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Microsoft's New Xbox One S Will Go On Sale On August 2 -- Will You Buy One? (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the new-shiny-gaming-consoles dept.

Microsoft announced on Monday that its new Xbox One S console will go on sale on August 2. To recall, the Xbox One S is 40 percent smaller than the original Xbox One (also the power supply packed in the console itself), and has the processing muscle to stream video in 4K Ultra HD with HDR. BetaNews reports: August 2 is the big date which also sees the release of Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The Xbox One S also features up to 2TB of storage. In all, three versions of the console are available. It's the 2TB model that's grabbing the headlines and the attention of keen gamers, and this model will launch in "limited numbers" priced at $399. The console will launch in Australia, Canada, UK and United States among several other regions. For anyone looking for a slightly cheaper option, the 1TB model will cost $349, while $299 will get you a 500GB version. If you want to add to the single Xbox Wireless Controller included as standard, this will set you back a further $59.99.Are you planning to purchase one of these?

16 of 108 comments (clear)

  1. No. by tatman · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just bought the V1 of Xbox One because the price was finally acceptable.

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    1. Re:No. by MightyYar · · Score: 2

      I told my kids that they can have one just as soon as they beat every game in MAME.

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  2. NO by invictusvoyd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nope

    1. Re:NO by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 2

      That makes two of us.

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    2. Re:NO by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 4, Informative

      But it does. The whole thing is tied to Windows 10, and they are going to start offering XBOX game compatibility on PCs running Win 10

      http://www.xbox.com/en-US/wind...

      http://support.xbox.com/en-US/...

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    3. Re:NO by JohnFen · · Score: 2

      The whole thing is tied to Windows 10

      In that case, I need amend my earlier answer from "No." to "Hell no."

  3. YES! by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Funny

    But only after a couple of months go by.

    I will move the current one to the Theater room and then the new one takes over the living room duties. the smaller footprint will work fantastically to keep the wife happy with "smaller is better" insanity that the females of this species seems to have.

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    1. Re:YES! by Admiral_Grinder · · Score: 5, Funny

      smaller is better

      Thats what she.....wait, no she didn't say that

  4. $100 to go from 500 to 2TB? by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 2

    You can buy an 2TB disk for under an $100 so why not just get the 500GB and buy your own HDD for less? + get to keep the old 500GB Will MS ban you for doing that?

  5. WTF is up with all the NON-Poll questions... by CrashNBrn · · Score: 2

    What the Hell Slashdot? Make these polls already.

  6. Poll options by crow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Great idea. What would the different poll options be:

    *) Yes, right away
    *) Yes, when the price drops
    *) No, I don't use gaming consoles
    *) Only if it comes with a Pokemon
    *) I'm happy with my Atari 2600. Get off my lawn!

    1. Re:Poll options by Bosconian · · Score: 2

      *) I just head over to Cowboy Neal's house to play his...

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  7. It's too soon by Hasaf · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Many people have just (as in, within the last year) purchased an X-box One. This might be attractive to those still playing on a 360, and people who just have to have the latest; however, I think most people who do not fit in those categories will sit this one out.

    Microsoft is not going to be able to convince people to "churn" their consoles. Part of the reasons people buy consoles instead of gaming PC's is platform longevity.

  8. HAHA yea... no. by Narcocide · · Score: 2

    Its hilarious to watch these idiots thrash about and waste millions trying to one-up each other and their imaginary fears of whatever Nintendo will do next year, all the while systematically screwing over their core constituency and early adopters who clearly must all suffer from Stockholm Syndrome by now.

  9. XBox 1: jumped shark, shark ate it by fyngyrz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No. I've seen the XBox one in action. Hours for updates, insert game, hours more for updates... it's a terrible system.

    Sticking with the older gear. Because you can actually play a game when you stick a disk in.

    The console makers have completely lost sight of the customer.

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    1. Re:XBox 1: jumped shark, shark ate it by cfalcon · · Score: 3, Insightful

      > you can actually play a game when you stick a disk in

      This x1000.

      You have to give ALL THE FUCKS to get a current gen console working. Playing a modern console game is as much or more drama as playing a modern PC game.

      First, hook up the box, plug it in.
      Second, turn it on. You probably need to configure it.
      Third, tell it how to talk to your wifi, using the wifi password.
      Fourth, create or login with some console specific account, with a console specific user name and password. You'll probably need email access. You may need a credit card here too, depending.
      Fifth, ensure that the console has all the current advertisements to show you. It won't work unless it can download all the fresh advertisements, so this is hundreds of megabytes. There may also be a code update in here that makes it incompatible with something, hey, who knows. If you lose power during this mandatory step, be sure to RMA your brick. After five to nine business days you'll get another one that you can repeat this whole process for ALL of your games.
      Sixth, insert the disk.
      Seventh, install some portions of the disk to the hard drive.
      Eighth, patch the disk derived program with whatever the hell is needed for it, which is also a lot of data. Some of it may also be ads.
      Ninth, you can now play. Until any of these things change, of course, in which case you'll have to adjust your credit card information, your login password, your wifi password, or more likely download another OS patch or Application patch. Or if the servers are down because the game is more than three years old, just go ahead and stop worrying about ever playing it again.
      Oh, and tenth, be sure to carefully monitor disk usage! You'll run out quickly unless you bought the biggest dude or don't play a lot of games. If you are close on space, you can probably get away with a USB drive or something, so be sure to plug that fucker in too.

      This is about as much drama as maintaining a computer, for something far more transient. I get that the gameplay experience of online play is great, but holy moly what a bunch of junk. And remember- most of this is true of fully single player games too. If you are playing, say, just Super Mario, you get to skip steps three and eight only. Step five, the OS patch needed to play the game, still happens, it just happens AFTER you put the disk in. It's still totally absurd. The only time you can boot up a console and have a game come up within three minutes is if you like, just played it yesterday.

      Feels so bad.