The current generation of consoles hit the market in November 2020, and despite the difficulties we continue to have today, it seems that the companies are already working on intergenerational models of both machines, as the arrival of the game kits would indicate. development of these machines. However, this begs the question Is an Xbox Series X Pro really necessary?
The quick answer is no, although with nuances. First of all, it should be noted that we do not consider an Xbox Series X Pro necessary when, even today, it is not yet possible to buy a console in any establishmenthaving to be aware of when Amazon, the Microsoft Store or other online stores launch waves of stock that, despite the fact that they now last for days, do not guarantee that whoever wants the console will get it.
Is an Xbox Series X Pro necessary?
Leaving aside the current stock of consoles, and secondly, we do not consider an Xbox Series X Pro to be necessary for a very simple reason: the hardware of the consoles has not yet been squeezed. Almost 2 years after its launch, we still haven’t seen a game that we feel has taken all the juice that the most powerful console in history keeps inside. A Plague Tale: Requiem, as we discussed in our review, is a good starting point, but even so there is still a lot to be done.
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The third reason why we believe that an Xbox Series X Pro is not necessary right now is the price. Unless Microsoft launched this model at the same PVP as the Xbox Series X (something that would actually be likely seeing the case of Xbox One X), launching a new more expensive model, in the current situation, may not be the most appropriate move.
Finally, we close with a reason why we believe it is necessary an Xbox Series X Pro. Despite the fact that the consoles have really powerful hardware, the truth is that we only have to look at the PC namesake to see that if we want 4K to be the standard (at least in next gen games) we need an extra dose of power, or that AMD squeezed the Fidelity FX in the same way that NVIDIA does with DLSS.