10 takeaways for a Merry Xbox One X-mas

Need more reasons to get the world’s most powerful console for a loved one these holidays? We understand how difficult it can be to find the perfect gift for the gamer in your life!

Or maybe you’re already a pro with an Xbox One X in hand, and keen to find out more about the features the deliver an immersive and special true 4K gaming experience.

Flip through the slider below to for our top 10 favorite facts and features that will move the Xbox One X from your wishlist, to your Christmas shopping list!

One special number

The retail packaging for the Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition pays tribute to the original Xbox packaging – its looks are borrowed from first Xbox console’s box design back in 2001. Each Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition also features a number printed on the body holding a special meaning. Can you figure out what that number means?

The smallest Xbox One ever

Each hardware component of Xbox One X was built from the ground up to fit together and minimize wasted space inside the console, resulting in our smallest Xbox One footprint ever at 60mm tall x 300mm wide x 240mm deep.

More power than three consoles combined

The Xbox One X is more powerful than the three preceding Xbox consoles (the original Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One) combined. In fact, an Xbox One X is more than 1,000 times more powerful than the original Xbox at 5.8 GFLOPS vs. 6 TFLOPS!

1080p great, 4K best

Gamers with full high-definition (1080p) televisions will experience all the benefits of Xbox One X – games run smoothly, look great and load quickly. Games that render at 4K are automatically supersampled to 1080p, resulting in high quality antialiasing. Of course, having a 4K TV lets you make the most out of the Xbox One X’s capabilities!

Teamwork!

From conception to creation, the Xbox One X was a team effort. All in all, more than 500 engineers played a significant role in bringing the world’s most powerful console to life! The same design team that worked on the Xbox One and Xbox One S also designed Xbox One X.

Halo, is it me you’re looking for?

Every Xbox One X features an imprinted image of a tiny Master Chief riding a scorpion. Working with the team at 343 Industries, we found a way to imprint the Master Chief inside every Xbox One X, building on the heritage of one of our biggest franchises into the newest member of the Xbox One family.

Reporting back to base

“Hello from Seattle” can be spotted printed on the surface of every Xbox One X console. As with Xbox One S, every Xbox One X console features a special greeting from Microsoft’s hometown.

Play ALL the games

You can play all existing Xbox games (including on Xbox One X without the need for a game update or any work from developers. There’s now more than 400 Xbox 360 games playable via backward compatibility on Xbox One!

Turn 10 got the first taste of X

Turn 10 Studios was the very first development team to get hands on with the power of Xbox One X. The engineering team showed up at Turn 10 studios with a box of loose parts that made up one of the first Project Scorpio prototypes, and after a few hours, had an early version of Forza Motorsport 7 up and running.

Tested in the quietest place on earth

Far from being loud, you’ll be impressed by how quiet the Xbox One X is while getting your game on. In fact, Xbox One X’s sound output was tested in Microsoft’s anechoic chamber, which holds the Guinness World Record for the quietest place on earth.

In case you’ve missed it, here’s a peek at what’s under the hood:

Faster processing and smoother gameplay: The 8-core Custom AMD CPU is clocked at 2.3GHz to bring enhanced AI, real world detail, and smoother interactions to your gaming
More memory, bigger worlds: 12GB GDDR5 of graphic memory add speed and power to game performance to enable bigger worlds, further horizons, and quicker load times
Immersive worlds, life-like detail: A 6 Teraflop GPU enables 4K environments and characters to become more realistic than ever, with more detail and smoother animations
Memory bandwidth means faster load times: Game graphics are faster and more detailed with 326 GB/sec memory bandwidth, to keep your gaming momentum flowing

Give the gift of gaming and spread some holiday cheer with the Xbox One X – available in selected markets on the Microsoft Store, as well as your favorite retailers.