Leonard Smith Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) At this point, I wouldn't mind seeing a Series S "Enhanced Edition" with a disc drive and 1 TB SSD. Even temporarily until the Series X is in greater supply, though I'm sure the cost to produce and distribute would not make much sense. It would give die hard Xbox users a compelling choice by filling in some of the gaps between the two current models. They did offer the prior Xbox One S in both disc and discless variants, although the discless option came much later. It would fit in nicely between the All Digital S and the hard-to-find Series X. Again, as a realist I know it makes no real sense to Microsoft. But as the X is still overly tough to find, I would welcome it. That being said, I don't regret upgrading to the Series S. It gives me enough of a bump up in terms of performance and especially loading times, that I'm willing to overlook an optical drive. It's great firing it up for the first time, logging in with your Xbox Account, and finding that all your digital games are right there in your cloud 'attic' just waiting to be re-installed as you see fit. No faffing around or popping in discs like before. Edited May 4, 2022 by Leonard Smith Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5053111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+H454 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Seagate 1TB SSD is $189.99 after promo code SSBS525 at Newegg.com https://www.newegg.com/seagate-expansion-1tb/p/N82E16820248142?Item=N82E16820248142 Edit: This Is a deal of the day, Ends 5/5/22 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5053749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smith Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Still pricey. That's just over half the price of the actual console. Kind of puts things into perspective. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5053764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd_1138 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 On 5/5/2022 at 4:42 PM, Leonard Smith said: Still pricey. That's just over half the price of the actual console. Kind of puts things into perspective. Yep, add that to the price of a Series S, and it's over the cost of a Series X plus still no optical drive to play all your disc based Xbox/Xbox 360/One S/X games. If you can't find a Series X in stock locally, I'd do an All Access buundle for $35/month for 24 months. It's free money. No interest, and you're not paying more for the Series X console or the Ultimate Game Pass. I have found 25 games I love on GP which would've cost me like $800-$1000 to buy if I didn't have Game Pass. GF and son have found a lot of games they like on there, too. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5058237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+H454 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 If anybody is looking for a series x - bestbuy seems to have them in stock. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5113140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smith Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I saw some at a Walmart for the first time this morning. 5 of them right there in the glass case. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5113147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+H454 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Leonard Smith said: I saw some at a Walmart for the first time this morning. 5 of them right there in the glass case. Really? I only seen them for order online. I see the white series s in stock regularly. Walmart used to have the notes up that said the X was online only. I still don't the PS5s coming in the near future though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5113154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smith Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Yep. I had do a double take in case they were empty box mockups or something. They had them. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5113205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+H454 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Leonard Smith said: Yep. I had do a double take in case they were empty box mockups or something. They had them. I saw one in the wild at my local Wally World. And it is one of the smaller stores. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5113331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperofLindblum Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I have also seen Xbox Series X in the wild in my area (central Oklahoma). They are definitely becoming more frequent and available~ Still have only seen one PS5 in box, and it was gone shortly after. That being said, I have now owned both a Series S (sold to a friend) and Series X (bought recently~). Does seem like the Series X works a lot better. Nothing against the idea that Microsoft had here... but the Series S feels pretty pointless. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5120502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 12:45 PM, KeeperofLindblum said: Nothing against the idea that Microsoft had here... but the Series S feels pretty pointless. It just wasn’t for you. I have a couple friends that own series S and love it. One guy really only plays Halo. And another guy travels a lot and plays mostly in indie games. Both love it small size and easy to travel with. But as they say to each his own. Yeah I’m a series X guy… I have about 30 retail games and a small collection of sci-fi Blu-rays I like to watch on it. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5122764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 S doesn't have a disc drive. If I lose all my games on the cloud, at least I have backups Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5126215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Frozone212 said: S doesn't have a disc drive. Yup. 2 hours ago, Frozone212 said: If I lose all my games on the cloud, at least I have backups How would you lose them? Your games and saves are in the cloud. Oh I see what you’re saying, you’re talking about your physical games. The biggest problem I have with this now is most games you buy physical get so many updates it’s not even the same game after six months to a year. Actually it’s not really a problem it’s just the way Games are developed now. Nothing we can do about it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5126291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Actually there is something we can do about it. Stop buying xbox and playstation consoles, boycott them until they drop the update requirement, spread the word and force a reaction 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5126394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 No one’s gonna stop buying modern consoles because games get updates. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5127635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadir Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 9/23/2022 at 12:02 PM, Zeptari1 said: No one’s gonna stop buying modern consoles because games get updates. Old games got updates too, but we had to send money to get them, then wait 6-8 weeks for the disk to arrive. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5128634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 S is on sale right now for cheap. https://www.target.com/p/xbox-series-s-console/-/A-80790842 But some sites are saying new x and s are coming next year so maybe wait and see. https://www.eurogamer.net/new-xbox-series-xs-consoles-detailed-in-enormous-microsoft-leak#:~:text=The company's mid-gen refresh,sports a new cyclindrical design. https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/19/23880111/microsoft-xbox-series-x-new-design-refresh Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5354324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Years later and now I own both a Series S AND a Series X. I never planned on buying a Series S, but I actually got it for half off during a sale at Verizon of all places. Bought the Series X when my original XBox One finally died. I never thought I'd like gamepass, but now I love it. I'll probably also buy a PS5 one day when I finally play all of my PS4 backlog. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314710-series-x-or-s/page/4/#findComment-5355569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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