- In front of me, I have not the Xbox Toledo,
but the brand new Xbox Series X.
Now, of course, we have spent a lot of time
with a functional unit of this back in February,
March seems like a very long time ago,
but today I actually get to spend some up close
and personal time with the brand new Xbox console.
Let's just take a look and see
what's inside the box, shall we?.
So just like the Xbox Series S
which we've already done an unboxing of,
and you can check that out.
This is a currently nonfunctional unit of the Series X.
So this is much more so for us to get
a bit of a size comparison with the Xbox Series S.
First of all, this is a much more powerful console, right?
I mean, there's no getting around the fact that the Series X
has over three times the graphical horsepower
of the Series S, and when you put them side by side,
you can really see the difference.
So not only is it taller, but it is significantly thicker.
I mean, in fact, I've actually put it right on top.
It's what over double the thickness.
When you look at the Series X, this is the console,
which is dedicated to being quote-unquote, the most powerful
game console you can buy.
And when you look at it compared to the PlayStation 5,
it is in fact more powerful.
Now, all three of these consoles.
So the Xbox Series S, the Xbox Series X,
and the PlayStation 5 have very similar internals
that are all based on the AMD Zen 2 CPU cores,
eight cores across the board.
Funnily enough, the Series X is very slightly
more powerful on the processor side
compared to the Series S and PS5,
which are roughly equivalent, but they're all very similar.
All three of these next-gen consoles have SSD standard,
one terabyte on the Xbox Series X,
and 500 gigabytes on these Series S.
But really where you see the major difference
is in the graphic side.
So the Xbox Series X has 12 teraflops of GPU performance,
significantly more than the PlayStation 5.
And over three times, as much as the Series S.
But in real terms, we shouldn't see
a huge performance difference between them
as this is aimed at 1440p gaming.
And this is aimed at 4K gaming
and the PlayStation 5 I'm sure will also be firmly
in that 4K camp,
but you have to consider, this is a $500 console,
which is impressive when you look at it compared to
a lot of high-end gaming PCs.
But this little guy is only $300.
So when you look at the Series S
this is much more similar to something like the Xbox One,
or specifically the One S, right?
So we have a very simple cooling solution.
So we have a single fan here.
And if you look at the Xbox sort of exploded view,
that they released, you can see that the internals
are very simple.
And of course, this does lack any kind of optical drive.
So if you're considering buying an Xbox Series S
you will not be able to purchase physical media for it.
Now, potentially at some point,
they may offer a USB like Blu Ray drive or something,
which you could plug in upfront or around back.
But until we see that, I would very much expect that
this is a digital-only console.
And when you look at it compared to the Series S,
and we know this, especially from the teardown,
this is a much more hardcore console.
So of course it has a lot more graphics to cool,
but it also does incorporate that
full-size 4K UHD Blu Ray player,
which means that you can buy physical games
with the Series X.
And you can also, of course, use it for watching Blu Rays
or whatever it is that you want.
Now, when you flip these consoles around to the back,
you'll see they're very similar.
In fact, they're basically identical,
but there are a few major differences.
As far as ports go, they both have a USB A port
on the front.
You also have two USB A ports around the back.
You have ethernets, which is right here.
You have HDMI 2.1.
An important thing to note with the Series X
and the Series S is that this is an HDMI 2.1 port.
What that means is that you're going to theoretically,
still be able to pump out that 4k,
120 Hertz signal from both of these.
In fact, the Series S does support 120fps gaming.
We have a short clip of Gears 5 running on the Series S.
Now you have to have maybe slightly lower expectations
for what that's going to look like compared to Series X,
and I very much expect that if you're gonna see
a lot, 120fps games, they're gonna be on X, not S
but technically both are capable.
So when you get the Series X compared to the Series S,
one of the things that really jumps out to me is
the actual cooling.
So we know for a fact that there's a lot more going on
inside the Series X,
but a fun little fact is if you look at this
little slot right here, this is a secondary intake.
The reason for that is because there's a single fan
in the Series X, which is pulling air in from the bottom,
running it through all of the vapor chamber
and the heat sink and the exhausting and out the top.
Say, I don't know, your little brother comes by
and puts his Series S on top.
Well, no, you have no exhaust except for this little port
right here where theoretically will obviously
be compromised, but you won't have your Series X
completely choke and die on you, which is nice.
So one of my big questions going into this Xbox Series X
and Series S unboxings, are how big are the consoles, right?
