I can almost taste it.

我幾乎能嚐到它的味道。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

Okay, maybe not that close,

好吧，也許沒有那麼接近。

but the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S

但Xbox系列X和Xbox系列S。

are both arriving on November 10th.

都是11月10日到達。

This tiny, dinky little Xbox Series S

這款小巧玲瓏的Xbox系列S。

is priced at $299

售價為299美元

and the larger, more powerful Xbox Series X

以及更大、更強大的Xbox系列X

comes in at $499.

在499元。

This is our first look at both of these next-gen consoles.

這是我們對這兩款次世代遊戲機的第一印象。

Okay, so quick caveat.

好吧，所以快速的告誡。

Microsoft has supplied a preview version

微軟已經提供了一個預覽版

of the Xbox Series X hardware.

的Xbox系列X硬件。

So that means I can't show you everything.

所以，這意味著我不能給你看所有的東西。

There's a few things I can show you

我可以給你看幾樣東西。

like you know the load times

像你知道加載時間

and just some of the new features as well.

和只是一些新功能以及。

Now before we get into the software side,

現在在我們進入軟件方面之前。

let's check out the hardware real quick.

讓我們來檢查一下硬件真正的快。

I'm just gonna say this straight up.

我就直說了吧。

I love the look of the little Xbox Series S.

我喜歡小Xbox系列S的外觀。

Unlike the larger Xbox Series X,

與較大的Xbox系列X不同。

the Series S is designed for 10 ATP and 1440p gaming

S系列是為10 ATP和1440p遊戲設計的。

up to 120 frames per second.

高達每秒120幀。

It can be hooked up to 4K TV and games will be upscaled,

可以掛在4K電視上，遊戲也會升級。

but I think of the smaller Xbox as the Fortnite console

但我認為小號的Xbox是Fortnite的遊戲機

you might have in a bedroom.

你可能有在臥室。

Now, I know what you're thinking.

現在，我知道你在想什麼。

What is this giant black circular thing?

這個巨大的黑色圓形東西是什麼？

Well, the Xbox Series S can also be used as a walkie talkie.

好吧，Xbox Series S也可以作為對講機使用。

(screech) Oscar tango, Charlie, (screech)

奧斯卡探戈，查理，（尖叫聲）。

over and out. (screech)

在和出。（尖叫聲）

Now, this is obviously an Xbox Series S dummy unit.

現在，這顯然是一個Xbox系列S的假人裝置。

So I'm gonna have to test the walkie talkie feature properly

所以我得好好測試一下對講機功能。

and fully during the review.

並在審查期間充分。

Psst, it isn't actually a walkie talkie feature.

Psst，這其實不是對講機功能。

It's just British sense of humor.

這只是英國人的幽默感。

Now, laying walkie talkie jokes aside,

現在，拋開對講機的笑話不談。

the speaker-like grill on the top of the Series S

S系列頂部的揚聲器狀格柵。

is actually used for ventilation.

實際上是用來通風的。

It helps this tiny console stay cool.

它有助於這個小小的控制檯保持涼爽。

You'll also find ventilation at the sides

側面也有通風設施

and at the rear, there's an ethernet port, two USB ports,

後面有一個以太網接口，兩個USB接口。

a HD UMI 2.1 port, the power connector

一個HD UMI 2.1端口，電源連接器。

and an expandable storage slot to increase the 512 storage

和一個可擴展的存儲槽，增加512個存儲空間。

that comes built in.

那是內置的。

You can position the Xbox Series S vertically

您可以將Xbox Series S垂直放置。

or lay it flat horizontally.

或將其水準放置。

And I think the Xbox logo at the front

而且我覺得前面的Xbox標誌

shows you that this is clearly designed to lay flat.

告訴你，這顯然是為了平放而設計的。

And that's probably a good thing because this should fit

這可能是一件好事，因為這應該適合於

in most TV stands.

在大多數電視支架。

As we don't have a fully working Xbox Series S unit,

由於我們沒有一臺完全正常工作的Xbox Series S設備。

I'll leave impressions to a full review,

我會留下印象來做一個完整的評價。

but Microsoft has promised that Xbox Series X games

但微軟已經承諾，Xbox系列X遊戲

will run well on this smaller, less powerful console.

會在這個較小的、功能較弱的控制檯上運行良好。

It uses the same CPU found on the larger Xbox Series X

它使用了與大型Xbox系列X上相同的CPU。

clocked slightly slower and with 512 gig of SSD storage.

