When you are discussing whether XBOX ONE X can be unlocked, it can also stimulate these two industries

“Can the Chinese version of XBOX ONE X be unlocked this time?”

With the most powerful console ever, Microsoft XBOX, which has always been at a disadvantage in the competition with Sony PS4, obviously has a chance to make a comeback.

However, you may not have noticed that in addition to whether the Chinese version of XBOX ONE X can be unlocked, the new console will also have an important impact on two other industries.

You have a game console, but do you have a TV?

What is the selling point of XBOX ONE X? True 4K gaming with high-level HDR picture quality!

For console manufacturers, the biggest challenge is whether they can provide enough performance to achieve the ultimate game quality. Fortunately, XBOX ONE X has a floating-point computing capacity of up to 6T, which seems to be no problem.

At the same time, for TVs that match the console, whether they can perfectly display the picture rendering capabilities of the new console after connecting to XBOX ONE X depends on the quality of the screen and the TV picture quality.

We all know that it is not uncommon for a TV to serve in Chinese families for more than ten years as long as there are no major problems. However, the emergence of new game consoles such as XBOX ONE X is urging you to change your TV.

In fact, starting with the previous XBOX ONE S, after adding the new HDR display technology, HDMI 2.0 interface and support for UHD Blu-ray disc playback, it has been announced that some old TVs need to be retired quickly because they cannot experience the upgraded picture quality. The true 4K game that XBOX ONE X will realize will make the new TV's new display technology and features fully unleashed.

Many people regard the television industry as a sunset industry. One of the main reasons is that there is no reason to buy a new TV today. The new game consoles that use television as the main image output terminal are obviously a powerful catalyst to break the bottleneck of this industry.

Console game players who are more willing to pay for an improved experience are undoubtedly a potential consumer group that today's TV manufacturers need to pay attention to. And compared to ordinary TV users who only know how to watch online videos, console players can better understand the value of new products when talking to them about 4K, HDR or HDMI2.0.

With new consoles, is there still a need for gaming PCs?

When it comes to sunset industries in the eyes of most people, in addition to televisions, there is also PC. However, unlike new consoles that stimulate TV consumption and replacement, the emergence of high-performance consoles such as XBOX ONE X may directly announce that in the gaming field, the high-performance gaming PC market will be further disintegrated.

This statement is not directed at PC-based developers and designers, or LOL, DNF and other 300 million mouse-spending online game enthusiasts whose dreams cannot be realized on non-PC platforms.

For true PC players, if the important value of PC in the past is that it can achieve better game graphics than consoles, then the important factor stimulating the PC market is the constantly upgraded graphics cards and CPUs.

From the experience point of view, the advantages of PC over the latest consoles such as XBOX ONE X are no longer obvious, and considering that the price of the console is roughly equivalent to that of a high-end graphics card, DIYing a high-performance PC does not seem so cost-effective.

The previous Sony PS4 console + PSVR has brought the most cost-effective VR gaming experience to the market, especially since it does not seem to be worse than the HTC Vive + high-end PC experience, which is several times more expensive. The Microsoft XBOX ONE X that you will be able to buy soon is probably the most cost-effective 4K gaming device at present.

Looking back, perhaps when Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's XBOX ONE both chose a PC-like basic hardware design, it was predicted that PCs and consoles would go from being competitors on two tracks to more direct competitors in this generation.

Of course, it always takes time to change and cultivate user habits. Especially after the domestic policy banned game consoles more than ten years ago, the road to the return of consoles seems to be rather bumpy.

The Microsoft XBOX ONE X, which is ready to be launched in China, is indeed a good opportunity to stimulate domestic users' attention to consoles. Moreover, it would be even better if it could be unlocked.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.