Xbox Series S/X: Thread 02

[teddymeow]

Ball in Sony's court.

If they can price PS5 at £349 - £399 that'll clinch it.

[Cassius_Smoke]

Maybe the SeriesS will be the leading console this gen.

[Neon Ignition]

I wouldn't risk betting any money on it
Has a good chance of being the lowest selling one though, unless it turns out to have more appeal than Series X...

[wakka]

The problem for me with this machine is that for your average gamer, what more are they going to get out of this on Day 1 than their existing PS4 or Bone? Faster loading times, a slightly higher resolution. That seems to be about it. The advantages to upgrading don't seem huge right now to be honest. I think that could hurt it at launch.

[Cassius_Smoke]

Imagine you have a brand new bottom spec Ford Focus. At some point you'll be at some traffic lights and next to you will be the top spec model and you'll think, yeah should have bought that one.

[fuse]

£249 for a next gen machine - great!
512gb drive on an all-digital next gen machine? Ughhhh.

[MartyG]

Even with Microsoft's buying power, getting a £249 price point and having a reliable 1TB or 2TB PCIE3 Gen 4 NVME drive would be a stretch - it's not unsurprising, but it should be fine for the casual market whose attach rate isn't high.

[Dogg Thang]

I have lost all sense of what XBox are doing. I don't understand what models they have out, what models they have coming out soon, what the differences are, what they do. Is that old age? Am I old?

[MartyG]

Yes, it's not complicated.

Xbox One S for leppers
Xbox Series S for wannabes
Xbox Series X for the size insecure

[Dogg Thang]

Xbox Series X for the size insecure

Cool, going for this one. Cheers.

[Family Fry]

Just to hit a slight tangent, Samsung are now on the Samsung Galaxy S20 they basically skipped 11-19. In a way naming doesn’t really mean **** once the marketing machine starts up and you see what they want you to buy.

Think of it this way, you’ve only got £249 in your bank and want a new games console, you now need to find yourself another £200+ to buy a PS5 and a game.

[Cassius_Smoke]

Just to hit a slight tangent, Samsung are now on the Samsung Galaxy S20 they basically skipped 11-19. In a way naming doesn’t really mean **** once the marketing machine starts up and you see what they want you to buy.

Think of it this way, you’ve only got £249 in your bank and want a new games console, you now need to find yourself another £200+ to buy a PS5 and a game.

Or a seriesX and a game...
It might hit PS5 on price, but it also undermines their own console.

[QualityChimp]

so much better than the trash we get on PSN.

Am I right in thinking you're comparing Game Pass with Playstation Now, rather than Games With Gold and PS+?
I know it's subjective, but I think the 2020 PS+ games have trounce the GWG list in both quality and quantity, IMHO.

PS+
Erica
Call of Duty: WWII
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Cities Skylines
Farming Simulator 19
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
DiRT Rally 2.0
Shadow of the Colossus
Sonic Forces
BioShock: The Collection
The Sims 4
Firewall Zero Hour
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Goat Simulator
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Street Fighter V
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
Fall Guys
Rise of the Tomb Raider
NBA 2K20
Erica
Call of Duty: WWII
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Cities Skylines
Farming Simulator 19
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
DiRT Rally 2.0
Shadow of the Colossus
Sonic Forces
BioShock: The Collection
The Sims 4
Firewall Zero Hour
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Goat Simulator

Games With Gold
Styx: Shards of Darknes
Batman: The Telltale Serie
TT Isle of Man February
Call of Cthulhu February
Batman: The Enemy Within
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Project CARS 2
Knights of Pen and Paper Bundle
V-Rally 4
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
Coffee Tal
WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship
Dunk Lords
Portal Knights
Override: Mech City BrawlTom Clancy’s The Division

[CMcK]

Or a seriesX and a game...
It might hit PS5 on price, but it also undermines their own console.

Doesn't matter if someone buys a S or X. There's no profit in the hardware. As long as these customers are buying games that's where the profits are.

[wakka]

Am I right in thinking you're comparing Game Pass with Playstation Now, rather than Games With Gold and PS+?
I know it's subjective, but I think the 2020 PS+ games have trounce the GWG list in both quality and quantity, IMHO.

PS+
Erica
Call of Duty: WWII
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Cities Skylines
Farming Simulator 19
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
DiRT Rally 2.0
Shadow of the Colossus
Sonic Forces
BioShock: The Collection
The Sims 4
Firewall Zero Hour
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Goat Simulator
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Street Fighter V
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
Fall Guys
Rise of the Tomb Raider
NBA 2K20
Erica
Call of Duty: WWII
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Cities Skylines
Farming Simulator 19
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
DiRT Rally 2.0
Shadow of the Colossus
Sonic Forces
BioShock: The Collection
The Sims 4
Firewall Zero Hour
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Goat Simulator

Games With Gold
Styx: Shards of Darknes
Batman: The Telltale Serie
TT Isle of Man February
Call of Cthulhu February
Batman: The Enemy Within
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Project CARS 2
Knights of Pen and Paper Bundle
V-Rally 4
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
Coffee Tal
WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship
Dunk Lords
Portal Knights
Override: Mech City BrawlTom Clancy’s The Division

The PS list there is way better. But GwG is a bit of a strange red headed stepchild of an offering nowadays, with all the focus on Game Pass. A better comparison might be PS Now vs GP.