'Xbox Series C' Has Been Trending Thanks To This New Concept Trailer

This adorable cube design that uses discs but is less powerful than the Series X is what a LOT of us wanted from the Series S, I think. I'd probably already own one, tbh.

I actually want a cheaper discless series x, or discless series x with 2TB storage. The xbox series x disc is useless to me because in my country we rarely have physical xbox games anymore. There's a lot of ps4, ps5, and switch disc/cartridge though.

considering the Series X internals and how they are built around cooling, that horizontal disc drive is going to choke the machine.

"but some have pointed out that an external disc reader for the Xbox Series S might be a better idea, as there "just isn't enough market for an in-between console""

Pretty much my sentiment. The point of the S is to give a cheap yet capable console, the X is the high end. A "C" just doesn't make sense. at what would be around £350, gamers would either be better off going up or down by £100 to get the X or S.

The S could benefit from having a black version with a disc drive, but I wouldn't charge more than £300 for it.

Other than the Series 2's, the only other Series version I'd like to see, and that would have any kind of inherent value and market, would be an Xbox Series Hybrid.

@abe_hikura I was just thinking the same thing

Let's just focus on making enough of the current consoles for everybody before coming up with new ones xD

One thing i love so much about Series S is it's physical dimension so i'm not a fan of the concept even if it's more powerful. If Xbox are going to do Pro/Enhanced console this gen then i hope they can maintain the size of Series S and add disc drive. Wishful thinking i know but let me dream at least.

I see no issues with the X or S so this isn't needed in any way. Also clearly not happening, looking at the state of the global supply chain no way they making a 3rd sku.

@wiiware The cost would go up on a 2TB console

I agree, that a external disc drive would be a great accessory for the series s.

So its basically a series X cut in half?

If the thing was real, perhaps some imaginary Dolby Vision support in the Blu-ray app.

It isn't clear to me exactly how cutting a series X in half with more powerful hardware than the series S inside would actually be possible.

It seems like creating a revised series S with more slightly powerful hardware would be more useful.

That being said, I am not sure there is actually room in the market for that. Especially since Microsoft can sell every unit they are making.

That being said, it looks cool.

I want to see more first party games for XSX and XSS. Not a new console yet. Heck most publishers are not even shipping games exclusively for this generation yet!

Lets see ship dates for Starfield, Hellblade II, Everwild, State of Decay 3, Redfall, etc. before someone tries to sell me another console. I have two XSX and one XSS. I want games that fully take advantage of their tech in every way.

Introducing the all-new Xbox Series C - sleeker, smaller, and a whole lot more boxier.

So, if true, this would make the series s pointless. Then they would surely cancel the weakest console, burning the supporters of said console. You may hate Sony, but they got it right by making both versions of the ps5 with the same power. The series s isn't going to do well once they drop last gen consoles and games. It was fine for last gen games, like putting a new PC to games from 10 years ago.

Would be smarter to cut the disc drive off Series X and Reduce by £/$50. Or do a 1TB Series S for £/$50 more

With the right optimisation the Series S will do fine.

Also Xbox Ready is such a clickbait channel haha

No. Just no lol.

@wiiware 2TB digital series X sounds good to me!

I don’t see the point of something between S and X. Maybe above X in a year or two.

The future is Series S2 and Series X2.

Looks like "Deep Thought" from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie.

Would have bought that if it were real. Looks cute and stylish ☺️

@abe_hikura The opening for the intake is likely above the disc drive drawing air from the back of the unit which would help keep dust from getting in the system as well. This would also keep dust from getting in the disc area.

My guess anyways.

Does it come in purple?

@Richnj what would a Series Hybrid be like ? What would be under the hood and what would the features be, in your opinion ?

@CloudyDream I'd probably stick close to the Steam Deck in terms of hardware. That way you could at least ensure that devs could target the Deck, Xbox Hybrid, and a potential Switch 2 with more or less the same version of their game.

You never know, if Valve, Nintendo, and Xbox were in the hybrid market, Sony might see reason to produce a PSP/V2

First of all I've been trying to watch pure Xbox videos on YouTube for quite some time and I become very frustrated with them because none of them seem to make any sense and the thumbnails actually have nothing to do with the video that they show. Pretty much everything that they show is vaporware fake concept trailers that look like they're being put up by Microsoft but in fact are not and have nothing to do with Microsoft. This concept is false there's no way to fit the amount of the components that are contained within the Xbox series X into a shell half the size if that were the case then they would have done that from the inception. Why would they make it bigger when they didn't need to? And do you think that technology has gone that far forward since it's released that it would instantly be able to be shrunk like this? I hope the rest of you are not as gullible as you seem

Came here thinking the C would stand for "cloud". Developers do not need a 3rd SKU to try and develop for. This is madness.

At $299 and $499 already, I don't see the value in paying $349- $399 for a disk based Series S essentially. I would however gladly pay $699 for a Series Z, 2tb SSD storage, 32gb of GDDR6 Ram, 12 core Zen 3 AMD CPU, and a hybrid form of the Elite series controller.

The solution for an in-between isn't this hypothetical Series C, but a Super Series X at premium price (>= Series X launch edition's price) in 2024. Then the to-be-outdated X would become the middle ground.