Too bad I can’t dig up my Reddit comment about how buying a Series S will just mean you need to upgrade in a few years again anyways.
Perfect for Microsoft. They'd love for people to get in that smartphone upgrade cycle.
Not that perfect. People could have the impression to have been sold a piece of garbage in the first place. and will choose a device from another vendor instead of another Xbox.
The Series S was always meant to be that console that parents would buy for their kids because it's cheaper and it plays the same games. I don't think a gaming enthusiast would ever consider it otherwise.
I just never understood that because it didn’t seem like you were getting a big upgrade compared to a One X. I know that the newer consoles are way better at loading quickly, especially in multiplayer games but how much of a difference is there between a One X and a Series S?
I got one but understood that. At the time I couldn't get my hands on an X or a PS5, so it was the only option.
A couple years into it, how do you feel about the decision? I stuck with an Xbox One X until the Series X is more affordable/easier to get and feel like I haven’t had to miss out on much at all, especially compared to a Series S when I hear that it performs almost the same as a One X in game like CyberPunk.
It's now the streaming media center in the house. It hasn't been terrible but we ended up getting a pS5 also.
They are removing the co-op split screen, which 99% of people were likely never going to use, to begin with, I don't see this as them "giving up" on the Series S. They don't either...
"We're taking feedback from devs including Larian. I'm confident we're going to find a good solution and we're going to learn. I don't see a scenario in which we eliminate S.
It's sad how split screen is being treated. Which, I understand the technical limitations, rendering the same things twice at the same time IS a bigger and bigger ask as graphics improve. And even though I myself am playing through the game co-op with my GF LAN, not using split screen, it's slow death is still a bummer.
But maaaaaaybe that is just me being old and nostalgic lol
It's a concession by Xbox at this point. Series S is too underpowered for split screen to work at the level of quality and stability Larian demands. Microsoft caved on the requirement because the alternative is it'd never release on Xbox at all.
"I don't believe you heard us or Larian say that this was about parity in terms of parity.
Well, that clears everything up. Thanks, Phil.
As an owner of a series S i will preorder asap.
Between this, Starfield, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the Alien chapter of Dead by Daylight, I'm not going to have time for anything else this fall.
Microsoft finally gives up on the series s, this is the floodgates moment that is both gonna let series x games compete better and let developers basically abandon the series s. Compile the game in series s mode, if it doesn't work well just remove things until it does.
Just sucks if you are one of the millions of people that paid hundreds of dollars for the thing. Don't forget to upgrade for another few hundred dollars.
I have a series s and switch for my TV and couch play...when it's serious gaming time I go for the pc
And apparently couch play now
Console moment
The absence of split-screen co-op is not a deal breaker for me.
Will this be on Game Pass?