Features:

  • Games play better on Xbox One X. Experience 40% more power than any other console
  • 6 teraflops of graphical processing power and a 4K Blu-ray player provides more immersive gaming and entertainment
  • Play with the greatest community of gamers on the most advanced multiplayer network
  • Works with all your Xbox One games and accessories
  • Great for 1080p screens-games run smoothly, look great, and load quickly
4K gaming and movies are amazing.

I’ve been a Xbox gamer since the 360. I had the original fat Xbox 1 and games were starting to get bogged down and crashing, especially the new COD:BO4. I recently upgraded to a 4K tv and figured since the price came down for the start of the holiday season to buy it. All I can say is wow, it was like going from standard definition gaming to HIgh definition all over again. COD:BO4 is running so much better now and hasn’t crashed yet. I would highly recommend the X1X! (Photo shows Directv box on top of the Xbox 1 X.)

4K Back-compatibility is worth the price of admission

If your fan is making a grinding noise, send it back. Got a refund, ordered another one and I’m happy to say it’s whisper quiet. The only thing you should really hear is the mass quantity of air being moved through this thing. Back of the box feels like a hair dryer when running 4K but this is normal. Microsoft has been putting out some really impressive hardware in recent years and this is no exception. Witcher 3 in 4K is a great upgrade. Halo 5 feels like it was made to be in 4K. 360 games in 4K are a real stand out feature. Red dead in 4K is a game changer. Halo 3 in 4K is pretty amazing as well.

While this looks great in 4k

While this looks great in 4k, the big winner is the performance. Even if you dont own a 4k tv, you can appreciate how much smoother games run on it.

Upgraded from the original One

Wow. wooowwww. The moment you pick it up it becomes clear this is a quality product. Just the shear weight alone you know the hardware inside is as rock solid as its exterior. Insane specs that are instantly clear transitioning from the original xbox one. I made the change, because I game enough it was worth it. 1 TB of memory +2 TB external storage. I practically never need to worry about memory for a while. The screen transitions are so smooth, games like The Division, Ghost Recon, R6 Siege, Battlefield, Gears of War. They all look incredible. I went from 720p with my TV and Xbox One to 4K with a Samsung TV and The X1X and just wow. PS4 people can pretend they have the better hardware but this is literally the best spec-ed console. Outperforms the PC I built for almost 2.2k. Night and Day.

Great system if you can get past the price.

Got this after upgrading to a 4k UHD TV it is way better than what I had ( Original Xbone with old style controller). Games look great in 4k, and everything seems smoother than my old system. It even seems like online functionality is better.

but still a great item to own

Probably not a necessary upgrade from a standard XB1, but still a great item to own. Responsive, good update management (you're not installing an update every time you try to use it like other consoles), will allow resume on more than one game, and currently has the best controller on the market.

Pretty damn great all around, best console hands down.

The extra horse power is easily apparent from the get go, from the Dashboard and guide being super quick and slick, to the 4k HDR options or on certain titles that can't reach 60fps you have 1080p 60fps ultra settings options and a mix of in between for some games. Games like Gears4, Halo5, AC Origins and Shadow of War are awe inspiring in 4k and 1080p performance mode is a dramatic upgrade on some of these same titles. Hell even games without a patch are running seemlessly and to be honest look alittle better by smoothing over alot of jaggy areas. The console it's self is sexy minimalisum and runs pretty quite. Controller is standard with added texture in the grips. Havent streamed in 4k yet but I have captured and screenshot 4k and it's fast and beautiful. Basically I'm completely happy with buying it, I know 500 seems a bit steep but the console preforms and will no doubt be a part of the next generation will all the power still untapped.

the graphics (at least in Fortnite) are instantly noticeably better, and it feels really smooth

I've only played 3 games of Fortnite since playing this. Download speeds for games are faster, the graphics (at least in Fortnite) are instantly noticeably better, and it feels really smooth. 10/10 would recommend.

