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Xbox Series X and Series S review: NO MORE GIMMICKS!

This new do-everything console is for gaming, streaming, sharing and shopping

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  1. PorscheGT1

    November 5, 2020 at 3:29 pm

    I got a Series S preordered already at gamestop with my deposit and tomorrow I’m buying the Series X off Ebay. I’m not fighting the hassle of waiting in line and all that craziness. I already own a One X, OG XB1… and i will be keeping the Series S, I’m keeping all the machines

  2. kee ming ang

    November 5, 2020 at 3:48 pm

    Just review the current version, not inflate the video with historical account of Xbox. Or are u saying, it’s decent now cos it does not suck like previous versions?

    Also this is just a repackage of other video summaries. If there is no content, don’t force it

  3. Nick C

    November 5, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    What about the excellent payment plan that bundles XBox with Gamepass. You could consider game pass free, or the console free. It’s 2 McD meals a month!

  4. Armix

    November 5, 2020 at 4:17 pm

    Did MS paid every reviewer to sale their expansion storage ? Seagate Maxtor z1 480gb ssd + adata xpg enclosure = 60 euro move games fast from internal ssd to external and viceversa/ play bkcomp games from external … im thinkin why this reviewers dont talk about this and just fed people to buy the 210 euro solution

    • aaron

      November 5, 2020 at 4:33 pm

      it wont work only Microsoft own brand Will work

    • Armix

      November 5, 2020 at 4:36 pm

      @aaron yes it works to move even enhanced games to external drive and when you wanna play them just swap from external to internal. You can keep the internal drive only for enhanced games and play backcomp from external

  5. Dreaded Montana

    November 5, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    Now I know I need the ps5

  6. fightnight14

    November 5, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    Dang that PS5 is one big boah. Will wait for the slimmed down version. For now i’m getting the series S for 3rd party next gen games

  7. Kamil Turan

    November 5, 2020 at 5:29 pm

    When will we get the PS5 review?

    • sherri moquin

      November 5, 2020 at 6:47 pm

      Have you seen the review from zoneoftech and unboxtherepy

    • Lorenzo Serrano

      November 5, 2020 at 10:31 pm

      here’s mine: (i own both)
      xsx: fastest console ever, but not really that different
      ps5: same thing as xbox but better exclusives – no gamepass or gameshare

      between xsx and ps5 i prefer the series x, but i would pick up the ps5 over the series s

  8. Virus Toker

    November 5, 2020 at 5:33 pm

    Getting a ps5 and using my pc with gamepass for Xbox exclusives

  9. Clientele

    November 5, 2020 at 5:33 pm

    Great review!

  10. Rtu Isanebeggar

    November 5, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    It’s a shame that you can’t even get one because of scalpers

  11. R Gunn

    November 5, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    Wait this isn’t Jeff Bakalar?

  12. Alan Dillard

    November 5, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    It’s a crying shame Xbox when you buy the new Xbox you can play the games but if you only download this one thing that you don’t know about you can’t play movies that’s pretty bad you pay outrageous money for these machines and the old ones you can play movies and the games what happened Rockstar you’re getting cheap again I mean there’s nothing wrong with giving us that let’s watch movies on the machine too and fix it where we would have to have internet I mean come on some people can’t afford internet

  13. NP PJ

    November 5, 2020 at 7:34 pm

    Fair review by Boogie2988

  14. Al Piston

    November 5, 2020 at 7:37 pm

    Hdmi-in is a great feature. You can use it when there’s not enough hmdis in your tv for all your devices

  15. Bloop 1

    November 5, 2020 at 8:41 pm

    Boogie2988 lost a lot of weight and took a job at cnet

  16. Phoenix1

    November 5, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    XBOX SERIES

  17. Jacob Penrod

    November 5, 2020 at 8:50 pm

    I think the only major downside of the series S is the storage capacity. For that reason, I’m going for the X.

  18. LORDE 2729

    November 5, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    I care about cross play in games now. I don’t care about exclusives. I just want to play the game in peace regardless of which platform my friends are playing in. Sony better not be a stumbling block regarding that this Gen. I’d they do we boycott ps5

  19. UltraGoldCoin

    November 5, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    Before you listen to this; I wanted to tell you, that you are beautiful and exceptional. Also your a phenomenal human being; I love you and I hope positive experiences will start happening in your life, if they haven’t already. Keep moving forward my friend; start adopting positive and beneficial habits & behaviors. Eat healthy and treat yourself with kindness, in addition to others also. Fair well my friend; God Bless you 💖

    • Furret With A turret

      November 6, 2020 at 6:40 pm

      These are getting repetitive.

  20. GenreOnline

    November 5, 2020 at 11:00 pm

    I love Dan Ackerman. I like how he explains things and general groovy style. He is one of my favorite CNET personalities .

