Was the Xbox One a good console in its own right?

[Kyuu]

Wman1996 said:

Kyuu said:

The One X was a $100+ more expensive and launched a year later. Being much better is a no brainer with that in mind.

For instance PS5 DE was also a $100 more expensive than a Series S, but it launched simultaneously with it and was like 3-4 times more powerful. The One X was imo a waste of money as you only had to wait 3 years to get much more capable and advanced consoles at similar or cheaper prices.

Are you comparing Xbox One X to Xbox Series S as well? Xbox One X would go on sale sometimes for $400 and went on sale for $300 in its last months on the market at most places to clear inventory. 

Xbox Series S is more modern than Xbox One X. But One X has the physical media advantage and typically has higher resolutions. Series X is obviously way more capable than One X or Series S.

Yeah Series S is included in the comparison. It is overall the much more capable machine (Raytracing, higher framerate and settings at the cost of lower resolutions, NVMe SSD, etc), and $200 cheaper. And if you paid just a $100 more you got yourself a PS5 DE (still a $100 cheaper than a One X).

Sure, the One X had some deals but so did current gen consoles. Series S had crazy discounts early in the generation.

PS5 and Series X are on a completely different level, and this is before we factor in QSSR and the inevitable FSR4 which are gamechangers. But hey at least price hikes weren't a thing before the current generation. It's unbelievable how great PS5 and Series X were for their launch price. All they needed is a good upscaler.