The Verge

There’s a new, smaller Xbox with support for 4K video and HDR. It looks great, but should you buy it?

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Cool vid...I was debating super strongly on getting the XB1 S for the Gears 4 release but I think I will just hold out until next your and get my XB1 when the scorpio comes out. Glad it got rid of the power brick, it is smaller and slight more powerful all pluses for me and at at good price. So I would recommend this to anyone who doesn't own an XB1 And is thinking of getting one.

Yayyy for bluetooth. Now I don't need that stupid adapter for my laptop to pair it with.

Overall I like the console but his reasonings to think twice about buying it are certainly very good ones.

Dont have a 4k TV, so I don't think I'll dip in right now. But I'm definitely getting the Scorpio (if its priced right), and I'm getting that new Xbox controller.

No power brick no buy period... Hopefully the Scorpio doesn't have that amateurish design flow...

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I like it but I prefer the original. The old school is black, doesn't need an adapter for Kinect, and isn't really that big, despite what people say. Even the power brick doesn't bother me because it's tucked behind the TV.

More power to anyone that wants one, though.

 yeah having an integrated PSU has a grand total of zero advantage...

on the other hands it has a shit ton of major design flows... 

1 it is the most likely component to fail and if you are a collector it will fail before the rest it shouldn't warrant a brand new purchase when you could just buy a new PSU for $20...

2 It is also a big heat generator, encasing it with the rest is greatly increasing the risk of failure....

3 if you move around the world like I do and have to change PSU to fit local power requirements, switching a $20 bucks PSU is more cost efficient than buying a new console...

so 0-3 =-3 advantages... So yeah even if by some miracle you could find one advantage you'd still be off by 2... And don't tell me looks I don't know you but my consoles are under my TV and my cables and PSU all hidden behind the TV furniture so unless you have it on the coffee table with a outlet in the middle of your living room floor you still have zero point....

and this apply to just about any expensive electric device where you can't replace the PSU yourself easily ....

oh boy.. what an idiotic post.

1. 2. The box now draws around 80W in gaming, 40W when watching blu-rays. This makes for a very simple ps design which doesn't even get lukewarm in operation (hence the S is as quiet as the old model).

3. The back says 110-240V 50/60Hz input. Go figure whether you need a different ps.....

so 3 in 3 fails for your "arguments".

It looks good! Not enough games I enjoy on the Xbox yet to persuade me to buy one but it's a looker alright! Let's see what Xbox has to offer next year when Scorpio comes