Microsoft’s Xbox One features an HDMI-in that allows you to connect a TV set-top box or other HDMI device and run it through the console. Many wondered if you’d be able to run a console, like the Xbox 360 or even be sacrilegious and run a PlayStation 4 through the Xbox One. You can; you might not want to though.
The chaps at Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry did just that – and have shown that it does indeed work, but there’s an inherent input lag as the Xbox One needs to scale and resize everything.
Of course, it’s not meant to be an expensive throughput for your other systems, but I was hoping to run my 360 through the Xbox One to save an HDMI port on my TV. For the purpose it’s been designed for, it seems to work exceptionally well.
Of course, some people like to take things to extremes. Kotaku’s got an Xbox 360, running through an Xbox One, running through another Xbox One. It’s ludicrous.
Last Updated: November 20, 2013
iAmWeasel
November 20, 2013 at 09:24
Oh I see the Xbox One can actually play 1080p games.. nifty.
Martin du preez
November 20, 2013 at 09:36
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn!
Admiral Chief Duke
November 20, 2013 at 09:37
LOOOL
John's (JJ's) Annihilation
November 20, 2013 at 09:39
LOL
RinceandShrubbery
November 20, 2013 at 09:43
LOL
raceReady
November 20, 2013 at 09:43
lols ++
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2013 at 09:47
Hahaha despite the lag yes it can.
Rikus
November 20, 2013 at 09:50
Yes, but at a lower frame-rate as usual 🙂
Deano
November 20, 2013 at 10:15
I see the brady bunch are still trying to convince them selves that the Xbox one is’nt going to be great 🙂
Melasco
November 20, 2013 at 10:35
ROFL! Comment of the week right there!
Sageville
November 21, 2013 at 08:47
You sir, deserve a bells!
Lord Chaos
November 20, 2013 at 09:25
Human centipede seems fitting…
Maxiviper117
November 20, 2013 at 09:26
Xbox inception
Gareth L
November 20, 2013 at 09:51
In this case, I think that it’s called an xception.
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 20, 2013 at 09:51
Xbox incest… 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2013 at 09:27
Are they mad? Don’t cross the streams!
Vampyre Squirrel
November 20, 2013 at 09:28
Gameception… you can play a game while playing a game in a game…
Alex Hicks
November 20, 2013 at 09:39
To revive a very old meme:
Yo Dawg! We heard you like to play games, so we put an xbox in your xbox, so you can play, while you play!
ProtestTheMossel
November 20, 2013 at 09:30
The Human cent-iPad. One of my favourite South Park eps.
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2013 at 09:47
Poor Kyle.
ProtestTheMossel
November 20, 2013 at 10:54
No no, he agreed to it. Remember?
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2013 at 10:58
He didn’t read, why wouldn’t he read!
TiMsTeR1033
November 20, 2013 at 09:35
Human Centipede…. The movie was banned in South Africa if I remember correctly.
Vampyre Squirrel
November 20, 2013 at 09:45
Nothing is banned in South Africa… because Internet
TiMsTeR1033
November 20, 2013 at 09:47
I meant a dvd like to rent or buy..
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2013 at 09:48
LOL people still rent?
TiMsTeR1033
November 20, 2013 at 09:54
I do! I like browsing the movies.
Vampyre Squirrel
November 20, 2013 at 12:01
Only to rip the movies 😛
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2013 at 12:11
Well at least the DVD store makes some money from piracy.
Brady miaau
November 20, 2013 at 10:08
I read a news article about it and was so creeped out I saw pictures in my mind for months afterwards
Sageville
November 21, 2013 at 08:49
Nightmare fuel 101
Martin du preez
November 20, 2013 at 09:36
Yo dawg
Admiral Chief Duke
November 20, 2013 at 09:36
Heh, was thinking the same thing
Alex Hicks
November 20, 2013 at 09:40
great minds …
David Speranza
November 20, 2013 at 09:47
how about pc games throught xbox one?
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
November 20, 2013 at 09:53
Works, same lag though – and capped at 1080p.
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 20, 2013 at 09:54
*Upscaled 1080p(a.k.a 720p)
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2013 at 09:49
So what if you plug in that R100 000 into the XBOX One?
RinceandShrubbery
November 20, 2013 at 09:53
It’s called a PC 🙂
HvR
November 20, 2013 at 10:54
The Xbox will jump of the shelf and go cower in the corner begging for mercy or at least a bit of Vaseline.
Unavengedavo(aka. MadeYouLook)
November 20, 2013 at 09:53
I wondered whether all the added “Features” the Xbone had would cause any performance issues… Seems like that is the case
RinceandShrubbery
November 20, 2013 at 10:10
Wow man. We are going to see some weird stuff happening in the next year…
ToshZA
November 20, 2013 at 10:10
We see weird stuff every day on this site. What’s the difference?
RinceandShrubbery
November 20, 2013 at 10:12
Mmm, less Foxhound, more Boxhound? Erm… 0-O
ToshZA
November 20, 2013 at 10:18
You’re going to watch beastiality on your xbone? That’s gross dude, you shouldn’t post stuff like that online.
RinceandShrubbery
November 20, 2013 at 10:20
I should post it to the local church?
ToshZA
November 20, 2013 at 10:28
Better. 😀
Rock789
November 20, 2013 at 10:58
Blasphemy! Now we’re all gonna burn coz of this sacrilege! Will people never learn?!
**runs out the office screaming “The end is nigh!!” down the street**
NickR
November 20, 2013 at 11:16
I just felt the resulting earthquake of you running!
Rock789
November 20, 2013 at 11:21
Exactly! And for a Rock to run, you know that news must be insanely wicked and evil! 😉
iPrimal
November 21, 2013 at 03:07
that picture. Time for nightmares.
That Tall Twit
November 21, 2013 at 11:28
Xboxception?
Jac
November 22, 2013 at 19:20
Try this setup
Amilia Perez
January 4, 2014 at 14:19
Can you plug an Xbox 1 into another Xbox 1? And then a 3rd Xbox 1 into the 2nd Xbox 1? And then a 4th and daisy chain them forever?