Ngonyaka owodwa odlule namuhla, isizukulwane esisha semidlalo ye-console saqala ngokukhululwa kwe I-Xbox Series X kanye ne-S. One hyper-powered games console ebhangqwe nezelamani ezisezingeni eliphansi, zombili zibheke ukuqhubekisela phambili iminyakazo eminingi emihle iMicrosoft eyenze eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.
Ngakho-ke, iMicrosoft iphumelele kangakanani ekuthatheni kabusha izinhliziyo nezingqondo zabadlali? Ingabe i-Xbox Series S iyiphutha elikhulu? Futhi ziqhuba kanjani izitudiyo zephathi yokuqala ye-Microsoft?
Izibalo Zokuthengisa
I-Microsoft ayikaze ibike izibalo zokuthengisa selokhu i-Xbox One yawela ngokushesha ngemuva kwe-PlayStation 4, kodwa lokho akuzange kumise ukuqagela okunolwazi ukusiza ukuthola cishe ukuthi bami kuphi maqondana nembangi yabo enkulu. Isilinganiso sakamuva sibeka umndeni we-Xbox Series X|S cishe ezigidini eziyisi-8 ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba, udlula i-Xbox One ne-Xbox 360, kodwa okungacaci ukuthi lokho kuhlukaniswe kanjani phakathi kwe-Series X ne-Series S. E-Japan, enye yezimakethe ezimbalwa lapho sinezibalo zokuthengisa zamasonto onke, cishe i-2:1 ivuna i-Series X, noma lelo zwe lingenakukwazi ukuba yi-bellwether yokuthengiswa komhlaba wonke uma kubhekwa ukuthi uhlobo lwe-Xbox lunjani.
Enye indawo yokuqagela izungeza i-Xbox Game Pass. Ngemva kokubika 18 million ababhalisile ngoJanuwari kulo nyaka, manje sekucatshangwa ukuthi isikhule yafinyelela ezigidini ezingama-21 ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba, kushoda izinhloso zokukhula zangaphakathi ze-Microsoft kule nqubo, nakuba lokho kushoda kungachazwa ngu ukubambezeleka okudingekayo kwe-Halo Infinite kusuka ngo-2020 kuya ku-2021.
Ihloniphekile kuzo zonke izimo, futhi ilungile ngokwanele ukuthi isu le-Microsoft elibanzi lokuqhubeka nokuqhubekela phambili, kodwa ifolishi yabalandeli be-PlayStation abangakhomba ukuthengisa nokuzibandakanya kwe-PS5 okushesha kakhulu.
Ukuqhubeka nokuba ikhandidethi lokuqhubeka
Izinyanga eziyisithupha zokuqala zenkathi ye-Xbox Series X|S yabona iMicrosoft iphindaphinda ngokushesha futhi yengeza kuhlelo lwesofthiwe eyabelana ngalo ne-Xbox One. Izengezo ezibalulekile ezifana ne-FPS Boost zakhishwa, inika ngokushesha amathani emidlalo emidala ye-Xbox One ukuqasha okusha kwempilo engama-60fps. Lokho kuhambisane nemidlalo eminingi ebuyekezwayo ngokusekelwa kwehadiwe ye-Xbox Series, kokubili ngokomdabu nangokuvuselelwa kokuhambisana okubuyela emuva. I-Xbox intshontshe ngempela imashi kuleyo ndawo, kodwa I-PlayStation ifinyelele ukulingana ngemuva kwezigcawu.
Kwakukhona nezinye ezicashile izinga lempilo liyashintsha ku-Quick Resume, a Ideshibhodi ye-4K ku-Series X, Futhi Ukusekelwa kwe-Dolby Vision lapho udlala. I-Night Mode entsha iphinde yajoyina iqoqo lezinketho zokufinyeleleka ngohlelo lwe-Xbox.
