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Anubra_Khan t1_j0ulumi wrote

Reply to comment by 1northfield in Is Xbox Series S worth it? by Medical-Hair-7153

It does not. Game Pass is great but it doesn't have access to every game. Not by a long shot.

Using Dark Souls 3 as a recent example. A 7 year old game with DLC is typically $80. It goes on sale once or twice a year for $40. Or you can buy a new copy from Walmart all year for $20. Used copy for $10. You can find games all of the time under $10 that aren't on game pass. After finding just 2 or 3 games that you would otherwise buy digitally, you break even. Over the life of the console, physical copies can save you a lot of money.

I don't know how Game Pass adds to the Series S 360gb of useable storage. But I do know if you buy the proprietary 500gb expansion, you've already exceeded the cost of the superior PS5 digital and you're in range of the Series X/PS5 with drive.

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1northfield t1_j0un595 wrote

Dark Souls 3 digital deluxe edition £16.99 on CD Keys right now ($20.71).

Storage is only an issue if you switch round plenty of games constantly, you can still store lots and lots of games on a Series S.

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Anubra_Khan t1_j0upqli wrote

CD Keys are pretty shady and you can't really sell or trade them but ok.

Having 3 - 5 games is not lots and lots. I'm sure there is a small market for some people but for anyone who plans on playing for more than a year or 2, they'll likely be spending more money than they would on another system.

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1northfield t1_j0ur7f6 wrote

CD Keys are not shady.

So if the Series S can only hold 3-5 games with 360gb, that means the PS5 can only have 5-8 games stored as it’s only got 307gb more storage than the Series S, considering the PS4 was considered to have a high attachment rate of 9.6 games per console sold then I would say that ‘only’ 3-5 at any one time is sufficient.

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Anubra_Khan t1_j0ux0hg wrote

PS5/Series X are superior to the Series S. If you're going digital, the PS5 is just $100 more and has more storage. I'm sure it's great for some people. But I'm sure a lot more people will feel regret when the got to extend their storage and realize they could be gaming on a better system for less money at that point. It's just good info to know for people who aren't sure what system to buy (like OP).

If your opinion differs from mine, tell OP. He's the one who asked. You're not changing my mind and I'm not sure why you're trying to.

I'm not sure what PS4 has to do with anything or why you brought it up.

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1northfield t1_j0v0xtn wrote

All the different consoles have Pro’s and Cons, one is not better than another, it all depends on what you want from a console. I mentioned the PS4 attachment rate to illustrate that the vast majority of people hardly purchase games and therefore smaller storage like you get on the Series S and PS5 are not normally a problem for most people and obviously the PS4 is a system that we can look at the ‘whole life’ numbers of games purchased and is not influenced by Gamepass like the Xbox one is

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