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Looking to maybe buy a Xbox Series S
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Team Andromeda
Member
Go the full hog and get a Series X. I have a Series S but that's just for emu. The Series X is so much better and with Gamepass just unbeatable value
FunkMiller
Banned
Don't get an S. it's a waste of money. Get an X. You'll have buyer's remorse pretty quick otherwise.
Mephisto40
Gold Member
If you don't care about playing games in 4K, just buy a series S
I have a PS5 and a Series S and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything having not bought the series X, I barely even play the Series S unless a new Microsoft published game is released on gamepass, which seems to be few and far between, but it's nice to have if anything does release on xbox i just have to play
I have a PS5 and a Series S and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything having not bought the series X, I barely even play the Series S unless a new Microsoft published game is released on gamepass, which seems to be few and far between, but it's nice to have if anything does release on xbox i just have to play
nominedomine
Banned
Never get a Series S, if you really want an Xbox get a Series X. Because of $200 you are going to play on an drastically inferior machine with less storage for years and years?
Don't fall for people saying that is all about 4K resolution, most games on the Series X are not 4K to begging with and in many games you get a lot more sacrifices than just resolution on the Series S.
If you ever upgrade the storage of the Series S you'll pretty much have spent the same as you would to get a Series X.
The Series S is for the ultra casuals, people that really couldn't be bothered with anything, including informing themselves about what they are buying.
Don't fall for people saying that is all about 4K resolution, most games on the Series X are not 4K to begging with and in many games you get a lot more sacrifices than just resolution on the Series S.
If you ever upgrade the storage of the Series S you'll pretty much have spent the same as you would to get a Series X.
The Series S is for the ultra casuals, people that really couldn't be bothered with anything, including informing themselves about what they are buying.
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Topher
Identifies as young
I had an S before I bought X. The storage was a problem for me. You have 364GB usable space. That might be fine for you though. But I found I wanted to download a lot of games from Game Pass and I needed more than that. I didn't want to have to constantly shift games from cold storage to internal and I certainly didn't want to pay for the ridiculous expansion costs. For those reasons, X just made more sense.
But that's just me. Other than that, I really had no major issues with XSS. And I'd say it is the more attractive console between it, PS5 and XSX.
MarkMe2525
Banned
I own both and have the series s in the bedroom. It's an awesome little console.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
The S is my only console. I play 1440p and absolutely love this machine. I don't have time to play games like I used to and both the price point and physical size was just right for me.
CeeJay
Member
It might not be a popular opinion here but you can get a GP sub and stream the majority of the games without even owning a console to dip your toe in. Maybe get a month or two, try streaming and then you can get a console if you still want to and carry on with the game save on every game you've played. There is literally no downside to this approach and you may find that streaming is good enough that you don't even need to buy a console.
Little Mac
Gold Member
The Series S is my only console. Love it. Gamepass is amazing. If you have the extra scratch and need to play the latest titles at the highest graphical fidelity possible for a console, grab the Series X. Otherwise the S is a fantastic purchase.
If the S had a larger storage capacity I'd consider getting one for the bedroom at its current price but already having a higher end pc and a series x there's no reason for me to get one. If you just want to play game pass games for cheap and don't mind the smaller storage go for it.I'm sure there are lots of ripple that are happy with the S.
64gigabyteram
Reverse groomer.
again dont come asking gaf for financial advice
Dipping my 2 cents though, uh get the X instead
The Series S is a good system for the price-performance, but the storage is what bottlenecks it from becoming truly amazing
the storage is the #1 problem and if you bought a SSD you'd be spending as much to get an X
so just... Scrounge around until you can find an X. I own a Series S, it was great for the time i used it but the low storage is what got me to go to PC
Dipping my 2 cents though, uh get the X instead
The Series S is a good system for the price-performance, but the storage is what bottlenecks it from becoming truly amazing
the storage is the #1 problem and if you bought a SSD you'd be spending as much to get an X
so just... Scrounge around until you can find an X. I own a Series S, it was great for the time i used it but the low storage is what got me to go to PC
sainraja
Member
If you are able to get it, then why not? Go for it. You can go into a Best Buy where I am and find both Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in stock. Maybe the situation is similar where you are?
Allforce
Member
I've got a PS5 and picked up an S because the local game shop sells them used for 229.99. Traded in my ORIGINAL XBox One and some PS4 games I don't play or own on PS+ now and ended up paying about 60 bucks out of pocket for the thing.
It's perfect for what it is, a little GamePass machine and to play some XBox exclusive stuff, and you can throw every emulator on it too if you wanna play retro games. I couldn't justify throwing down 500 on a Series X when I already had a PS5.
It's perfect for what it is, a little GamePass machine and to play some XBox exclusive stuff, and you can throw every emulator on it too if you wanna play retro games. I couldn't justify throwing down 500 on a Series X when I already had a PS5.
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Well, I was online this morning to grab a Xbox Series S at Best Buy.
Well, unbelievably they had the Series X in stock in store.
I ordered it and picked it up at lunch time.
It really came down to longevity.
Looks good next to the PS5 (Optical drive)
Nice, congratulations.
Torrent of Pork
Banned
As long as you're kosher with the storage and resolution constraints then I'd say go for it, especially if you can readily snag an S at MSRP as opposed to playing musical chairs with the bots trying to get an X. If, years down the line, the XSS just can't keep up there will always be streaming, but I doubt MS will ever let the the XSS fall below at least 1080/30 before requiring that.
At the end of the day this is why the Series S exists, as a secondary gaming device that acts as a vehicle for Gamepass. At $300 it's a damn near impulse purchase, and now that it's regularly in stock at my local Walmart at least 2 of my young cousins are getting one this Christmas.
