During the YouTube Live coverage following Microsoft’s E3 2017 press briefing, Microsoft Game Marketing Head Aaron Greenberg, Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hryb and Executive Creative Director Carl Ledbetter gave more details about the newly announced Xbox One X. Greenberg mentioned that since the Xbox One X is fully compatible with the Xbox One S, you can simply take the ables off your older console, and plug them right into the new one.
The Xbox One X was “not designed to be a low-price product, but a premium product for people that want the very best console gaming they’ve ever seen.”
He also confirmed that the policy dictating that all games need to be compatible for both Xbox One X and the original Xbox One remains in place, as Microsoft is starting to keep things simple for customers.
The controller is essentially the same that ships with the Xbox One S. The Xbox One X and the Xbox One S are designed to look like they belong to the same family of consoles, so they share the same appearance, but also the same behavior.