I have got my nephew series s last year with external 8tb hdd. He is more than happy clocking approx 40h of usage every week (between him, his sister and their mum)Strange title considering it’s been worth it from day one?
My son loves his (although he does complain about the size of the SSD). Suck it up, princess!
Because you can afford every option doesn't take away from the fact the Series S is still very much a viable option for someone interested in gaming. I can afford all the options myself, but, because I'm not a hardcore gamer, the S suits my needs more than fine. It's an excellent console. What the hell does how much money I make have to do with it??? Genuine question.I personally wouldn’t buy one. But i’m also someone who can easily afford both a Series X, PS5 and their subscriptions without blinking an eye. In saying that, Series S is for those not in my financial position (or just don’t care for more gaming power) so while I don’t like it and devs probably hate its limitations, I see why it exists.
I think Series S targets more of a third world country's(like mine) . Here Series S sells like hot chocolates.Personally I think it's a pointless machine. Yes there is a market for it but I don't know if that market is that big. Budget gamers play on tablets, laptops, and last gen consoles where majority of games like Fortnite are still getting updates on. It's not really worth the extra development hassle to make a game for another SKU. These have been on firesales all the time in the UK with crazy trade in deals, and you can grab one for around £200 on eBay and Facebook marketplace making me think many have had these as unwanted gifts.
Power isn't everything, if there is a trade off such as Switch with its portability, this isn't portable it's just a weaker system. Most games are cross gen these days so people who don't care about lower could have carried on gaming on last gen systems. By 2024 when cross gen games are no longer around I'm sure PS5 and Series X would be cheaper in used markets as well as having more stock that isn't selling out constantly. The fact these are always in stock shows the demand isn't there for the Series S.
I think Series S targets more of a third world country's(like mine) . Here Series S sells like hot chocolates.
There was few Series X sitting on shelves for a week or to before some one buy it.
500$ in my country is like 2 month wage.
The problem with the PS5 DE is that you're stuck paying high prices for the games youu want to play. You can't shop around for a good deal. You can't buy something second hand. And you can't sell something when you're done.
The Series S has the same issues if you want to own games, but has Gamepass as an attractive alternative. If you're on a budget,the Series S will end up costing way less than a PS5 DE. Over time, I think even regular PS5 would be more cost effective than a DE.
$300 was probably always the intended MSRP with drops to $249 on sale. Microsoft is continuing with the two console $300/$500 price point paradigm they started with One S/One X halfway through last gen. Chips at these production sizes don't drop in price like they used to, either. We didn't see permanent drops to $200 last gen and I doubt we see it ever again. I'm guessing that instead of dropping XSS to $200 they'll just release upgraded systems at the current prices in a few years and keep the "series" going.What's funny about this, I think there was a 90% chance this was the intended sell through price for the series S until the pandemic/shortages hit, by about this time.
I suspect $249 was the planned launch price that was pulled back last minute as they realized they didn't need to sell it that low to move units.
Can no one just grab a PS4, Xbox One, cheap laptop or PC, most likely they already have those systems and once exclusives hit the system I'm sure Series X will be cheaper around 2024. But you are right I didn't think about markets outside of US and UK. I assumed Microsoft ported their games to PC targets those markets, same reason why Sony is porting games to PC now.
The problem with the PS5 DE is that you're stuck paying high prices for the games youu want to play. You can't shop around for a good deal. You can't buy something second hand. And you can't sell something when you're done.
The Series S has the same issues if you want to own games, but has Gamepass as an attractive alternative. If you're on a budget,the Series S will end up costing way less than a PS5 DE. Over time, I think even regular PS5 would be more cost effective than a DE.
You get better deals on Xbox as third party key sellers are allowed, I don't buy many games from the Xbox store digitally.
CDkeys or Eneba.Where do you buy from?
I personally wouldn’t buy one. But i’m also someone who can easily afford both a Series X, PS5 and their subscriptions without blinking an eye. In saying that, Series S is for those not in my financial position (or just don’t care for more gaming power) so while I don’t like it and devs probably hate its limitations, I see why it exists.
Riiight.
So people should stick to PS4, xbox one, cheap laptop till 2024 instead of a new gen system that almost always has 60fps option, at least has image quality like PS4 pro, will play next gen games like Redfall, Starfield etc.
If you sign up to Rewards and set Bing up as your default browser on your phone and computer you’d probably have well over £50 of credit saved up in a year. Probably more.
Since April I’ve made just over £65 but I do the 3 tasks a day and get some for playing Xbox too.
It's a strange one, if you care about image quality why would you get Series S and not X. If you don't care you would stick to last gen systems. This weird middle ground is what I mean about why I think the market is small for the system. As for next gen only games there are not many of those at the moment. Starfeild is fall 2023 and that's if it doesn't get delayed, not too far from the wait until 2024 comment I made from before.