時鐘稍慢，並配備512 gig的SSD存儲。

Faster storage and way better CPUs are gonna be the key

更快的存儲和更好的CPU將是關鍵。

for this next generation of gaming.

為這個下一代的遊戲。

So I think the Xbox Series S

所以我認為Xbox系列S

could be a really interesting option.

可能是一個非常有趣的選擇。

If you don't own a 4K TV,

如果你沒有4K電視。

you don't really care about 4K gaming

你根本不關心4K遊戲的事。

and you just want a cheap entry point

而你只是想找一個便宜的切入點

into next gen console gaming.

成下一代遊戲機遊戲。

Now, the Xbox Series X is the complete opposite

現在，Xbox Series X則完全相反。

of the tiny console.

的小控制檯。

It stands proud vertically like some kind of monolith.

它像某種巨石一樣垂直地傲立著。

If you can hear me in there,

如果你能聽到我在那裡。

please, please give me 120 frames a second.

求你了，求你給我120幀每秒。

There's a funky green effect on top,

上面有一種時髦的綠色效果。

and no, it's not actually an LED.

不，它實際上不是一個LED。

It's where the fan sits to push out the warm air.

就是風扇坐的地方，把暖風推出去。

Microsoft promises up to 120 frames per second for 4K gaming

微軟承諾4K遊戲最高可達120幀/秒

with ray tracing

帶射線追蹤

and a lot of architectural changes under the hood.

以及引擎蓋下的大量建築變化。

It's clearly designed to sit vertically

很明顯，它的設計是垂直放置的

even from the basics of the logo at the front,

甚至從前面的標誌的基本內容。

to the fact that it looks a little awkward and large

以至於它看起來有點笨拙和大。

on its side.

在它的側面。

The base also doesn't attach.

基地也不連接。

So there's that.

所以就這樣了。

Unlike the smaller Series S,

與小型S系列不同。

I think most people are gonna have a hard time

我想大多數人都會有一個困難的時間。

slotting this into their existing TV stands.

將其插入到他們現有的電視架中。

It's definitely something you have to consider

這絕對是你要考慮的事情

before you get one these in your living room.

在你得到一個這些在你的客廳。

It's also a massive fingerprint magnet

它也是一個巨大的指紋磁鐵

and my unit already has plenty of smudges.

而我的組織、部門已經有很多汙點。

The port selection on the Xbox Series X

Xbox系列X的端口選擇

is identical to the S

與S

but a big difference is the Series X

但一個很大的區別是X系列

has a 4K Blue-ray drive.

有一個4K藍光驅動器。

Microsoft is going all digital on the Xbox Series S.

微軟將在Xbox Series S上實現全數字化。

So that means if you'd like to buy your games on disc,

所以，這意味著如果你想購買光盤上的遊戲。

or you'd like to share them with your friends,

或者你想和你的朋友分享。

then the Xbox Series X is the obvious choice here.

那麼Xbox Series X就是這裡顯而易見的選擇。

Now, all of this hardware

現在，所有這些硬件

is designed to obviously improve your existing games

是為了改善您現有的遊戲而設計的

but it's also gonna be ushering in a new

但它也會迎來一個新的發展方向

sort of next generation of games

次世代遊戲

that can really take advantage of this new console hardware.

可以真正利用這種新的控制檯硬件的。

So there's obviously the faster storage, the better CPUs

所以很明顯，有更快的存儲，更好的CPU。

and the graphical power that should introduce stuff

以及應該介紹的東西的圖形能力

like ray tracing into the mainstream.

像光線追蹤成為主流。

Both consoles will also come

這兩款遊戲機還將配備

with an updated Xbox controller.

與更新的Xbox控制器。

The key differences are USB-C, a new share button

主要的區別是USB-C，新的分享按鈕。

and an updated D-pad.

和更新的D-pad。

You'll still need to use AA batteries

你仍然需要使用AA電池

or purchase a rechargeable play-and-charge kit separately

或單獨購買可充電的玩耍和充電套件。

for 24 99.

2499元。

There's also one terabyte expandable storage cards

還有一兆字節的可擴展存儲卡。

to increase storage capacity.

以增加存儲容量。

These are priced at $219

這些價格為219美元

which is kind of pricey for storage

昂貴的存儲

but you will need them

但你會需要它們

if you wanna play games that are enhanced

如果你想玩增強型的遊戲

for the Xbox Series X or S consoles.

為Xbox系列X或S遊戲機。

Now, you can of course grab some cheaper USB storage

現在，你當然可以抓住一些更便宜的USB存儲。

and store your games on there,

並將你的遊戲存儲在那裡。

but you will need to copy across these enhanced ones

但您需要複製這些增強型的內容。

to the console, when you want to actually play them.

