S was never worth the money unless someone was itching for a next gen system at $300 and fully knows they wont be using up a lot of SSD space. COD alone is like 200 GB.
Which industry? Because in the console industry, the majority of hardware makers use easily swappable memory cards.
Most casual games now are over 100gb. They’re going to want to upgrade. Whether they do or not will come down to convenience and price.
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Point out what I said that was untrue sir. And again what does the XSS have to do with memory cards?
Sonys solution is way cheaper.
356USD for me. That's the lowest I've seen one.
That drive is also cream of the crop and 3 times the speed. Now compare equivalent 2.4GBps drives.
I don't see COD there.The price is annoying, but I don't see myself ever needing this either. Here is where I am right now.....
15 games and room to spare.
You can also take that drive out when you go to sell your console / upgrade and stick it into your pc and carry on using it - or connect it to an external nvme / thunderbolt case and use it as external storage for your laptop or tablet.
Same. Luckily I have fast internet, so even if I have to delete something, I can re-download it quickly if needed.The price is annoying, but I don't see myself ever needing this either. Here is where I am right now.....
15 games and room to spare.
I don't disagree. I was surprised at how many people were dropping $350+ to add 2 TB to PS5.
Shows us an equivalent drive. Then tell us how much hot swapping is worth.
I wasn't aware this memory card was exclusive to the XSS nor was I aware this was a mandatory accessory. He's an idea. If you don't want to buy the memory expansion card you don't have to.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DNR22Q7/?tag=neogaf0e-20 <- makes any nvme drive "hot swappable" 20 USD, ok i'll admit its not the same thing as its being translated to usb-c but it does basically make it hot swappable.
With out hot swapping it wouldn’t be equivalent so moot point. Hot swapping historically does add a premium in tech.
One big advantage of the S is that it's mostly readily available. There's also Gamepass, of course.
1) what am I assuming? It was just stating the fact that no one knows what the license cost is.
Yes and how much is that worth in comparison to you?
But hard to talk about value where features are subjective, personally the series s is great as an indie box for me as I already have a gaming pc.
To me nothing, I have no use for the extra space or ease of use. That’s why I’m not buying. To a family with multiple Xbox that’s going to add huge value.
Exactly what I was thinking too. It adds no values for a majority gamers.
1) You said 'Microsoft doesn't set the price'. They do if the license cost is what is making the price high. You assume this agreement/price is all seagate.
you didn't specify that it had to only interface with a console just hot swappable nvme
that enclosure basically does exactly that it also translate to usb-c 3.1 (thunderbolt would be better / faster speeds) and that costs $20 (the circuitry is far more complex for this enclosure the xsx drive only has a cut down nvme drive encased in metal the console itself exposes the pci-e lane as the external port. The drive itself is just off the shel enclosed in metal - nothing fancy about it the enclosure probably costs way less than $20 retail and pennies to manufacture.
Lonely ones I guess
The series S doesn’t have 2TB of storage though.
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The 2TB card is more than the Series S console.
you didn't specify that it had to only interface with a console just hot swappable nvme
I mean personally I wouldn't be happy with these prices even if I was a loyal die hard xbox guy - its price gauging same as the vita with its horrible expandable storage and pricing. If it was Sony doing this I would be pissed & not defending it, but each their own.
If you guys insist on defending bad practice regardless of company, they will take it as a sign that this is acceptable and carry on doing it, if you complain and make a fuss maybe they will revise the price to be more inline with what the drive is actually worth.
Ah so now you are changing from XSS specifically to the Xbox Series generally. Got it. Still doesn't explain why the XSS was specifically called out earlier but I'm certain it wasn't a sincere point. The biggest negative of these memory cards is the price. Outside of that it offers flexibility and features other storage options lack. In addition price is the best thing XSS has going for it making its mention in this thread about an expensive product even more puzzling.
