Is the Xbox Series S already a failure?

[The Mad Titan]

The same people who don’t care about 4k (which has pretty much been standard since 2017) are suddenly gonna care about playing games in 60fps with minor graphical upgrades, no disc drive, and non-existent internal memory ? I doubt it.

Its people buying it as gifts out of desperation because theres no other consoles on the shelves.

I will also put money on it that half the people that bought a series s completely forgets about it in two years or upgrades to an X or PS5. You put the S and the X next to each other and 9/10 a consumer will choose the x, The s isn’t being bought because its such a good value and people are desperate to save 200 dollars, they are buying it because its whats available.

4k was the standard in 2017? On which console? Infact most people debating about 4k didn't have true 4k TV's.


And 4k being the standard on PC is also false, it was reserved for people with crazy graphics cards and monitors.


Now 4 years later it is closer to the standard across all platforms...


And the same will happen again.


So yes people with series S will probably be looking to upgrade, but that shouldn't matter since people with series x and ps5 will probably looking to upgrade to the next model as well.


And those that aren't looking to upgrade can still enjoy there series S no problem

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

4k was the standard in 2017? On which console? Infact most people debating about 4k didn't have true 4k TV's.


And 4k being the standard on PC is also false, it was reserved for people with crazy graphics cards and monitors.


Now 4 years later it is closer to the standard across all platforms...


And the same will happen again.


So yes people with series S will probably be looking to upgrade, but that shouldn't matter since people with series x and ps5 will probably looking to upgrade to the next model as well.


And those that aren't looking to upgrade can still enjoy there series S no problem

The difference I s they will be looking to upgrade not because a new model came out but because the current better models will become readily available

The scarcity of supply is driving demand, most people with an S are still stuck in cross generational limbo

 

[5n0man]

The series s sounds like a good deal until you realize the small storage will eventually require you to buy a memory card. That adds up to the price of a series x. You might as well by the better console with 2x the storage from the jump.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

The series s sounds like a good deal until you realize the small storage will eventually require you to buy a memory card. That adds up to the price of a series x. You might as well by the better console with 2x the storage from the jump.

Yeah, the thing is that people don’t really have a choice either way. There’s no reality where the S is a better value proposition than the X, unless they drop the price even further.

The long term benefits of selling series S’ now is that its locking people into the xbox this generation. So when they upgrade they will eventually upgrade to the x to keep their game library or subscriptions

 

[The Mad Titan]

The series s sounds like a good deal until you realize the small storage will eventually require you to buy a memory card. That adds up to the price of a series x. You might as well by the better console with 2x the storage from the jump.

If a person is worrying about that it probably isn't the system for them short term or long term.

But even then if you have any kind of USB external drive you can just plug it in and store games on it.

 

[staticshock]

When its the only console on the shelves what do you expect? People are desperate for christmas presents

There’s gonna be a lot of disappointed kids on christmas

you wouldn’t be saying this if that article was about PlayStation

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

you wouldn’t be saying this if that article was about PlayStation

Of course not, the playstation 4 sold 115+ million consoles

You’d be naive to underestimate theres a greater demand for the ps5 than series s

 

[MeachTheMonster]

The series s sounds like a good deal until you realize the small storage will eventually require you to buy a memory card. That adds up to the price of a series x. You might as well by the better console with 2x the storage from the jump.

Or you could just delete the games you aren’t playing

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Or you could just delete the games you aren’t playing

Forza alone is 105gb thats almost a 3rd of the internal storage

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Forza alone is 105gb thats almost a 3rd of the internal storage

So what?

 

[5n0man]

Or you could just delete the games you aren’t playing

Warzone will take half the storage alone, 3 games max is garbage. The series x is a flat out better deal.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

So what?

Its not good value

 

[5n0man]

If a person is worrying about that it probably isn't the system for them short term or long term.

But even then if you have any kind of USB external drive you can just plug it in and store games on it.

A decent external hardrive will still run you an extra $100, might as well spend a little bit more and get the most powerful console on the market with enough storage to hold atleast 15 games.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Warzone will take half the storage alone, 3 games max is garbage. The series x is a flat out better deal.

Its not good value

Cost nothing to delete and reinstall a game. Especially with cloud gaming Series S has enough space for a casual gamer.

By y’all’s dumb ass logic PS5 is a bad deal. At 600gb you are gonna be deleting games soon as well. On top of the fact that you need double the space for an install so you effectively only have about 500GB

 

[MeachTheMonster]

enough storage to hold atleast 15 games.

Your math might be broken.

Series S can only hold 3 games. But the X with less than double the storage of the S can somehow hold 15 games???

How does math work again?