

The Xbox Series X also has a 4K Blu-ray player built in the Xbox Series S is a purely digital console. But if you have a high-end TV, save your pennies for the Series X.
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If you have a 1080p TV or 1440p monitor - and plan to keep using it for a few more years - the Series S is an easy sell. Qualitatively speaking, the Xbox Series S looks good and plays well, even on 4K displays. The Series X also has much better draw distance in optimized games. The Xbox Series X supports ray-tracing on a huge variety of games, while the Series S has much more limited ray-tracing support. While the Xbox Series S has 4K upscaling and HDR features, it's not quite the same thing as having a native 4K display. In our tests, the Xbox Series X performed better than the Xbox Series S across the board - not surprising, considering the Series X's hardware. For that reason, anyone looking to buy a next-gen console might well agree that the Xbox Series S is the right console to buy right now. Of course the Series S is also a lot easier to find, with restock issues still hampering Series X availability despite all the time that's past since its release. But for right now, the Series S is $200 cheaper than the flagship Xbox, and that might make a big difference, depending on your budget and your current entertainment setup.

You can make plenty of arguments about how the Xbox Series X does more to earn its price, or how "price" and "value" aren't the same thing, or how the Xbox Series S might not be as useful in the long-term. (Prices vary from country to country, but the differential is similar.) Simply put: the Xbox Series S costs $300, whereas the Series X costs $500. The Xbox Series S' price is one of only a few categories in which it definitely beats the Xbox Series X.
