Halo Infinite on Consoles: Xbox Series X/S vs Xbox One S/X - Can Xbox One Run It?

Every Xbox console tested with 343 Industries' long-awaited Halo sequel. Open world gameplay defines Infinite, on an engine that scales impressively to all consoles old and new. Xbox One gets the first billing in this analysis as we test original 2013 hardware - where a dynamic 1080p and 30fps cap are respectably held, if let down by uneven frame-pacing. How does Xbox One X, Series S and X augment this experience? Are frame-rates successfully locked at 60fps on more powerful consoles? And what of loading times? Tom runs through every version, every mode, to get you the answers in this breakdown.

[KindOldRaven]

Honestly the 60fps mode on the One X is impressive.

[archetype]

To be completely honest, I'm utterly impressed by the base Xbox One version. Overall looks very respectable, and certainly much better than most third party games recently released on the system.

[timchiou]

I was really impressed with my One X performance. You can feel the load times are long, but overall Performance is damn solid.

[BerryZitoo]

Have the Series X in my Game room and the ONE X in my bedroom. So glad that it runs at 60fps, that console is still a beast to this day !

[Kgknipp]

Really impressed with base XBO. Well done guys. That is a hell of a feat

[raresmacovei]

Reminder that Halo 4 was a technical and visual masterpiece on Xbox 360 at 720p30 while running at 1080p60 on base Xbox One

[driverdis]

As someone with an internal SSD in my old Xbox One X, I may load it up and see what the loading times are compared to HDD for fun since I will be playing on Series X. In Forza, it cut a massive chunk off of loading times although it can’t touch Series consoles by any means.

[arthurprediger]

It seems like they'd changed the framerate caps in the series S modes of 60/120 to 30/60 and forgot to bump up the resolution. Series S version looks rushed comparing with the others.

[cmgaming]

It’s really amazing what they’re able to achieve with those Jaguar Cores. That FX platform is still kicking and it looks amazing on One X.

[szabolcsnyiraty]

I think the 1080p30 on Series S is just for marketing reasons (favouring Series X). That machine could easily handle 1440p30 or even 2160p30 in my opinion.

[greendude]

Compared to how Series X looks, I’d say they did a great job at scaling this game to last gen consoles, unlike CDPR as of recent

[nonnygb]

Really wouldn't be bothered with 120fps mode on Series S but I would love to see them maybe get up to a dynamic 1440p60.

Wishful thinking but the performance in multiplayer on Series S is fantastic.

[Noosebumps]

I get that we all wanna love this game but the Series S's slogan is "simply next-gen" and I'm not seeing anything next-gen about its version of Halo Infinite

strongly hoping they'll at least optimize better for Series S over time

[Miss-Foe]

As someone who is stuck on the Xbox One S I'm quite happy with how it looks and runs. Honestly it's very impressive compared to a lot of games we've been getting lately.

[briengakaplan-b]

They're getting every ounce of power out of the OG X1, I'm rather impressed its still able to run this. This is some quality programming at work.

[stelgeo]

Even though I have a One X at home, I have my launch Xbox One at my parents' place so I can play Halo Infinite MP when I go to visit them. It is a surprisingly decent experience with a wired internet connection and game mode enabled. Looking forward to checking out the SP.

[GamesDays]

Just started playing this on my Series X and I'm HAVING A BLAST!

[soccer]

I’m hoping 343 update the quality mode back to 1440p on series S

[hxrris]

It’s really devastating to me that Halo Infinite is not 120fps on series s. That’s the reason why I bought series s to play 120 but I can’t play it on Halo, Xbox’s flagship title, yes I can play 120 on fortnite for example but I play Xbox for Halo man 😭 really gutted.

[chilldragon]

They got it working on original Xbox one. Remember when Cyberpunk 2077 came out and people were trying to defend it saying "Yeah it's selling on PS4 and Xbox One but it wasn't meant for last gen so don't get mad because it's broken"... Lol