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jordanlund@lemmy.one 9 months agoHistoric generations were about 5 years…
The big problem with the Xbox One was that it was underpowered because of the Kinect requirement, so they ditched Kinect then rebranded as the Xbox One S, throwing in a 4K Blu Ray player.
Still wasn’t enough, so the One X had full 4K capabilities.
If they had launched with the One X things would have looked a lot different.
atocci@kbin.social 9 months ago
How did the Kinect factor into things in terms of power?
jordanlund@lemmy.one 9 months ago
Microsoft required 10% of system resources be reserved for Kinect support, even in games that didn’t support Kinect features.
eurogamer.net/how-the-xbox-one-gpu-reserve-unlock…
That reduction in horsepower for the actual games showed up in reduced resolution and framerate.
Lifting that restriction allowed the Xbox One to reach parity with the PS4.