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Xbox Series X Launches November 10 for $499, Pre-orders Open September 22

Xbox Series X Launches November 10 for $499, Pre-orders Open September 22 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 September 2020 / 3,891 Views

Microsoft yesterday announced its entry-level next-generation console, the Xbox Series S, will launch on November 10, 2020 for an estimated retail price of $299. 

Today, the company announced the premium-level next-generation console, the Xbox Series X, will launch on the same day, November 10, for $499. Pre-orders for both consoles will open on September 22. 

In addition to buying the console outright at once, Microsoft is expanding its Xbox All Access to 12 countries. You will be able to purchase the Xbox Series X at $34.99 per month for 24 months, and the Xbox Series S at $24.99 per month for 24 months. The monthly Xbox All Access rate also includes Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for 24 months.

Read all the details below:

Bringing the Next Generation of Gaming to Everyone on Day One

We believe that access to the next generation should be available to everyone. And we know that price is an important factor for many of our fans. To complement Xbox Series X and invite more players into the next generation sooner, we built Xbox Series S—an all-digital, next-gen console designed to deliver everything that is core to next-generation gaming – faster load times, higher frame rates, and richer, more dynamic worlds – in our smallest, sleekest Xbox ever. Developing two consoles in parallel from the beginning enables us to deliver the most powerful console ever in Xbox Series X and make next-gen gaming available and affordable to more players on day one with Xbox Series S.

Empowering you with freedom and choice is core to everything we do at Xbox. In addition to the traditional option of purchasing the new generation of Xbox Series X and S at $499 (Estimated Retail Price) and $299 (Estimated Retail Price) respectively, we’re expanding our Xbox All Access program to 12 countries this holiday, with more to come in 2021.

Whether you’re upgrading to the newest consoles or joining the Xbox family for the first time, Xbox All Access is the easiest way to get the best of Xbox. Xbox All Access provides an Xbox Series X, or Series S, along with 24 months of the full Xbox Game Pass Ultimate experience. In total, that means you get access to:

The Next-Generation Xbox Console of Your Choice

  • Over 100 high-quality games to play on console, including next-gen Optimized games
  • Over 100 high-quality games to play on PC
  • An EA Play membership to play more than 60 of EA’s biggest and best console and PC games
  • And over 100 games to play from the cloud

That’s all with no upfront costs and a low monthly price. Xbox Series S will be available starting from $24.99 a month for 24 months and Xbox Series X will be available starting from $34.99 a month for 24 months.

The Ultimate Gaming Membership Goes Beyond the Console and Keeps Getting Better

With the Xbox Game Pass community now over 10 million players, we know how critical it is that your friends can easily access and play the same games you can. And you’ve pushed us to make Xbox Game Pass the only membership with access to more than 100 games on your console, PC, and mobile.

To provide even more value, we are teaming up with Electronic Arts to provide Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC members with an EA Play membership at no additional cost starting this holiday. This means Ultimate members can enjoy EA Play on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Windows 10 PCs, and Xbox Game Pass for PC members get EA Play on Windows 10. In addition to the 100+ games in the Xbox Game Pass library today, Ultimate and PC members will be able to play more than 60 of EA’s biggest and best console and PC games like FIFA 20, Titanfall 2, and Need for Speed Heat, as well as titles from some of EA’s most popular franchises like Battlefield, Mass Effect, Skate, and The Sims. Some of the best EA Play games will also be available for Ultimate members to play on Android devices from the cloud at no additional cost.

And we’re continuing to add great games and experiences to Xbox Game Pass for PC. Game Pass for PC and the Xbox App will become generally available on September 17.

The Best Place to Play the Biggest Games

When Xbox Series X and Series S launches this November, it will herald a new generation of game experiences. Optimized games for Xbox Series X and Series S coming this year are built to take full advantage of our fastest consoles ever. On day one you will be the first to enjoy next-gen versions of the most anticipated games of the year such as Gears Tactics, Tetris Effect: Connected, and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs: Legion. Ubisoft is known for leveraging new technologies and the power of new hardware to deliver groundbreaking games, and we think you’ll be blown away by the experience you’ll have playing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs: Legion on Xbox.

Xbox Series S is designed around the same technology that will make these games and so many others look and feel incredible. In speaking to game developers, we identified the areas that are most difficult to scale effectively, including the CPU and I/O, and made it easy to include Xbox Series S for developers who are targeting their experiences for Xbox Series X.

Powered by the Xbox Velocity Architecture, you can expect the same benefits from Xbox Series S such as faster load times and Quick Resume. Xbox Series S also supports all the same next gen features including HDMI 2.1, frame rates up to 120fps, DirectX Raytracing and Variable Rate Shading. It will also support Spatial Sound, including Dolby Atmos, and Dolby Vision via streaming media apps like Disney+, Vudu, and Netflix at launch. Plus: Dolby Vision support for gaming will come first to our next-gen Xbox consoles in 2021.

And the new Xbox consoles are also the only next-generation, backward-compatible consoles that allow you to play thousands of games from four generations better than ever before, and empower you to play with friends wherever you want across your console, PC, and mobile device.

The Best Generation of Gaming Yet

Gaming has evolved in the last decade to make it easier, simpler and more affordable for any player to make that first connection with a new world, a new story, or a new friend. With a family of next-gen Xbox consoles, even greater variety and value with Xbox Game Pass, and an expansion to Xbox All Access, we invite everyone to join us for this next generation of gaming.

