Poll: Which Next-Gen Xbox Are You Currently Planning To Buy?

I’m going to get the Series X. Most powerful console on the planet, by far. And I prefer having a disc drive.

When I do buy another console, it'll be the Series X. It won't be at launch, but it's happening.

I could care less about the disc drive.honesly guy that thing and cut the cost by like 20 bucks IDC.
The main thing is I have a 4k setup that does hdr so why I am going xbox series x

Halo July presentation turned me off buying either Xbox. My PC is already more powerful than the XSX and with my upcoming upgrade, there is no comparison whatsoever.

I was always on the fence about buying the console because I don't need it, but for other reasons. At this point, it's just a waste of money in my eyes. As for the XSS, it doesn't even exist to me.

While I like the XSX hardware MS have yet to show me a reason actually get one.

I thought Halo was going to change that but was underwhelming considering it was supposed to show off what the most powerful console is capable of.

Ghost of Tsushima on PS4 looked more impressive!

Series X all the way baby, All about them teraflops and disc drive

@TheNewButler yes they were gpu bombshells alright but don’t you mean Nvidia?

@Menchi

Ok, so why are you on an Xbox website then? 😂

These PC master race guys crack me up. I’ll
take a $500 plug and play console over god knows how much it costs to build a PC that equals or betters those specs.

So no, the XSX (or the XSS, for that matter) is not a “waste of money”. 🙄

At £250 the Series S is super attractive for launch.

Series X Hands down. Far cry 6 in 4k and AC and oh god future games, I want the damn price and pre order now.

Honestly, if they can do all the streaming (netflix, hulu, etc) I'll probably grab one of each. One for the 4K tv, one for the other tv

My priority is the ps5 and building up my switch library right now, but in a couple years I will definitely get at least a series s. Very excited for fable and avowed, but i do not doubt those are a ways off.

Series X for sure.

@KelticDevil if you know what you are doing, you can build a PC with the same specs for the same amount of money, or even less. There are also pre-built PCs you can get as well.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, if they don't think it is a great investment it's up to them

I'll probably buy a PS5 at launch but the £250 price point of the series S is very interesting indeed, so I might buy that at a later point to dabble in some Forza Horizon games et al. Happy days!

@GilbertXI

I was referring to his comment that an Xbox is waste of money. I guess if he meant for only himself, very true. If you have a high end PC, then you can just play Microsoft’s games on that.

I guess I took it more as an overall, general comment.

PS5, Xbox needs to prove they can deliver on the software :3

@Meehanuk

The Series S is way more powerful than the Xbox One X.

@Meehanuk
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2020/08/here_are_the_latest_rumoured_xbox_series_s_specs

Basically, Series S is a 1440p all-digital Series X that is able to upscale to 4K.

My original plan was PS5 at launch and then Series X when Halo gets here. But now... I'm considering Series S for Christmas fun times since it's probably going to be the cheapest console on the market.

@TheNewButler In my opinion, it's the opposite, PS5 is the least steady hardware-wise, right in those muddy middle waters you're talking. It won't be cheap and it won't be as powerful as Series X and also consider the cut next-gen features and the variable and capped CPU and GPU that share a common power pool. That would explain why they have 30 and 60 FPS modes for some of their exclusives while others will be 30 FPS.

Meanwhile, Series S is the ultimate value and Series X the ultimate console for multiplatform games and whatever exclusives Xbox Game Studios are preparing, especially now that they seem to have ditched Xbox One except for Halo Infinite. PS5 will be great for Sony fans/Sony's exclusives only.

Q) Are you sticking with the Xbox Series X, has the low price of the Xbox Series S tempted you, or are you still on the fence about both of them?

A) With rejuvenated hype thanks to the Xbox Series S reveal and the highly rumoured $499 (potentially £450 for UK currency) price tag for the Xbox Series X, I feel confident in saying that I will buy an Xbox Series X at launch.

