Make the Most of the Xbox One X’s Power
November saw Microsoft really turn up the heat on the competition. Last year, Sony released its own souped-up console, PS4 Pro, a 4K-capable machine that marked a reasonable upgrade over the original system, but in terms of raw power, the Xbox One X has since blown it fresh out the water. Its 12 GB of GDDR5 RAM, 6 TFLOP GPU, and 4K Blu-ray player essentially make it the most comprehensive 4K media system you can get today. Now what we want to see is all of that power being put to work.
After its first year on the market, the PS4 Pro enhancements we’ve seen have been a little hit-and-miss. On one hand, Bethesda’s Prey was literally unplayable afters its proper PS4 Pro support was implemented. Meanwhile, the likes of Horizon Zero Dawn was truly at the cutting edge of console visuals. If the Xbox One is to improve in 2018, it needs to ensure that the Xbox One X’s third-party support is of a consistently high quality, continuing the solid run we’ve seen since its release just last month. If third-party games don’t consistently perform significantly better on the Xbox One X compared to the competition (or even just the One S), justifying the extra cost for this more powerful system starts to become difficult.