Xbox All Access will be available in the following countries and retailers this holiday:

  • Australia at Telstra
  • Canada at EB Games
  • Denmark at Elgiganten
  • Finland at Gigantti
  • France at FNAC
  • New Zealand at Spark
  • Norway at Elkjøp
  • Poland at Media Expert
  • South Korea at SK Telecom
  • Sweden at Elgiganten
  • UK at GAME and Smyths Toys
  • United States at Best Buy, GameStop, Target, Microsoft Store, and Walmart

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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29 Comments
Imaginedvl (on 09 September 2020)

That video about the Series S is very informative. Gears 5 at 120fps on both X and S... Also, they actually said that the Xbox Series S is 4x times more powerful than Xbox One S. So, on par, if not higher, than the Xbox One X. Very sweet little box.

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Shaunodon Imaginedvl (on 09 September 2020)

To use the DF video as basis, the graphical power is slightly weaker (possibly on par, we won't know until we see), but CPU and storage are faster. That's why it's only targeting up to 1440p. Theoretically, wouldn't be shocking if we see games run 4K/60 on Series X, 4K/30 on One X and 1440p/60 on Series S, just to give you an idea.

One X was always a 4K console, and with the weaker CPU will likely keep targeting that with reduced fps. Series S however will get similar performance to Series X but with lower resolutions. That's how the difference in scaling works.

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Imaginedvl Imaginedvl (on 09 September 2020)

Yes, that's why I said "as powerful" and not used any TF metrics. I think that at the end while it is not a 4k box, this baby is going to perform as well as the X at 1080p which what they are aiming for.

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Dgc1808 (on 09 September 2020)

Series S is the best looking console I've ever seen. I mean aesthetically, that's one sexy ass box.

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ArchangelMadzz Dgc1808 (on 09 September 2020)

No hate it's a great machine and I love the price but...

How many consoles have you seen?

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DonFerrari Dgc1808 (on 09 September 2020)

that is quite the minority opinion here from what I saw.

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siebensus4 (on 09 September 2020)

To be honest, $499 is on the lower end of the price range I have expected. I can't imagine that they are making a lot of profit out of it. But it's nice for customers and Sony is advised not to overbid this price tag.

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DonFerrari siebensus4 (on 09 September 2020)

They are making a loss. BOM is probably 499.

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Azzanation (on 09 September 2020)

Reasonable price. Curious to see if PS will match it? Considering the PS5 cost more to make and the tech in the SSD and its controllers etc isn't cheap

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Signalstar (on 09 September 2020)

So now we know. About what I expected. Unless Sony is insane and tries to launch the same weekend I would guess that PS5 would release a week later in the states on Nov. 17th.

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Imaginedvl Signalstar (on 09 September 2020)

Don't know... I think it would be very wise from Sony to go for the same day? I assume the demand will be way higher for Sony's console only based on current market share. And then those Ubisoft games are also going to be on Sony's console right? I feel like it would be a smart move to steal some thunder.

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Mr Puggsly (on 09 September 2020)

They're doing a good job with the marketing. I said months ago they should compare Xbox One. That would demonstrate its both a massive upgrade and comparable to Series X at running 9th gen content.

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RogueAgent4 (on 09 September 2020)

i'm gonna buy Both Consoles, XSX for me and XSS for my Brother,

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GoldenHand80 (on 09 September 2020)

Very good that means that the ps5 will 499 and ps5DE will be 399. Thank you Microsoft

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Mr Puggsly GoldenHand80 (on 09 September 2020)

I'd be surprised if the PS5 Digital is a $100 disparity just for the disc drive. However, the Series S should certainly encourage Sony to be a little more competitive with pricing.

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tripenfall (on 10 September 2020)

The most powerful console on the market for $499 is an attractive prospect indeed!

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Signalstar (on 09 September 2020)

I revise my prediction about the PS5 launch date. I did not realize that Nov 10, Xbox launch date was a Tuesday. I now think that Sony will launch that same week but on Friday, Nov 13th. Hope they are not superstitious. Both companies want to sell out at launch and have another shipment in stores for Black Friday.

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Yassgragra (on 09 September 2020)

It looks like if you’re in Aus/ NZ you need to be an existing customer of Telstra / Spark. That’s going to make a lot of people ineligible for XB All Access.

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starcraft Yassgragra (on 09 September 2020)

Yeah this is a pet hate of mine.

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Cerebralbore101 (on 09 September 2020)

Great release date! I was thinking that this wouldn't launch until something like Dec 14th. Hopefully Sony follows suit.

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DonFerrari (on 09 September 2020)

Yep seems like the most common guessed price, for this price it seems like it is seeling for perhaps 50USD loss per box. So no way PS5 will sell for more than 499.

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Manlytears (on 09 September 2020)

They are making lots of promises here...
Let's see if it's just about resolution, i adoubt.

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Mr Puggsly Manlytears (on 09 September 2020)

I think it will depend on the studio and game. First of all, for much of the library it might be no difference (indie stuff, etc). Many visually demanding games may simply need a resolution decrease. For titles that really push the Series X specs, they might compromise some visual fidelity on Series S. I genuinely doubt people will care if graphics settings are tweaked down modestly.

Its also possible 60 fps games become 30 fps on Series S, especially if they want an exceptional presentation on Series S. But again, it will depend on what route a studio wants to go with a given project. There may not be a standard. Based on the games they showed running on Series S, it looks like its already doing what they're promising. But down the road we may see examples I gave.

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