Xbox Series S is not quite selling how MS thought it would

[AllianceOfficer]

Judge it after this December. It’s made for the holiday season.

[Zappy5]

Phil Spencer said himself that around launch they expected the X to be the one in demand and not the S. But still its not easy to buy a Series S either - though clear the demand for it is not as high as the X. But its what you’d expect.

This thread is a little unnecessary since we won’t find out how the Series S performs really until a few years into the generation. I think also that as a Series S and X owner the S is definitely not cutting corners in a way that its target market will even notice, less care about. I do think the major issue with it is storage space but over time the expansion cards should in theory reduce in price.

The S fills a gap in the market - you know all those gamers who only buy a switch or mainly use one - because they don’t care about 4K gaming on a big TV - but do like playing games - the S fills a market. Or parents buying consoles for kids bedrooms. I don’t know where you live but in the UK the X would look stupid (and be too expensive) for parents buying for their kids’ boxrooms etc…

[Tesla]

Oh, its your opinion, pretty disingenuous thread title when MS have not really said much about seriesS sales.

[Shakez]

@Xplainin

…on owner who would be tempted to get one due to the price. However I’m not sure that will be the case. Firstly I think hard-core gamers will just shell out for the full Series X console if they want to get into the Xbox ecosystem. Not only that but while its cheaper, the Series S has cut too many corners. The storage size is just too small, and the price of the expansion card is almost the same cost as the Series S anyway. The Series S is also just not getting the same experience as the Series X. Games are released on the Series X with certain features like Ray Tracing which are left off the Series S. Even Microsoft themselves are doing this. At this point I expect MS is readdressing the number of Series S consoles manufactured and reducing them, while upping the Series X production instead.

Phil never expected it to sell a lot now.

Series S will show it’s potential when:

Gold lets you play F2P, for free. (Already achieved)

Big AAAs drop day and date. (Including F2P games, like Halo Infinite.)

Gamepass grows in scope and games.

XVA and DirectML Super Res are used to make games run even better.

Gold goes entirely free.

[anon98342452]

@Ironfistchinmi

Phil Spencer already stated that he expected this to be the case at launch:

Early adopters are more likely to be the hardcore who want the extra power of the SX, have a 4K tv, etc.

This right here is the most likely answer to why the hype isn’t behind the weaker of the two boxes. Early adopters have shown they’ll pay the premium for the premium box and even at ridiculous value won’t consider the weaker option.

[Mostlyharmless]

Not really a fan that the OP cant post some untrue bullshit like this and then doesn’t even reply to anyone. Then moves on and does the same thing on another topic.

[dehnus]

@Mostlyharmless

Not really a fan that the OP cant post some untrue bullshit like this and then doesn’t even reply to anyone. Then moves on and does the same thing on another topic.

I always did prefer horse manure to bull shit for in my garden. (I don’t have a garden ).

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

Some mod just close this thread.