Pretty sure the video didn't once claim it could do all three simultaneously. That 120 figure I'd take as an "up to" thing.
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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 don't think they're advertising that. It can do 1440p, 120 FPS and RT. Not necessarily all at the same time. That kind of hardware is in an entirely different price class.
Considering the XSX doesn't even touch the 3070 and the XSS is 1/3 the XSX. Not even close.
I thought I understood from Posts here the whole point of the S was 1080p upscaled to 4K if you wanted it too and in that scenario the ram was perfect?
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No, my PC is not as good as it used to be. I just guess the announced games are not for me, even tho I'm interested on Halo. Need to see how Fable turn.
It really is, indeed.
BE dont look very good, sadly. Grounded looks interesting. FS, not for me. Minecraft and Tactics games don't interest me. Isn't Wasteland on other consoles too ? Battletoads looks good and TMW is not for me.
Iol
Storage will really be an issue, not complaining that the Series S only has 512 GB, I mean even the 1 TB in the Series X and the 8xx on the PS5 will be not enough. That's at least the case for me, I'm already annoyed at my Gaming Laptop with 512 GB SSD, so much that I'll just add an extern SSD with lower speed soon, but that will be more than 100 Euro again.
I guess the "special" SSD options for Xbox and Playstation will be hm...at least 100 or 150 for 1 TB, if not more, that's really annoying. Yes, you can buy or use an external HDD and swap games out, but that's still annoying for me ;) Wonder how much space there will be available in the end (system software, etc.) with the pre-installed game on PS5 ...that's not going to help. maybe 700-780 or so useable SSD space on the PS5 in the end?
Well you can't have everything, fast SSD and big storage, for the price there just needs to be some drawback and let's be honest, we even got 5xx GB versions with cheap low end HDD with 5.400 rpm.
I guess the "special" SSD options for Xbox and Playstation will be hm...at least 100 or 150 for 1 TB, if not more, that's really annoying. Yes, you can buy or use an external HDD and swap games out, but that's still annoying for me ;) Wonder how much space there will be available in the end (system software, etc.) with the pre-installed game on PS5 ...that's not going to help. maybe 700-780 or so useable SSD space on the PS5 in the end?
Well you can't have everything, fast SSD and big storage, for the price there just needs to be some drawback and let's be honest, we even got 5xx GB versions with cheap low end HDD with 5.400 rpm.
I wasn't expecting any official responses from anyone on this website, thanks.
They actually made $18 profit at launch per console according to what I've read (which could be wrong, I don't remember the source)
that's seriously insane. i was set on the series X but for £250? jeez that's some deal.
i think i'd be fine with 512GB drive but it would be nice to eventually see a 1TB version. 2TB would be too far (unless prices come crashing down) because it is a budget model after all.
i think i'd be fine with 512GB drive but it would be nice to eventually see a 1TB version. 2TB would be too far (unless prices come crashing down) because it is a budget model after all.
Wow. £250 is a lot cheaper than I thought it would be. Selling this as a GamePass machine (regardless of the relatively small SSD) is a different enough strategy from Sony's that this could really pay off for them.
Though this all comes back to my original thought which was, if MS are so keen on opening up the XBOX brand to a larger (and for all intents and purposes) new audience why aren't they making more of an effort to lure them in with new gaming experiences rather than just rolling out all their old properties like HALO and Forza which are big with the OG Xbox crowd but just aren't pulling in new audiences?
This is where I'm at. A smaller, cheaper machine should increase their market share but it does also throw up the question why bother with the Series X at all? Yes, the SSD will be much larger and improved specs but I'm still not sure that bifurcating their platform like this is the way to go. Launching with the S Series means that they could make it a mass market machine like the 360 compared to the PS3 and then introduce the X Series later on.
As you say, we shall see.
Though this all comes back to my original thought which was, if MS are so keen on opening up the XBOX brand to a larger (and for all intents and purposes) new audience why aren't they making more of an effort to lure them in with new gaming experiences rather than just rolling out all their old properties like HALO and Forza which are big with the OG Xbox crowd but just aren't pulling in new audiences?
This is where I'm at. A smaller, cheaper machine should increase their market share but it does also throw up the question why bother with the Series X at all? Yes, the SSD will be much larger and improved specs but I'm still not sure that bifurcating their platform like this is the way to go. Launching with the S Series means that they could make it a mass market machine like the 360 compared to the PS3 and then introduce the X Series later on.
As you say, we shall see.
Digital only at 512.....yeah thats the catch. I'm sure they'll be able to save on the file size but even many games this gen stretched close to 100GB and the upgraded storage will be very expensive at launch. For the mass market this is insane though
Not much Xbox ERA left here anyway as they have largely went away. Doesn't change the insane value of this product.
Lol wow, xbox's marketing already working wonders I see. This machine won't be able to manage 1440p with 120fps in anything except the most basic indies and older games. The GPU has about 1/3 the power of the Series X, never mind any of the new stuff from nvidia. Put raytracing on as well and I think 1440p30fps might be optimistic. They listed these things but they won't happen at the same time.