And I think this does a good job of really placing you
in what you're actually going to be getting
if you shell out your three or $500.
So on the right, of course, we have the Series S
as well as the Series X.
Series S no doubt is the smallest Xbox yet.
It is really, really tiny compared to everything else.
But if you look at these compared to the Xbox One OG,
as well as the One S and the One X,
you'll see there actually are some pretty big differences.
So what you can't see from this angle is that
all of these consoles, if I very carefully flip them over,
nope, I'm gonna have to think about this,
so a good way to look at it is like this.
So if you look at the actual depth,
so on the back, all the consoles are lined up.
You'll see that both the S as well as the X
on the Series side are not anywhere near
as deep as something like the OG Xbox,
which is just massive and even the S as well as the One X.
And I think that's something to really keep in mind,
as you decide to maybe upgrade
and you want to try to figure out what's going to fit
is that the S is gonna fit anywhere, right?
There's no doubt about that.
But even the X, you can look at it,
it is not massive compared to these other consoles
and it does work in either orientation.
So you can have it up and down like this,
or you can lay it down it does have feet on its side.
And I think this is the one that's going to make
the most sense if you're trying to plug it into like
a TV cabinet or something.
It is tall, right?
So if I get these consoles out of the way I forgot
how heavy that is, you look at it beside
the original Xbox One, it is a little bit taller,
but it is smaller in pretty much every dimension.
I mean, especially if you put it on top,
you can really see just how much smaller these
brand new Xboxes are.
I like making Xbox towers.
This is very fun.
I feel very low to the ground right now, though.
This is a little awkward.
But that really shows the difference though.
How far we've come in seven years.
But really the main difference between these two
is that you are getting a much,
much more similar sort of experience between the two
than we've seen in the past.
So if you look at something like the Xbox One,
going to the One X, there is a huge difference
in performance, but ultimately they played
the same games, right?
The One X will play games at roughly 4k or so,
and the standard Xbox One would play games at 720
to up to 1080.
Well, I expect something similar this time around.
This is your 4k console, right?
This has tons of performance,
but the thing is you can play all of the same games
on the Xbox Series S.
They might be at 1080p, 1440p,
but you'll still be able to get
that very similar experience.
You have to consider that this guy's only 300 bucks.
So the Xbox Series X will be available for preorder
on September 22nd and it will be going on sale on November
10th for $500, and that is for a one terabyte model.
The Series S is also going live for preorder
and sail on those same dates,
but it is a 512 gig hard drive or SSD rather,
and that is available for $300.
Now, what's interesting about these,
what I would say are pretty aggressive price points
is how the PlayStation 5 is going to factor in.
So the thing is both of these consoles,
even though they do the same thing,
go about it in very different ways, right?
The Series S is small, it lacks the optical drive,
but also it is less powerful, but importantly,
it's only $300, which is, I would say a very good deal
for a next-generation console.
Whereas the Series X is more of the do all, be all kind of
top dog of the console range, but at $500,
that to me puts a lot of pressure on Sony.
How are they going to price that PS5,
which as recording this video, who knows,
they may announce it any minute now at this rate.
But as of recording this video,
we do not have a price on the PlayStation 5.
So of course there are two models of the PS5
like there are two models of the Xbox Series line,
so the PS5 itself, as well as the PS5 Digital Edition.
But unlike these two consoles,
which are very different specifically in the level
of graphics and obviously their hardware,
the PS5 is basically the same, right?
So you can get the exact same specs, frame rates,
all that kind of stuff.
Regardless of which PlayStation 5 you buy,
the main difference is one has an optical disk,
one does not.
So if you don't care about physical media,
you're gonna probably save 50 bucks,
maybe $100 on that PlayStation 5.
But right now my assumption very much is PS5
has gotta be at $500 or less, right?
I don't think that they're going to able to do that, well,
if they're 550 or $600, right?
I think this is sort of set that goalpost in the ground.
And specifically that Digital Edition
is not gonna be this cheap, right?
There's no way they're gonna be able to push it down.
If they had $400 on the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition,
I'll be impressed, but 450 for Digital Edition, 500
for the standard PS5 is definitely where my bet
is at the moment,
which means that on the high end,
there's gonna be a lot of competition,
but on the low end where this Series S is, there's nothing.
This console is gonna sell like hotcakes.
I mean, they're gonna be absolutely flying off the shelves.
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Not only do we have a full video on the unboxing
and some of the comparisons with the Xbox Series S,
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I hear those Sony fellows have a console
or two that's coming up soon.