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Microsoft has been busy releasing information on not just one new console but two. Yesterday, the Xbox Series S officially revealed. As expected, cheaper than today’s price announcement of the Xbox Series X. Both consoles you’ll be able to play next generation gaming but with slight differences, not just the pricing. Based on the information provided by Microsoft (spec sheet below), the Xbox Series S is about 33% less powerful than the Xbox Series X; in terms of CPU, GPU and RAM. Additionally, performance output to your screen also less at 1440p from 60 to 120 FPS. Oh and don’t expect to use discs, there’s no disc drive.
Being a digital-only console, the internal storage is surprisingly half the size of the Xbox Series X being a digital-only console. At the very least both versions give the option to expand to 1TB storage.
Both consoles launch the same day on November 10th (Tuesday). While the price announcement for $499 USD (Xbox Series X) and $299 USD (Xbox Series S) revealed, not quite “final”. Due to Microsoft added an ERP (estimated retail price) in their console pricing announcement. Since the PlayStation 5 still has not revealed its price and launch date, this gives the Xbox’s new console wiggle room to adjust pricing if need be. At this point these are the prices will most likely be what consumers will be paying for this November. With the option to play games from the past Xbox consoles and publishers adding game enhancements to Xbox One games, the next Xbox console looks to keep fans staying even if the new Halo game won’t be put till 2021.
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Xbox All Access priced at $24.99 per month, doesn’t matter which console you pick up. With the access pass, gamers can choose a full library of games at their disposal. Think of it as Netflix for games. Additionally, publishing company EA will be adding their service, EA Play for free. If you enjoy your yearly sport games, this may not be something to pass up on.
Pre-orders for both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S opens up on September 22nd. The only thing wish that could change at this point is the weird console names for this.
Source: Microsoft