Update (9:35 AM CEST): Microsoft revealed the design and price of the new Xbox Series S in a tweet; It is billed as the smallest console in the series and will be available at $ 299. The company did not mention a release date or when it would share more information.
Update 2 (11:30 am CEST): A leaked commercial for the console, shared by a Twitter user _h0x0d_ It points out that the Xbox Series S supports games with a 1440p resolution of up to 120 fps. The system will get a 512GB SSD; we don’t know if there will be a way to expand that.
No point holding this now I guess pic.twitter.com/SgOAjm3BuP
– WalkingCat (@ _h0x0d_) September 8, 2020
We have updated the image representing this item with the included in Microsoft’s tweet. Our original report follows below.
We’ve heard for months that, alongside its next-gen Xbox Series X gaming console, Microsoft is ready to introduce a cheaper model called the Xbox Series S, likely with low-end hardware specs and without a disk drive. Now, Brad Sams of Thurrott has just released a video of what is supposedly the S Series in most of its glory.
The video shows the Xbox Series S in a white finish with a circular grille on the side panel, and these elements seem to share the design language of the Xbox Series X hardware that we’ve already seen.
Sams noted that it will be priced at $ 299; That’s the same as the 500GB Xbox One S cost when it launched in 2016. Windows Central currently reports the same price, as well as $ 499 for the Xbox Series X with a November 10 release date. However, Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad, who is generally aware of this sort of thing, noted that while the console design in Sams’ video is real, it is It is difficult to confirm the price at this time..
To clarify a couple of points from the first tweet, as people keep asking me.
1. Yes, this is the layout of the actual console and the console exists.
2. I have no idea if the price is real or not. Could be.
3. Xbox will reveal it correctly soon enough.
– Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) September 8, 2020
While the Xbox Series X will appeal to console fans looking for high-end graphics performance from next-gen games, the S Series should help gamers on a budget to get in on the action without breaking the bank.
It lacks a disc drive, but between Microsoft’s growing game store and the attractive Xbox Game Pass subscription service, you’ll have access to many titles without the need for physical copies.
Here’s another video, from Twitter user _h0x0d_ showing the size of the Xbox Series S compared to the Xbox One X.
– WalkingCat (@ _h0x0d_) September 8, 2020
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Posted on Sep 8, 2020 – 03:53 UTC
