Microsoft Confirms Leaks For Xbox Series S, Priced At $299

It was just a week ago that users online discovered more evidence suggesting the legitimate presence of the Xbox Series S. In that, one Twitter user who when picking up a new Xbox controller also receive a small Xbox Game Pass Ultimate advertisement which listed the platform. Gathered how soon that many are anticipating the system’s reveal with the beefier Xbox Series X slated to hit store shelves in November, many presume the reveal would be just around the corner.

And it did happen, just after the unit was leaked. Yesterday, Brad Sams shared the appearance of the unit by disclosing an image of it on Twitter with the pricing of the unit listed as $299. Howbeit, Sams in the last couple of months has proven to be less reliable with tangible details regarding Microsoft-owned properties and was suggested to be a rumor until properly disclosed.

But shortly after the information broke out, Microsoft on Twitter verified the image to be accurate and continued by telling the price is also correct.

Now that the system is out of the bag, Microsoft went on to disclose that more information on the Xbox Series S will be spared, “soon”. But in the meantime, The Verge elsewhere is sharing more details on the cost-efficient unit. Among what we would expect, the console will support 4K media streaming, an all-digital structural integrity, and anticipated next-generation characteristics such as variable rate shading & variable refresh rate.

As for new details on the unit, The Verge reports that DirectX raytracing will be supported alongside a 512 GB in-house built solid state drive. While Windows Central has previously reported the then-Project Lockhart to offer “minimal raytracing”, this new element behind the Xbox Series S stems to be more than anticipated. The Verge illustrates its concerns for the 512 GB SSD due to the capacity of games exceeding 100 GB alone which could hinder users from installing new titles.

The most baffling part of this entire leak is that the new unit is immensely smaller compared to its sibling console. While Microsoft simply removed the disc drive and offers only a 4 teraflop architecture over the 12 teraflops for Xbox Series X, the entire model is scaled to be less than half the size of the Xbox Series X – that you can see from the brief clip provided by @_h0x0d_ on Twitter.

What are you interested most about the Xbox Series S?

The Xbox Series S is presumed to ship this November alongside the Xbox Series X.