@philip6k: You're right, sorry, I should have worded that different. The average casual gamer doesn't (and has no need for them), the average "hardcore" gamer (the ones that actually follow the news and won't hear about this info from someone else weeks from now) does.
At $25 per month that would add up to $300 over a year for this cheap model. No savings there. While for the bigger model it would come out to $420.
And I almost forgot to comment on the design. Man, this really is the ugliest console I've ever seen.
The All Access plans are for 24 months, so it works out to $600 for the Series S and Game Pass Ultimate (MSRP $660, savings of $60) and $840 for the Series X and Game Pass Ultimate (MSRP unknown, but very likely to be break-even or a small savings as well.
As for the looks, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I certainly don't like the look of the Series S, but it's still far better looking than the PS5 to me. That thing looks like someone in the '90s tried to design something to look "futuristic".
@tlpina: Why would anyone be pissed off about this? If you want the most powerful console, go with the Xbox Series X. If you want the cheapest console, go with the Xbox Series S. It's fucking genius.
@soulcrusher777: My guess is that they wanted to ensure they had the cheapest console since that's the one most casual people will end up getting. The majority of gamers don't actually care about exclusives, they care about being able to play their yearly CoD, Madden, and FIFA games for as cheap as possible.
@swampdonkeyz: Oh, okay, so you're just a troll that likes to make it obvious your trolling. My bad, for a second there I thought you were an actual human with independent thoughts.
@swampdonkeyz: The only thing "held back" will be the resolution (and likely ray tracing) on the Series S. Everything else will be running the same as on the Series X. Get outta here with your BS.
The average casual gamer likely doesn't, but the average casual gamer is also going to buy about 8-10 games throughout the life of the device, so they also won't need the extra space.
The average "hardcore" gamer (as-in, the people that actually follow game news and don't hear about it weeks later from their friends) likely has a 1TB external lying around that they can use as cold storage if they prefer to do that instead of re-downloading games as needed.
@nedrith: That makes sense, thanks for the explanation. I haven't really gamed on PC in a decade plus so I didn't realize some of the stores just sold the keys but weren't actual launchers.
@Archangel2222: Yeah, buying five studios, constantly traveling to Japan to make sure their games release on Xbox too, creating Game Pass and putting all first party games on their day one, they're definitely not doing anything to improve things. /s
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