Topic: General Xbox Series S Thread

This is a place to discuss the rumoured Lockhart skew of the next generation Xbox series consoles.

@sixrings Hopefully this will stop us derailing the Xbox series X discussion.

@Ryall thank you. I have no real interest of spending the amount needed to get into a series x after barely playing my one x. That said I'm a hardware sucker and will buy something. So I'm happy Microsoft is saving me monies. And I like to support bill gates and his vaccine agenda.

If only it was a white cube of sugar like the mockup. Lockhart could also be the xCloud units. We'll find out soon.

@BlueOcean I desperately hope it's black. I traded my one s for an x just for the black. But everyone has their own preferences

@sixrings I'm going to get the Series X for its power but that mockup looks cute. Black looks better on electronic devices, yes. For marketing purposes, I think that Series S should be white like Xbox One S.

@BlueOcean well I hope they leave white to PlayStation this time.

@sixrings Oh well, that things looks monstrously ugly in my honest opinion.

@BlueOcean agreed.

I'm probably gonna get a Xbox Series S alongside the physical PS5 next year, so I can be prepared for next gen.

My plan was to get Series X at launch, but now I think maybe I wait. The thing is, I don't have 4k television, I still play with my old 1080p tv. I want to know what Series S can offer before I make a decision.

@Justifier I was in the same boat until very recently when my decade old TV finally bit the dust. I picked up a new 4K set, so I think I’ll get the Series X over the Series S (if it truly exists).

I might not get it if it either doesn't have 4k, or there's a digital version of the Series X upcoming.

I hope they make a new color for this console I'm tired of black and white why not try grey or green or maybe silver

@HotGoomba what's the point of doing 2 consoles that can do 4k unless it's a digital which I doubt it more like 1080p console

@experTiger ok, maybe 4k isn't a necessity, more so a bonus. As long as it's 1080p or above, it's fine.

Also because I like Xbox Game Pass, but I also like physical games, so I'll get the Digital games on XSS, and Physical on PS5.

Oh yeah, and exclusives.

Does anyone know, or was it ever confirmed if you play X1 games on SX (for example RDR2 or MW). Do they run in their Xbox One settings or One X settings ? How does all this then work on Series S ? Will that run those games at One X's 4K resolution?

@BrilliantBill Although I dont think we have any confirmation, I dare bet money that any X1 game running on XSX will make its best to tell the game it's running, at least, on X1X hardware.

XSS is anyone's guess, but I think part of the deal with the XSS is that it wont even be capable of pumping out anything above 1080p to the TV.

@BrilliantBill All XB1 games are playable on Series X (except for Kinect exclusive titles, but who cares), but I don't know if there will be any graphical changes besides possible 4K.

@Tharsman the question came to my mind because I have games in my backlog that will probably drag on into fall 2020 and winter 2021. So I was wondering if continuing them there will add benefits.