

Those include the latest Forza, Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves. On that front, Microsoft is touting a launch lineup with breadth - it showed off 42 games at the Xbox One X's launch news conference, 22 of which are exclusive to Microsoft at launch. When it comes to that decision, however, most gamers probably either have their console allegiance set or will be relying on exclusive games to decide which of those two machines is right for them. But it is much more than the competing PlayStation Pro, from Sony. Given the components - the graphics cards, the processors - that have gone in the Xbox One X, the price tag is actually fairly reasonable looking purely at its build cost. They showed up side-by-side at the event, which was useful for size comparisons, but also a pretty clear indication that they both have Microsoft's full support.

But Microsoft is very much promoting both the Xbox One X and the Xbox One S at the same time. That's a bit of a shift for gaming customers, who have become very used to having one console option from a company. If your Xbox One or even Xbox 360 is on its last legs and you can't justify the price of the Xbox One X, that's probably your best option. You may remember that Microsoft last year announced the Xbox One S, a console that can also show games in 4K, though not natively - meaning it's not quite as fluid.
