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We Have The Xbox Series X - Full Previews Coming Soon

Ahead of the November launch for the Xbox Series X, Microsoft sent us a fully functioning version of the console itself.

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Update: An embargo has lifted and we've been able to share our hands-on experience with Xbox Series X--or at least some components of it. The takeaway is that Xbox Series X load times are much improved over existing Xbox One hardware, while Quick Resume is a game-changer.

Next gen is here. We have the Xbox Series X in hand, a real, fully functioning console (though it is technically a non-final build of the system). Microsoft sent us the hardware ahead of the Xbox Series X launch date of November 10, so we can get hands-on experience with what next-gen gaming offers in advance.

We have preview coverage lined up such as impressions, technical breakdowns, and discussions of the overall gaming experience, but that'll be coming in the near future. That's all we can share for now, but we have a ton of current coverage of Microsoft's next-gen consoles that you can check in the meantime.

If you're looking for analysis on technical specs, be sure to read our comparison of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and if you want to get a closer look at how the two systems stack against other console, check out our size comparison with the official Xbox Series mockups. Microsoft also made a big splash this week by acquiring Bethesda and all the game studios under the prominent publisher, so you can read up on what that means for the future of gaming. If you're still looking to get one yourself, consult our Xbox Series X pre-order guide for help. You can also catch up with all our Xbox-related stories below.

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Now that I actually have a XSX pre-ordered and with the Zenimax acquisition, my hype is through the roof. Can not wait. Looking forward to the previews.

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Now that I actually have a XSX pre-ordered and with the Zenimax acquisition, my hype is through the roof. Can not wait. Looking forward to the previews.

Curious as to why a 3rd party acquiring another 3rd party would add to your hype? Xbox has zero exclusives, an undebatable fact many seem to ignore, and the fact they've gone 3rd party after Phil has been very transparent over the last 3 years delivering that message means the acquisition is pretty "meh" news as nothing will change. Why is it that Xbox fans seem to be the absolute most delusional, uneducated, and ill-informed masses of all gaming communities? And this includes journalists and insiders too, have any of you actually been paying attention at all over the last 3 years? Buying a Series box is about the most foolish thing you could have done for the upcoming generation, so much so that everyone else is quite literally laughing their asses off. It's like buying a Dreamcast after they discontinued it and proclaiming it would beat the PS2, it really is that funny.

Oh well, the facts are out there, they're well known, and they're not debatable. I mean you can try to debate it but you'll look incredibly foolish.

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@reznik00: Ouch - salty. It's just a videogame console - no need to be so touchy.

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@reznik00: Are you serious right now? That just comes off as silliness . Sony is far more likely to put most IP's on PC now than Microsoft is to fully support Sony with upcoming Bethesda titles. In any case the fact all of these games now come day one to gamepass Blows Sony out of the water as far as value is concerned. Face it.

Gamepass includes EA play and soon every Bethesda release going forward outside timed exclusives day one into the best gaming service there is for a low price per month.

This announcement saved me from bothering to even buy a PS5 at launch as there is literally nothing i want to play on it bar the next Naughty Dog title.

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@reznik00: Wow you just summed up ps5, good job... That's what's going to happen...

People this persons to smart for their own good, their like a baby holding nuclear codes, yet sent sure what they said...

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@reznik00: Here let me dust off your tinfoil hat.

You have a good day m'kay.

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@reznik00: Man the fanboy is real in you. I didn't think the Zenimax acquisition would hurt people this badly. Phil Spencer said that the upcoming Zenimax related games will be put on other consoles on a case by case basis. That potentially means that Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Wolfenstein, Starfield, etc... will be exclusive to Xbox. Even if it isn't, you can almost guarantee that it'll be a timed exclusive, which is fine by me. And on top of that, I won't have to buy any of those games with Game Pass. If you want to throw the "iT's AlL CoMinG tO Pc AnyWaY" comment out there, ya great. MS doesn't care if you play on PC. You're in their ecosystem. Sony games are coming to PC too. You won't find a PC able to do 4K/60fps standard however. Use your head.

