
Microsoft's Xbox Series S has been incredibly well-received. In fact, it's even been named by TIME Magazine one of the best inventions of 2020.
While there's certainly demand for this particular model, in a recent interview with The Verge - head of Xbox Phil Spencer revealed how the company was currently focused on manufacturing more Xbox Series X than Series S.
The reason behind this decision is simply based on the demand for the higher-end model early on in its life:
“We figured that our first holiday, and probably our second holiday, you would see more of the higher end SKU, the Series X sold. We built more Series Xs than we did Series Ss."
Phil went on to mention how around "spring and summer", Microsoft will "probably moderate that a bit" and believes the price "in most cases" wins out - which will likely result in an increase in Xbox Series S sales over time.
Would you be interested in purchasing an Xbox Series S later on in its life, if you don't already own one? Can you see the sales of this more affordable unit catching up over time? Share your thoughts down below.
[source theverge.com]
Comments (9)
Well this is definitely good news for people like me who won't be able to get one right away.
No, because I'd never ever buy a console without a disc drive. I don't even think of the Series S, only the Series X.
@Snake_V5 same
Another win for Microsoft! Happy for all those who happen to be current owners, as well as for those who are eagerly awaiting to be such. I, on the otherhand, have got a much longer wait until the final console version is released. I have been loving my XB1X since purchasing it this past June and have several titles to play through in the meantime so I'm content to wait. Everyone game on!!
I'm going to eventually get a Series S for my daughter. I've learned as a parent that buying a digital copy is preferable because she can't lose or destroy it.
I think it's really splitting into 4 markets. PC is PC. PS5 vs Series X will be the high end non-PC market. Series S vs. Switch 2 will be a secondary larger market for the masses. And streaming will be a whole new market with xCloud, Luna, Stadia, Now(?) etc fighting it out.
@NEStalgia I said something along this line yesterday. I think people are really looking at the Series S all wrong. It's off season for Nintendo right now, so people are getting caught up in nothing but Sony vs MS. Looking at how MS is evolving it's services and acquiring studios for future releases, it's pretty obvious they're playing the long game. I just don't think the Series S was ever designed to compete with the PS5 DE, it just kinda looks that way right now. Whatever the Switch 2 is will surely have similar looking specs as the Series S. So in a given sense, we don't know quite what to make of the S yet because it's honestly maybe a little ahead of it's time. Shuntaro Furukawa was probably cussing when MS finally pulled the veil off of the S. Queue the Smash Bros "A New Foe Has Appeared."
@Kefka2589 Absolutely. It's silly to look at a digital PS5 and compare it to the whole "lower res console" avenue and see it as a competitor while totally ignoring the existence of Nintendo who sells their console at the exact price of Series S, and targets the "gameplay over graphics" masses the same way. Series S is the Switch-killer (except not because it's not portable, but in terms of market space), not the PS5AD-competitor.
I can imagine Nintendo is wondering if the whole purpose of Ori, Outer Worlds, etc was just an excuse to get under the hood of Switch to help position Series S....
@NEStalgia Lol if anything was a "Switch-killer" in the handheld sense, it was the Switch Lite. But I don't Nintendo has a problem with that.
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