到控制檯，當你想真正玩他們。

But you should be able to play

但你應該可以玩

a bunch of older Xbox One games from the USB storage.

一堆舊的Xbox One遊戲從USB存儲。

It just really depends where the developers go

只是真的要看開發商的發展方向

and enhance these games

並加強這些遊戲

to really take advantage of the SSD.

才能真正發揮SSD的優勢。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

Now, speaking of older games,

現在，說到老遊戲。

I've been testing a bunch of backward compatible games

我一直在測試一堆向後兼容的遊戲。

over the past week

一週來

and it's fair to say the Xbox Series X improves all of them,

而可以說Xbox系列X對所有這些都有改進。

even though game developers haven't enhanced them

即使遊戲開發者沒有加強它們

for this new console just yet.

為這款新遊戲機還。

Load times are incredibly good in most games now.

現在大多數遊戲的加載時間都非常好。

Let's check out Warframe to show you what I mean.

讓我們來看看Warframe來告訴你我的意思。

Warframe loads in around 30 seconds on the Xbox Series X

在Xbox系列X上，《Warframe》的加載時間約為30秒。

while on the older One X, it takes about a minute longer.

而在老款的One X上，則需要多花一分鐘左右的時間。

Now I'm not going to force you

現在我不會強迫你

to watch too many tedious load screens with me

和我一起看太多繁瑣的加載螢幕。

but doing these comparisons really highlighted

但做這些比較時，真正突出了

just how long it takes for the current Xbox One X

只是目前Xbox One X需要多長時間？

to load games.

來加載遊戲。

I could press A, go grab a coffee,

我可以按A，去喝杯咖啡。

come back and still have time to read an email

回過頭來還能看郵件

before some games load.

在一些遊戲加載之前。

It's encouraging that we're seeing big improvements

令人鼓舞的是，我們看到了巨大的進步。

without developers even touching games

開發者連遊戲都沒有接觸過

and really taking advantage of the SSD in the Xbox Series X.

並真正利用Xbox系列X中的SSD。

These speed improvements are obvious in most games

這些速度的提升在大多數遊戲中都很明顯

and I've noticed them in pretty much every single game

我注意到他們在幾乎每一個單一的遊戲

I've been testing over the past week,

我在過去的一週裡一直在測試。

whether that's Assassin's Creed Odyssey, No Man's Sky

不管是《刺客信條奧德賽》、《無人區》還是《無主之天》

or Red Dead Redemption Two.

或《紅色死亡救贖二》。

Now, let's check out our two worlds

現在，讓我們來看看我們的兩個世界。

which you'll see also benefits from the speed increases.

你會發現它也從速度的提升中受益。

Now on the Xbox Series X,

現在在Xbox系列X上。

you'll notice the outer worlds

你會發現，外太空

loads in around about 10 seconds

約10秒內完成加載

but on the older Xbox One X,

但在老款Xbox One X上。

I have enough time to tell you

我有足夠的時間告訴你

that this new Xbox has an SSD that transfers data

這個新的Xbox有一個SSD，傳輸數據

at 2.4 gigabits per second uncompressed,

以每秒2.4千兆比特的速度解壓。

compared to just 140 megabits per second on the Xbox One X.

而在Xbox One X上，每秒只有140兆比特。

That's why we're seeing these massive improvements.

這就是為什麼我們看到這些巨大的改進。

And while you had to wait minutes

當你不得不等待幾分鐘

for some games to load on the current gen consoles.

為一些遊戲加載在當前世代的遊戲機上。

and now the Xbox One's ancient hard drive

而現在Xbox One的古老的硬盤驅動器

has stopped spinning and finally loaded.

已經停止轉動，終於裝上了。

Congratulations on your second place there buddy.

恭喜你獲得第二名，夥計。

Now, I could show you a bunch more comparisons

現在，我可以給你看更多的比較。

but I think you get the point.

但我想你明白我的意思。

I'm now really looking forward

我現在真的很期待

to seeing what game developers can do

看看遊戲開發者能做什麼

to really take advantage of the SSD.

才能真正發揮SSD的優勢。

(dramatic music)

咍

Another advantage of the power inside the Xbox Series X

Xbox系列X內部電源的另一個優點是

is a new feature called Quick Resume.

是一個新的功能，叫做快速恢復。

The Xbox One had a similar feature

Xbox One也有類似的功能

but it kinda didn't really work very well

但效果並不理想。

and it just felt like most games didn't really support it.

