Ifølge adskillige rygter sigter Xbox Series X angiveligvis efter 12 teraflops, der gør den en del kraftigere end tidligere konsolmodeller, men det er åbenbart ikke let at behage alle, særligt ikke udviklere der har investeret interesse i at konsoller er så kraftfulde som overhovedet muligt.
For nylig udgav Digital Foundry en artikel om Xbox Series X, hvor de siger at konsollen kommer til at kunne ramme det forøgede antal hestekræfter ved at hæve TDP'en, altså mængden at strøm der trækkes ind. Det er Gearbox' Randy Pitchford ikke synderligt tilfreds med.
Mere specifikt står der følgende:
"Transistor density is unlikely to have doubled, meaning that the primary route forward for increased performance is frequency - and lots of it. Increasing clock-speeds gets more performance and therefore more value from the silicon, but the harder you push, the more power you need. And the more power you need, the more heat you produce - necessitating innovation in terms of thermal dissipation."
Hertil siger Pitchford via Twitter:
"Is Moore's Law slowing down? How many transistors in the Series X? What if Moore's Law is like the 4-minute mile? Your ambitious message for the Xbox One X was inspiring, but for Series X, well, this feels more like an excuse."