According to documents from Microsoft’s recent case against the FTC, the Xbox Series S is more popular than the Xbox Series X
According to documents from Microsoft’s recent case against the FTC, the Xbox Series S is more popular than the Xbox Series X
Makes sense because the Series S is dumb cheap. Only the Steam Deck can compare in terms of value
The Steam Deck is more expensive.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Microsoft-SVP-00001-Xbox-Series-S-Game-Console-512-GB-SSD-AMD-Zen-2-3-6-GHz-10-GDDR6-SDRAM-RDNA-HDMI-1440p-Controller-HDR-Capable-DTS-Dolby-Atmos-Sea/1861650659?from=/search
Series S: $274.95
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck
Steam Deck: $359.10
And that’s for the low-end Steam Deck. The nicest one is $519.20, almost twice what the Series S runs.
Compete in terms of value, not price. The series S gets you Xbox’s current gen game library and a selection of 360 games, and if you’re willing to use dev mode a powerful emulation suite. Deck gets a huge percentage of Steam’s 20-year catalog as one-click installs, most other PC games that don’t use anticheat as slightly more involved installs, every PC game if you want to install windows, and also a powerful emulation suite. Plus it’s a dockable handheld instead of something that needs a monitor and controller.
The series S has better media apps and can be woken up from the couch, though.
the steam deck is also just a regular ol’ PC so you can use it for non-gaming stuff like making a lil’ drawing on the go, or plug in some peripherals and just… use it like an honestly pretty okay performance desktop.
I would argue that the Steam Deck’s emulation capabilities surpass the Xbox. It might not play the latest games at amazing quality and performance, but it covers a wide breadth of games, far wider than what Xbox supports.
Depends on whether you’re willing to spend $20 to turn your Series S into a devkit, at which point the S can be an utter beast for emulation.
Alternatively 2$ if your region is set to Turkey.