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Opinions on the Series S? How much "worse" is it than the X? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a PS5, but am thinking of getting one of the Xbox series consoles because there are a couple of specific games I want to play (Microsoft Flight Simulator and Lost Odyssey for the 360). Also, it would be nice to have a Gamepass machine.

I don't mind the idea of having digital games, but I'm just curious how much of a drop the performance is from the Series X. Especially if anyone has played Flight Simulator on it. Have you regretted getting the Series S, or has it been okay?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm also interested in this. I want to buy a Series S to play Game Pass games, because I still have 1080p displays and don't plan to replace them in the foreseeable future. But I want to hear some opinions first c:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I have both a Series X and two Series S consoles and bounce between them frequently depending on where I am. The Series S is a completely capable machine and I love it. If playing on a 4k screen, the Series S may have a decreased resolution (depending on how the developer made the game) as opposed to the Series X output, but it really isn't a big deal for me. For example, playing Insurgency Sandstorm is sharper on my Series X, but the same game's decreased resolution on my Series S doesn't affect my gameplay at all. But if you are on 1080p displays, you may not notice much of a difference at all! I would totally buy the Series S. It's just such a fantastic deal and such a cheap way to get into GamePass games. I bought one of my Series S consoles on Facebook Marketplace for $100. That's an insane deal.