Xbox One X: 9 Ways Microsoft Can Avoid A Total Failure

8. Incentives To Upgrade That Aren't Graphics-Related

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While the additional graphical horsepower found in the PS4 Pro is pretty impressive, it was actually the other under-the-hood improvements to the console that were the most appreciated.

The upgraded hard drive was a godsend for players who hadn't updated their memory capacity since picking up the original PS4 at launch, while the heavily improved wifi finally made downloading big game files and patches that bit less of a headache.

They might not be as flashy as being able to say your six-teraflop machine can output thousands of pixels natively or run beautiful HDR images, but increasing the performance of other internal features that aren't related to sheer graphical power will be essential in making the Xbox One X seem like a significant step up from the original.

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