I like the wide, superior GPU of the XSX. It is a great system overall, and will probably perform better than the PS5. I will only buy one though, if/when they release a model with a regular user replaceable NVME slot. Until they fix this, it's PS5 only for me.

Even Nintendo has moved away from proprietary storage. Business practices like this are reprehensible.

$520 - 1.5tb Xbox Series S

$500 - 1tb Xbox Series X

The price of this storage kinda kills the value of the Series S. I mean if we assume the 0.5tb is worth $110....

Then it's $410 for Xbox Series S 1TB and $500 for Xbox Series X 1TB. Meaning you're getting a vastly inferior GPU and only saving $90.

These storage prices will need to come down fast.

I think this is why Sony is allowing 3rd party expansion. That way when SSD manufacturers are doing sales users can upgrade their PS5 storage for less cost and leaving Sony in the clear and not be accused of Vita-like practises. 

I don't know how flexible MS will be on the price as the prices of NAND flash goes down but I can't see them dropping the price in increments every few months like normal retailers would do.

I'm not a fan of proprietary storage solutions, especially when they don't seem to be technically necessary (which is pretty much always). If Microsoft brings the price down closer to that of an off the shelf solid state drive, I might pick one up. But there's no way I'll pay $220 for one.

And, I find it somewhat disappointing that Microsoft is going this way. I've always associated them with being much more consumer friendly in terms of storage options. I suppose it's not so bad though, since there's enough storage in both systems to have a few games, at least, installed at any time. If they bring the price down over the next couple of years, maybe I'll give them a pass. If they're still trying to get $200 for this thing 2 years from now, I'll have to consider that a strike against Microsoft.

Not sure if I'll buy one yet. Need to see how long it takes to move games from external HDD to console.

Damn... That's expensive. Hope it comes down after a year or so. I doubt I'll need one before then.

Hum yah, 4.8 is "compressed". So PCIe 3.0 can achieve it. Price would be lower then

Yeah this was always going to be expensive, and was never going to be cheaper than off the shelf parts. Gaming parts particularly, on newly made proprietary tech always carries a premium price.

This is why Series S is such a kind of a bad deal for all but the most casual of gamers. Well unless you don't mind transferring data constantly.

It's actually a really good price. The problem is people devaluing space. Not a single person who buys and Xbox actually needs that much storage, let alone SSD storage. I have yet to see a person who constantly switches between 20 big games. Large SSD storage is still very much premium, otherwise I would've switched to SSD for my long time storage a long time ago. My next high end gaming PC won't have more than 1TB for storage.

I'm sure most people who are price sensitive (hence going for a Series S) have no intention of expanding their storage, especially not for $200+