Anyone pre ordered an Xbox One S?
Anyone pre ordered an Xbox One S?
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BRISTOL86

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1,097 posts

126 months

Wednesday 17th August 2016
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As an existing Xbox One owner I wasn't going to bother, but as I was going to buy FIFA17 anyway it seemed to make sense.

£249 including the game (so £200 for the console really) plus Quidco cash back - and sold my current console for £175.

So £25 to swap an out of warranty X1 for a new X1S with warranty and which should have a higher resale value down the line.

Rude not to smile

anonymous-user

75 months

Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Yep, as a 360 owner I was going to use the S coming out to get an original one cheaper, didn't realise the S would be so cheap. Well happy with the price.

BRISTOL86

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1,097 posts

126 months

Friday 19th August 2016
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Yeah I think it's priced well too, an absolute no brainer for me as I was buying the game anyway.

Dan_1981

17,917 posts

220 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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I'm thinking of jumping back into console ownership.

Sold my 360 2 years ago.

So where are the best S deals currently?

IS this console I want.... I know Scorpio is being touted for late 2017 but i think that might be a bit pricey for me and I want something now.

No talk of xbox 2 is there?


Irrotational

1,580 posts

209 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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Dan_1981 said:
I'm thinking of jumping back into console ownership.

Sold my 360 2 years ago.

So where are the best S deals currently?

IS this console I want.... I know Scorpio is being touted for late 2017 but i think that might be a bit pricey for me and I want something now.

No talk of xbox 2 is there?
There has been a lot of talk about "ending" the generations of consoles and moving to more frequent hardware refreshes, whilst the games will stay forwards and backwards compatible.

So there is no talk of "Xbox 2" where it would be a brand new launch and none of the old games would work. The new S model, and Project Scorpio, which comes out next year, are all planned to run current xbox one games (plus BC 360 games). Certainly to start with, all new games will also be expected to run on the current Xbox and S...i.e. there won't be "Scorpio only" games next year.

The S is a good price and if you have an MS/360 background I would recommend getting it now, and then wait and see about Scorpio next year - relatively little is known about it so far.

There is only a Fifa 17 bundle at the moment - there will be a Gears of War 4 bundle at some point, plus I'm sure there will be others in the run up to Christmas....so whether you buy right now or in 1-2 months time depends on how much you like Fifa and how much you want to wait for the absolute best bundle pre-christmas.

anonymous-user

75 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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Irrotational said:
There has been a lot of talk about "ending" the generations of consoles and moving to more frequent hardware refreshes, whilst the games will stay forwards and backwards compatible.

So there is no talk of "Xbox 2" where it would be a brand new launch and none of the old games would work. The new S model, and Project Scorpio, which comes out next year, are all planned to run current xbox one games (plus BC 360 games). Certainly to start with, all new games will also be expected to run on the current Xbox and S...i.e. there won't be "Scorpio only" games next year.

The S is a good price and if you have an MS/360 background I would recommend getting it now, and then wait and see about Scorpio next year - relatively little is known about it so far.

There is only a Fifa 17 bundle at the moment - there will be a Gears of War 4 bundle at some point, plus I'm sure there will be others in the run up to Christmas....so whether you buy right now or in 1-2 months time depends on how much you like Fifa and how much you want to wait for the absolute best bundle pre-christmas.
Yeah I preordered as I always buy Fifa so it was a no brainer, that and them giving me £50 for my 360 as part of the deal

I think the GoW bundles have all sold out as they were 2TB special edition ones

FWIW I was advised by a mate to get the 500Gb as I would fill up that or a 1TB pretty quickly but external storage is cheaper.

Dan_1981

17,917 posts

220 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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Eugh. I fking hate FIFA.

I'll keep my eyes open though!

anonymous-user

75 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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Dan_1981 said:
Eugh. I fking hate FIFA.

I'll keep my eyes open though!
hehe

I reckon there will be some other bundles about soon. Looks like Amazon still showing the GoW for Pre Order its £399 though

Irrotational

1,580 posts

209 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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anonymous said:
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Ah! good knowledge on the GoW bundle. I have external storage and it's pretty good, so I wouldn't bother paying the extra for the internal drive. I got a 2TB 2.5" drive so that it could be powered by the USB port and I wouldn't have to have another power supply....was more fussed about that then the extra speed from a 3.5" "proper" drive.

Dan_1981 said:
Eugh. I fking hate FIFA.

I'll keep my eyes open though!
Yeah - I think it's a default MS/EA thing...we need a bundle in Europe...they like soccer...right!? OK - Fifa - done!

anonymous-user

75 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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Irrotational said:
Ah! good knowledge on the GoW bundle. I have external storage and it's pretty good, so I wouldn't bother paying the extra for the internal drive. I got a 2TB 2.5" drive so that it could be powered by the USB port and I wouldn't have to have another power supply....was more fussed about that then the extra speed from a 3.5" "proper" drive.



Yeah - I think it's a default MS/EA thing...we need a bundle in Europe...they like soccer...right!? OK - Fifa - done!
It seems Amazon have some still but yeah an extra £150 for 1.5tb of storage and some red paint is a bit of an ask IMO

I'll be doing the same as you I think with the External.

I was surprised they did the launch with Fifa as whilst I love it I know many people didnt.

For anyone else who is considering, if you trade in a 360 you get a guaranteed £50 from Game as part of the pre-order vs the £30 they normally give

So man maths to me says "I always buy Fifa anyway at appx £50 and I am getting a £50 trade in" so One S for £150 biggrin

Irrotational

1,580 posts

209 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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anonymous said:
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This is top notch man maths!

anonymous-user

75 months

Monday 5th September 2016
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Irrotational said:
anonymous said:
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This is top notch man maths!
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DoctorX

7,930 posts

188 months

Thursday 22nd September 2016
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£199 with FIFA17 apparently if anyone's interested:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/this-is-the-bes...

RemaL

25,071 posts

255 months

Thursday 22nd September 2016
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I will be getting one as my daughter will be having my one.

mackay45

832 posts

192 months

Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Thanks Pistonheads! £199 gone that I didn't know I needed to spend!


Dan_1981

17,917 posts

220 months

Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Welll that's awfully tempting.

It's my birthday next week too....

EC225Eng

75 posts

183 months

Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Mine has just arrived but it'll have to wait until I get home.

anonymous-user

75 months

Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Picking mine up tomorrow morning and have the day off work smile

Stig

11,823 posts

305 months

Thursday 22nd September 2016
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DoctorX said:
£199 with FIFA17 apparently if anyone's interested:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/this-is-the-bes...
Thanks for the head-up, ordered. That's despite also taking advantage of Prime day recently for a 500GB XBone with Kinect for £250 eek

Decided it was worth it for the 4k blu ray player smile

Now have 3 x XB360s, 2 x XBones and a XBone S - wife will flip! (but my boys will be delighted) hehe

EC225Eng

75 posts

183 months

Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Only one hour of updates so far!