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The Xbox Series S Is Launching On November 10

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September 9, 2020 at 9:37 am

The Xbox Series S Is Launching On November 10

And, if we’re being honest, it won’t be just the Xbox Series S that launches on that day.

After leaks forced Microsoft’s hand yesterday, the company finally released the official “reveal” trailer for their upcoming digital-only next-gen console. A key note in the video is that it’ll be launching on November 10, which is a Tuesday locally.

The video also contains more details about what the cut-down $US299 console will contain:

Custom NVMe SSD drive
Seamless game switching
Up to 1440p/120fps support, dependent on the game
Variable refresh rate support
Variable rate shading
DirectX Raytracing support
60% smaller than the upcoming Xbox Series X

You can watch the full sizzle reel below.

We’re still waiting for full confirmation on the Australian price for the Xbox Series S. I asked Microsoft this morning about the local RRP, and was told there was “nothing additional to share on local pricing at this stage,” which is honestly pretty weird given that the international pricing has been confirmed. But we’ve seen weirder things in 2020.

$449 or $499 is looking like the safest bet at this point, factoring in GST, shipping, forex calculations and likely margins, but you never know.

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tulathros

September 9, 2020 at 9:54 am

It’s OK guys, i have done the research and 10 November is also a Tuesday internationally.

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1. Alex Walker
  
  September 9, 2020 at 9:57 am
  
  Well, if it launches November 10 in Australia it’ll be a Monday in other parts of the world.
  
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  1. tulathros
    
    September 9, 2020 at 10:14 am
    
    Far more likely that November 10 release is a Wednesday in Australia… they won’t even tell you the Aussie price i doubt the release date is in Australian.
    
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weresmurf

September 9, 2020 at 10:25 am

Just got the game pass for PC… if this is coupled with that? Holy shit MS may finally have found their actual killer app????

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zarosio

September 9, 2020 at 10:28 am

My only issue is that it is a digital only console with only 512GB that wont last long especially with games like CoD taking up a crazy amount of space

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1. weresmurf
  
  September 9, 2020 at 10:51 am
  
  As long as they do what they did this generation and let you plug in an external drive, it really won’t be much of an issue. We ended up with 2x3tb external drives, which was actually pretty great with our XB1S.
  
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  1. blackdahlianz
    
    September 9, 2020 at 1:47 pm
    
    Would they need to be the MS brand external cards though ? Seeing as they use the new custom SSD’s. They could be expensive.
    
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  2. tbenton
    
    September 9, 2020 at 2:24 pm
    
    Apparently you can use External HDDs to store data but you can’t play off it.
    
    You need to transfer the game to the SSD to play it.
    
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2. sydney2k
  
  September 9, 2020 at 10:35 pm
  
  Microsoft has said that with Velocity architecture, reducing duplicate assets, better compressed assets, and quality optimization, games should be much smaller in this next generation. Because it will only do 1440p max (4K upscaling), any next gen game won’t need to download 4K assets.
  
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adelaide.ben1@gmail.com

September 9, 2020 at 11:03 am

Even though this was forecast/rumoured, I was still surprised that MS did this. I have to say that it sounds too good to be true, but I think we also haven’t seen enough to understand what compromises have actually been made (for instance what does 4TF mean in terms of CU’s, and how scalable does the RDNA2 architecture get in terms of ray-tracing). There’s been a growing argument that consoles (and PCs) should put more emphasis on DLSS ML approaches to achieve higher resolution, so it will be VERY interesting to see what capabilities are built into series S. I also think that while this is a bit of marketing genius from MS – I do wonder what the implications for the console will be in 2-3 years… also what does this mean for the XBoxOne S price – why keep it if the series S is this price? Finally, I think everyone is looking at this and just wondering WHY haven’t both MS and Sony just announced the price/release date rather than playing childish games. This is not the way to reveal a console – and certainly not the mic-drop moment that MS would have been hoping for. As a PS4 owner, I admit that I’m nervous that Sony have put all their eggs in the haptics/3D audio/SSD basket… when the adaptive trigger is the only thing that distinguishes from XBox. We all know Sony exclusives are the big selling point – but I’m not sure that’s enough, and Sony have teased there is so much more to reveal… so when?

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1. pablo77
  
  September 9, 2020 at 12:12 pm
  
  They’ve clearly stated that it’s 2K not 4K native so that’s a big difference in TF requirements.
  
  My friend who is staunchly PS only (anti microsoft so even avoids using windows) has said he would think about this as a secondary console for game pass games which is exactly what MS wants. You aren’t going to get a PC (which a lot of people say is all they need) for under $500 AUD which will be supported until 2027.
  
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phil1311

September 9, 2020 at 11:14 am

1440p/120fps support

So no native 4k then?

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1. Alex Walker
  
  September 9, 2020 at 11:16 am
  
  4K playback for video (and undoubtedly the UI as well) but it won’t be for gameplay.
  
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  1. pablo77
    
    September 9, 2020 at 12:09 pm
    
    Actually the launch video does state 4K upscaling for games so while not native, it’ll do some trickery there to make it look better.
    
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maffrew

September 9, 2020 at 4:38 pm

So are we expecting the Series X to launch before/after/same day?

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