Rumor: Xbox Series S $299 price potentially leaked
The as-yet unconfirmed design and price of the Xbox Series S has been leaked, along with a release date for both next-gen Xbox consoles.
The Xbox Series S price, design, and release date has been leaked, according to reports. These rumors, though unconfirmed, seem to indicate that the Series S will be priced at a cool $299 USD and will be significantly smaller than that of the Xbox Series X.
UPDATE: The official Xbox Twitter account has come out and confirmed that the Xbox Series S is real and has a price point of $299 USD. The tweet states that more details will be shared soon.
👀 Let’s make it official!
— Xbox (@Xbox) September 8, 2020
Xbox Series S | Next-gen performance in the ˢᵐᵃˡˡᵉˢᵗ Xbox ever. $299 (ERP).
Looking forward to sharing more! Soon. Promise. pic.twitter.com/8wIEpLPVEq
Twitter user WalkingCat has come out and leaked the full Xbox Series S reveal video. This video suggests that the Xbox Series S is the smallest Xbox console to date, nearly 60% smaller than the Series X. The video also claims the Series S features a custom 512GB NVMe SSD, no disc drive, 1440P at frame rates of up to 120FPS, 4K streaming media playback, 4K upscaling for games, DirectX ray-tracing, variable rate shading, and a variable refresh rate.
no point holding this back now I guess pic.twitter.com/SgOAjm3BuP
— WalkingCat (@_h0x0d_) September 8, 2020
Reports started surfacing about the Xbox Series S price and design on September 7, 2020. First reported by Brad Sams, the Xbox Series S is potentially releasing at $299 USD. As for the design, it looks to feature a rather large, circular vent on its top, and is otherwise a slim, disc-less version of the Xbox Series X.
Though Microsoft has yet to confirm these leaks, further credence is given to the rumor by Twitter user, WalkingCat. This individual shared a snippet from what appears to be an Xbox unveiling video.
— WalkingCat (@_h0x0d_) September 8, 2020
The clip in question shows the Xbox Series S contrasted against the Xbox Series X. The video highlights the slim design of the Series S, which looks to be similar to the design of the Xbox One X and Xbox One S.
Windows Central has also thrown its hat into the rumor ring with claims of the price of the Xbox Series X as well as payment plans via Xbox All Access. According to the report, players will be able to pick up the Xbox Series S for the aforementioned $299 USD or finance it for $25 USD per month. As for the Xbox Series X, rumor has it the price will sit at $499 USD or a $35 USD per month pricing plan.
The report goes on to say that the release date for the Xbox Series X and Series S will be November 10, 2020.
Whether or not any of this is accurate remains to be seen as Microsoft has yet to recognize the existence of the Xbox Series S, despite official marketing for it appearing in the wild. We’ll be sure to keep you updated when Microsoft does make an announcement regarding its next-gen console.
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Steam is really, really good about bandwidth because of differential patching. I'm amazed that this is not a standard feature on other store fronts.
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I just mean we know it must be more than $299.
Removing the optical drive saves ~$50 since you save the $20 for the drive, and the $25 to the BR consortium for the playback licence.
You could potentially knock more than $50 off the price since discless users are tied to the store and can't buy or borrow from friends, but that would require some upfront investment which Sony may not want to do. That seems to be how MS have the S price so low.
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I really don’t think you can make that assumption. I think PS5 will launch at $499 and $599. Sony doesn’t sell their consoles at a loss. Then I think you see MS at $299 and $499.
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Daaaang, that's cheap. Makes me wonder what how it compares to the inevitable 3060 whenever that gets announced.
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The 3060 would likely wipe the floor.. the leak i saw on the 3060 after they revealed the 3080/3090 was it would have 4096 Cuda Cores & ~14 TFLOPS so similar performance to the 2080Ti actually. Which honestly is nuts considering it will likely be selling around a very similar price.
The XB Series S has around 4 TFLOPS GPU power.
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Full reveal video supposedly leaked. 1440p, 512GB (meh, expandable at least), 4k upscaling (no surprise)... https://twitter.com/_h0x0d_/status/1303252607759130624
Really hope I don't regret buying a 1440p PC gaming monitor that doesn't do HDMI 2.1 VRR, LOL. Guess I won't notice.-
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Will the more expensive one support true 4K?
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Do you think devs will bother targeting that platform if 90% of xboxes sold are the S models?
Or are game engines advanced enough now to seamlessly downgrade without requiring additional dev work?-
Most analysts believe it'll be just like developing for the PC and it's range of specs. Conceptually that makes sense. But, I also assume developers wrestle with that a lot, which is one of the draws of developing for a console which has a single locked spec. Until recently with the X and Pro variants that is. So now we're getting more of that spread with MS's path. 2021 is going to be a very interesting year for gaming.
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Will both consoles support stuff like RTX?
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Ahh ok, that makes sense. I'll probably go with the X then, so I don't miss out on anything :)
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Maybe less memory since it doesn't have to go to 4k either?
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Man I bought a fancy 1TB SSD for like $350 a week ago so I mean this seems like a pretty sweet deal for a filthy casual
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Alright. So I'm betting $25/mo for 2 years with Gamepass Ultimate included, XSX for $35/mo for 2 years.
Which explains why they never shut the door on the Gamepass Ultimate upgrading / Xbox live stacking. They knew they'd be getting either cash up front for the console or you'd end up paying for gamepass twice.-
I see your rationale. Although I thought they stopped selling the 3 and 12 month prepaid cards, so didn’t that effectively kill it anyway?
