- This.
What!
You can see.
Oh, oh god, oh god!
What is going on guys?
I just got this package, ripped off the shipping label
so that my address wouldn't show
but this package, this box is from my friends at Microsoft.
Microsoft is actually about 20 minutes away from my home.
If you walk out my front door and get in the car,
within 20 minutes you'll be on Microsoft's
Redmond, Washington campus here in the Seattle area.
They're technically in Redmond but none of that matters.
What matters is they sent this over
and you know console launches only happen
every little while and I should probably
introduce myself, I'm getting, I'm excited guys.
What's going on tech squad?
Andru Edwards here, Editor in Chief of GearLive.com.
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Now as I was saying, we're talking gaming today,
console launches only happen every few years.
It's not something that happens every year
like major phones launch every year,
new iPhone, new Samsung devices.
Every year you can count on those.
This is special!
This on the inside of here is most likely
and I'm pretty sure it is the Xbox One X.
So let's go ahead, open this guy up
and take a look at what power
and amazingness is inside this box.
We're gonna turn this around right now,
we're just gonna get into this.
Let's get started, here we go.
Here we go.
Let's get this.
Oh look at that, look at that right there.
Already right off the bat, Xbox design on this box
and look at this, that's a four and that's a K,
4K Xbox, that's what's in here.
Let's continue with what's inside so the first layer,
this thing's in layers, the thing's in layers,
I don't even know if you can see.
Oh, oh god, oh god, okay.
Let me back up.
Let's not lose anything.
I'm getting ahead of myself, alright.
So okay that goes down as you can see,
multiple layers in here.
The first layer is this,
and we've got a book and it looks like,
so this is one of those premium nice feel,
it's got that nice paper, nice gloss to it
and on the inside as I'm taking a look with you,
it's basically the story of the Xbox One X,
the design, what's inside, what sets it apart
from the Xbox One S and Xbox One.
Looks great on 1080p TV.
Xbox One enhanced games.
Of course that's for 4K gaming, HDR,
six teraflops of power up in here.
That's compared to the 1.4 teraflops of power
on the Xbox One and Xbox One S.
The difference between S and X so yeah,
first up is like a little collector's booklet.
Pretty good, I mean it's nice.
I mean ultimately, do we care about this book?
No, no we don't.
Could we have done without this book?
Absolutely.
But it's nice, I'm gonna put this aside,
I may keep this or I may just give this away
and I suspect by the way that there will be quite a bit
that we'll be giving away from this box
so if you want to be a part of that giveaway,
you don't want to miss it, hit the subscribe button
down below and that bell notification icon
so you know when giveaways go live on my channel.
Next layer, next layer right here,
let me hold this up.
Hopefully it doesn't go flying like it did a minute ago.
Next layer check this out.
Now this is pretty interesting.
I'm not even sure what's happening here
so first we've got a bunch of cards as you can see here,
we've got 20 cards here, 20 cards,
welcome to Xbox One X is the first card.
Now looking through these, what I just determined
right off the bat is that these cards
are for different games.
Not only do the cards tell you about the games,
these are all Xbox One X enhanced titles
so these games take advantage of the power of the Xbox One X
so they're probably 4K games, they most likely display
in HDR, high dynamic range which my TV
right there is compatible with.
That is a 75 inch Sony Z9D,
the best TV in my opinion currently
even better than the LG OLEDs
which I do have upstairs so I'll drop a link down below
as well as a card here in this video
so you can see my review of that specific TV.
The price's gone down significantly
since it came out last year.
If you want one of the best 4K HDR pictures
that you can find, Sony Z9D right there is it.
It comes with a 65 and 75 inch model.
There may be a 55 also but I'm not sure about that
but anyway, the cool part about these cards
is not only does it tell you about the games,
but at the bottom of each card there is a redeemable code
so that you can download these games
so Microsoft basically included 20 games in this box
and what I'm gonna do is give away a bunch of these games,
give away a bunch of these download codes
so again make sure you're following
and stay tuned for that.
So that's the first thing on this layer.
Next there is another set of cards here
on the other side with redeemable codes as well
so Microsoft has included three months of Xbox Live Gold,
three months of Xbox Game Pass.
Xbox Game Pass is basically like the Netflix
for gaming of Xbox, it includes 100 games
from the original Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One generations.
It costs 9.99 per month for unlimited access
to that pool of 100 games and they do swap games
in an out of that 100 game pool.
