Xbox Series S

This is a great console. It's obviously not as powerful as the Series X, but it doesn't need to be. The size is amazing, and can fit in any space, and plays every game available digitally on Xbox very well. I have a gaming PC so having this as a secondary device is a godsend. My partner also likes it as she can use it as a smart TV box for our dumb 1080p TV - it works with Plex, Prime Video, Netflix and so on. The SSD is fast, with the system booting to the dashboard before my Logitech Harmony even fires up my TV and soundbar and sets them to the right inputs. Apps and games load very quickly, and for games Quick Resume is amazing. At 1080p, the graphics look great. Some backwards compatible games aren't improved from the One S configuration (yet), but any game optimised for Series S|X loads quickly, looks amazing and has a higher framerate than the last-gen versions. If you have a PS4 or a One S, aren't interested in 4K and want a cheap upgrade to play Cyberpunk at an acceptable performance, you can't go wrong with this system. Chances are, if you know the Xbox Series S isn't for you, you won't be reading this review. But if you're on the fence between this and a more expensive console you may want to think if the following applies to you: If you have Game Pass and another system (like a PC or PS5) and want to play some legacy Xbox games and whatever MS is providing via Game Pass, this is an awesome system. If you've got a spare room with a TV and you want an affordable games console to go in there, Xbox Series S is the way forward. If all you want is an affordable way to play next-gen games for the foreseeable future, this is the console for you. It's also great for kids who want to play Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft and not much else. It'll be a big improvement on the Xbox Series S - just be mindful that if they have disc-based games they won't be playable on the Series S. If you've got a 4K TV you probably want an Xbox Series X, PS5 or a good gaming PC, as games on this device will max out at 1080p-1440p. This console also doesn't have a disc drive so all your games and multimedia will need to be digital. Take that in mind. There's a lot of good and niche reasons to own this device over a more expensive system - if you fit into one of those niches, £250 is well worth the price.

Fantastic little Gamepass machine. And it really is little - similar in size to the Wii. It operates silently when playing games, there's no fan noise and no risk drive to spin around. Gamepass is a great deal, especially if you use the Gold to Gamepass conversion trick. I have had a great time discovering games I normally wouldn't have bothered with. Whilst Xbox is severely lacking in new first-party exclusives, the ever changing Gamepass library provides endless entertainment. Not only that but Microsoft are adding features to the Series S like FPS boost which makes older games play a lot more smoothly. I've just gone back to Battlefield 4 and the difference from the original 30 FPS version is night and day. Also, if like me you haven't owned an Xbox since the 360 and bought a lot of titles back then, thanks to the impressive backwards compatibility on the Series S, you'll find that your game library is already quite substantial. It's also worth mentioning the very fast load times, beautiful graphics with S/X optimised games (don't notice much difference with my PS5 on my 4K TV in optimised games) and the awesome Quick Resume, which lets you jump straight back in where you left a game even if you've played several other games since. In years to come there will be first-party exclusives and they'll be coming straight to Gamepass on the Series S. I bought the Series S because of this - a future-proofing accompaniment to my PS5. I honestly didn't think I'd get that much use out of it for quite a while - but there biggest compliment I can pay it is that I've played it just as much as my PS5, if not more.

