Xbox One X Boss Confident Fans Will See Advantages Over PS4 Pro
, McCarthy welcomes comparisons to the PS4 Pro. He thinks that the Xbox One X is in another [...]
He Has a Point
If Microsoft wants to play this game, then this is probably the right angle to play for now. The Xbox One X does represent a pretty impressive value. You'd be hard-pressed to find a gaming PC setup that rivals the performance of the Xbox One X in a comparable price range.
If you want a gaming PC capable of pushing out native 4K visuals, which the Xbox One X definitely can do with proper optimization, you're going to spend about $350-$400 on the GPU alone. If you're building a PC, that still leaves you with a motherboard, hard drive, memory, CPU, and a few accessories to buy. At least with the Xbox One X you don't have to worry about any of that stuff, but you are getting similar performance.
prevnextBut What About Those Exclusives?
You'll notice a pretty crucial component missing from McCarthy's killer argument for the Xbox One X's superiority, and that's exclusive games. The Xbox One X is, in fact, that most powerful gaming console on the planet, and it probably will be for a while after it launches, but what's the good in having all of that horsepower if it's not being used to power some can't-miss games? When we consider the PS4 and PS4 Pro, in 2017 alone we've seen huge releases like Uncharted, Horizon, Nioh, Persona 5, Gravity Rush, and Yakuza.
Xbox One X owners will be playing... the waiting game. Forza 7 will be huge, and there are a bunch of Xbox One games getting enhancement updates, but there aren't really any showstoppers to speak of. Crackdown 3 has been pushed back considerably, and Sea of Thieves is still looking like more of a niche title. If Microsoft wants to ensure the Xbox One X's success, it needs to start securing more exclusive games that we actually want to play.
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