Xbox Series S design leaked, Confirmed at $300 this Holiday (Series X = $500)

[EricHiggin]

the-pi-guy said:

Chomanno said:
The Price of the Series S is to high, when compared to the X or Series X.
The X has 1 TB, HD BluRay, and comparable graphic power, for 299€.
For 499€ of the series X, you get 3x graphic power plus HD BluRay and bigger SSD.

And in the next 3 years, all next gen games will also release for the current gen. Maybe except a few games.

The SSD in the XSS is substantially better than the HDD.  

The only thing missing out is the blu-ray, instead the XSS has a better CPU.  

Aside from some clearances and used consoles, XOX has mostly been selling for $399/399€.  

But I do agree that XSX really feels like a better deal. 

Games like Fifa will still be on current gen. Plenty of games won't be though. 

This is MS attempting to kill two or more birds with one stone.

Most thought based on the XBSX specs that it was certainly worth more than $500, and even though many thought charging more than $500 was asking for trouble, when finding out the price was going to be $500, everyone was pleased with that price. Added to this, you have XBSS, which isn't too far of what it should cost. I do believe XBSX is being subbed more so than XBSS, which is why it clearly seems to have the better value. This way, MS is making a reasonable offer to everyone who wants one of these consoles, while also convincing some to purchase the more expensive model because of it's perceived value.

The more balanced the sales between both consoles, the more reason for devs to properly support both. If XBSS outsells XBSX like 5:1, then devs won't want to spend as much time making use of every drop of performance the XBSX can offer due to it's much smaller user base. MS doesn't want that to happen because then XBSX owners will feel cheated. MS wants to up sell people to XBSX as much as they can to maintain as close to a balanced user base per console as possible. Now odds are quite good that XBSS will sell more period, but that's something you just can't get around. MS just has to try and make sure sales are as even as they can be, without upsetting people that one is way to good of a deal vs the other, which isn't easy either.

This also get's used against SNY. If you want the cheapest option available, it's XBSS, period. MS wins that battle. If you want the most powerful (on paper), it's XBSX. MS wins that battle. If you want something in the middle like PS5 DE likely, MS has little pull in that situation. SNY wins that battle. If you want a disc console, well for slightly more or the same price, why not get the most powerful (on paper) console on the market? MS will have a decent argument here but it will still be a toss up.

Now there's plenty of other things to consider like services and exclusives, etc, but in terms of hardware, MS has set things up so that to the hardcore spec gamer, and casual gamer, it's supposed to be a no brainer to buy an XB. We'll see how well it works out.