nice.
I do love the aesthetic here and the design.
Pulling out the box here we do get
the cables and controller.
Now in the last unboxing video (giggles)
I had some people point out that
Microsoft said this is a very good HDMI cable,
in fact it's made for 4K.
Listen folks, I'm all about 4K and everything,
but HDMI cables are pretty much HDMI cables.
I'm not belittling Microsoft here,
but it's just a straight up HDMI cable.
Now this controller is one of the highlights of this.
It isn't that dramatically different,
except you do get the Project Scorpio label here
on the front of it and it is jet black,
which looks really nice.
On the back it is slightly textured.
Not necessarily rubber textured,
but you do feel a little bit of markings there
to help give it extra grip.
And it is an Xbox One S Controller,
in the sense that it has Bluetooth built in,
so you can use this on any other Windows 10 device as well.
And of course it has the normal pairing button,
and they do throw in two batteries, really nice.
Now one of the differences I mentioned earlier is this,
you do get a stand.
Now, there's really nothing amazing about this stand,
and you can see it takes up a lot of space
for what is something pretty small.
If you don't get the Scorpio Edition,
and you still want this, there's a couple options.
One, third parties are already selling stands,
I believe they're about 20 bucks
and you go pick it up.
And Microsoft said they will be making this
available as well, probably also for 20 or 30 bucks.
Now it's a little expensive for a piece of plastic,
but if you do want to stand the device vertically,
that will be an option.
Alright, let's take a look at the actual console itself
and what's unique about it.
So hear it is, the Project Scorpio Edition
of the Xbox One X.
Now if you're thinking this looks a lot like
the regular version, well, yeah, you're kinda right,
but there are some subtle differences.
Let's go over those now.
It starts off jet black and goes to a light gray.
And that is done with this little grating here and circles.
It's kind of reminiscent of the One S,
which has a lot of ventilation on it
through physical holes.
Of course this doesn't, it's a very nice top,
and ventilation comes through the sides,
and blasts out the back.
So really nice subtle distinction,
something you don't want to hide.
Let's pull that off because we're Team
No Sticker around here.
And there you can see the Project Scorpio branding,
really nice in Xbox green.
I think this looks awesome.
I do wish it was a little bit more flair to this device,
but still, it's a nice subtle design.
Now there are a few Easter Eggs
on the One X Project Scorpio Edition,
including this number here,
which looks like a serial number, but it's not.
It says 01051013,and 17.
Those all reflect major years
in which Microsoft released an Xbox One Console,
or Xbox Console I should say.
And we can't show it but on the inside of the device,
on the motherboard, there is actually a Master Chief,
a little Halo emblazoned on the board itself,
which is also kind of a cool thing,
just too bad you can't see it, unless, I suppose,
you drop and break your Xbox.
We should also point out on the right side it says,
"Hello from Seattle, Xbox One X."
Now that's actually on the standard One X version,
that's not unique to the Project Scorpio Edition,
but we've never looked for it,
it's just kind of a nice touch
that Microsoft has added.
Now when it comes to hardware and features,
everything else is exactly the same here.
You're getting one terabyte of storage,
you're getting the same GPU,
there's no differences at all.
Although this is about 10% faster
because it says Project Scorpio on board.
You may find that hard to believe
that it's because it's written in green.
Of course I'm making this all up, it's all nonsense.
This will perform exactly the same as the One X.
There's no need to go get this version
if you've already bought the One X,
but you do get a free stand with it,
and it still goes for $499, the exact same price,
so I don't know why you wouldn't
get this version over the other one.
It is Limited Edition.
We don't know though what that means.
It is still available at the time
of us recording this video from Amazon.com,
and probably other gaming outlets.
So there's a quick look
at the Project Scorpio Edition of the Xbox One X.
Now if you want our full review of this device
make sure you head to Windows Central
where Jez Corden did an excellent write up.
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