[Customer]

Microsoft’s Xbox One S, which was announced at E3 this year, will finally be available to purchase from August 2, Major Nelson announced on his blog today. To begin with, the 2TB SKU, which retails for $399, will be the only configuration that will be offered, though Microsoft will also be offering variants with 1TB of on board storage and 500GB of on board storage for $349 and $299 respectively.

The Xbox One S features a whole range of improvements over the existing model- it features an improved controller with better wireless range and better grips, it is 40% smaller than the existing Xbox One, and it comes with an integrated power supply, ports and buttons have been shuffled around on the system to make them more accessible, and the system supports the 4K, UHD, and HDR standards for Blu Ray playback, making it the only console to do so. That said, however, it does lack a native port for Kinect, although an adaptor will be made available.

In spite of Microsoft having announced the Xbox One Scorpio for release in Holiday 2017, pre-orders for the Xbox One S have apparently been brisk, and we should not be surprised to see the Xbox One’s sales performance pick up a bit as a result of the launch of the new system. Sony, on their part, are also apparently preparing a PS4 Slim, as well as a Scorpio-esque upgrade, the PS4 Neo, for release soon.

I hope they are as serious as they say about 4k. MS has been known to pull this kind of trick on us before.

[sleaze]

cant wait for 4k at 15-30fps

[Customer]

cant wait for 4k at 15-30fps

Hopefully not.

Xbox 360 was the last to have 30 FPS, shit sucked. My xbox one can do 60 FPS easily on FH2, GTA, and many other major titles.

[sleaze]

cant wait for 4k at 15-30fps

Hopefully not.

Xbox 360 was the last to have 30 FPS, shit sucked. My xbox one can do 60 FPS easily on FH2, GTA, and many other major titles.

FH2 + FFXV are the only reasons i'm considering the XB1, 4K might seal the deal.

[SEiP6]

is xb1 worth buying? Especially if i have a pretty good PC since theyre pushing store integration thing, I feel like theres no point of buying an XB1

[Customer]

is xb1 worth buying? Especially if i have a pretty good PC since theyre pushing store integration thing, I feel like theres no point of buying an XB1

That's a difficult question, because there are so many variables.

I've been on xbox since around the time the xbox 360 first came out, and I've (almost) always love their exclusives. Now that they support 4K, all they need is like.. modifiable games and maybe a file explorer/editor. If you enjoy playing with friends, that's another reason.

[Manny]

This junk will still die like the xbox

[Aeolian]

Preordered this, already got a thread and all, pretty keen for this.

[Customer]

Preordered this, already got a thread and all, pretty keen for this.

Sucks to hear they won't support 4K right out of the box.

I hope microsoft can turn around their colossal fuck up which is the xbox one.

[Aeolian]

Preordered this, already got a thread and all, pretty keen for this.

Sucks to hear they won't support 4K right out of the box.

I hope microsoft can turn around their colossal fuck up which is the xbox one.

I feel like this is their last chance to prove to everyone that xbox hasnt died.