At the end of the day this is why the Series S exists, as a secondary gaming device that acts as a vehicle for Gamepass. At $300 it's a damn near impulse purchase, and now that it's regularly in stock at my local Walmart at least 2 of my young cousins are getting one this Christmas.
Jaybe
Gold Member
Homie got an XSX (2 posts up)
Bonfires Down
Member
SirTerry-T
Member
You know what's worse than "ultra casuals"?
Elitist gaming snobs who think that their voices are the only ones that matter in this hobby.
The casuals...those that buy the CODS, The FIFA's and whatever the current flavour-of-the month blockbuster extravaganza is, are what keep this industry going so that all those other, smaller, cooler games can get greenlit.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
Congratulations and now you won't have buyers remorse.Well, I was online this morning to grab a Xbox Series S at Best Buy.
Well, unbelievably they had the Series X in stock in store.
I ordered it and picked it up at lunch time.
It really came down to longevity.
Looks good next to the PS5 (Optical drive)
FunkMiller
Banned
Well, I was online this morning to grab a Xbox Series S at Best Buy.
Well, unbelievably they had the Series X in stock in store.
I ordered it and picked it up at lunch time.
It really came down to longevity.
Looks good next to the PS5 (Optical drive)
DragonNCM
Member
I have 2TB SSD storage for games on Xbox S & you need 5 min to transfer 100GB game from one disc to another.
360GB on internal is more then enough to install 5 games at the time.
You can't play 5 games in same time....or you can ?
Finish the game>>>>>>transfer it to external>>>>WIN ?
360GB on internal is more then enough to install 5 games at the time.
You can't play 5 games in same time....or you can ?
Finish the game>>>>>>transfer it to external>>>>WIN ?
Lucifers Beard
Member
This isn't true though, people have tried to build like for like on both Series S and X when it comes to budget PCs and they simply can't be matched for the price. Find me a budget PC that can run AAA games between 900p - 1440p and 60-120fps.
In addition to this, MS have said that developers building games for the Xbox platform must have them run on Series S, so anyone who buys into that console will be playing for years to come.
Topher
Identifies as young
Someone explain to me what this gif means.
nominedomine
Banned
Like I give a shit about COD, Fifa or keeping the studios/publishers that make these garbage games going. I don't even see someone that plays tons of CoD and Fifa as casuals anyway, why are they more casual that someone that mostly plays Destiny or Street Figther?
You are the one taking offense at what I said anyway, I got nothing against casuals, I don't look down on them, it just is what it is. If you don't see the value in playing on a drastically superior machine for the next 8 years or so for just an extra 200$ (less than the price of 4 games), what are you if not a casual?
If you are upgrading to a Series S where are you coming from? Why doesn't that person already have at least a PS4 or Xbox One? And if they have one what is the point of upgrading to a Series S? There is hardly any current gen only game on the Series, it makes a lot more sense to just wait it out to when you can upgrade to a Series X.
So year, if you are a casual, someone who doesn't know better maybe you are going to be easily fooled into "saving" $200 just to get screwed by acquire a drastically inferior product that might even cost you more in the long run.
The Xbox One, a much superior console for it's time compared to the Series S ended up struggling most of the gen to properly run games, I can't even begging to imagine how poorly the Series S will be handling games in a few years since it's already failing miserably to live up to expectations in this crossgen period.
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Topher
Identifies as young
You should give a shit though. These games are the life blood of console gaming overall.
nominedomine
Banned
Should I? Why? I wouldn't even blink if both these series died or if both these publishers ceased to exist. I would actually be happy that the NFL and F1 licenses would be getting a chance somewhere else.
A budget gaming laptop will completely blow it out of the water but a budget gaming laptop is another category of products at a different price range. But it's also a laptop so it makes sense it why it costs more.
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Topher
Identifies as young
Let's say that happened. Say all those casuals who play those games went mobile only and the games went with them, leaving consoles behind. You are talking about the games that make up a sizable chunk of third party game revenue for consoles. And third party game revenue makes up the bulk of game sales for consoles. You are talking about the overall health of the console industry being in serious jeopardy. In fact, I'm not sure there would be enough for Microsoft and Sony to continue investing in retail hardware. They might just move to the cloud entirely.
Lucifers Beard
Member
I mean, we're talking roughly £500-600 for a basic budget gaming laptop. I'm not sure it would be up to the task but it would be interesting to see a comparison.
When talking value, I believe that the Series S provides that by the bucket load. £250 for something that will play all of the latest games (despite resolution and performance), is pretty decent.
You kinda have to put a price point against a 'budget gaming laptop', it means different thing to different people.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Realistically, you won't find a laptop that matches the Series S specs for a lot more than that, maybe in the high hundreds.
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SirTerry-T
Member
It's just videogames, son.
FunkMiller
Banned
Series s with a portable 2.5" external hdd is an amazing travel combo. I never lugged a console with me before while traveling until i got a series s. I have a steamdeck, switch, gaming laptop, macbook air and psnow/xcloud but only use those when theres no tv around. Its crazy how the steamdeck in its case is just as big as the series s.
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
You mean salty fanboys predict the death.
Series s is going nowhere. It might take a hit in graphical performance but it will stay relevant throughout the generation.
get a PC instead, why lock yourself into the same hardware for 8 + years? it has gamepass. steam, emu, piracy even if that's your thing
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CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Definitely a Series S. The X1X won't be able to play current gen only games and the series S will plus it has some great features like VRR and Quick Resume that 1X doesn't.
