Pre-ordered mine for day one. It’s been everything I’ve expected and more. I paired it with an EX2510 (1080p 144hz monitor) and it’s rocked. Playing Gears 5 and A Plague Tale at 120fps, Forza Horizon 5, Flight Sim - I’ve been blown away.
The SSD paired with Quick Resume is godly.
Storage issue is over hyped on GAF, IMO, unless all you ever play is Warzone, Red Dead 2 and Forza Horizon 5 you’ll be fine. I have Forza Horizon 5 (over 100gb) and Battlefield 2042 installed on mine (over 50gb) and still have 200gb left:
You can use a regular SSD to play some S|X games and enhanced Xbox One/360/Xbox games. Here’s what fits on a 250gb drive with 60gb left over:
Would I have bought this if I had a 4k, 120hz VRR, HDR, Oled display? No. I would have bought an X. But, I wanted to play some last gen enhanced games at 120fps and this paired with my monitor has been perfect.
And yes, the PS5 DE is more power for your money. I’d definitely recommend buying both a PS5 DE and Series S like I have (if you don’t own a PC), both consoles for just over £600, amazing. But the Series S overall is still a much more budget friendly option with cheaper first party games and Game Pass.