The phrase
"underpowered console" means a gaming console that does not have enough capability or strength compared to other consoles. It may not be able to handle advanced graphics, fast performance, or demanding games as well as more powerful consoles.
Full definition
I'm not sure what the experience is like on Xbox One X — Digital Foundry suggests it's bad — but anything would be better than the stuttering mess that you're forced to grapple with on the
notoriously underpowered console Microsoft released back in 2013.
If you remove that, all you have is
an underpowered console made for the casual market!
So far NX sounds like
another underpowered console with some sort of gimmick or feature.
Time and time again, they are forced to compromise their vision because of the complete lack of horsepower in
these underpowered consoles.
Swedish artist Junkboy has posted almost two dozen demake mock - ups — images showing what contemporary video games would look like on dated /
underpowered consoles — that he's previously contributed to European gaming magazine Level (the same publication that posted his awesome E3 2010 highlights cover!).