Monday, September 4th 2023
Xbox Series S 1 TB Carbon Black Model Out Now
September is shaping up to be one of the hottest months of the year for Xbox players, with a ton of new releases, including some of the year's most anticipated games, several of which will be available with Game Pass on day one (Starfield, Lies of P, Payday 3 - just to name a few). Plus, with the release of the 1 TB Xbox Series S in Carbon Black on September 1 and Xbox Game Pass Core launching on September 14 you will have even more options on what to play and where to play it.
Xbox Series S - 1 TB
With the release of so many new games this month, it's a great time to join Xbox or upgrade your console, so you can enjoy games that only run on Xbox Series X|S and PC like Starfield, Forza Motorsport, and more. Plus, September 1 marks the release of the new Xbox Series S - 1 TB, which was announced earlier this year at the Xbox Games Showcase 2023. This console features the same next-gen speed and performance of our 512 GB Series S, now with double the storage so you can download even more of your favorite games to your console where they'll be ready to play when you are. Xbox is always exploring ways to use less new materials and reduce waste - our new 1 TB Series S incorporates Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) resins, mirroring the practice established in 2021 with our white Series S in a new color. The bold Carbon Black color is the same sleek, modern matte finish as Xbox Series X and the Xbox Wireless Controller. Make the most of every gaming minute with features like Quick Resume, lightning-fast load times, and support for gameplay of up to 120 FPS.
The Carbon Black Xbox Series S - 1 TB joins our family of devices, including the original 512 GB Series S and 1 TB Xbox Series X, now available in every market where the devices are sold and available at xbox.com and microsoftstore.com, plus other participating retailers..
We know you're here for the games, and September's lineup features dozens of titles spanning most genres, so there truly is something for everyone to enjoy wherever you play. Here's a list featuring some of the must-play games releasing on Xbox this September and a few details about each to help you decide which game to jump into first.
Back in black, the Xbox Series S - 1 TB is available today. On Xbox Series S, enjoy more dynamic and vibrant worlds, sensationally smooth framerates at up to 120 FPS, lightning fast load times, and add Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (membership sold separately) to play new Xbox games on day one.
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Xbox Series S - 1 TB
With the release of so many new games this month, it's a great time to join Xbox or upgrade your console, so you can enjoy games that only run on Xbox Series X|S and PC like Starfield, Forza Motorsport, and more. Plus, September 1 marks the release of the new Xbox Series S - 1 TB, which was announced earlier this year at the Xbox Games Showcase 2023. This console features the same next-gen speed and performance of our 512 GB Series S, now with double the storage so you can download even more of your favorite games to your console where they'll be ready to play when you are. Xbox is always exploring ways to use less new materials and reduce waste - our new 1 TB Series S incorporates Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) resins, mirroring the practice established in 2021 with our white Series S in a new color. The bold Carbon Black color is the same sleek, modern matte finish as Xbox Series X and the Xbox Wireless Controller. Make the most of every gaming minute with features like Quick Resume, lightning-fast load times, and support for gameplay of up to 120 FPS.
We know you're here for the games, and September's lineup features dozens of titles spanning most genres, so there truly is something for everyone to enjoy wherever you play. Here's a list featuring some of the must-play games releasing on Xbox this September and a few details about each to help you decide which game to jump into first.
25 Comments on Xbox Series S 1 TB Carbon Black Model Out Now
no need to pay twice the price to play fifa
Absolutely nothing about that fateful event was redeemable, not today and certainly not 10 years ago, with the entire talk of forcing the console to have Kinect (now dead) enabled at all times, single-use activation codes for retail games (in order to kill the used game market), always-online requirement to use the system, the VCR design, etc. - even the 360 diehards absolutely hated Microsoft's initial concept for the One.
In the interim, after Sony's majestic marketing win during the PS4 unveil, they've grown ever more aggressive, dirty, and corporate about their games publishing. PlayStation fans are like mindless zombies who will accept any slop that has Sony's blessing, and they've managed to assert their brand to the point a lot of people simply think "PS5" when you talk video games. They even look dismayed when I tell them I prefer the Xbox, and the reality is, I'm a PC gamer at heart. I tolerate the Xbox, that's about it - while I vilify the PlayStation.
Calling this a gimmick is like calling any 1080p/1440p graphics card a gimmick. It's just dumb. And it being weaker doesn't stop people making original games at all. Again, that's dumb.
Calling anything that plays @ 1080p/1440p a gimmick is dumb? Lets not get into name calling, mmk? I didn't call you stupid for having your thoughts on this outdated system. Let's move forward shall we? As I mentioned earlier, this system is a hair weaker than the PS4 Pro and the PS4 Pro was well over it's time. Each and every console generation has seen a leap in complexity of the games and its visuals while increasing fidelity at higher resolutions. The Series S uses upscaling to hit 1080p and is not a true 1080p system when it comes to demanding titles. If you want native 1080p gaming you need a PS5 or Series X to achieve that. To the best of my knowledge, neither of those systems have internally rendered any game below 1080p before upscaling them to 1440p or 2160p resolutions. So the real 1080p champs are the PS5 and Series X as you'll receive native rendering. The PS5 only costs $399 for the digital edition. The Series S (essentially a PS4 Pro in 2023 (release date 2020)) is $299. Its like buying a 7800XT in 2023 when you could have bought a 6800XT (ignoring the price difference from the GPU shortage)...different architecture while having the relatively the same performance.
