Microsoft has officially announced today that Xbox Series X<\/strong><\/a>, its premier next-gen console, will retail for $499<\/strong>. Xbox Series X, along with the recently announced Series S ($299)<\/a>, will be available worldwide beginning November 10<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You can pre-order starting September 22<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If those details seem a bit familiar, it’s because they recently leaked along with what looked to be a trailer for Xbox Series S. The reports were accurate, after all.<\/p>\n Microsoft also announced that financing service Xbox All Access is expanding to include new tiers for Xbox Series X and Series S. At $25-a-month, you could get Xbox Series S, a subscription to Live Gold as well as Game Pass.<\/p>\n Upping that to $35 per month gets you Xbox Series X instead, along with all the other benefits. All Access will itself be available in more countries come November.<\/p>\n As previously confirmed, Xbox Series S is a smaller, less powerful version of Series X. Though they both share the CPU and custom NVMe SSD technology, Series S has a less powerful GPU, less RAM, and 500GB of storage space<\/a> compared Series X’s 1TB. Series S also does not have an optical disc drive; it’s an all-digital console.<\/p>\n With Xbox One X discontinued<\/a>, Microsoft’s line-up is now made up of Xbox One S at the lowest end, Xbox Series S ($299) for the mid-range, and Xbox Series X ($499) at the high end.<\/p>\n Microsoft is targeting 1440p gaming at up to 120fps with Series S, whereas Series X pushes that up to 4K and 120fps. Both support ray tracing, and the entirety of Microsoft’s next-gen software features like instant game switching<\/a>, variable rate shading<\/a>, variable refresh rate, velocity architecture, ultra-low latency, and 4K video streaming.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/\/2020\/03\/xbox_series_x_component_blowout_1.jpg\")
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