Exclusives make up for such a small part of the overall games. either way. I get to play the third party games on the more powerful system.

With Sony going back on their "we believe in generations" comment. I can play Spider-man: Miles Morales and Horizon 2 on my PS4. Sony fanboys are the ones getting laughed at with all of the Sony backtracking.

Stop being a whiny fanboy, have an open mind, and let people enjoy things. I'll be getting a PS5 down the road like I did with this gen, with the PS4.

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@Shantmaster_K: lol i think it is just pure denial. As much as i love Xbox i still want them to port some games to Switch . I really don't care much about Sony as they love ripping people off as is the case with Spiderman which clearly could have been a free upgrade especially for people who have all the DLC.

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@reznik00: How in the hell is Microsoft a 3rd party? Their studios will make 1st party games for the Xbox and Microsoft Windows 10 and possibly sell them to 3rd parties. Sony does the same thing. That doesn't make them a 3rd party in anything more than a trivial sense, rather than their business model. It just makes them more money. When your first sentence makes no sense and your second sentence is a blatant lie, might want to keep your comments shorter because most people will stop reading after that. You imply everyone out there is laughing at people who want to buy an Xbox with no proof to back it up and you talk about facts without mentioning a single one. You guys and your fanboy wars just make you look ridiculous. Its really sad that an electronic device made to play games gets under your skin so much, you have to lie about it and ridicule people who just want to play those games. My daughter prefers PlayStation and my son prefers Xbox so I play on both with them. And when we're playing together, I tell them some of the things I read on here and they just laugh because, despite being young adults, they're above all of this crap.

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@bdrtfm: I believe it's the crack. That or excessive caffeine and access to the internet. Both are very dangerous.

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I'm really looking forward to videos with hands-on with all the new consoles. Bring it on :)

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A lot smaller than I thought, but tbh I'm giving it a miss now they bring all their games to PC.

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damn that thing looks even uglier in real life. check out those fingerprints, it looks like it's been used for years already...

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@WA31988: If you think that is ugly I recommend you don't look at a PS5; that thing might make you cry.

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@ssdd_again: Did i even mention the PS5? or implied it looks better or worse ? or is the fanboyism bug bites so hard you can't resist the itch?

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@WA31988: That's it, I'm throwing out my Receiver, my phone and the glass table in my living room. These fingerprints need to go.

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@wahsobe: maybe you should. your phone in particular if you mainly use it to type such irrelevant comments. The finish on the 360 was somewhat fingerprint resistant. This new xbox design had no R&D in it and it shows. it's a 500 dollar product and it SHOULD look like a 500 dollar product which it doesn't. turn down the fanboyism and be real. you know it looks cheap and MS should know that to put more effort in their future designs. guess fanboys never demand quality and before you mention the PS5. I don't like its design either but atleast their tried. MS did not.

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@WA31988: It's a boring black brick but that doesn't make it a bad design. Just boring and basic. I would hardly call it cheap and saying so without even touching it doesn't make you look any more intellectual. (Well it does but not in the way you're hoping) You have no idea how easily it has picked up fingerprints because you have no idea how many, nor how clean, the hands were that touched it.

He also mentions that it's a non-final build of the machine, which seems odd as I would assume the hardware has long been finalized. For all we know all that non final build talk could even be about the final refinements to the casing. Personally I'll hold off judgement until I get it in my hands, or at least wait for the upcoming review.

PS. Sorry to disappoint, the only fanning going on here is the flames of your keyboard rage.

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@WA31988: you do realize that everybody in their office was probably touching it and holding it as well right? You're honestly complaining about fingerprints?!?

