What does ‘Enhanced for Xbox One X’ actually mean? We asked Microsoft

What does 'Enhanced for Xbox One X' actually mean? We asked Microsoft

By Andrew London

At Gamescom, Microsoft came out with a big claim; at launch there will be over 100 games enhanced for the Xbox One X. But with certain games like ReCore: Definitive Edition not being enhanced to full native 4K, it seems that there might be big differences in the quality of enhancements between games.

When we asked for a definition of what exactly ‘Xbox One X Enhanced’ means, Xbox’s UK marketing manager Harvey Eagle said, “[Enhanced] means different things for different games. It’s really up to the developers to deploy the power of the console in whichever way they feel is right for their game.

“Whether that’s true 4K gaming, HDR, improved frame rates, faster load times, or Dolby Atmos. Those ingredients are [all available, and it’s] up to the games maker to decide how to use them.”

It’s great that developers have choice about what they can change, but obviously it potentially leaves the door open for developers to make minor changes and sell a game as enhanced.

Making changes

To get to the bottom of whether there are any minimum requirements for developers before they can call a game Xbox One X Enhanced, we spoke to Xbox Marketing Manager Albert …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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