Microsoft Announces Carbon Black Xbox Series S With 1 TB of Storage - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 June 2023 / 3,466 Views
Microsoft during the Xbox Games Showcase announced an Xbox Series S in Carbon Black that comes with a 1 TB SSD. It will release on September 1 for $349.99.
"Launching September 1 (just in time for Starfield), pre-orders for Xbox Series S – 1TB start later today for $349.99 ERP. We’ll be adding more retailers and regions in the weeks to come," reads the announcement on the Carbon Black Xbox Series S.
View the announcement trailer for the Xbox Series S below:
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Great aesthetic, and 1TB should go a long way with Series S sized games, but that price is just too high. This needed to be $300, and the white edition needed a permanent price cut. For just $50 more you can get a digital PS5.
100 percent. Somehow Microsoft wanted to release better consoles with more Teraflops, but the Series X has underperformed the PS5 despite costing more to make, and the Series S is terrible value against the PS5 digital. It also negates the entire "we have more power" argument.
Microsoft just can't help it. Doing a bad job.
The Series X hasn't consistently underperformed in Digital Foundry's testing. Where it underperforms seems to be when the developer does the same code base on Series X and PC. But with code written (or heavily modified) with Xbox Series in mind, the Series X tends to outperform the PS5.
As for the price of the black Series S, I don't disagree. Though it is both cheaper and more storage than a PS5, and a heck of a lot smaller, so there is maybe an argument for it. We'll see how it does.
But I would have put this as $299.99, and then sold the white one in bundles at the same price (or a permanent discount for unbundled Series S) as others have suggested.
It will drop in price. - It is a "series" of consoles.
I guess Microsoft wants to fill every price point eventually, so they will try and nab Series S fans with a more expensive variant for the short term.
Also gives them room for heavy discounting for things like Black Friday to make it seem like a better deal.
I am happy with my Series S and Series X themselves though, I don't need more solid state storage with 16TB mechanical drives hanging off them.
Also the Series X has consistently outperformed the PS5, it is rare I play a multiplat on my PS5 as the Series X tends to be the better experience.
And yes, it is more expensive to make, but at the same price it means we, the consumer get more hardware for our dollar. - We win.
It will be interesting to see how Sony reacts.
Expensive, for just $50 more you have PS5 Digital which is a much more powerful system.
whit all due respect...
$349!? too expensive for such hardware, Discless PS5 is a much better deal.
Only reason to go for this is for cheap "Gamepass Hardware".
This will be available for $300 pretty quickly, I'm sure. I imagine that the original series S will be available for $200 this holiday season, possibly with this one at $250.
I mean, making "all black" a marketing point, like it is better than the old design. Stupid. I'm kind of done with Microsoft at this point. I've been playing PS5 instead, and I've owned every Microsoft console.
I'm just getting the same achievements, but in PS land, for my old games. Mirror's Edge, Mass Effect, and more.
It's really not a big deal. There are 2 other consoles SKUs to pick from if you don't like the way this looks.
not the looks... a $50 price increase isn't going to build sales and get more friends on the platform