Such a good console and so small compared to its big brother the Series X and even the previous One and One X. AND THE PRICE! My Lord, the price is a steal! Whisper quiet even on performance-heavy games, don’t really notice the lack of native 4K nor the lack of a disc drive. The speed is incredible. For reference it could take over a minute to load a Halo level on the OG Xbox and even the 360, and this thing can do a remastered 1080p 60FPS version in 3-4 seconds. Quick-resume is also a fantastic feature, allowing you to skip all those menus and logos when firing up a game you play a lot, even from a just-plugged-in state! It was sort of done on the Xbox One but it really marks itself as a genuine feature here. One gripe is the lack of internal memory at under 400GB, though that kind of thing is expected for the price. You can use external HDDs and SSDs with it BUT you can only play older games off of them, any games that are labelled ‘Optimised for Series S/X’ can be stored on such drives but can ONLY be run off the internal memory or on the official Seagate expansion drive which has its own proprietary port on the back of the console (and which at the moment costs about the difference between this and the Series X, so bare that in mind if you’re weighing up the two). Beyond having S/X specific upgrades though, even now there are pretty much no exclusive games, which is a drawback but one I’m confident MS are going to fix in the near future. It’s something to think about if you’re looking to upgrade from a One though. One thing I will say is that I think this is designed to be more of a Games Pass machine. Something to store a few games on while you’re playing them and then you delete them to download a bunch of new ones, with a few permanent favourites like Halo or Skyrim. Rather than something to keep your entire back catalogue of games on and only downloading a few new ones here and there when you can shell out £50+. But I think that is the trajectory of the gaming industry generally, moving towards a Netflix model rather than a DVD cabinet one.

With what is on offer from Microsoft and what the future holds for all of us gamers, casual or hardcore, we are all set to enjoy the best gaming generation since the beginning of gaming on Consoles, PC and Mobile. With over 10+ Billion invested in gaming studios over the last 3 years, that have some of the best AAA games, AA games and the first and only AAAA Studio, gaming is very much what Microsoft is putting high on its list. Last generation they made mistakes and could never fully recover, if 50+ plus million sales could be called bad. We also have Gamepass with 300+ New and Old games ready for you at £7.99 a month. When games are £50 to £70 Each and Day One you can play 30+ New Games this year on Xbox for 12 months when compared to the cost of 2 games on other consoles. With Old games getting Auto HDR and FPS Boost, witch takes games from 30 frames to 60 and some 120, believe your game is running and looking like never before, not a pay for remake/remastered like other Consoles, Series S its Automatically done Free by the technology built in the Console. The Series S is the best value console with a massive future ahead, from a company that has not stopped invest in games and Studios. This is what Series S has to offer you now and for the future. This is Microsoft Xbox Reboot. This is the best place to be, but most of all, its Value, its the best place for gaming, its the fastest growing community, its where the Xbox team, from the top man down all play game, talk on social media sites, talk about what is to come. Myself I have a Series X, this is for my Daughter in Uni, a fifa, Call of Duty, Fortnight player. I am 39 years of gaming, PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Mobile ect, I spent 14 years building custom gaming PC, with Diploma in Hardware, Networking, Customer Care at C.A.D in Newport Gwent, What this little XBox can do is worth 3x the price they are asking, its now and most importantly future technology built by the best at what they do, A.M.D Graphics and Processing power, with the best Software DirectX 12 Ultimate and support by Microsoft. Pick up your gaming pad and never be without a game, pay the cost of 1 game and get 6 months of AA/AAA Gamepass games. Enjoy your gaming what ever you decide, my review is what Series S got for you now and years to follow. GamerTag, Imapwr On PlayStation + Xbox

Awesome value! It's tiny, practically silent when gaming, actually faster than PS4 Pro or Xbox One X as it has much newer hardware than either. It only uses about 70 watts to around 150 watts per hour when gaming, depending on the game and resolution. Much to my surprise it supports 120hz at 4k and 1080p it works well at 60hz 4k with less demanding games running at 4k and modern AAA titles being upscaled but hitting 60 FPS no issue. The only draw back is how small the 512GB super fast PCIE4 internal drive is, you only have 360GB to install games on. So if you plan on having lots of games you will have to buy the Expansion SSD from Seagate, older games can be installed on a USB stick to keep the super fast storage for modern games that need it. If you have a problem with the Series X or S (or PS5) with screen flickering when it switches from HDR modes in video apps then you must update your TVs software to the latest versions. I did have the issue when playing Netflix etc but updating the software on both LG and Samsung TVs fixed it. Don't forget if new to Xbox, buy some recharging batteries for the controller, they are not included. But the series S is basically a PS4 Pro or Xbox One X that is much smaller, quieter has double the CPU power of older models and a much newer GPU that does raytracing and better upscaling to 4k. Its probably the best value games hardware I have bought in 40 years. Don't forget you can use cheap USB memory sticks, HDDs or external SSDs to store non optomised for Series S X games no issue. The internal storage should only be used for titles optomised for Series X S as they won't run from any other storage than the internal drive or Seagate expansion card. The external Seagate superfast expansion card was idiot proof to install and transfer games to. I imagine over time they will decrease in price and increase in storage size as well. So don't let the 360 GBs of usable space put you off the Series S at all.

