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I know that there are a lot of mixed to petrified opinions on the Xbox Series S, the entry level SKU of the new Xbox Series consoles, but should Microsoft consider discontinuing the Xbox Series S once next-gen really begins and cross-gen becomes rare and uncommon?
I noticed the biggest complaints not from forumers but professionals, is that unlike a PC game optimized to work on lower settings, the Series S itself is partially a closed garden and requires extra work to do the same thing. This combined with it's weaker graphical capabilities means that developers for future next-gen only 4K, advanced effect, raytracing, etc. game engines, would have to manually downscale in these areas, or create compromised versions of the game that will load up when played on the Series S.
Now whether that's actually true is still in the air since there are other professionals saying the opposite, but both sides have a non-insignificant amount of people arguing both for and against the hardware from a developer point of view, and that tells me at the very least the hardware is polarizing even if the statements against the Series S are false or grossly fabricated.
At the same time, Microsoft has given two months of crazy deals on the S making it hard to raise the price back up, most likely the Series S will be able to reach $199 for a permanent price, and if they discontinue it, they will remove the opportunity to bring in those players who don't care about the graphics and will just want Fifa and roblox playing on a 1440 or 1080p screen at a mass price point.
HOWEVER, it's also true that 4K, at least the basic 4K without much in the way of features or HDR beyond minimum, has become more affordable and has been taking the place of 1080p on many store shelves, and in 2023 onward that will become more and more true so it does bring to question how future proof the Series S could be.
The Series S was expected to be losing to the X, and was predicted to be the winner by the end of the gen, however unforeseen production issues with Series X have changed the plans, and the Series S ended up being there to fill the gap in production of the X becoming the leading console earlier than expected. But now that the X is becoming more prominent with production heading toward being fixed in some months, it brings that into question.
BUT, at the same time, with 72% of console games being digital downloads, just being able to play Fortnite at 60fps on a machine that costs $199 in the future, is a good entry level device into next gen.
As you can see, many different views circulate online, what do you think? Should Microsoft discontinue the Xbox Series S as cross-gen dies and the X has better stock, or should Microsoft keep it going?
I noticed the biggest complaints not from forumers but professionals, is that unlike a PC game optimized to work on lower settings, the Series S itself is partially a closed garden and requires extra work to do the same thing. This combined with it's weaker graphical capabilities means that developers for future next-gen only 4K, advanced effect, raytracing, etc. game engines, would have to manually downscale in these areas, or create compromised versions of the game that will load up when played on the Series S.
Now whether that's actually true is still in the air since there are other professionals saying the opposite, but both sides have a non-insignificant amount of people arguing both for and against the hardware from a developer point of view, and that tells me at the very least the hardware is polarizing even if the statements against the Series S are false or grossly fabricated.
At the same time, Microsoft has given two months of crazy deals on the S making it hard to raise the price back up, most likely the Series S will be able to reach $199 for a permanent price, and if they discontinue it, they will remove the opportunity to bring in those players who don't care about the graphics and will just want Fifa and roblox playing on a 1440 or 1080p screen at a mass price point.
HOWEVER, it's also true that 4K, at least the basic 4K without much in the way of features or HDR beyond minimum, has become more affordable and has been taking the place of 1080p on many store shelves, and in 2023 onward that will become more and more true so it does bring to question how future proof the Series S could be.
The Series S was expected to be losing to the X, and was predicted to be the winner by the end of the gen, however unforeseen production issues with Series X have changed the plans, and the Series S ended up being there to fill the gap in production of the X becoming the leading console earlier than expected. But now that the X is becoming more prominent with production heading toward being fixed in some months, it brings that into question.
BUT, at the same time, with 72% of console games being digital downloads, just being able to play Fortnite at 60fps on a machine that costs $199 in the future, is a good entry level device into next gen.
As you can see, many different views circulate online, what do you think? Should Microsoft discontinue the Xbox Series S as cross-gen dies and the X has better stock, or should Microsoft keep it going?