Not sure if typo? Plus there are actually not that many Xbox cross gen games left, Starfield, Stalker 2, Redfall are next gen exclusives.It's a strange one, if you care about image quality why would you get Series S and not X. If you don't care you would stick to last gen systems. This weird middle ground is what I mean about why I think the market is small for the system. As for next gen only games there are not many of those at the moment. Starfeild is fall 2023 and that's if it doesn't get delayed, not too far from the wait until 2024 comment I made from before.
Hence why I inserted the “or for those who don’t care for the power” verbiage. But don’t kid yourself that cost is not an attraction for the Series S. And for many, especially in less developed countries, the Series S makes way more sense simply for affordability.Because you can afford every option doesn't take away from the fact the Series S is still very much a viable option for someone interested in gaming. I can afford all the options myself, but, because I'm not a hardcore gamer, the S suits my needs more than fine. It's an excellent console. What the hell does how much money I make have to do with it??? Genuine question.
It's a strange one, if you care about image quality why would you get Series S and not X. If you don't care you would stick to last gen systems. This weird middle ground is what I mean about why I think the market is small for the system. As for next gen only games there are not many of those at the moment. Starfeild is fall 2023 and that's if it doesn't get delayed, not too far from the wait until 2024 comment I made from before.
Its a great upgrade for those with base consoles. Chances are you are on 1080p screen with those machines. Series S slots in without disrupting anything. You get a boost to frame rate and image quality and all next gen games.
If you are on enhanced systems, chances are you already have 4k display. Then Series X makes more sense.
slap an HDD external and it's the same price as a SWOLED lolI love mine, only got it because i know its going to be a couple of years until i can walk into a shop and get a series x so i thought fuck it why not, like many people have pointed out its memory is the worst, its so fucking shit, i guess i could get a hdd to have many games in stalled on there and move them to the series s hard drive but i cba to buy one but other then that its a great console especially for the price of it, its almost as cheap as a switch
I have 4TB SSD storage on mine & works grate. I downloaded games & stored there, if I need to play some X/S enhanced game I just transfer on console ssd & play.I love mine, only got it because i know its going to be a couple of years until i can walk into a shop and get a series x so i thought fuck it why not, like many people have pointed out its memory is the worst, its so fucking shit, i guess i could get a hdd to have many games in stalled on there and move them to the series s hard drive but i cba to buy one but other then that its a great console especially for the price of it, its almost as cheap as a switch
that implies someone has a One X laying around... if you're new to Xbox they don't make those anymore AND they're often more expensive than a Series S aftermarket lol.Series S is a waste but it will continue to be justified because impatient people purchased it because they couldn't find a Series X and they need to justify their purchase...
With all the cross gen games coming out why not just continue to play the Xbox one X until you can get a Series X? It doesn't make sense to me but whatever .....
People generally opposed to the Xbox brand were never really the target audience for the XSS anyway. The biggest detractors aren't Xbox customers. The value proposition isn't in question. Why should anyone listen to someone who doesn't even own the device?Here's the thing about value - it should be pretty apparent when value exists and it somewhat speaks for itself (not only from the perspective of the product itself but also in terms of demand and buzz within the general public).
If people are constantly needing to be told something is the "best value" then it's probably not.
In the GPU world performance per dollar metrics are more important than price alone.
That's why the cheapest GPU is never the most popular one and Nvidia's best seller tends to be their XX60 series GPU for each generation.
Remember that you can still use external drives to store Series S/X native games, and then just move them to/from the internal storage when you want to play them. It's fast as hell transferring them too. IMO the small SSD size of both the S and X is only something that people that don't even intend on buying one are concerned about. I've got 2x4TB drives hooked up to my Series X and have no need to buy the storage expansion card. I'll get an S eventually as well to replace my Xbox One that is hooked up to the TV in the lounge room that's currently acting as a xCloud machine. I've got a One X that's just sitting around gathering dust because it can't use kinect which my wife loves using for dance games.That's why I said it depends on the person, but if you need more than 500gb on the Series S and 1tb would be sufficient then the Series X is the more appealing of the two in my opinion as I'd rather have 1tb storage with Xbox Series X specs than a Series S with 500gb more than the Series X for roughly the same price.
The fact that it is literally the only next gen machine sitting on shelves, readily available during a massive shortage says otherwise.. The value proposition isn't in question. Why should anyone listen to someone who doesn't even own the device?
That's why I said it depends on the person, but if you need more than 500gb on the Series S and 1tb would be sufficient then the Series X is the more appealing of the two in my opinion as I'd rather have 1tb storage with Xbox Series X specs than a Series S with 500gb more than the Series X for roughly the same price.
Series S is a waste but it will continue to be justified because impatient people purchased it because they couldn't find a Series X and they need to justify their purchase...
With all the cross gen games coming out why not just continue to play the Xbox one X until you can get a Series X? It doesn't make sense to me but whatever .....