After a long time
has released its complete new line-up od next generation of consoles.
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Xbox Series S
Microsoft has finally revealed the much anticipated Xbox Series S. It was leaked since August, and now we get an official look at the more affordable budget-friendly Xbox. According to Microsoft, it will launch along with its bigger brother the Xbox Series X on November 10th.
Microsoft’s affordable Xbox targets 1080p and 1440p high refresh gaming and omits the disk drive to hit a lower price point. It has most of the improvements introduced the Xbox Series X with cut-down specs including the GPU, RAM, as well as SSD to be able to achieve a $299 price point.
Interestingly, the Xbox Series S is much smaller compared to the Xbox Series X (almost 60% smaller) most likely because it doesn’t need beefy cooling like its bigger brother.
The specs of the Xbox Series S is as follows:
| CPU | 8 Core Custom Zen 2 CPU @ 3.8 GHz (3.6 GHz w/ SMT) |
| GPU | 4 TFLOPS, 20 CU @ 1.55 GHz Custom RDNA 2 GPU |
| Memory | 10 GB GDDR6 |
| Storage | 512 GB NVMe SSD with 1 TB Expansion Card available |
| Colours | Matte Black, White |
| Pre-order | September 22, 2020 |
| Release Date | November 10, 2020 |
| Price | $299/ £249/ €299 |
Xbox Series X
As per the Xbox Series X, goes it was released long back in June but its price has now been revealed by Microsoft. Microsoft is targeting 4k high refresh 120 FPS gaming with its flagship console this time around and has decided to price it at $499.
The specs of the Xbox Series X is as follows
| CPU | 8 Core Custom Zen 2 CPU @ 3.8 GHz (3.6 GHz w/ SMT) |
| GPU | 12 TFLOPS, 52 CU @ 1.825 GHz Custom RDNA 2 GPU |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Storage | 1 TB NVMe SSD with 1 TB Expansion Card available |
| Colours | Matte Black, White |
| Pre-order | September 22, 2020 |
| Release Date | November 10, 2020 |
| Price | $499 |
The Xbox Series S and the Xbox Series X will be available on November 10th with pre-orders starting from September 22nd. At the time of launch, the next-generation Xbox will be available in the 12 countries listed below:
- 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
- Australia at Telstra
- Canada at EB Games
- Denmark at Elgiganten
- Finland at Gigantti
- France at FNAC
- New Zealand at Spark
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