I'm a physical collection gamer, so no disc drive turns me off the Xbox Series S, despite how affordable and nice as it looks. The Xbox Series X still looks great and the rumoured price is very acceptable for me, so I should be able to pick it up on launch day with Yakuza: Like A Dragon and potentially with a memory card + Forza Horizon 4, depending on how much money I have spare.

The main reason I love and still play my Xbox is the Gears of War series. Once Gears 6 drops, and few other exclusives like Fable and Avowed, I will be getting the Series S. I love the design of the Series X, and would love to have the full next gen experience, but I think I'll stick with the much cheaper option.

Series X for me as well although the best next-gen value is Series S, especially now that it's confirmed to render at Quad HD and upscale to 4K.

Might pick up the series S a couple months after I get the ps5, aslong as Microsoft confirm all next gen exclusives will work on the series S

@TheNewButler no worries, didn’t want you buying a new AMD when those new Nvidias had just been announced! 👍

@BlueOcean have MS ditched cross-gen now then? I heard Halo was possibly going that way but not all other games...

@Jslade to be honest I think the Series S is the better choice as MS haven’t shown anything that uses the series x power. Not only that but their cross gen strategy means they probably won’t have anything that does for quite a long time...

This just goes in-line with what Phil Spencer has always said. Xbox wants to give you choice.

Want the most powerful console, by far, on the market? We got Series X. ✅

Want a great, next-gen console on the cheap & don’t care about physical games? Get Series S. ✅

Want to play on your phone or tablet? Get XCloud. ✅

Want to play on PC? That’s great too! ✅

Xbox just wants you in their ecosystem, as where that is where the $ is made. Game Pass is a HUGE part of that.

Sony’s choice? Disc or no disc. That’s it. Lol.

Series X for me. Disc drive is the most important thing for physical media, backwards compatibility and the like. The price of the Series S gives me real hope I'll be able to afford a Series X this year after all. It may not have the strongest launch line up in history, but I'm happy to buy on launch so long as the price is tempting enough.

@eggsbox Quite the opposite, the only Xbox Game Studio that has re-confirmed that their game is coming to Xbox One is 343 Industries. All the others are silent but had the Xbox One logo removed from the official game cards. Microsoft ditched most of the cross-gen plans, now they want to fully use the power of the next-gen consoles. Most Xbox Game Studios are focused on Series games now. Series S will run the same games at 1440p or upscaled to 4K.

@KelticDevil fair enough you’re an xbox fanboy but I don’t know why you have to knock Sony in most of your comments. Give it up!

MS are making some great moves but a lot of us like Sony and Nintendo games too, both of which are doing great things and have MS beaten with actual games imo.

@BlueOcean ah i see. That sounds like a good plan to be honest as the XSX would have been held back imo.

@KelticDevil Because Xbox games come to PC as well. And we play on Xbox Live. The article is specifically asking users if they are getting it. I have a better PC than XSX and will have a VASTLY superior one in 2 weeks. Xbox consoles offer nothing TO ME, so buying one would be a waste of money FOR ME.

Sorry if your brand loyalty hurts your reading comprehension that badly.

I can play every future Xbox game (and all 3rd party games and even some Sony games) better than any of the 3 consoles can. Next gen Xbox consoles are absolutely a waste of money......FOR ME, as was asked by the article.

@pip_muzz You know, I'm kinda disappointed that the XSS doesn't have a disc drive. It would have been perfect had it had one.

I think I just don't understand digital only consoles. Disc drives aren't that expensive, and you can use a disc based console as a digital only one. It just seems limiting to had a digital only console. The PS5AD is just enliven worse because the saving won't be as big as it is with xbox.

If they could release a decent external disc drive attachment, or an XSS disc drive edition in the future it would remove my main barrier to picking up the console.

S all the way. Most of my games are digital now thanks to sales. Still got the physical versions lol. I'm too lazy to change discs and with having to install discs anyway I might as well go all in on digital.

