prinz_valium
Member
That black vent kills the entire look, they should've keep the One S style. But if 299$ price is real that's one hell of offer I have to say.
This is the best looking console of all time.
Xbox Series S Revealed (Brad Sams) - $299 Price
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This is the best looking console of all time.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
This looks way better than just a two tone....
This is the best looking console of all time.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
The price is good obviously, but IF the PS5 DE is $399, is the XSS really that enticing anymore? If for just $100 more you can get a proper next gen console?
DavidGzz
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
That relies on the assumption that PC Gaming is perfect and without flaws. Most of those games exist because consoles and if you started developing for people and caring about each version you produce you would see that more variation leads to either a lot higher development and support costs or games catered to a minimum common denominator (and not even pushing it incredibly much) and then brute forced upwards in practice... and basically delegating more optimisation to users letting them configure your games for you for all the HW profiles they did not want to spend time optimising for.
Console generations without a plethora of HW profiles worked as a model for 30 and so years and keeps on working for all but one manufacturer who is curiously the one pushing to bring a variation of the PC model to disrupt the console one.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
This is the best looking console of all time.
Do you know how easy it would be to paint that on there? Do it man. It will go from what people on here are calling the ugliest console ever(Fanboy haters lmao) to the best looking console of all time with a couple strokes.
Hmm.. Looking at that grill ony he Series S.. It looks it's protruding. Why would they do that? Unless...Would be cool if the black grill was swappable for other colors.
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At that angle it's sexy af!
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prinz_valium
Member
I hope some company will make a decal.
I'll definitely let my significant other try a paint job (pun intended) on it.
Zathalus
Member
No lies, the Xbox Series X is a good looking box, but the Series S is not great. That speaker grill design reminds me of a freaking boombox. That being said, excellent prices for both. Well done Microsoft.
I can easily see the Series S doing very well, as $299 + Gamepass makes for fantastic value. Buy it for your kids, excellent value and you don't have to buy that many games for them, saving the money to buy games for yourself
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I can easily see the Series S doing very well, as $299 + Gamepass makes for fantastic value. Buy it for your kids, excellent value and you don't have to buy that many games for them, saving the money to buy games for yourself
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sublimit
Banned
Lol he really doesn't have to do anything.Your move Jim.
Nemesisuuu
Member
Still better looking than PS5.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
Easily, especially once people put them side by side with their proper dimensions. Super sleek compared to the monster PS5 and smaller but still big XSX.
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Grinchy
Banned
Number of CUs *and* clock rate, so it scales just like teraflops.
FranXico
Member
It already was ugly back then. But for the PS4 Pro jet engine, a necessary sacrifice.
FranXico
Member
Note how there's no confirmation for the Series X price...
baphomet
Member
That was supposed to be their "mic drop" moment for their upcoming show. They can't literally tell everything beforehand.
Lots of people are apparently going to be surprised when no console launches for more than $499.
Portugeezer
Member
Next gen performance, now take a look at these games running on PC.
BlueXImpulse
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And it's official.
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On a $299 PC.
Portugeezer
Member
Jim Ryan's favourite day of the week is ruined.
Good price though, if it can be £250 it's more of an impulse buy.
Good price though, if it can be £250 it's more of an impulse buy.
BlueXImpulse
Banned
Based on them confirming the XSS pricepoint do we even need them to? It's four ninety nine us dollars
Gate Locker
Member
Is this comes with a built-in speaker?
Team Andromeda
Member
Add in Gamepass and that's a great price for a family console
BlueXImpulse
Banned
Series S isn't real.
HUELEN10
Member
I'd hope it is, but I can also see them go higher depending on what Sony announces.
THE:MILKMAN
Member
Looks exactly like the Win Central? render minus the One S fan grille....Dare I suggest the likes of Brad and Win Central just got fed up sitting on all the info and forced Microsoft's hand? This "leak" happened late evening/night in NA and early hours EU.
A shame it doesn't have the disc drive. Will be interesting to see how it goes down outside NA.
A shame it doesn't have the disc drive. Will be interesting to see how it goes down outside NA.
SirTerry-T
Member
If it's good for enough for a Sterling Stingray, it's good enough for a gaming comsole.
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
At 4 tflops, this GPU would have fewer tflops than the ps4 pro. The rdna 2.0 architecture gains might put this to around 5 Polaris tflops, but that's still barely above the ps4 pro.
By far the weakest next gen console of all time with just a 2x increase over the base ps4.
I wish MS nothing but bad luck because if this thing is a success, it will force Sony to release a the ps5 fraud version at 4 tflops and handicap not just this gen but every gen going forward.
Imagine if the ps6 series s was only 20 tflops. Imagine if the Xbox one was only 400 gflops.
The success of this console will be worse than the wii ever was to gaming.
By far the weakest next gen console of all time with just a 2x increase over the base ps4.
I wish MS nothing but bad luck because if this thing is a success, it will force Sony to release a the ps5 fraud version at 4 tflops and handicap not just this gen but every gen going forward.
Imagine if the ps6 series s was only 20 tflops. Imagine if the Xbox one was only 400 gflops.
The success of this console will be worse than the wii ever was to gaming.
danielJackson
Banned
Probably works on US but 299€ is just too much for EU/global.
Why would people get the unpopular option for 299 when the best selling and hugely popular option is about 399-499€?
Even at 199€ I would not bet that it sells tons on Playstation dominated areas.
Why would people get the unpopular option for 299 when the best selling and hugely popular option is about 399-499€?
Even at 199€ I would not bet that it sells tons on Playstation dominated areas.
MoistPenetration
Neo Member
Wasn't sure how they would announce the Series S, but announcing it at 3am via Instagram wasn't on the list
HUELEN10
Member
Don't underestimate gamepass.
ZehDon
Gold Member
Well, the strategy is to change adoption rates. Early adopters are largely early adopters due to the price tag. When the mid-gen hardware refresh rolls around, and the price drops with it, the adoption rates increase. Microsoft is front-loading their adoption by releasing the "mid gen refresh" at the start of the generation, while also supplying the full-fat console for the hardcore audience - the folks who line up at midnight, want to see that generational leap, and are prepared to pay a premium for it.
With the Series S, combined with Xbox All Access and Gamepass, Microsoft are making a hell of a play for the casual audience through sheer value, while simultaneously delivering the best hardware with the Series X. We haven't seen this type of carpet bombing strategy before. It might be the greatest shakeup in video game history, or, it could be an Xbox One blunder on a bigger scale.