**Xbox Lineup Gets Refreshed: What's New and What's Not**

We have new Xbox hardware. So I'm here at the Xbox Showcase taking a look at the brand-new lineup of the Xbox Series S and Series X.

The biggest upgrade is the fact that we now have an all-digital Xbox Series X. Rumors going into this were that we would have a full redesign, but what we see is not that round-looking console that was in the leaks a year or two ago. Instead, they have taken the standard Xbox Series X, turned it white, and removed the disk drive.

This is similar to when they brought out the Xbox One S all-digital a few years ago. If you remember that, they pretty much just took the disk drive out of the Series S and called it a day. Well, that's likely what's going on here.

I have a theory about what's on the inside. These are dummy units, so I can look in all I want. There's really nothing inside, so I can't learn anything at the moment. But my suspicion is that we're actually going to see some internal upgrades.

They're not talking about it at the moment, but I would be surprised if we don't see a six-nanometer chip inside, similar to what we've had on the PS5 for a little while, and likely a shrunkened cooling solution and whatnot. There's a lot of extra space now going to be available in this Series X, so time will tell, but I'm very curious to see what that's all about.

The price is a little bit interesting. The Xbox Series X is staying at $500 for the one-terabyte model, as well as there's a new two-terabyte model, which we'll talk about in a second. But there are now five different tiers of Xbox.

Let's break it down. Starting out with, on the base, we have the Xbox Series S. It is theoretically unchanged, although again, I'm curious to see if there are any internal upgrades because none of these consoles are shipping until later this year.

So, we got 512 gigabyte SSD in these standard Series S for $300. The next step up is the one-terabyte Xbox Series S. Now, I did a video on this last year, and I actually think that's low-key a pretty cool console, but they're actually getting rid of the black version.

Instead, it's going to be white. So the way to think about the Xbox lineup right now is that if it is a white console, it is diskless, and if it is a black console, it has a disk drive. At least from a visual perspective, that's the way you'll be able to kind of split them.

They're actually discontinuing the black version of the Series S. They're all going to be white. Stepping up from the $350 price point of this guy, you're at $450 for the digital Series X. That's an interesting price.

It does pretty much exactly match what Sony are doing with the PS5 Slim. Sales, I'm sure, will be missing on this lineup is a disk drive in the Series S, but I don't think that's coming anytime soon.

The Xbox lineup is now as follows: The Series S sticks around almost entirely unchanged. The Series X is now available in an all-digital configuration for $450. And if you wanna go all the way up to two terabytes, they do have the Special Edition.

It's nice to see them sticking around with both disk and diskless. Really, the only thing we're missing on this lineup is a disk drive in the Series S, but I don't think that's coming anytime soon.