9.99 a month, there is a three month game pass here,
one month of Netflix, one month of Spotify,
one month of EA Access which is like Electronic Arts version
of the Xbox Game Pass and a Dolby Atmos unlock code
because the Xbox One X and the Xbox One S
do support Dolby Atmos sound which is different
than Dolby Surround Sound or even TrueHD.
For example right behind me I have
a 7.2.4 Dolby Atmos Surround Sound System.
What that means is there are seven speakers around me,
seven main speakers and then are there two subwoofers
and then there are four speakers
that are dedicated to ceiling sound,
so noise coming down from the ceiling
and what that does, it basically envelops you in sound
all around you as well as above
so you can hear sounds above you
and gaming on the Xbox One X and Xbox One S support that
so you need that unlock code to enjoy Dolby Atmos
through headphone, they even Dolby Atmos in headphone
which is crazy and then lastly on this layer,
right here, Planet Earth II, this is
the 4K Ultra HD version of Planet Earth II.
Obviously this isn't a video game or game related
but it is one of the best looking disks you can buy
and the Xbox One X and Xbox One S are the only
game consoles to have a 4K Blu-ray player built in.
So there are 4K Blu-rays, not regular Blu-rays
and you require a 4K Blu-ray player to watch this in 4K HDR
and the Xbox One X includes that.
And that's it for this layer so again
there will be a bunch of stuff from this layer
that I'll be giving away as well.
And thenfinally this last layer, this is it.
This is it guys.
Just so you guys knows, I'm a big Xbox fan,
Xbox is my platform of choice when playing games
and to be quite honest how that happened is was,
Microsoft on the Xbox 360 generation
introduced the idea of achievements before
anyone else did it and I got addicted
to trying to up my gamer score by achieving different things
in games and so therefore when a game comes out
that's on both platforms, whether it's on Switch
or PlayStation or Xbox, I'm gonna want to get
the Xbox version unless I want to play that game
on the go, then I'll get it on Switch.
Sometimes which is ridiculous, I'll get it on both
like NBA 2K18, I wanna play it 4K on the Xbox
but I also wanna play it on the go when I'm on a plane
so I'll buy that game twice.
Anyway that's neither here nor there, I am a nerd.
Alright let's get the Xbox One X out of the box.
This is the box right here with the Xbox One X in it.
As you can see, simple, simple looking on the front
and this is not the Project Scorpio edition,
this is the regular retail version.
Microsoft sent me the retail version,
not Project Scorpio, no big deal
and yeah, I'm just excited to get in here
so let's just open this up, I gotta cut
into this somehow so I'm gonna need a knife
or a pair of scissors, here we go, cutting in there
and yeah, so again the Xbox One X,
the whole point of this console is that it's powerful.
This is the most powerful home console ever released.
I know there's gonna be people in the PC master race,
what about PC, just get a gaming PC,
just buy a gaming PC and hook it up to your TV
and you'll have way more power.
Listen, some people just want a console,
they just want something with everything built in
that just works out of the box,
plug it into power, plug it into your TV and you're good.
If that's not you, that's okay.
I have a very powerful gaming PC upstairs
but when I'm in my living room, I wanna use an Xbox
so first thing we've got this tab here
which has a getting started guide,
it has Xbox Game Pass, let me get in there.
Another Xbox Game Pass trial so that's just built in
and a trial of Xbox Live Gold as well
so by the way everything in this box
is what you will get in your box when you buy one.
Everything else that I showed you is separate,
that's just part of the review unit.
When you buy one of these, you will not be getting
20 cards with game download codes on them.
Alright let's get into this box right here.
We've got the power cord and by the way,
huge shout-out to the Xbox team for this
because this is just the power cord,
there's no huge power brick anymore
and I actually thought that power brick
might come back when they introduced the Xbox One X
but no it did not, the power supply
is still built into the console
despite it being about four times faster
from a processor performance standpoint.
Alright we've got an HDMI cable.
Do use this if you get an Xbox One X,
don't use a generic HDMI cable.
Microsoft's including a high speed HDMI cable
that supports 4K and HDR content
along with high resolution audio formats
like Dolby Atmos so you want to use a high speed HDMI cable.
If you don't have one or if you're not sure you have one,
just use the one they include.
They actually include a very good cable.
Alright next is the controller.
This controller is black, it's the first black included
Xbox One S style controller.
They do include batteries as well
but since the Xbox One S launched in a white color
and Microsoft never introduced a black Xbox One S,
no one was able to get a black controller.