  21. Peter Manuel

    November 5, 2020 at 11:21 pm

    Where’s Jeff Backalackalar?

  22. Jeff May

    November 6, 2020 at 12:46 am

    THE KINECT WAS THE BEST THING THEY EVER DID! I CRY ON THE INSIDE EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY GOT RID OF IT!

    • alvin ngure

      November 6, 2020 at 12:07 pm

      Can u imagine how good it would work with the windows hello features they’re putting in windows laptops now! Damn shame really! Twas a good piece of tech

    • JayD

      November 6, 2020 at 11:45 pm

      Kinect 2 was phenomenal. I played a lot of games with my oldest daughter, wife and other family members; especially during the Holidays! Thanks to the many wining man children for pushing them to get rid of this.

    • Carlos Montesino

      November 8, 2020 at 6:48 pm

      At my house we still play with the Xbox 360 Kinect!

  23. Dave P

    November 6, 2020 at 12:53 am

    4:22 maybe you haven’t met my friend 2020 🙂 haha good one!

  24. Dave P

    November 6, 2020 at 12:55 am

    Where’s the XBOX Series X Fridge? Do it a review of it, CNET! :p

  25. Josh Larsen

    November 6, 2020 at 1:04 am

    Great video. Great facts, thank you

  26. John Merced

    November 6, 2020 at 2:52 am

    I hope BestBuy delivers my XboxSeriesX Nov.10th 2020 & not shipping it on Nov.10th 2020! !

  27. Thomas Chon

    November 6, 2020 at 2:53 am

    why isn’t jeff backalalakalr doing this video?

  28. tristman 84

    November 6, 2020 at 3:05 am

    The series s is a gimmick! How can you call it next gen when the last gen console(one x) is more powerful 4 tflops for the series s vs 6 tflops one x?

  29. JR Auto

    November 6, 2020 at 5:51 am

    I still play the Xbox360 e console. But i think the Xbox series s would be a good upgrade for me. 🤔😉 💚

  30. Leba Non

    November 6, 2020 at 7:37 am

    My heart: Don’t settle for less.
    My conscious: Have you seen your bank account?

  31. Shehade Haddad

    November 6, 2020 at 9:49 am

    XSX
    Simplicity meets Power

  32. Matt Stamper

    November 6, 2020 at 11:52 am

    All this hate on s because of storage and resolution…….I guarantee the s will be a hot seller.

  33. Chenhan Shao

    November 6, 2020 at 1:46 pm

    optical is not the ideal output for audio anyway.

    • james

      November 7, 2020 at 2:31 pm

      Coax or usb audio is a lot better

  34. itsGuy

    November 6, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    Give us a disc drive with the S… Plz. Make it $399 CDN and series x stay $599. That $200 gap is worth it if you don’t care about 4k and still have older gen games on disc

  35. Charles Colunga

    November 6, 2020 at 11:17 pm

    OMG I just preordered and Xbox series x… controller 😕

  36. kamarul hisham

    November 7, 2020 at 4:09 am

    still don’t have new final fantasy games and other jprpg 😐

  37. kamarul hisham

    November 7, 2020 at 4:12 am

    the problsm of this consoles is there is no so much variety of games…

  38. Flinstone01

    November 7, 2020 at 6:43 am

    That’s a very good way to put it. Everyone upgrades phones every year and those are $1000 so $500 for a console every 7 years, we shouldn’t have a problem with it, even if you wanna add more storage later. Just wish you can add any nvme on ps5 cause some gen 3 2tb ones are like $220. Gen 4 2tb ones are around $400

  39. e1337

    November 7, 2020 at 11:54 am

    Cheers

  40. Brendon Wolfel

    November 7, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    Dumb that IGN gave it an 8. 9 at least. What more could you want besides exclusive games?

  41. reviewfor thetube

    November 8, 2020 at 3:08 am

    Ok so why would you tell someone ok buy the Xbox one s which is 1440p when you can get the Xbox one X for the same price now the new one thats 500 to me is worth getting over the S especially if the S is already 300 and if you don’t want to then go find you an older X like the 300 dollar S imo is a no go as for now but when the price drops even more then I’ll be like ok its worth getting now lol

  42. Gregory Ross

    November 8, 2020 at 5:54 am

    This idiot is clueless

  43. James Archie

    November 8, 2020 at 12:20 pm

    5mins for Xbox and 17 for Playstation, bias much🤔

  44. Gino Guillermo

    November 8, 2020 at 5:58 pm

    Hiya. Have been a longtime Playstation gamer but plan on getting the new Xbox Series S just for its streaming (via Game Pass Unlimited and Xbox Live Gold games) as im Interested with games like Ryse, Soul Calibur 6 and Gears of War. And with EA Play incoming Would you recommend this console for streaming? Will it improve the game visuals or hasten loading times? (N.B. I have a brand new Hisense 4K HDR+ TV with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos). Please help. Cheers.

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