Game Pass is this console's saving grace, offering a huge catalogue of games at a relatively low price and without it I'd probably be a lot more disappointed. You'd be hard pressed to find many big improvements over the One S other than the (admittedly greatly) improved loading times in most games and the smoothness of the UI. If it looked and ran great on the One S, it'll look the same here but run better. Any last-gen games are going to benefit from stable frame rates, but it won't turn a 30fps locked game into a 60/120fps locked game. They'll also benefit from drastically improved loading times, which alone is a worthy upgrade. It's unfortunate that you can't run the One X versions of games on here due to how the backwards compatibility layer works, meaning for those coming from the One S this won't feel like much of a graphical upgrade, and will be a downgrade for those coming from the One X. The even bigger caveat is that this also applies to BC of older gen (360/OG) games, which don't get to benefit from the same 4K upscaling and graphical improvements the X models do. But what about Series optimised games? The new stuff? Well, there isn't a lot of it right now and likely for the for the next year after launch. What is there, really does show an improvement both graphically and performance-wise over the One S. Forza Horizon 4 for example is 1080p/60fps on the Series S and it plays great! As developers get accustomed to the new toolkits they'll be able to pump out even more impressive performance out of this small box, but for now it's not too shabby. This is a secondary console to my PS5, so I'm playing it on the same 55" 4K TV and while it's less sharp up close, from couch distance it still looks pretty good to my eye. I don't feel like I'm missing out by not having the Series X when playing optimised games, but the older games being the One S versions really does make me reconsider my purchase decision knowing that many S titles will run at below 1080p resolutions which don't upscale nicely to 4K and come out muddy. 512gb storage isn't great, and roughly only 360gb of that is usable. Still, I managed to fit a dozen games on there ranging from some 360 titles to some Series S optimised ones. As games don't need the 4K textures on the S, they're usually not too big in size. Some games are 100+gb, particularly multiplayer titles, so if you're someone who regularly swaps between games you may find the storage limiting. You can move games off to an external drive just for safe keeping, freeing up internal space, but you can only play older gen games off it. Any new games will require to be installed on the internal storage. At £200+ for a 1TB expansion card, you're better off just buying the Series X to begin with. The small storage space works for me, but it may not work for you. The console is small. Not much wider and taller than a Switch, which is pretty impressive. It also runs whisper quiet, and without a disc drive there's no spinning disc noises either. The large fan does a pretty good job of keeping it cool, and to make it even more impressive, the power supply is integrated into the console! Seriously, well done Microsoft. I do wish it had a disc drive, though. Physical games can usually be found for cheap months after release, but you'll be paying full price (excluding sales) for digital. Not an issue for me, as it's primarily for Game Pass games. The controller is, in my opinion, a huge improvement over the last one despite the subtle changes. The textured, matte triggers feel much better than the glossy material that would get grimy over time. The joystick dimples are a little wider too, and a little shorter, making it much more comfortable for my thumbs during long play sessions. The D-Pad is excellently tactile, if a little obnoxiously loud. I'm all for removable battery compartments, but can we make the next iteration contain rechargeable batteries in the box? Overall, it's a pretty great controller. I do enjoy the Dualsense's features and ergonomics a little more, but this isn't far behind. Okay, so is it worth it? Sure, if you want it as a secondary console you'll probably get a lot of love out of it. As a primary console or upgrade to One S/X? It has a lot of unrealised potential, but older games will never be at their "best" on this. If you're okay with that, then yeah it's a good buy.

