Microsoft has revealed what Xbox Series X brings, and the hardware of the console itself is confirmed

Microsoft has introduced all the key features of the new Xbox console, and we've learned surprisingly little about what's new.

The Xbox Series X console is less familiar to us than the PlayStation 5 because, unlike the Sony console, at least we know what the next Xbox will look like. However, the puzzle is slowly coming together so today we know some more new details. You may have heard and read about some of the things on the HCL portal, but here they are - now they are official that they can't be official because they were written by Xbox chief Phil Spencer on an official blog. Phil writes like this…

• it has been confirmed that the console will use a specially designed processor using AMD's Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architectures
• The Xbox Series X will have 12 teraflops of computing power, by comparison - that's double the size of the Xbox One X console and nearly three times the PS4 Pro console
• console will support variable rate shading VRS for more stable performance and hardware-derived DirectX Raytracing
• as we already knew, the console will use an SSD, but it has not yet been confirmed how much capacity
• the console will support HDMI 2.1 and 120 fps performance, even at variable image refresh rates
• it has been confirmed that the console will be able to hold multiple games in memory at one time, which means that one game no longer needs to be closed to start another; however, it has not been said how many games will be able to run simultaneously
• it has been confirmed that games with the previous three generations of Xbox will be running on the Xbox Series X console; meaning all games for the Xbox One, and X360 and Xbox titles that Microsoft has made compatible with the Xbox One

Ok, we knew it more or less, except for the teraflops that only technicians would fire anyway; what's really new? One important thing is confirmed, which is the following:

• If you buy a game that is available on both the Xbox One and the Xbox Series X console, with one copy you will be able to play that game on both consoles and the next-gen version will be available for free
• for example, if you buy Halo Infinite for Xbox One, you don't have to pay for the next-gen version of the game on Xbox Series X
• admittedly, this only applies to games made by the Xbox Game Studios team and it has not been revealed whether all intergenerational games will receive such treatment - and they probably won't
• it has been confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 will receive a free upgrade to the next-gen version, but this is the case of CD Projekt Red, other publishers may not be so generous