Neither at launch, I only got a One X at the end of February so will sit tight at the launch, especially with no Halo Infinite launching on November 10th with the system.
However, I will get the Series X or Series S relatively soon, I've just got to decide which one....

@KelticDevil Apparently not.

@Menchi ignore the guy he’s a clown. If you don’t say anything that fits his fanboy narrative, he’ll claim your a Sony fan & asking why your on this site. And then when he can’t justify his fanboy thoughts, he’ll put you on ignore. I have a lot of friends who game on pc & there attitudes are like yours. Nothing wrong with it. As for me, the series x will be my choice over the series s. But it’ll be a year or so when I do get a series x tho. At the moment I’m just using my one s for playing backwards compatibility games. So a all digital Xbox would be of no use to me.

Series X for me. No disc drive on the series S confirmed my choice. Would of seriously considered the series S as I have not got a 4k TV.

Series X is better value than a gaming PC that matches its performance (frame rate, resolution, memory, ray-tracing...) and the gaming PC won't be as optimised and efficient for gaming as Series X anyway.

I understand that some people prefer playing on PC but I don't understand the constant meme on many websites when gaming PCs are more expensive and they are not plug and play like consoles. I don't understand why bloggers and posters keep repeating "Get a PC" if you want an Xbox. It's like saying "Get a PC and an emulator" if you want a Switch, the difference being an inexpensive PC is able to emulate Switch games. Also, none of the backwards compatible games are available on PC. PC and Series X/S are not the same, whatever you prefer.

@Cyrus29 Were I not a high end PC gamers, Xbox Series X would be my choice. But what you pointed out all makes sense now.

@eggsbox that guy is a clown. Pure fanboy dross from him. He doesn’t seem to understand that you can be a fan of other brands aswell. And if you dare say something against his plastic box, the crap that he says. Man people like him are embarrassing.

Series X at launch and S when Forza will release for upstairs where the Playseat is.

@Savino

Exactly! I used to game on PC too. And like you said, it’s just too expensive. I always had consoles along with my PC, bit I just got sick of the $, time, & effort it takes to keep upgrading the thing. So I ditched it & stuck with only consoles.

I haven’t regretted my decision at all. 👍🏻

Might just upgrade my pc graphics card I need a hard drive or ssd also. £250 goes a long way to that🤔

I'll be getting the series X. What games do "high end" PC gamers even play now? Still CSGO and PUBG? I haven't turned mine on in a year, so it's not high end anymore. 😂 I got sick of how many cheaters there were.

Series X for me. I’m excited to put some 20 year old Xbox discs in and play 4K versions. I skipped the Xbox one, but backwards compatibility has me coming back. I also have a decent Gaming laptop. But now that I have to use it for work, I honestly would rather have a dedicated console for games that I don’t have to unplug constantly. Also, fidgeting with settings on PC to get older games running can be such a pain and time sink. With game pass, I don’t feel like it’ll cost me too much to try out games I missed out on last generation.

I will be getting the X. But man is that S tempting as a second console.

@KelticDevil

It is a waste of money if they already have a top end gaming rig. Those new NVIDIA cards will be about the same price and if they already have the PC, bob’s your uncle.

The downsides you mentioned did ground me, however, and reminded me why I don’t have a “gaming pc”....I haven’t owned anything Windows based since the very early 90’s. And, actually,I take that back, no, it was DOS based and I used Windows, begrudgingly.

Apple is going downhill and not up, as of recent, and so I’ve been eyeballing the Linux variants. But good lord, I can’t imagine using Windows on my own volition.

EDIT: I lied, I did build a Windows PC to run Sound Forge back when Sonic Foundry existed.

At the moment, probably a Series S. PS5 will be my main console as the exclusives are much more my kind of games, but I'd love to have an Xbox as well and the announcements today make that easier and more affordable than ever. Bravo MS.