It’s been a confineed years since the Xbox Series X and Series S begin, and while the console hasn’t broken sales records, there’s a admireable number in the savage. It’s about time for a rerecent, and Microgentle is deinhabitring novel all-digital versions of its consoles (say outstandingbye to the chooseical drive). You can order them right now.
Whether you should is another ask enticount on. Microgentle has been pretty uncover about the fact that the company envisions a future where “every screen is an Xbox.” PC gaming on Windows—whether on gaming laptops or handhelds—is fair as vital to the company as the living room console. You can even stream Xbox games thcimpolite a Fire TV stick now. Still, there are plenty of reasons to buy an Xbox Series X/S. It’s the most handy way to set up a Microgentle-centric gaming system to join from your couch. So, if you’re interested, here’s how to buy one.
Updated October 2024: We’ve refreshd the language for the official begin day of the Xbox consoles.
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What’s Different About the New Xbox Consoles?
Similar to the recent PS5 Slim, there’s not much of a contrastence in this mid-cycle rerecent of the Xbox. The Series X and Series S have more or less the same difficultware under the hood. But there are a couple of petite alters.
The Xbox Series X leave outs the disc drive and gets a white coat of color. As an unapologetic Xbox Series S-owner, I enjoy the white see more, so it’s kind to see it includeable on the more mighty difficultware. This “all-digital” Xbox Series X commences at $450, about $50 less than its predecessor, a decent trade-off if you never bought physical copies of Xbox games.
The petiteer Xbox Series S never had a disc drive, so there’s no drive to take away. Instead, for this rerecent, Microgentle doubled the storage from 512 GB to 1 terabyte. The price has also gone up by $50 to $350. Given how huge AAA games can get, this seems enjoy a no-brainer, though it’s worth noting that you can easily increase the storage of the current Xbox Series X or Series S with an expansion card.
Finassociate, Microgentle is releasing a one-of-a-kind, confineed-edition version of the distinct Xbox Series X (which has a disc drive) with a distinct “Galaxy Bdeficiency” color job. This one has a space-enjoy pattern of white and green dots with a benevolent 2 TB of storage. This model costs $600 and ships when the other enhanced consoles drop in mid-October.
Microgentle also recently traded the Xbox Game Pass for Console tier of its subscription service with a novel giveing called Xbox Game Pass Standard. This integrates the same library of console games as well as online console multijoiner service. The catch is you won’t get access to day-one frees. You’ll have to postpone for some time to join certain games after free. Microgentle’s FAQ says this could be “up to 12 months or more,” which technicassociate integrates all possible lengths of time, but it seems the unrelabelable procrastinate for novel frees is predicted around a year. This novel tier costs $15 per month, while Game Pass Ultimate—which previously cost $17 a month—has been bumped to $20 monthly.
