Hello everybody and welcome to Bull Technology. I have owned this Xbox Series S.
I initially bought it because I wanted to play a bunch of last generation games at
higher frame rates, and my gaming PC had fallen quite a bit behind.
Well after a year of owning this adorable little consul, I have grown to absolutely love it.
So today we're going to give this cute and capable Console a review. And in the interest
of full disclosure Microsoft is not sponsoring this video and all the opinions are about to hear
are entirely my own. Let’s get started. -
The Xbox series S is the least expensive of the current GEN consoles. It retails for $299,
and it has an array of impressive features at its price point.
In this review, I will be taking a look at the series s’s hardware and software. Hardware as
it relates to the physical design of the device, and what it's capable of.
And software as it relates to the operating system and the game support and performance. We’ll first
start with the hardware. -
The physical design of the series S is incredible for such a powerful consul.
The device itself is very small, only being slightly larger than most hardback novels.
It features a white plastic chassis with a black fan outtake vent, and in my opinion it's a very
sleek and attractive device. On the back of the consul there are an array of USB ports,
a HDMI port, and an ethernet jack. The front of the device also features an additional USB port.
The series S’s controller very similar to previous Xbox controllers. It's stupid comfortable,
and the layout is very familiar. It's not as cutting edge as the PlayStation five’s controller,
but at this price point that's more than understandable. My only real complaint
with the controller is that it runs off of AA batteries, which can get very expensive overtime.
I definitely recommend buying the rechargeable battery pack for the series S’s controller.
Internally, is where the Series S really shines though. The series S features the same AMD CPU as
it's bigger brother the series X. It's R-DNA 2 GPU is significantly less powerful than the series X,
but it’s still more than powerful enough to run all current gun games.
Microsoft claims that this device can deliver up to 1440 P at 120 frames per second,
but that’t really not the case. From my experience, most older games will
run add up to 60 frames per second at 1440 P, and newer games may run at a lower frame rate.
This is still insanely crazy though, because at $300, this will be any PC at a similar price
point. Let me put it this way, my GTX 1060 that is in my gaming PC cost $300 alone several years ago.
That's one component in my PC, and it's not even as fast as the GPU in this consul. Simply put,
this consul is incredibly capable for the price. Possibly the biggest disappointment to the series
S is its storage. The series S Ships with 512 GB of NVME SSD storage. This storage can be
expanded with external hard drives or Microsoft proprietary SSDs, but the internal storage is
incredibly limiting. With most modern games being tens to possibly hundreds of gigabytes in size,
quickly fill up the internal SSD on the series S. one advantage to having less storage, is the speed
of the internal storage. Because the internal storage is solid state rather than mechanical,
it's ridiculously fast. Booting up the device, getting into games,
and navigating the UI is all insanely fast. And we'll talk about that a little later.
Overall the hardware on the series S is excellent value for the money. You get a powerful consul in
a sleek chassis, with a decent controller, at a discount price. The hardware, in my book,
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Moving onto the software of the series S, and we’ll first talk about the S’s Operating system.
The Xbox is operating system is very simple and easy to navigate. There are an array of
online features and customization options. There is also an excellent screen recording feature,
and overall the UI does what it needs to do well enough.
I'd like to briefly mention a feature exclusive to the series consuls called quick resume. Quick
resume allows you to quickly resume games that you are playing. You can turn off your consul,
start another game, or switch between an existing game and instantly return to
exactly where you left off in that game. It's one of the features that you really need to
experience to know what I'm talking about, but it's very handy and incredibly useful.
So let's now shift gears and talk about games. Game support on the series S is about
as good as you can get for a consul. There aren't the exclusives that PlayStation has,
but the amount of games available for the Xbox is pretty incredible. As I said in the beginning,
I purchase this consul to play mostly last generation titles. Games like fallout four
run brilliantly on this consul run at a constant 60 frames per second and they look pretty darn
good too. More CPU intensive games like city skylines also run brilliantly on this consul.
Even current generation titles run brilliantly on the series S. cyberpunk 2077 at 1440 P runs
at a smooth 30 frames per second and it looks truly next gen on this console.
And while you're playing your games, the series S remains almost silent. Even when pushing the
device playing Cyberpunk, I couldn’t ever hear the Series S’s fan, which is pretty remarkable.
The software on the series S is a definite win. At $300, you can play all of your last
generation titles and current generation titles at a reasonable quality, resolution, and frame rate.
Not to mention the operating system will more than suffice for most peoples needs.
- Before we go to the conclusion I'd
like to briefly mention Xbox game pass. Game pass is a subscription-based service that allows you
to play tons of games without having to purchase them. Subscribing to game pass will allow you to
take advantage of a ton of games without showing out the cash for each individual game. My series
s came with one month for one dollar and a rate pf 15.99 after that. I think this is a more than
fair value proposition, and game pass might be a reason in and of itself to purchase the series S.
- I absolutely love my Xbox series S. It's nowhere
near as powerful as the more expensive series X, or a more powerful gaming PC, but for people on
a budget it's an excellent option. At $300, the series S provides an excellent gaming experience.
How old is device hold up in the future? I have no idea,
but right now it gets a resounding recommendation from me.
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