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As far as I understand it there were massive quantities of retail cards still out there and available to be used. Some of the major legitimate key resellers still has them listed on their site and they regularly get discounted for use.
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About time the cards started falling
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I wish my experience with game pass pc was better. Other than Streets of Rage and Minecraft Dungeons, I've had problems with crashes on other games I've tried. And the MP experience on Streets of Rage isn't great. I Still haven't been able to get FS2020 to work. I finally uninstalled it just to reclaim the space. I just installed FF XV, and it crashed just after the opening sequence.
I'm wondering if the Xbox service overhead on games is too much for my CPU? I have plenty of ram, and the 2060 gpu is fine. So there's something else the Xbox variant doesn't like. Unless there's some kind of messy stuff going on with the OS itself. I've never liked how it's hard to tell how clean of an install of Windows you have unless you've done a fully nuke and install, but even then over time and installing stuff it just gets messy. -
It's faster than a One X correct?
Honestly it might be enough for a lot of people in terms of performance.-
It looks like it is Navi based with less RAM and smaller SSD. I assume the Navi chip has fewer cores enabled or is running at a much lower frequency. I bet is on the latter, since it doesn't need that massive cooling solution.
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https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-all-access
Xbox Series S will cost $299.99 at retail to buy outright, with a $25 per month Xbox All Access 24-month contract option.
Xbox Series X will cost $499.99 at retail, with a $35 per month Xbox All Access 24-month contract option.
Goddamn MS that's a fiiiiine deal.-
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It includes Game Pass Ultimate, which is $15 a month normally.
$15 * 24 = $360
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Sure.
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It's either $299/499 USD outright **or** the $25/35 USD/month plan, not both.
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Awesome deal and brilliant move if people go for it. Literally cheaper to get the console this way if you were planning on being subscribed to gamepass ultimate for those 24 months also.
But it also locks people into the xbox ecosystem for two years which is gonna be important, people who get an xbox with this plan will be less likely to trade the console in for a PS5 at least for a couple years
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One thing not mentioned much is how small the thing is. It's like, smaller than a One X. Pretty cool.
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Agreed; small is great but quiet > all else.
It's just such a better experience especially if you can't always crank the volume.
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Damn, I’m totally confused by the naming conventions, especially when people start referencing earlier gen in the same thought.
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Xbox Series S = base/lowend next-gen model
Xbox Series X = loaded/highend next-gen model
Xbox One X = current-gen highend model
Xbox One S = current-gen base model
Xbox One = original model-
So clearly there has to be a mid tier Series E coming at some point right?
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Thanks!
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Keep in mind I think MS stumbled into this.
Xbox One launched with full blown Kinect integration. It's whole launch was a mess but they backed off many many things one being how integral Kinect would have been but it was still a required piece on the system, and the marketing MS did prior led people to not trust the device.
Within a few years they had quickly refreshed the Xbox One to have a Kinect-less version, the Xbox One S, and then teased about a more powerful console then (2015), which they named Xbox One X.
Now obviously, that's a clear distinguishing featuring difference that people get, so it makes sense to stick with it now.
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Sony clearly is set on the idea of a console generation. They have firmly said that and their take on PS5 plants their flag there.
MS is treating the Xbox more and more like PCs that it is hard to say now where a generation starts and ends and you can always keep improving to match what the market is looking for. They know now that an S and an X model make sense. Maybe in 2 years after judging the Xbox All-Access they realize that some want a less powerful box but with an optical drive, and they'll make a Q version. They're doing services so they know how people play and use their boxens and that will help.
Or now that NVidia has basically laughed at the face of ninth gen, maybe there will be an even more powerful Y version in 5 years but otherwise compat with all games.
They have positioned the hardware and marketing in a way they don't have to commit to a new full hardware refresh for at least a good 7 years.-
I'm fully onboard with the Budget/Pro models in the same generation. But the confusion MS has created with generational names Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series is not subtle. It's really terrible and clearly MS was worried to put out a Xbox 2 when PS was a full generational number ahead. This was their attempt to not play leapfrogging number names.
You can see the same issues with AMD vs Nvidia, and AMD vs Intel in their product name.-
Oh, yeah, that's the big issue.
Also FWIW, its even worse that this 4th gen xbox series is just "Xbox" , not even "Xbox Series". So you have "Xbox", "Xbox 360", "Xbox One" and "Xbox".
Now, this is MS, they are not known for smart version naming in the first place.
They should have been bullish on getting the first gen Xbox "renamed" to something else in everyone's minds. Like Xbox OG, Xbox HUGE, Xbox Classic, or something like that, so that this we're all clear is new. But I will commend that they did shut down Xbox One X production early, and I head Xbox One S was also shuttered (but can't confirm) so that its actually going to be hard to find both Xbox One and XSS/XSX in stores at the same time. -
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I would definitely prefer this. I foresee many parents mistakenly ordering the wrong XBox for their kids and thinking they really got a “deal.”
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Funny enough this happened back with the Super NES.
Lots of parents were confused and exasperated that there was a "new" Nintendo when they already had a Nintendo at home. People didn't understand the idea of generational console launches or evolving hardware. They just assumed once you had a Nintendo you had it forever. -
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I strongly, strongly believe that most console purchasers don't care about 4K at all.
Some do, but it's the same crowd buying $2,500 OLEDs so they're going to get the $500 SKU anyway.
Most are fine with something that plays all current games, and looks really good on their whatever resolution TV.
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