Speedy and polished

The Xbox One X is my 3rd Xbox system, having owned the 360, Xbox One and now the X. I've enjoyed them all - and the X is by far, the most polished in terms of user experience and user interface. The X truly lives up to the hype of being incredibly fast and delivering superior visuals - as well as audio (Dolby Atmos!) - compared to any other console in existence. 1) Product design: The Xbox One X's design is noteworthy for it's small footprint, quiet operation and effective cooling. I have mine in an open-faced cabinet (an old dresser converted to an entertainment center) and it stays just warm to the touch under heavy load. I love how the power transformer is built into the box, requiring just a regular power cord to be used; I hated those bulky bricks that always seemed to take up too much space behind the cabinet, or on the floor. The aesthetics of the Xbox One X would be best described as 'modern minimalism'. It's not beautiful, nor is it ugly. It's just simple and non-offensive - which is ok in my book. Many other reviewers have commented on the weight of this thing. It IS solid and it's heft conveys an impression of quality; according to the specs the One X is about 1.4lbs heavier than the One. 2) UX/UI: Over the generations of Xbox consoles, I've always felt the UX/UI has always been a step or two behind Playstation. With the release of the One X, there is a new UI which is much less cluttered than the past versions, which is a welcome improvement. There are still some odd navigational design choices than baffle me, such as the odd placement of the "view all" button when perusing the Store categories and the seemingly random Home screen layout. It takes some getting used to - but once you do, those gripes become negligible. Microsoft could definitely take a page out of Sony's design book however... The One X's speed also helps to improve the snappiness of the interface/experience; gone are the lags and pauses of the previous generations. This was one of the first things I noticed with the X - and it's a very welcome improvement. 3) Visuals/Audio: The upgrade to 4K/HDR gaming was more noticeable than I expected it to be. In HDR mode, the image (on my Samsung UHD TV) is super-bright and free of color banding (thanks to 10 or 12 bit color rendering options). Framerates are much more consistent and fluid. Aliasing just seems non-existent now. For those interested, the One X has native 4K games and games that are "checkerboard rendered" to 4K - the latter of which is what the PS4 Pro was crucified for doing. Visually, native 4K and checkerboard 4K may be hard to distinguish, depending on the game. Audio also gets a nice improvement as well with the addition of Dolby ATMOS. My Samsung HW-K850 supports it - but getting the Xbox One X to allow me to select Atmos output was a royal pain in the a$$. To get Atmos to work, you're first prompted to download the (kinda) free Dolby Access app (I say 'kinda' free, because there is an 'Atmos for headphones' option that will cost you $15 to enable). The Dolby app then guides you through the necessary settings you must enable on the Xbox - but this is where it went awry in my case. I kept getting an error code when attempting to enable Atmos - and after chatting with Microsoft support, they had no ideas and chalked it up to a bug that would need to be patched. I did stumble across a solution, in which you must also enable a setting in the TV & One Guide section; "Audio" must be set to "surround" (instead of the default "stereo uncompressed" in that menu too - something the Dolby app (and Microsoft support) missed. I also had to shut off every device in my system, unplug the power from everything for an hour, then turn everything back on to finally get Atmos sound to work. I can only guess this had something to do with renewing the HDMI handshakes between all devices. While I'm not removing a star for this, it is something that *should* be easier to make work. 4) Other features: Coming from the Xbox One w/ Kinect, I had opted to connect my cable box (Charter/Spectrum) - which offers the most outdated and terrible guide/menu in the known universe. Connecting it to the Xbox allows you to use the One Guide instead which is much nicer. The Kinect was able to control all the functions of the cable box, which made a nice, seamless experience. I was concerned that I would have to buy the Kinect adapter cable for the X to retain this functionality, but was pleasantly surprised to find out that the Kinect wasn't necessary, as the X has it's own IR blaster built-in. As long as you don't have any components behind closed cabinet doors, the X's IR blaster is powerful enough to send out the necessary signals. I am now Kinect sensor free! Another nice feature of the X is the fact it plays UHD Blu-Ray discs. I have not played one yet, but knowing that visually, it should be superior to streaming UHD content (from VUDU, Netflix, Amazon, etc), I know it will be awesome. UHD/HDR streaming IS awesome by the way; the elimination of color banding is perhaps the most welcome benefit, aside from the increase in resolution. 5) Final thoughts: Overall, this console is a true performer. If there are any negatives, it would be with the relatively small standard HDD. At 1TB, one may question why this is a negative; After all, the S comes standard with a 500GB HDD. The issue here, is that for games that take advantage of 4K resolution, typically offer higher-resolution textures to go along with it - which, according to Microsoft, can inflate game size by 33% or more. The extra space quickly becomes consumed and the number of games that can be installed at any one time remains about the same as previous generations - which was always a point of contention with users. Of course, you can buy an external drive to overcome this issue - but that is one more thing to buy. I feel that Microsoft may have missed the mark on this one; Why tout the most powerful console ever, and pair it with a HDD that is honestly too small? It's like putting crappy tires on a performance vehicle. But, alas, I hesitate to remove a star for this, as I personally don't play more than a few games at a time - I don't think it will become much of an issue for me.

This thing is amazing

What can I say about this this is pure magic I own the first edition Xbox One and I didn't buy the Xbox One S or anything like that I was hoping that something like this would come out I made the switch from the Xbox One to the Xbox One X and could tell the difference when playing Assassin's Creed origins or any other enhance Xbox game especially on a 4K UHD TV I would advise everyone to upgrade to this it is just amazing the biggest issue I had was setting my TV to True UHD so that the 4K would enable on the Xbox which I just did a simple Google search and took me 2 minutes

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