The best Original Xbox Box Mini device would actually just be a Xbox One S (or X)

[Mr Puggsly]

Pemalite said:

Mr Puggsly said:

An OG Xbox device wouldn't be very impressive with lesser specs than a X1S. Especially if you wanted online features like accessing a store, improved resolutions, improved performance, etc. With that said, just push the current console for nostalgia reasons. Also, if you wanna play some classic Halo games online then Halo MCC.

Lesser specifications doesn't mean you give up access to an online store, improved resolutions, improved performance. - They're original Xbox games, they can run on a toaster.
You could take the Xbox One S chipset and almost cut it in half and it will still be more than sufficient.

Not quite, to make the Gamecube, Wii and PS2 emulators to work well you need a pretty good or modern CPU. Essentially the same CPU power to make modern games run well. Not what I consider a toaster. To boost the resolution and other settings it requires even more power.

Also, if they use different hardware that means they have to port the existing emulator or create a new one. With all that taken into consideration, it makes sense to use existing hardware (Xbox One S) which plays OG Xbox games very well already with improved visuals. Its more work to create new hardware that plays OG Xbox games just as well, create an online storel also a new device wouldn't have all the features X1 has. The X1 is already doing what people want, so why move away from that to make an inferior device?

Another option is creating a revised Xbox One that's cheaper to produce. Maybe something MS is working on for the final years. Kinda like the Xbox 360 E model.

Last edited by Mr Puggsly - on 28 December 2018