Self High Five
Member
Yeah, I wasn't sure what yours was either.
The games that drives the market and sell systems are not on gamepass and costs $60-$70, so your post is largely irrelevant.
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Everyone wants to hate the Xbox Series S, but.....
- Thread starter THE DUCK
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Yeah, I wasn't sure what yours was either.
The games that drives the market and sell systems are not on gamepass and costs $60-$70, so your post is largely irrelevant.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Series S is a great upgrade over the Xbox One S. I'm actually far more interested in seeing how it runs games that run like shit on that system (which are, pretty much every game that has come out the past 3 years) than I am seeing how the Series X runs 10 year old Xbox 360 games. I am sure games like RDR2 and Jedi Fallen Order will look great on the Series S.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Well, no. People who have a PC capable of playing games probably won't buy this. But not everyone has a PC capable of playing games from gamepass. You also can't install gamepass games on an android tablet. Are you thinking of Xcloud? Because that's a whole other list of additional requirements. But it wouldn't make sense to buy a console to stream games if you already have a device capable of it.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Every MS game has been and will continue to be on Game Pass day one - from now on, apparently even Bethesda games will follow this rule. So you're wrong.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Xbox Series S isn't a "splash" like Series X, Switch 2, or PS5.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
It's not very good value next to the PS5 DE which is just $100 more expensive.
But the form factor is impressively compact.
But the form factor is impressively compact.
Self High Five
Member
Sorry, the monthly NPD charts says otherwise.
Kssio_Aug
Member
If you believe that Sony exclusives sell Playstation, I don't know why you wouldn't believe that MS's exclusives sell Xbox. And I am sure that if you look at Bethesda releases months, you're gonna see their games very well placed on NPD quite often.
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Allnamestakenlol
Member
Pros
- It will make it easier for devs to port games to nintendo consoles, because they'll already have low-res, low-poly versions of games
- It will make it easier for devs to port games to nintendo consoles, because they'll already have low-res, low-poly versions of games
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
This seems just a tad unfair
- 3.6x faster CPU speed
8 x 3.6GHz vs 4 x 2GHz - 3 TFLOPS higher floating-point performance
4 TFLOPSvs1 TFLOPS - 480GB more internal storage
512GBvs32GB- Internal storage is 24 times faster (100MB/second vs 2.4GB a second, double that with real time hardware compression)
- 8GB at 225GB/S ram + 2GB system ram 4GB of 25GB/S ram (double the amount plus it's 9x as fast?)
- Hardware GPU features are like 6 years newer
danielJackson
Banned
So where is the hole to insert OG, one or 360 discs?
Series S have really bad BC compatibility.
People should stop talking BC and S, because it doesnt really have it.
I mean, when they force you buy the game multiple times, it is not good BC.
I have tons of OG games in my collection, two broken consoles. So having no disc drive means no BC at all.
And whom even owns OG titles as digital, and they dont even support more than 4-5% of OG library.
With disc drive I could imagine to buy it for BC stuff from sale. Now it is just weak console without BC
Actually more. Docked switch is like 0.4 - 0.6 tflops territory, no where near 1Tf
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THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
Rebuy your games on sale digitally dirt cheap, thats what I have done over time. Or get game pass, it offers value of new games, plus a lot of older ones. Still a great bc console.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Relax, champ.
dano1
A Sheep
Well than save your money until you can buy a real Xbox. Series X
S should have never been made!
Aidah
Member
“Maybe buying two $500 consoles is
going to be a difficult thing, so we said, ‘Hey, let’s make sure we’ve got something to catch a second-[console] owner.’” - Phil Spencer.
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer On Series X Launch, Halo Infinite & Bethesda
There’s nothing normal about interviewing Xbox chief Phil Spencer these days.
kotaku.com
Poop!
Member
And $70 games instead of $60
Sir Vilhelm
Member
I have an X on preorder for my large 4K TV and will pick up an S for my small bedroom TV. Pretty easy and nice to have options.
GamesAreFun
Banned
As someone with a 720p TV, the Series S makes financial sense. The power of 4k would be wasted.
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Sir Vilhelm
Member
I have an X on preorder for my large 4K TV and will pick up an S for my small bedroom TV. Pretty easy and nice to have options.
I haven't purchased a disk in 9 years, I can play every single game I've purchased this gen. It will work perfectly fine as a backcompact machine
I haven't purchased a disk in 9 years, I can play every single game I've purchased this gen. It will work perfectly fine as a backcompact machine
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
Good luck with thinking $70 isn't going to be the normal MSRP after the cross gen stuff ends.
JackMcGunns
Member
The CPU and I/O are nearly a perfect match to its bigger brother Series X and a generation above Xbox One X. With a GPU that only has to worry about rendering at 1440p, it's likely going to be just fine, it's not a console that will have to ever worry about running games at 4K and many gamers will be fine with that. If you don't own or even plan to be gaming on a 4K TV, Series S might make more sense.