Isibuyekezo esilandelayo esichazayo kungenzeka kungabi se-Xbox Series, kodwa nge-Xbox One, nge I-Game Pass isakaza kancane iphuma kumadivayisi amasha. Ngalokho iMicrosoft ingaletha noma yimiphi imidlalo ye-Xbox Series ekhethekile yesikhathi esizayo ku-hardware yesizukulwane esidala, ngenxa yokuthuthukiswa okugcwele kusuka kuma-server we-Xbox One S kuya ku-Xbox Series X.
I-Xbox Game Pass ilethe inqwaba yesabelomali esikhulu nemidlalo emincane, ngokuvamile osukwini lokuqala.
Isici se-Game Pass
Lokho emqondweni, kufanele sicabangele i-Game Pass, esiphenduke isizinda sesu lokumaketha ne-console le-Microsoft eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Yebo, imigomo yokukhula yehle ngonyaka odlule, kodwa kusengacaciswa ukuthi bengeze ababhalisile abacishe babe yizigidi ezi-5. Lokho kungenxa yokusebenza kweMicrosoft ukuletha ingxube ebanzi yesabelomali esikhulu se-AAA nemidlalo ye-indie etafuleni.
Ingxenye yokuqala ka-2021 yabona ukuthandwa kwe-Outriders ne-MLB: The Show 21 ibamba izihloko zezindaba, kodwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule sibone i-Back 4 Blood, The Artful Escape, Surgeon Simulator 2, Moonglow Bay, Twelve Minutes, Hades, The Ascent, Cris. Izinganekwane, Sable, Aragami 2, nokunye okuningi. Cha, akuyona yonke into okumele idlalwe, kodwa kulabo abathanda ukubeka umunwe wabo kumfutho wegeyimu noma bazame imidlalo eminingi eyahlukene, i-Game Pass ivamise ukukuvumela ukuthi wenze lokho kanye. Ngiyazi ukuthi kungisizile ukudlala imidlalo ebengizodlula kuyo kwezinye izimo.
Impela, kukhona imidlalo yephathi yokuqala emikhulu engiyishiyile kulolo hlu….
I-Microsoft Flight Simulator yahlala ku-Xbox Series X|S kuleli hlobo.
Ngakho-ke, i-Xbox inezikhethelo manje?
I-Microsoft ibheje izigidigidi ekuthengeni izitudiyo nabashicileli ukuthi bajoyine amaqembu abo okuthuthukisa iqembu lokuqala, kodwa kuthatha isikhathi eside ukubona izithelo zalowo msebenzi. Ingxenye yalokho kungenxa yezibopho ezikhona nezinkontileka. I-Deathloop ikhethekile ku-PlayStation 5 unyaka, ngokwesibonelo, ngenkathi kukhishwa kuleli hlobo I-Psychonauts 2 bekuyiphrojekthi ethathe iminyaka eminingi okufanele futhi ikhishelwe i-PlayStation - umdlalo omuhle kakhulu, ngakho uwudlale noma kuphi lapho ungakwazi khona.
Isu lingase liphumelele ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kodwa akekho ozotshala ku-console ecosystem uma zingekho izinzuzo ezinkulu nemidlalo ekhethekile. Ngokujabulisayo, i-Xbox Game Studios ingaletha ngokukhululwa kwe Flight Simulator ehlobo, the sublime Forza Horizon 5 izolo nje, ukukhululwa okumangalisayo kwe-cross-gen, kanye nethemba elikhulayo le Halo Infinite ngemuva ukuhlolwa kwayo kwabadlali abaningi futhi umkhankaso wakamuva wembule kabusha. Ababili kulawa ma-hitter amakhulu amathathu akhishwa yi-cross-gen.
IForza Horizon 5 isivele ifinyelele kubadlali abayizigidi ezi-4.5.
