Microsoft has confirmed the existence (and price!) Of the Xbox Series S, a smaller, cheaper version of the next-generation Xbox Series X.
Following the leak, Microsoft confirmed the price of the Xbox Series S in a tweet released Tuesday morning. A picture of the console, as well as a tweet from Microsoft’s Xbox Twitter account, tweeted, “Let’s make it official.” Microsoft said more information about the console was coming “soon.”
Let’s make it official!
Xbox Series S | Ever the next-gen performance on the Xbox. 9 299 (ERP).
Looking forward to sharing more! Soon. Promise. pic.twitter.com/8wIEpLPVEq
– Xbox (@ Xbox) September 8, 2020
The console depicted in Microsoft’s tweets is thinner than the Xbox Series X, with a larger circular fan on the side. (You can’t miss it)) There is also no optical disk drive that is integrated with the previous report.
Samsung later reported on Xbox Series S technical specs for Thurrot. The Series S will support resolutions up to 1440p (up to 4K) and variable refresh rates up to 120 fps, as well as ray tracing and variable-rating shading. The system reportedly comes with a 512 GB solid-state drive.
The Xbox Series S was apparently confirmed in August via a few Xbox controller packaging published online. Despite being badly kept secret, the Xbox Series S has never been recognized by Microsoft – yet. In the image released by Microsoft, the company notes that the Xbox Series S is “the next gene performance after the smallest Xbox of all time”, which was what people expected: a low-cost Xbox console that is equivalent to the Xbox One S of this generation.
The Xbox Series X is a high-end, flagship console – and it will be priced that way. Microsoft has not announced a release date or pricing for the Xbox Series X. In August, Microsoft confirmed that its Xbox Series X has a release date of November – but no specific date has been given.