Now one thing you should know is you get
the Project Scorpio edition which is already sold out
but if you bought that one, you get the same controller
but it's completely blacked out so you don't
get the colored blue, yellow, green, red
on the controller buttons.
Instead they are also blacked out
and you get that stealth look
if you ordered Project Scorpio edition
and last in here is the console.
This is the.
Wow!
Wow, okay.
So just FYI, this is heavy.
It's very close to the same size as the current Xbox One S
but this has some heft to it and that's thanks
to all the components they packed
inside of this foreign factor.
Let me move this box out of the way and get this guy.
I mean just putting it down is heavy
but yeah let's take this off, get out!
Get off of here and let's look inside.
This is it.
And this is it right here.
Xbox One X, 'cause again very hefty,
one thing you should know on the positive side
if you're upgrading from the Xbox One S,
on the back the port layout is similar
so you can literally just unplug the cables
from your Xbox One S, remove that,
slide this in and plug the exact same cables into here,
power it on and you're ready to go.
One piece of hardware you may want to use
if you don't have one, to aid in transferring over
your content from your older Xbox One or Xbox One S
to the X is an external hard drive.
If you already have one plugged in,
all you need to do is unplug it from your current console,
plug it into the new one and you're done.
All your games are ready to launch.
If you don't have one, while waiting
for your Xbox One X to arrive, pick up an external drive.
One of the most popular external drive series
is the Seagate Game Drive for Xbox.
In particular right here I have the Game Drive Hub,
this one is eight terabytes in size,
eight terabytes so it holds a ton of games,
it's gonna hold about 200 games basically
depending on the size of your games
and the cool thing about the Game Drive Hub in particular
is not only do you have that eight terabytes of storage
but the word Hub is in there because it's also
a USB Hub so it plugs into your Xbox,
also plug it into power and it takes up one USB port
on the Xbox but it gives you two USB ports back
that you can use, you can plug USB devices
into the Game Drive Hub itself
and those are USB 3.0 speeds so you can use them
for data or you can use them to charge your devices.
This is what I'm gonna be using to transfer content
from my Xbox One S to my Xbox One X.
199 bucks, you can find it anywhere,
in fact I'll leave a link down in the description below
to where you can pick up the Xbox Game Drive from Seagate.
By the way Seagate is not a sponsor of this video,
they just make products that I've been using
for a long time with my Xbox consoles
and this is the newest one and I'm very excited
because eight terabytes is massive
and should last for a long, long time.
There is a little love note from Microsoft
right on the side, let's see, right hand side.
It says, hello from Seattle, Xbox One X,
nice little signature on there
and one thing I'm also immediately noticing
is there is no venting on the top of the console,
it's a completely closed, much cleaner look
and the vents are actually along the left
and the right sides or I guess that's the left
and the right sides and along the back of the console
so you can actually put game cases
or whatever you might want to stack on top of this,
you can do that now without risking overheating
of your consoles so there you have it guys,
that was your look at the Xbox One X.
This...
What!
Let me put it down this way, okay.
If you're gonna stand your console up vertically,
do not stand it up on the side
that has a notch taken out of it just like I just did
but again, there you have it.
That's your look at the Xbox One X console from Microsoft.
This is launching on November seventh
so it's just over a week away.
If you're an Xbox fan, friend me up,
I am Du So Icy, D-R-U S-O I-C-Y, that is my gamer tag,
feel free to friend me up on Xbox Live.
Again stay tuned for the giveaways,
we've got some giveaways coming
and we'll probably be end up giving away
this exact console as well as a bunch
of the games that Microsoft included in the box
and some of those subscription codes as well.
To wrap up, we've got the Xbox One X,
we've got the Xbox One S controller,
you've got the high speed HDMI cable,
I implore you to use this cable
if you're not sure if you have high speed cables
already attached to your Xbox One S
if you're upgrading from one.
We've got the subscription trial codes
that Microsoft included in the box,
we got a pack of 20 game codes, cards that tell us
about each game with codes to download
each of those games as well.
We got a copy of Planet Earth on 4K Blu-ray
and we got that slick Xbox One X commemorative booklet.
Big shout-out to Microsoft for sending all this stuff over,
I'm gonna go get this guy set up so I can start testing
and showing you everything you need to know
about the Xbox One X and if it's worth your time and money.
Any questions you guys have,
drop 'em down in the comments below.
I'll meet you there for further discussion.
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Thank you so much for watching as always guys,
I'm Andru Edwards and I'll catch you in the next video.
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