Xbox One X is the perfect representation of the tech industry's existential crisis

For the past week I've been staring at an Xbox One X and questioning existence.

OK fine, not just staring. I've spent a lot of time playing around with it, too. It makes things like Gears of War 4 and a 4K Blu-ray of Planet Earth II look great on my 4K UHD screen.

Fundamentally, Xbox One X is the same machine that Microsoft released in 2013. It plays the same games, runs the same apps, depends on the same operating system. You can still plug your cable box into it and watch OneGuide magically sync with your local TV listings.

Most of the things you can do look a little better and run a little faster/more efficiently, sure. The actual casing is smaller than the previous iterations, too. It's a gorgeous $500 machine. But Xbox One X is still just an Xbox One. Read more...