Cold storage through an external HDD seems like a quite easy fix here. It's less convenient, for sure, but not exactly a dealbreaker.
People will have access to next gen 3rd party experiences with features like ray tracing, faster load times and everything that the jump in CPU power will entail for a dirt cheap price.
I'll ask again since it got buried before;
This is 4th Gen, right? So it will play everything the Series X will be able to play?
What will the Series X have that this doesn't?
EDIT: Answered a bunch now, thank you! :)
This is 4th Gen, right? So it will play everything the Series X will be able to play?
What will the Series X have that this doesn't?
EDIT: Answered a bunch now, thank you! :)
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Mark my words: 160 bit bus. 5x 16Gb chips. 280GB/s on all 10 GB.
Just catching up on everything that happened while I was asleep lol.
While I've got my eye on the XSX (Although this will come after PS5), the XSS is at a very good price point and for the UK this makes the competition a lot more interesting! Microsoft clearly want to do well and this price point is an appealing proposition for the more casual audience.
Things just got a whole lot more interesting! :)
While I've got my eye on the XSX (Although this will come after PS5), the XSS is at a very good price point and for the UK this makes the competition a lot more interesting! Microsoft clearly want to do well and this price point is an appealing proposition for the more casual audience.
Things just got a whole lot more interesting! :)
Yeah. This is the next gen Xbox at 1440p.
Series X has a bigger SSD and targets full 4K.
Higher resolution, maybe higher FPS, probably higher graphical settings, and double the storage space.
Nothing that we know of. They're the same platform so they'll share the same library, just different specs, like the One S and One X.
They never even mentioned 120fps with ray tracing the trailer literally just saids it has directx raytracing support. If the consumer gets shafted it should be on them for not reading
😊 this is playing out just like I thought it would - a lot of people who were disinterested in xbox now considering it because of the low entry cost + gamepass.
This will be a lot of people's secondary console (if not their primary) and that will improve MS penetration this gen.
This will be a lot of people's secondary console (if not their primary) and that will improve MS penetration this gen.
yes this is a next gen console. it will play games in 2026/27.
and so far the Series X just has the extra storage capacity and performance needed for 4k. at least that's all i can tell. here the S is £250 and if the rumored X price is true then it will be £450. i think the extra £200 is worth it.
I'm not sure what 4K TV adoption is like here in the UK. However, even then, I can't see there being that money people who care that much about a 4K resolution that the lack of it on Series S would be that much of a downside even if they do have a 4K TV. The amount of people still buying DVDs should be evidence of that lol
I was so damn close to buying the One X version, but with a PS4 and decent PC I could not justify it at all.... But with the new Series S that could be my living room machine? Totally worth it! DO IT.
Amazing value. After one generation, ill have an xbox again one way or another. That's for sure
I was thinking the opposite lol. Next gen comparison will have a lot of 800% zoomed in stills to even see some minor differences between PS5, XSX and XSS
I don't think a 512gb ssd is a catch. It's been explained before how you can still attach USB HDDs/SSDs to these things to transfer games in and out from your backup library when you need them. Ultimately XGP will fill up a 1TB disk quite early on next gen and Xbox are going to have to go in pretty hard on this messaging.
Yeah. Series X has a 3x more powerful GPU, 16GB vs 10GB RAM, double the SSD storage space and a disc drive.
Yeah like I said these things won't be happening at once, this ad is very clever in making series S seem a lot more powerful than it actually is.
When this comes out in the UK on Xbox All Access for £20 or so with Game Pass Ultimate, it's gonna do very, very well
You're welcome, though I'm not sure why you think people won't respond to statements about companies needIng to do things they've already done, I thought I was on a discussion forum not a blog. 😁
Microsoft should troll Sony and ONLY release the XSS now in November for the 300USD. For now, there is absolutely no game announced which would really profit from the power of the XSX and if they now release both, they might damage the XSX sales, as no one buys it anyway. Better delay XSX Release until proper games comes and smash then Sony. The 300USD XSS would likely already kill Sonys sales until then.
So did they release games this year or not? I'm confused with your stance.
It's the best console design ever from Microsoft imo. And a great price! I'm still going to start with a ps5 next-gen but if Series S performs well I could see this becoming an amazing game pass machine.
I can see this being Microsoft's crown jewel for next gen. The series X is more powerful but they don't have the games (yet), series S is much more appealing and if it can play the third-party games good enough, coupled with game-pass, it has all the potential to be a hit. It all depends on the marketing.
I can see this being Microsoft's crown jewel for next gen. The series X is more powerful but they don't have the games (yet), series S is much more appealing and if it can play the third-party games good enough, coupled with game-pass, it has all the potential to be a hit. It all depends on the marketing.
Hurting themselves to troll Sony. And this is why you don't make important decisions.
Given all your responses in this thread, you're literally here to concern troll or just flat out troll.
If you were never interested in an Xbox, why even jump in here?