Isu elibanzi leMicrosoft nalo libonakala lisebenza. Ukuthi abantu bayathenga noma cha kanye nekhonsoli ye-Xbox Series, noma ngabe bayayikhipha i-Xbox One yabo, noma ngabe abadlali be-PC babhalisela i-Xbox Game Pass noma bathenga imidlalo nge-Steam, benza abantu bazibandakanye nemidlalo yabo. IForza Horizon 5 isigijimele abadlali abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-4.5 ephuma ngesango.
Yebo, u-2021 ubuyele ku-punch endala eyodwa-ezimbili yomdlalo we-Forza ne-Halo, kodwa kukhona isifiso esikhulu sokudla kokubili ngenkathi silinde izitudiyo ezibanzi ukuthi zikwazi ukuletha konke okwamenyezelwa ku-E3 2021 nangaphambili. Kulokhu ngonyaka ozayo, sonke sizobe sinethemba lokuthi sikhuluma nge-Starfield nokunye ukwethulwa komdlalo.
Ingqungquthela yochungechunge S
Namanje asazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani nge-Xbox Series S kulesi sizukulwane. Iqiniso lokuthi inamathela emashalofini esitolo kusho ukuthi asikho isidingo esifanayo sayo eNtshonalanga, kodwa ingaba isango elihle lokungena ezimakethe ezintsha. Ngokusobala lokho kuyingxenye yesu leMicrosoft, asazi nje ukuthi kubahambela kanjani njengamanje.
Ihlala ingumshini onelukuluku lokwazi, okwazi ukuletha isithembiso sokuqala se-1440p kwezinye izikhathi, kodwa ngokuvamile sithunyelwa ku-1080p ngonjiniyela. Lokho kuvame ukuba yisinyathelo esikhulu esizukulwaneni sokugcina ngokudlala okungu-60fps, kodwa lokho kuncike emdlalweni nezinga lokwenza kahle - Guardians of the Galaxy, isibonelo, bakhawulela uchungechunge S lube ngu-1080p30. Kunjalo, uma igeyimu eku-Series X naku-PlayStation 5 ingasebenzi ku-4K yomdabu, enesixazululo esishintshashintshayo noma ithagethi ephansi ye-1440p, lokho futhi kukhawulela okungenzeka ku-Series S. Beka ezandleni ezifanele, ingakhanya, I-Forza Horizon 5 iqondise lelo goli le-1440p ngenkathi inikezela ngemodi yokusebenza engu-1080p60.
Kuyindaba yokulinda nokubona ukuthi iyiphatha kanjani imidlalo onyakeni noma emibili, uma abathuthukisi sebekwazi ukushiya isizukulwane sokugcina ngemuva futhi kungadingeki ukuthi baxazulule ukucushwa kwehadiwe okuningi, kodwa njengekhonsoli yesibili noma indlela eshibhile thola ukufinyelela kumidlalo yesizukulwane esisha, kuhlala kuyibhokisi elincane eligcwele amandla.
Ekhahlela egiyeni
Iqiniso liyatshelwa, akukho okuningi okushintshile kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ikhadi lethu lombiko wezinyanga eziyisithupha le-Xbox Series X. Isofthiwe yesistimu ihlala injengomsebenzi, kodwa isebenza kahle njengoba i-Microsoft iqhubeka nokwengeza izici ze-edge case. Kunokusekelwa okukhethekile okubuyela emuva okuhambisanayo, imidlalo emisha ivamise ukugijima kahle kakhulu, futhi ne-Series S inezinhlamvu zokufinyelela amandla ayo uma nje onjiniyela sebengayinaka kakhudlwana.
Okushintshile kusukela ngisho nasezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi ekugcineni sekukhona i-hype kanye nesasasa lemidlalo yephathi yokuqala yeMicrosoft. I-Forza Horizon 5 iwumjaho we-arcade oyisibonelo odonsa izigidi zabadlali, ukulangazelela kwe-Halo Infinite kuyenyuka. Njengoba i-Starfield ibheke ngabomvu ngonyaka ozayo, kunokwakhiwa okunomfutho. IMicrosoft idinga nje ukuqhubeka nokwakha.