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SirTerry-T
Member
One of the most idiotic posts I've read around these parts lately...that's quite an achievement. Now your forum ID makes sense, only someone as braindead as a zombie could make a post like that.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
If you're so smart where's your money? LOLOLOL BOOM ROASTED LOSER
Kssio_Aug
Member
WTF... are you 12 or something?
Explosive Zombie
Banned
Kssio_Aug
Member
Oh... it seems mr. rich here is very pissed with the existence of Series S.
So pitiful...
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Explosive Zombie
Banned
Oh... it seems mr. rich here is very pissed with the existence of Series S.
Why don't you guys actually read the threads you're in before responding? I already said I think the thing shouldn't exist because of the possibility of the harm it does to next-gen gaming. Yes, fuck the system and fuck anyone defending it.
Kssio_Aug
Member
It won't hurt anything. Devs deal with this since forever... They had to deal with Xbox One, Xbox One X, Playstation 4 and Playstation 4 Pro differences alongside PC. Don't know why it will be SO MUCH harder to make games that work on Series S with lower resolutions and / or frame rate with, if necessary, some effects lowered or cut. But anyway, it exists, and you will have to deal with it.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
This past gen is a perfect example of why it WILL hurt things. Games were absolutely hampered by those shitty Jaguar CPUs.
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
It's the only machine remotely worth the asking price. Buying a series x now is buying two years of average games that will not even closely utilize the full potential of these machines. If you are loaded, I guess it's whatever, but I value my money more than that.
Oppoi
Member
I read this with a catchy TV shop tune playing in my head.
dano1
A Sheep
Desudzer10
Member
My problem is this. We'll already be hindered for 2 years or so because the games have to be compatible for PS4 and XB1X. Then after that you have to worry about the series S hindering the X. I don't think the latter will be too big of a problem, but it does caution me.
StateofMajora
Banned
Nah Xbox one x is about the same or better raw horsepower wise, gpu I mean.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
S is cheaper and underpowered vs X.
And so was Xbox One OG and PS4 vs mid gen refreshes. And the cheaper systems outsold the newer ones. For many people price is more important.
Go to an audio/video forum and people will brag about their high end systems, but what sells more? Some common guy model at Walmart or Best Buy. Good enough for many people.
And so was Xbox One OG and PS4 vs mid gen refreshes. And the cheaper systems outsold the newer ones. For many people price is more important.
Go to an audio/video forum and people will brag about their high end systems, but what sells more? Some common guy model at Walmart or Best Buy. Good enough for many people.
StateofMajora
Banned
Xbox series s wouldn’t seem so bad -although not something I would buy - were it not for the lack of a disc drive.
It’s powerful enough to at least get the games, but to hell with this all digital future.
It’s powerful enough to at least get the games, but to hell with this all digital future.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
You might as well get used to it, every year digital trends to more of the market, once it hits 80 or 90%, the next consoles will definately not have disk drives.
StateofMajora
Banned
And I will definitely not buy them. Arrrg matey
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
But then what would you buy/play? Pc will be all digital too......
StateofMajora
Banned
Pc, wouldn't pay
Plus even if I played nothing new i've got a retro collection to last a lifetime.
TalentedMrJ
Member
You're not the only one
No truly compelling launch titles. Especially from MS.
And I don't play as much as I used to
Series S will be a perfect Gamepass, EA Access, and Gameshare machine for me
It's minimalist design is speaking to me
My kids will enjoy it
And just like them, I don't give a damn about resolution and framerate
Funfactor most important
No truly compelling launch titles. Especially from MS.
And I don't play as much as I used to
Series S will be a perfect Gamepass, EA Access, and Gameshare machine for me
It's minimalist design is speaking to me
My kids will enjoy it
And just like them, I don't give a damn about resolution and framerate
Funfactor most important
Trunim
Member
Or getting by pretty well, have a full schedule with work and family. And maybe play a game once in a while for an hour when finally finding the time to. Why buy something high-end when only using it for a very small fraction of your time.
Or maybe another scenario where you buy something for the kids but you don't want to have something too expensive for them to handle. Kids break stuff more frequently.
lock2k
Banned
Why are you so obsessed with your friend? LolA
According to my friend who is a Nintendo fanboy who hates Sony, it is not XBOX Series S that will drag down next gen with weaker specs. Rather, the PS5 is the one who will be doing the dragging down.
Read this post. Name in RED is my friend.
A Closer Look at How Xbox Series X|S Integrates Full AMD RDNA 2 Architecture
Dictator from DF is way more reputable and has more association with people in the industry than fakes troller like you. We are still waiting for your credentials verification 🤷♀️ Wait. These people don't know more about how the xbox is made than Jason Ronald? I am shocked.www.neogaf.com
AltogetherAndrews
Member
I bought one, so there’s that. I’ll own a PS5 as well so I’ll get my ”high end” kicks there, and keep the S as a deficated Apex player.