Xbox One S Theoretically Supports Native 4K Games

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Microsoft’s Xbox One S seems to be a bit more powerful than the standard Xbox One console – the GPU saw a bump up, and the eSRAM seems an according increase in its bandwidth – so maybe it should come as no surprise that games on the system can look and perform a bit better than their counterparts on the original Xbox One systems, too.

Although Microsoft maintains that the spec increase in Xbox One S is marginal, and mostly for video playback support at UHD, HDR, and 4K resolutions, Microsoft’s Albert Panello revealed that developers also have the option to run a game at native 4K resolutions on the Xbox One S, should they wish to.

“If they want to [run at 4K], they can. As you said, if a developer had a game that could use it we are enabling 4K framebuffers, but only on Xbox One S consoles,” Albert Penello, senior director of product marketing and planning at Microsoft, told Digital Foundry.

So, it sounds like the Xbox One S is actually basically a full fledged incremental bump for the console and its specs, as opposed to being just a simple slimmer, aesthetic revision of the console.



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MickersPosted:

This is good news, still will not be getting it.

M9zPosted:

I'll be getting this anyway just for the better specs, and cuz my room mate wants it as is fronting half for it, so we'll see how it goes

SupervisorPosted:

Looks great, but Scorpio is life

9ntyPosted:

This console looks cool and sounds cool but no thanks.

MushroomElmPosted:

1989
Eli Personally I don't think it's worth it. I like how it looks and the size but I still am going to hold out until the Scorpio launches.


Thats supposed to be in a couple years i thought and be the new xbox console?


Microsoft has stated neither of these 'new' consoles are 'new' in a sense of leaving the Xbox One generation. It launches next year, 2017 Holidays(Christmas time).

But I, too, would just wait for the Scorpio and enjoy that one instead.

1989Posted:

Eli Personally I don't think it's worth it. I like how it looks and the size but I still am going to hold out until the Scorpio launches.


Thats supposed to be in a couple years i thought and be the new xbox console?

1989Posted:

I need to gather money for this as i really do like the look of it.

XboxPosted:

Personally I don't think it's worth it. I like how it looks and the size but I still am going to hold out until the Scorpio launches.

NickPosted:

This all sounds really cool and stuff, but I think it's best that I still wait for the scorpio.