Welcome everyone to Ricky's tech talk today I will be unboxing and taking my first look at the brand
new Xbox series x from Microsoft so this will sit nicely next to my brand new PlayStation 5 and the
next generation of consoles a long time having this console just haven't got around to unboxing
it so I'm looking forward to getting into it today and setting it up together here on the channel so
on the front, you'll see the iconic design which i actually quite like I think it's quite different
yes it's a cube it's like a desktop but it's a little bit different powered by Microsoft it
has the same performance as the PlayStation 5 just slightly different optimal levels which we'll talk
through in greater detail when we compare both of them after I've done some serious bitter gaming
over the christmas period so this is from amazon and here in the uk it cost 449 pounds for the
x model and the s model was about 250 pounds they're still quite hard to get hold of so
don't overpay just wait because there'll be loads coming through in the new year just wait
don't overpay silly people are paying several times the value of the console there's just
no points just wait please just wait but on the front here we have some key aspects and that is 4k
120 frames per second gaming you have xbox velocity architecture you have one terabyte of ssd
storage and it is upgradable by the new microsoft ssd storage that is a cartridge
that goes on the back whereas the playstation 5 offers an ssd storage upgrade in the near future
but a cheaper version of doing it compared to xboxes again we'll talk about this as we
go through the comparison video and let's get it unboxed so on the side here we just have some tabs
inside we're greeted with our console power your dreams
i'm just going to lift this out quite large again and i will get the playstation to compare it
let's just take this out so take a look at that in a second let's just see what else we get in
the box so we have about getting started here in multiple different languages so just choose which
one best suits you but you will need the xbox app and you've got qr code that you can download it
there for an iphone or the android play store so you've got the ios app store or the google play
store there so just download your application so first of all is your uk three pin power plug
figure of eight cable again that we see with the playstation five you have hdmi cable as i said
with the ps5 make sure you use this cable to get the best performance but there are other options
out there which i have shown on the channel previously we then have our controller so i
have used the dual sensor controller with the ps5 and i've got to say really impressed high
hopes for this controller i know xbox do have their elite controller but that's an extra 200
plus pounds here in the uk dual sensor controller with the ps5 already comes with it so high hopes
for this controller but i don't think i'm going to achieve those hopes so here is the new controller
i have the xbox project scorpio controller with my previous generation when i have the xbox
one x so nice grip looking forward to using that you also get a couple of double a batteries and
you can use a charger if you want to to actually charge up your controller and hold power because
you will be forever replacing these batteries just a little bit of pre-warning there for parents at
christmas time and then we have just an xbox booklet here with information if you do have any
questions or queries though drop a comment down below and i'll be more than happy to help so let's
move this out the way and actually have a look at the brand's new console from microsoft so we're
just going to unwrap our xbox here so some people are saying it's like a little mini fridge some
people saying it's like a mini desktop to me it's just going to be an xbox an xbox that i've opened
upside down so it can go on its side and it can stand vertically if you want to that's up to you
and here is the brand's new xbox which i think looks quite different at the top there you can see
the green inside there and it will sort of portray a green light when powered on which is really nice
we have an xbox logo here which is your power button you've got your disk eject button here
we've got a usb 3.0 port here and you've got another button there to connect controllers
and also for other operations which is our connectability there so unlike the ps5 which has
a usb a and a usbc on the front let's turn around to the back to see what ports we have on the back
you have little feet here down the side this is the side it needs to lie on if you are going to
lay it down so down around to the back here if we start at the top we've got usba usba
we've got our ethernet cable our power connection you have hdmi out and your new proprietary ssd
storage option there to increase your storage option so now our xbox is out the next step is
to power it on so it's connected up to my monitor at the moment we've just booted up
and it's just in a loading screen here this first ever boot it is going to be joining my playstation
5 downstairs on the lg oled tv so getting the best performance possible so it's saying here that we
need to get the app to get started so i'm going to download the application now i'm going to be using
it on the ios app store or you can use the google play store so i've just added my wi-fi password
there and now it's going to carry on connecting to the xbox so your console is now online great next
let's go so it's doing an update so saying about energy there and the options that you want to
use i'm using instant on automatic updates yes that's absolutely fine turn on remote features
yes turn on so if you want to stay in touch with the latest games to know what's coming
out make sure you tick these boxes which apps would you like to install on your xbox
so you can select which apps so i take youtube install so will this console be used by children
no it won't but you can set timers which i think is really important and all done so we'll just let
her do and look forward to doing a bit of gaming so we'll come back once done yeah update is now
complete it's saying to press the xbox button which i'm doing here now the a button continue
so it's just updating the controller now i'm going to apply settings for my previous console let's go
and we're into our new home screen which looks quite familiar for xbox
fans but it's supposed to be running a lot more smoothly so i'm looking forward to seeing what
it can do so we've got our apps here we've got our community we've got the microsoft store we've got
game pass and loads of great games on there and of course halo was supposed to be the launch title
but it will be there at some point i'm going to go through some games
and really get in and delve in let's have a look see what's on game class at the moment so just to
finish up here the xbox is all set up it's ready to go and i'm looking forward to testing out and
really delving in with some gaming and we'll bring some comparisons with the playstation 5 but here
plays out is the forza horizon 4 trailer which i think looks great it makes it really crisp and
clean and looking forward to playing this because it has been seriously enhanced for the new series
and i will have some gameplay coming up soon in the comparison video if you have any questions
or queries leave a comment down below and i'll be more than happy to help from me ricky wish you all
a merry christmas have a great time stay safe stay well and i'll see you in my next video bye for now
you