而且感覺大多數遊戲都不支持它。

It was hit-and-miss shall we say.

可以說是一擊即中。

Now that is definitely not the case in the Xbox Series X.

現在Xbox系列X絕對不是這樣。

As you can see, I'm able to quickly swap

正如你所看到的，我能夠快速地交換了

between multiple games here

在這裡的多場比賽之間

and they all individually resume

他們都各自恢復

after around about five seconds of swap time.

經過大約五秒鐘的交換時間。

This feature takes advantage of the SSD

此功能利用了SSD的優勢

on the X box Series X

X系列X盒上

and I was able to quickly swap between five games freely.

並且我能夠快速地在五個遊戲之間自由切換。

The limit will really depend

限額將真正取決於

on what type of games you're playing.

在你玩什麼類型的遊戲。

It surprisingly still works

竟然還能用

even when you power the console down

即使你關閉電源

or you reboot it for updates

或者你重啟它進行更新

which means you can quickly continue where you left off

這意味著你可以很快地繼續你的工作。

in a variety of games.

在各種遊戲中。

And that's pretty great.

那是相當不錯的。

If you're busy tackling a single player campaign game

如果你正忙於處理單人戰役遊戲

and then your buddy invites you to play a multiplayer game,

然後你的好友邀請你去玩一個多人遊戲。

you can just tap the Invite and not worry about save points.

你可以直接點開邀請函，不用擔心攢積分的問題。

When Quick Resume works, it works really well.

當快速履歷工作時，它真的很好用。

I have run into times where games are frozen up

我曾遇到過遊戲被凍結的情況。

or Quick Resume hasn't worked properly.

或快速履歷沒有正常工作。

This is a preview on Xbox so,

這是在Xbox上的預覽，所以。

I'm not going to judge it too harshly just yet

我暫時還不會對它作出太苛刻的評價

but not every game does support Quick Resume though.

但並不是每個遊戲都支持快速恢復。

So games like Sea of Thieves,

所以像《海賊王》這樣的遊戲。

those big, massive online multiplayer games,

那些大型的，大規模的在線多人遊戲。

they didn't work with Quick Resume

他們沒有用快速履歷

and it kind of makes sense.

而且它是一種有意義的。

They're not the sort of single player campaign mode

他們不是那種單人戰役的模式

where you quickly switch out and you just resume it later.

在那裡，你快速切換出來，你只是恢復它以後。

They'll carry on in the background

他們會在後臺進行

regardless of whether you're playing them or not.

無論你是否在玩它們。

Now games that do support it

現在支持的遊戲

will throw up a little Quick Resume at the top right,

會在右上角拋出一個小小的快速履歷。

So you know exactly when your game is coming back to life.

所以你能清楚地知道你的遊戲何時恢復生命。

Since this is a preview Xbox Series X,

由於這是Xbox系列X的預覽版。

I'm not gonna delve too deep into performance just yet

我暫時還不會對性能進行太深入的研究。

especially as games haven't been fully optimized

尤其是遊戲還沒有完全優化

for this new console.

為這個新的控制檯。

We'll leave the side-by-side frame rate comparisons

幀率的並列比較我們就不說了。

to the excellent folks at Digital Foundry.

向Digital Foundry的優秀員工緻敬。

But what I will say is I'm really impressed

但我想說的是，我真的很感動

with just how speedy and smooth games feel.

與只是速度和流暢的遊戲感覺。

It feels like I'm playing a typical Xbox

感覺就像在玩一款典型的Xbox遊戲一樣

but one that's actually keeping up with how I want to play

但一個真正跟上我想玩的遊戲的人

with higher frame rates and smoother gameplay

具有更高的幀率和更流暢的遊戲性。

and with way lower load times.

並以較低的方式加載時間。

I wasn't able to test all the games I wanted to

我沒能測試所有我想測試的遊戲。

on the Xbox Series X just yet,

在Xbox系列X上還沒有。

simply because Microsoft is still testing

只是因為微軟還在測試

a bunch of these games to make sure they run well.

一堆這些遊戲，以確保他們運行良好。

I was however able to play Destiny Two.

不過，我卻能玩到《命運二》。

Here is bungee shooter running on the Xbox Series X

這裡是在Xbox系列X上運行的蹦極射擊遊戲。

and overall, it feels just that bit much smoother.

而且整體感覺就是順暢了很多。

The only obvious load time improvements for the game.

遊戲唯一明顯的加載時間改進。