The series S was more of a playful experiment to my eyes when it first got announced, rather than a serious offer that I would consider buying for myself. And yet here I am, writing down my very positive experience with it so far. Here are some key points, for those who don't want to read the whole review: Positives - The price. Ridiculous value for money, really. Even without the shortage on GPU's, I don't think £250 could buy you a card with better performance than the series S. Leave alone the crazy fast SSD. - The exterior design. This is a powerful machine, capable of some serious performance, somehow contained in a tiny rectangular box that fits everywhere. It can also stand horizontally or vertically without requiring a base, while looking extremely cute in both scenarios. Simple, easy, sensible. - Cooling. No matter what game you throw at it, there is no part of the console that feels hot to touch. The hot air comes out of that big black circle, without touching anything on its way out (like cables, ports etc). - All new Xbox features. Cloud gaming, Console streaming, Smart delivery automatic improvements on older games... Quick Resume is the feature that we all wanted but did not know. - Game Pass. The gaming subscription service adds so much value to the Xbox platform. Negatives - Questionable future. So far it has been keeping up with the series X, at least for 1080/1440p gaming with some acceptable reductions in image quality, but until when? - Unpolished UI on the main menu. I can almost always notice sound effects breaking and small lags when browsing the menus fast. - More or less 385GB are available for games, significantly smaller than the series X. - Previous generation titles that have not been optimized yet, run their Xbox one S version by default rather than the Xbox one X. This means you get the crappier version pretty much, even though the console could handle the best one as well. - No Blu Ray. I don't care about that one, but it is the only way to have access to the used games market. Just by going through the pros/cons list, one can easily see that great value for money does not mean the best possible choice always. I'm pretty sure that the extra £200 required for the series X (or a ps5) are totally worth it and it is the safest bet for many gamers. But there are many ways to choose the series S as well. Some people live in tiny apartments or rooms, some don't own a 4K monitor. Some prefer playing older titles, indies and will be extremely happy with the way the modern triple A's will run on the series S. Some just want a console to play with their kids and have fun without breaking the bank. Some just want to get a taste of game pass at the lowest price possible. No matter what the reason, the series S is an excellent machine that feels like and truly is a next gen console. You will get the full Microsoft gaming console experience and tons of entertainment and that is an astonishing achievement from the Xbox department.

The Series S is a superb little machine. I have my gaming PC upstairs but wanted to be able to use Game Pass in my lounge as well. This little fella fits the bill superbly. Storage is limited but expandable via the official card, games can also be stored on an external HDD/SSD. I only tend to have half a dozen games on the go at any one time, so the storage space is fine for me. As for performance - it’s a very capable little machine. I’m using mine on a 4K TV and games look great. Typical resolution for games is 1080p - 1440p running at 60fps. Game Pass is quite simply the best deal in gaming. You can get 12 months for the price of a single AAA game on a certain competitor. You will get ALL of Microsoft’s own games on day one, plus many more besides in Game Pass. It’s truly fantastic value. In the last 2 weeks alone I’ve been able to play the frankly amazing Forza Horizon 5 and now the new Halo Infinite multiplayer, with the campaign to come on Dec 8th. The Series S runs whisper quiet and I actually laughed when I first opened the box- I knew it was small but it’s only when you see it in the flesh you realise how small! Think along the lines of a large box of tissues and you’re there. Loading times are vastly quicker than on previous Xboxes. Great machine, worth every penny. Love it.

Perfect and as described and the game pass it comes with is the game pass ultimate for 3 months which is an upgrade to the one mentioned in the description , so thanks !

It's more than enough if you're not a big gamer and don't need tons of storage.

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Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo, il corriere ha impiegato più di dieci giorni per la consegna

good item but the product indication doesnt meet my expectation its stated 2controllers but you gave only one piece and its very dissappoint most of your reviews like this