Buying an Xbox Series X: What You Need to Know

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Here’s our breakdown of the Series X, and what we love about it.

1. Xbox Game Pass

Among our favorite new features on the Series X is Xbox Cloud gaming, which is included as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

Game pass allows you to stream an extensive library of games from the cloud onto your device. That means you can bypass downloading, installing, and updating times to hop right into your game.

2. Even more new features

Gamepass isn’t the only thing that’s new. The Series X also features an upgraded SSD that drastically reduces load times in-game vs. the HDDs of previous generations.

It also has slightly larger capacity, so it can fit more games.

What’s more, it is also the most backward compatible console of all time, meaning it’s compatible with a wide range of controllers and games.

3. Amazing specs

The Xbox Series X is a massive step above previous generations – up to four times as powerful as its predecessor.

The Series X features AMD’s Zen 2 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a custom-amde AMD Navi-based 12 teraflop GBU. It also reads speeds as high as 2GB per second.

Want more storage? There’s also an expansion slot in the back of the console for added storage, which plugs right into the Console’s motherboard for incredible. Speeds. That’s not all – it features a BLU-ray disk reader for playing your favorite games and movies, supporting 4K, HDR10, and Dolby Vision technology.