A great console with 3 game bundle at a decent price.
I can't add more to this great description https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/735527 made by @TheDukeOfNukem
Can be combined with $10 promo https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/755436
Or price matched at JB HiFi with $10 perk
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As above, DLC, cosmetic BS at that too.
Still only a plain white console. Doesn't even have a skin on it
What a sorry excuse for a "game bundle". From getting triple A titles to free to play games that you can access anywhere.
Better off getting a second hand one for $300 and buying three games you want
I really like the Series S, but it has to be the right price and I don't think this is it, to justify it over the Series X, and that price is a lot cheaper.
It's all about the storage, the Xbox OS is about 200GB so from a 512GB drive you're left with about 300GB vs 800GB on the Series X, so at the $350 mark, sure the Series S looks like it's a great deal, but yeah otherwise, X reading discs, +500GB storage, more powerful processor.
This deal brings the Series S price down to the RRP in the USA (US$299). So $439 should be considered as the upper range for any deals.
I agree with the storage concerns, however it should be noted that all Xbox Game Pass titles can be played without installing by using Cloud Gaming… a feature that is rarely mentioned on OzBargain.
So storage is best used for those games that you play a lot, so it's not a deal breaker.
Cloud gaming is an option, especially for say RTS games, puzzle games, a few other genres.
Doesn't work at all for FPS, Action, Platforming, Racing, Sport, or any genre where it's fast paced, the input latency is just too high.
Disagree. The average casual gamer will cope fine. It's not 'doesn't work at all'.
Not everyone watches Digital Foundry and is obsessed with the tiny details.
@scuderiarmani: @scuderiarmani if it works for you that's great, but I think the larger gaming community that enjoys these games would agree with me that latency and speed are not yet ready to have an enjoyable experience.
It's not just ping/latency, but it's input lag, moving then the delay in the character receiving the instruction, then you seeing it on screen.
Turn based games, anything where the immediate input the CPU/opponent the delay doesn't matter, even Worms
Internet speed is definitely important, decent to good internet should get you by happily though, I've played a bit of Battlefront 2 over cloud and had a perfectly fine experience. I've streamed Fortnite on a tablet via 20mb/s limited Felix mobile and won a normal (albeit no build) match. It's definitely useable, though I wouldn't buy a console for it.
Cloud doesn't support every Game Pass game, though it does support a substantial majority.
I would argue it's not mentioned that much, as the Xbox One can play the cloud games too with more or less identical performance, so it's not really a selling feature of a new console
This deal brings the Series S price down to the RRP in the USA (US$299). So $439 should be considered as the upper range for any deals.
In the US they add sales tax on top, unlike here where the price already includes GST.
$299 USD + GST = ~$480 AUD
cloud gaming is not available for ALL game pass titles
You have 364gb useable, you can pair this with a cheap 256gb USB for ballpark 30/40 odd bucks and you're almost lined up with what the PS5 lets you use. My Series S has 40 something games on it and 50 odd gig left over, and that's just the built in drive, I don't personally use thumb drives for anything other than ROM storage.
That's including decent size games like Fortnite (40ish), Tony Hawk (25ish), Dying Light (40ish), etc.
A tenner to the man who gives me their Fortnite and Fall Guys codes.
idc about Rocket League. Played it before it went F2P, and played SSARPBC before that.
Not to bad of a price if you dont play fortnite as the code itself has a value up to $150
Not sure what you mean here. Where can I flog the code off to for $150?
I know. $149.90 is the best I'll go.
$150? No way!
Currently have ONE S with games on a 5tb external drives. Can I just plug the external drive to Series S and play the compatible games immediately of it?
Yes
Looking to grab an S just for emulation at some point, will wait for a sub $400 deal.
yup.. emulates all 8 and 16 bit consoles, PS1, PS2, gamecube, Wii and xbox 360. plug in a usb drive with the games and you're good to go for 1080p gaming.
Not a good deal given that it was $399 only a few weeks ago but I wonder if the enjoyment of getting it earlier and playing will outweigh the saving of $40 and having to wait…
Showing as $458 for me, am I missing something?
Original deal has expired
The games are all free-to-play.