In raw performance numbers not only is the Series S weaker than the PS4 Pro, it's weaker than the previous xbox flagship, the Xbox One X (sidebar: xbox naming is fucking terrible) but that doesn't tell the hole story: those consoles were mindlessly targeting 4k without enough resources do so, the series s uses much faster ssd storage and the jaguar cpu architecture used in the previous generation was dogshit. In practise the Series S is a big improvement over both of them even if the raw numbers fail to show it. The cpu is much much faster, it just doesn't have the compute units to render higher resolutions and show better flops in a spec sheet.
Now, did it work? I don't know, Microsoft published numbers recently but it doesn't discriminate Series X and S sales, but the Series series is selling better than the Xbox One sold over it's tenure and they claim 48% of series S sales have been to players new to Xbox which to me seems favorable. Them launching a refreshed model with higher storage may also suggest that it's not doing too bad, otherwise why bother? (it could also be a necessity to sweaten the deal but who knows - they're launching it at a higher price of 350$ which is bold against the ps5 digital 399$ so it must be working)
In my opinion it was a nice strategy given they are still unable to release and market a game that convinces someone to buy their product. They've bought countless publishers but haven't been able to release anything that competes with AAA Playstation titles so having a product with a considerably lower barrier of entry is important. I'd never buy a Series X but I could see myself buying a Series S on a "what the hell, why not" moment and I think that's translating to the better sales numbers of this generation.
It's like gaming on a 8400GS back in the day. It was a "fine" display adapter, so long as you played solitaire.
Consoles never get most of the eye candy anyway, be it Series S, Series X or PS5. Most games are still being released on previous gen consoles - not just the pro versions either, the now ancient and slow original PS4 and Xbox One, including Jedi Survivor btw - if those can run the games, the Series S has a much easier time doing so with the extra memory, ssd and modern CPU (jaguar was bad)
Stop being so elitist, maybe it's not good enough for you and you bought a Series X/PC/PS5 instead, it's still plenty for a lot.
Similar to how I prefer the steam deck to the rog ally, lower spec yes, much better price also yes.
A few devs have complained, probably cause it actually involves putting the time in getting stuff to work well with the memory constraints. To me that's the only issue really. It should have had at least 12GB as not all games will scale down the RAM usage from 4k to 1080p. Especially since lots of Series X games don't run anywhere near 4k anyway.
It's far more powerful than the PS4 Pro. AMD already said the 4TF GPU in it is similar perf to the 6TF GPU in the One X. But aiming for 1080p instead of 4k, and the CPU is lightyears ahead of the crappy Jaguar chips in the last gen machines. Most games on it do run in at least 1080p. and there's crap loads of games in full 4k on series X too. Most of the stuff that drops the res heavily is doing so to push 120fps.
£390 ps5 digital
£250 xbox series S
Amazon UK prices as of 6 Sept.
For those with a budget thats quite significant.
Also at the time I got my Xbox Series S, there was severe PS5 stock issues, so had to buy a bundle of some sort as retailers were taking advantage, I paid almost £550 for my PS5.
If there was no S, I wouldnt have brought an Xbox series console, as I only purchased it to play old BC games, and the £250 I just about justified the expense, it was borderline. I feel happy with the purchase now, but at the time I was unsure about it.
I am not happy about my PS5 purchase as so far I have only played one game on it, and only have about 3 queued up ready to go (one's that cant play on ps4 pro), doesnt feel good value for me at the moment.
However despite this I dont go round telling people they shouldnt be buying PS5's or Series X consoles, choice is a good thing and I have never understood why elitists moan about the S existing, it doesnt affect them.
If xbox doesn't update their prices the PS5 can go right after their lunch with an easy 20 or 30 bucks discount bringing prices to the same ballpark and taking the Series S out of consideration
As for buying consoles in general, they really aren't directly comparable with PCs. The ease of use is really just a huge selling point. Plug it in and click play on games. No need to launch into the OS, make sure your drivers are up to date, find the games on whatever game launcher has what you want, settle on using discord/game chat/etc., tweak settings, then launch. The interface is just brain dead simple for both xbox and playstation and honestly that's a good thing for people who just want to sit down and start playing a game immediately. You may see the simplicity as limiting or the difficulty of using a PC as trivial, but for others this may not be the case. Just look at console sales and try to understand why people buy them (it's not just being misinformed).
For recommendations, you should always try to put yourself in the shoes of the person and not just recommend what would make you happy. Ask the person what they actually want out of the device. They may have been playing on console for years and just want something that lets them play new games, not looking for a totally new experience and just want to know if it's worth it to upgrade to the next generation. Show them the experience of playing on PC, if they don't care or don't notice the differences that you feel strongly about, then you shouldn't be trying to force them to buy something that isn't going to bring them any additional value.