Xbox Series S refresh

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ArchangelMadzz said:

scrapking said:

That makes sense from a western world viewpoint.  But the long-term future of the Series S may lay in India, Brazil, and similar, where incomes are much lower and/or import costs much higher.

This is assuming the price of the X will drop down to match the price of the S, as a full replacement.

And Phil Spencer and others at Microsoft have said that one of the reasons they did the Series S was because they don't expect significant price drops this generation.

That said, despite credible rumours that it's being considered, I personally don't think the gap needs to be filled between the Series S and the X.  A smaller (and disc-less) X makes sense to me, even though it probably won't be a lot cheaper (optical drives aren't THAT expensive these days, are they?).  I think losing the optical drive would do more for size reduction than it would cost reduction.  And size reduction is valuable, Microsoft already has an advantage over Sony in that regard this gen, and it makes sense to press that advantage.  That and it would push up digital sales definitely, and Game Pass attach rate probably.