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@archiegamerdad: still since its basically a rectangular box with no creative angular look to it, they should've atleast gave it an anti fingerprint coating or something. Having "premium" specs n all, it doesn't look premium at all .Hopefully the next revision looks less hideous

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@WA31988: It does mean you can get wonderful special editions such as Fluro Green Halo console , or a huge custom designed picture on it :).
I would love to see them to a crystal one like they did with original Xbox.

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@WA31988: I get that some people think it's ugly. Everyone's tastes are different. I think the design looks fine. Compared to the PS5 design, the Series X looks downright magnificent. And let me say that I'm also getting a PS5 and I love Sony's exclusives. I didn't mean to come off like a d*ck, I was just surprised to see complaints about fingerprints of all things.

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@archiegamerdad: i literally can't fit the PS5 in my current cabinet so that gets a hard pass for a year or so.

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@archiegamerdad: It took the PS5 to make a basic black cuboid look good.

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@wahsobe: Well if you are going to base the design on an early 2000's router and think that is in any way trendy they deserve the backlash.

What happened to Japanese hating large consoles. That was the excuse they used with original Xbox it was too big for their homes lol. Now they have to contend with a giant size console in a PS5 or a compact Series S or great looking designed Series X.

To be honest the Series S is more the design i would have expected the PS5 to be only a bit larger.

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@deviltaz35: Yah It kinda looks like a fancy router and the 360 had a baby and it turned out to be the liger of the console world.

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can you test whether un-patched xbox one games run at boosted frame rates and/or resolutions? like games that have NOT gotten xbox one x enhancements

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I'll probably buy one 2021 xmas, when it functions as it should, with a few games I want to play.

I just started Spider-Man on the PS4, next I'll play Zelda on the Switch and I still have about 5 games to play on xbox. Along with all the TV I want to watch, my backlog will easily occupy my leisure time until then.

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So that's why you guys are giving them so much love and attention. They're letting you play with their console. No surprise.

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Plays video games at higher graphic fidelity and has more features than PS5...

Halo Infinite is $59.99 and be played on XBOX ONE and XBOX series X are $59.99

Call of Duty: Cold War XBOX ONE edition that can be played on XBOX series X for $59.99

Call of Duty: Cold War XBOX series X for $69.99?

You have to pay more for a little bit higher graphic fidelity? A feature that has been readily available on Windows PC video games for decades? For $10 are you getting more story or objects on screen?

Weird pricing transition sort of a turn off really so I am going to wait it out and watch video game prices because at $69 a video game I won’t be buying many video games next generation...

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@systemoverload: With Game Pass, you won't have to worry about paying for a lot of games.

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@Shantmaster_K said:

@systemoverload: With Game Pass, you won't have to worry about paying for a lot of games.

Oh yeah, nevermind, you're too far down the rabbit hole to be saved. Imagine advertising an anti-consumer service that will effectively destroy gaming, something you claim to love. It's 2002 all over again and you're spearheading the charge to make this hobby worse. I really hope you feel good about yourself, I'm sure you do, because you should be utterly ashamed. You are no gamer, just an entitled child.

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@reznik00: Lmao, what a sad individual. Take off your tin-foil hat and your fanboy glasses. Game Pass is pro-consumer and pro-developer. Developers have openly said they have made so much more money having their games on Game Pass with the increased traffic.

Enjoy paying $70 for games.

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@reznik00: Jesus christ. You're an absolute stick in the mud. Maybe you should go get a hug and stop being an asshole. You're just throwing accusations all over the place with nothing to back it up, insulting people for saying they're excited about something, trying to raise yourself up by tearing others down. Please just take a breath and recognize what you're doing.

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@stereoknob: Agreed - I think he needs a hug. So much anger.

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Lucky! I'm just glad I secured my Series X yesterday.

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@rasterror: are you positive it’s not a one x though?

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@rodoxthedark: I waited outside of Gamestop and secured mine.

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@rasterror: that is a real gamer with true dedication :)

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@rodoxthedark: Its fun. We all just hung out really.

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way to brag much??

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I can make up my own mind, thanks.

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