I'm very curious about what you think about these updates to the Xbox lineup. I'm incredibly excited to crack open the all-digital version because my expectation is we might be seeing a little bit more than meets the eye.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- We have new Xbox hardware.So I'm here at the Xbox Showcasetaking a look at the brand-new lineupof the Xbox Series S and Series X.Now, it is not a tremendous overhaulbecause the biggest upgradehere is absolutely the factthat we now have aall-digital Xbox Series X.Now, the rumors going into thisis that we would have a full redesign.You know, that round-looking consolethat was in the leaks a year or two ago,that is not what we see.Instead, they have takenthe standard Xbox Series X,they have turned it white,and they've removed the disk drive.Very similar, in fact,to when they brought out the Xbox One Sall-digital a few years ago.If you remember that,they pretty much just took the disk driveout of the Series S and called it a day.Well, that's likely what's going on here.Now, I do have a theoryabout what's on the inside.There are...Now, these are dummy units,so I can look in all I want.There's really nothing inside,so I can't learn anything at the moment.But my suspicionis that we're actually goingto see some internal upgrades.They're not talkingabout it at the moment,but I would be surprisedif we don't see asix-nanometer chip inside,similar to what we've had onthe PS5 for a little while,and likely a shrunkencooling solution and whatnot.I mean, there's a lot of extra spaceis now going to beavailable in this Series X,so time will tell,but I'm very curious tosee what that's all about.Now, the price is alittle bit interesting.The Xbox Series X is staying at $500for the one-terabyte model,as well as there's anew two-terabyte model,which we'll talk about in a second.But there are now fivedifferent tiers of Xbox.So let's break it down.Starting out with, on the base,we have the Xbox Series S.It is theoreticallyunchanged, although again,I'm curious to see if thereare any internal upgradesbecause none of these consolesare shipping until later this year.So we got 512 gigabyte SSD inthese standard Series S, $300.The next step up is theone-terabyte Xbox Series S.Now, I did a video on this last year,and I actually think that'slowkey a pretty cool console,but they're actually gettingrid of the black version.Instead, it's going to be white.So the way to think aboutthe Xbox lineup right nowis that if it is a whiteconsole, it is diskless,and if it is a blackconsole, it has a disk drive.At least from a visual perspective,that's the way you'll beable to kind of split them.So they're actuallydiscontinuing the black versionof the Series S.They're all going to be white.Now, stepping up from the$350 price point of this guy,you're at $450 for the digital Series X.That's an interesting price.It does pretty much exactly matchwhat Sony are doing with the PS5 Slim.Sales, I'm sure, will be aroundto kind of bring it down a little bit.In fact, actually right now,as I'm recording this video,Sony have the PS5 Slimavailable for $50 off.It'll be interesting to seewhere this really lands.I think at $400, this is goingto be a compelling value,but it gets a little crowded, right?Because you're talkingabout $300 for the Series S,or 350, or 450.And then if you come overto the Special Edition,this goes all the way up to 600 bucks.So there's a wide delta in pricesbetween the cheapest XboxSeries S and the most expensive.So the Xbox Series X, $450.They will still be also keepingthe standard one-terabyte model around.So you'll still be able toget the exact same Series Xwith some theoretical upgradeson the inside at $500.And then if you wanna go all the way upto the Special Edition,this is going to be comingwith a two-terabyte hard drive,SSD, and it also has thislimited-edition colorway.Now, this is a little bit ofan interesting-looking device.I'm not totally soldon the speckle finish.I mean, I think it lookedgood from some angles,but also it does look,I know some people were kind of sayingit looks like overspray or something.It's a unique look.The controller also matches,but in a more subtle way.I do like the fact that it'ssort of green on the bottom.It does give me some vibesof like that old-school Xbox experience.And if you really want a two-terabyte SSD,I mean, there's no reason not to.This is a minor refresh.Now, if the expectations I haveis that the insides of theseXboxes have been updatedwith potentially newchips, some minor stuff.Again, they're not talking about that.There may be literally nothingon the inside that's new.But, my suspicionis we are far enough intothe console generationthat there's probably some thingsthey could have cut down hereand still give us somesimilar performance,very much like what Sonyhave done with the PS5since the beginningwith several iterations.But, it's interesting to think aboutwhat the Xbox team havedone with this updatebecause it seems pretty clearthat while we're only a fewmonths away from the PS5 Pro,and that's gonna be getting a ton of shinewhen it comes to the extraperformance and whatnot,the Microsoft Xbox teamfeel pretty confidentin what they've got here.Now, they did mention on stagethat they are well underway on workfor the next generation of consoles,and I assume that maybe next year,we'll start to hear some of that.But for now, the Xboxlineup is pretty standard.Series S sticks aroundalmost entirely unchanged.The Series X is now availablein an all-digital configuration for $450.And if you wanna go all theway up to two terabytes,they do have the Special Edition.It's nice to see them sticking aroundwith both disk and diskless.Really, the only thingwe're missing on this lineupis a disk drive in the Series S,but I don't think that'scoming anytime soon.I'm very curious.What do you think about theupdates to the Xbox lineup?I'm incredibly excited to crackopen the all-digital versionbecause my expectationis we might be seeing a littlebit more than meets the eye.