Xbox Series X and Series S
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| Developer | Microsoft |
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| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Ninth generation |
| Release date | 2020 |
| Predecessor | Xbox One |
| Emulated | ✗ |
The Xbox Series X and Series S (collectively, the Xbox Series X|S) are home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. They were released on November 10, 2020, as the fourth generation of the Xbox console family, succeeding the Xbox One family. The Xbox Series X retailed for $499, and the Series S for $299.
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Emulators
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE. ANY YOUTUBE VIDEOS CLAIMING TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Hardware features and peripherals |
Enhancements | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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Enhancements
| Name | Emulator name (N/A) | ||
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| Graphics | Resizable Internal Resolution | ||
| Texture Replacement | |||
| Ultrawide hack Widescreen already supported on Xbox Series system. But there is no support by system for render games in other ratios such as ultrawide 21:9 or super ultrawide 32:9. |
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| Ray-tracing Ray-tracing already supported on Xbox Series consoles. But there are ways to improve path-tracing implementation even further like increasing ray length or more rays per light source etc. |
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| Pre-rendering AA (MSAA, SSAA) |
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| Super-resolution techniques (DLSS, XeSS and FSR 2+) |
Requires access to the depth buffer and temporal data like motion-vectors so it's quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future. | ||
| Performance | Overclock | ||
| Internal Framerate Hack | |||
| Frame generation techniques (DLSS-G, ExtraSS and FMF) |
Implementing frame generation technique in an emulator is unfortunately quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future. Input latency will be the most important factor when it comes to frame generation. | ||
| Built-in Graphics mod editor/manager | |||
| RetroAchievements | |||
| Built-in Cheat Manager | |||
| Free Look Free Look is a enhancement feature that allows manipulation of the in-game camera. |
While freecam would be technically possible, it will require per-game patches. Said patches would require a significant amount of time to reverse the game's engine, which means that only someone talented with enough dedication to a single game could do it. | ||
| Post-Processing | Post-rendering AA (FXAA, TXAA and MLAA/SMAA) |
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| Post-rendering scaling (Sharp bilinear, Lanczos and FSR 1) |
FSR 2 is already supported on Xbox Series consoles. | ||
| Filters | |||
| Shader Chain | |||
| TAS features | Macros/Scripts/Lua | ||
| Rewind | |||
| Fast-Forward/Turbo Speed | |||
| Savestates | |||
| Movie recording/playback | |||
| Built-in Custom resolution/CRTSwitchRes For using this on Windows OS you need CRT Emudriver. Another option is using EDID editor tool such as "Custom Resolution Utility". |
N/A Eighth gen home consoles and beyond only have digital video output anyway. | ||
| Mouse Injector Compatible | |||
| Input lag-mitigating technique | |||
| Streamable compression format | |||
| Debug Features | |||
Hardware features and peripherals
| Name | Emulator name (N/A) |
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| Dashboard | |
| Achievements | |
| Xbox network | |
| System Link | |
| Xbox and Xbox 360 emulation (Fission) |
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| Backwards compatibility for Xbox One titles | |
| Blu-ray drive |
Blu-ray drive
Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles support for Blu-ray and DVD movies. However it does not have the capability to play HD DVD and Video CDs because it does not have a built-in CD/DVD or HD-DVD drive. Additionally, the format is not supported by the Xbox Series X/S software. However, you can use an external USB CD/DVD drive to play Video CDs on your Xbox Series X/S, if the drive is compatible with the console and the video files on the Video CD are in a format that the Xbox Series X/S can play.
- See this dedicated page for more information about home media playback support for emulation softwares.
System Link
There are only three known games for Xbox Series X/S that have LAN/System-Link support. However this should not be confused with Fission system-link support which is supported by Xbox Series consoles.
- See Original Xbox hardware features and peripherals, Xbox 360 hardware features and peripherals and Xbox One hardware features and peripherals sections for more information about backwards compatibility and other features.
