You know what, with this 'Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War' upgrade path stuff - I'm starting to think the OP might have actually been onto something.
Which boxed copy of COD do I buy - if I'm getting a Series S?
If the Series S is supposed to be the 1080p version of next gen. Will the Series S version look better than the Xbox One X version?
The One X version will presumably run at a higher res, but Series S will have more bells and whistles? Whereas Series X has it all?
There may have been a Series S at some point - but it's becoming a weirder and weirder proposition...
What "One X version"? Games have to be made to look and run better on the X than the normal console. The One X has been discontinued so I wouldn't be surprised if there is no X patch.
I'm wondering if the "series S" if it exists will actually be called something like the Xbox Series X Lite, or have the big boy 12TF version called the Series X Pro and the S just Series X. That way it plays nicely with all of the Series X artwork as Series X games will work on both the Series X and Series X "Pro".
Yeah I do believe Sony blindsided Microsoft with the Digital Edition. They probably expect Sony to be willing to match or come very close to Xbox Series S pricing with PS5 DE (because they'll make it back on cutting on down used games sales in the long-run anyway) and therefore render the Series S totally obsolete by being similarly priced but containing a full-fat PS5 instead of a stripped down version like what the Series S is. I don't see MS cancelling Series S but it'll have fucked their strategy in terms of two-tier pricing.
At this point I get the feeling Sony is going to win the generation unless some massive bombshell appears (like Xbox offering Series S for free if consumers buy a 24-month subscription to Game Pass Ultimate).
I don't think a digital edition caught anyone off guard lol. Over 50% of games are bought digitally, by the end of this gen that will be close to 90%, and that will bring far more money in for Sony.
Also of course Sony is going to "win" this generation. Even if MS was half the price the playstation will still sell more. The iPhone 12 isn't getting outsold by the OnePlus 9, why would the PS5 be outsold by the XBSX?