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Xbox Series S officially revealed - Releases Nov 10 for $299 [512GB NVME SSD, 1440P at up to 120FPS, DirectX Raytracing, 4K Upscaling, & More]
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I really didn't expect Series S to be so cheap. Cheaper, sure, but not $200 cheaper. The lack of a disc drive stings if you wanted it as a BC machine, and there's the whole physical media argument (although too many of those now only have parts of the game's data, and still need an online install anyway). But if you really like Game Pass, or think Microsoft's digital sales are decent, and you don't need 4K, it seems like a decent compromise.
I'm going to guess if the new Xbox gets a Japan launch, the Series S will be the only version available there, outside of maybe a few limited distribution deals.
I'm going to guess if the new Xbox gets a Japan launch, the Series S will be the only version available there, outside of maybe a few limited distribution deals.
It looks like a good move for Microsoft, feels to me that they have accepted that they cannot compete with Sony on the AAA exclusive games and are going for the accessible angle.
Sales wise it will probably do well, but I'm personally not interested in a console that targets 1080p, especially in 5 years time.
Sales wise it will probably do well, but I'm personally not interested in a console that targets 1080p, especially in 5 years time.
Insiders walked this back saying the CPU has the same clock speed.He's the one that said the CPU was slower
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Is this cheaper than a Switch?
Not confirmed, but XSX has less RAM than XOX, so it'll probably be the XOS versions, but with framerates and dynamic resolutions stabilized.
This seems a great price point but have they even explained what you are losing out on if you don't go for an X? Is it just 4k?
This thing has been leaked so far ahead of time but I have no idea what it even is.
This thing has been leaked so far ahead of time but I have no idea what it even is.
People jumped ship to the xbox 360 because it was cheaper and came a year earlier.
Then people jumped ship from 360 to PS4 because it was the cheaper console and had better messaging.
This happens all the time. People absolutely jump ship. 360 was THE console in America, but right now that's the PS4.
And the xbox one did a decent rise in sales when it got really cheap and had good bundles.
Wow UK not getting screwed over on price. Let's hope Sony don't go crazy with the dollar to pound conversion, even with vat.
There is an X and an S series...I think it makes perfect sense and is kind of in line with phone tech these days so I'm sure people can get their head around that.
Also noticed here that the S lists the SSD without a specified size, it surely wont be smaller than 1TB?
This might be the case sometimes but it's by no means a hard and fast rule. Plenty of companies do things different, just look at Apple...
That thing is tiny. £250 in the UK is crazy. They really need to market this well and I could see it being the more popular Xbox this holiday season.
I think they should remove the Xbone from sale though and really push people to the Series S - as it's the same damn price.
I think they should remove the Xbone from sale though and really push people to the Series S - as it's the same damn price.
It was updated with info from Brad (or someone else) that cpu is exactlly the same than XSX
This argument seems so silly to me. There are always outliers of dumb people, but don't pretend this type of mistake is commonplace. Parents aren't buying gifts this expensive on a whim. Particularly this holiday as stock is gobbled by enthusiasts. People have the internet. They google. There are a dozen different iPhones and galaxy's S/Notes/Z's every year. People will figure it out, especially when there is a huge price difference between the consoles, and the entire One line will be almost impossible to buy come October
My brother cut a hole once in the bottom of his ps4 and added a fan to cool it down, it didnt help. Seems he got his hands on the series S aswell lol. Honestly though I really think this will do well at this price if its advertised right.
I wasn't planning to get Xbox anytime soon, but that price and if MS drop paid online it is no brainer. Super cheap Game Pass machine with access to every first-party game.
You do know that it's literally Microsoft who've announced the price?
Sure, the discontinuation especially will be a big help, but I'm not quite sold on people getting that these are the new Xbox systems when they sound so close to the their predecessors, which won't be wiped from folks' memories or anything.
I know it's tiresome and I'm not the first, but you hear about it because it's an obvious issue. I'm no fan of iPhones, but they have sequentially numbered branding, as do most other major phones series -- knowing that 5 is after 4 is way easier to follow than figuring out what's different about the latest string of five words thrown into a blender to name the whole product line.
Anyway, I know this is an old complaint, I'm just getting Wii U branding vibes. Otherwise, I think the Series S is pretty neat.
