Microsoft·console
Xbox Series S
Based on 20 credible posts from Bluesky & Hacker News. 26 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
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Scored November 11, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Owners are split: 50% of 20 reviews are positive, 25% negative, and the rest mixed or neutral. The most common complaint is performance (3 owners). Owners with 6+ months of use are less positive (20%), which suggests it wears on people over time.
What owners like
Nothing two or more owners agree on yet.
What owners complain about
Performance raised by 3 owners
“Games and Apps have both been suffering from resource glut -- slow rendering, loading , large downloads , poor user experience.”
Price & value raised by 2 owners
“If you have a physical game, you can turn it into a digital one and then the physical disc is worthless.”
What owners talk about
- Performance0 praise · 3 complain
- Price & value0 praise · 2 complain
Built from the reviews themselves — every quote links to the owner who wrote it.
Every credible owner review, most detailed first. Bots, off-topic comments, and ones that say nothing about using it are left out.
[...] If you have a physical game, you can turn it into a digital one and then the physical disc is worthless. [...] I use the Xbox Series S for travel and it doesn’t have a physical drive so I can’t play my physical discs. [...]
[...] I ended up getting an Xbox Series S. [...]
Hmm. Seeing this I think I will try and re-sell my Xbox Series S that I bought a few years ago. 💰 (Bought it for the sole purpose of wanting to play Starfield but I hated the controller so much that I couldn't stand it, and now Starfield is finally available to Playstation anyway.)
I bought an Xbox Series S for £250 5 years ago. [...]
My 2025 Nintendo Year In Review summary. Turns out that I ended up playing over 2k hours last year between PS5, Xbox Series S, and Switch 2. [...] Xbox Series S: 423 hours.
just sold my extra Xbox Series S which i bought for $350 five years ago and got $242 for it lol
Crazy that the Xbox Series S is now priced at £429. I bought one from Currys for £244 in January 2021 💀
I recently purchased an Xbox Series S for NZD$180 to re-play GTA4 (and Episodes) as I never got to finish it when it first came out, and to get through all the GTAs before GTA6 comes out. 512GB Series S consoles in NZ are now retailing for close to $1,000. Might have an appreciating asset on my hands!
[...] MS was clever in launching Xbox series S + X and demanding all published games run on the lower spec machine (similar to Xbox One-S specs). Games and Apps have both been suffering from resource glut -- slow rendering, loading , large downloads , poor user experience. It'll be great to have 5+ years of low resources to force devs back into taking performance seriously.
I bought a not too expensive TCL qm6k with game master mode. Whenever it detects Xbox series S input, it turns on the mode by default. On menu it stays at 1440p but when I start a game, it switches to 4k 120hz- and the input lag becomes horrible! Turns out it does not even care if I set lower resolution in Xbox display settings. [...]
[...] I didn’t even have a concept of input lag back then. [...] Meanwhile today, if I want to play rocket league with three friends on my Xbox series S (the latest gen, but the less powerful version), I have to deal with VERY noticeable input lag. [...]
[...] Then on the "Series" line you have Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. [...] Also the looks of the xbox one S and the xbox series S is quite similar... [...]
I have seen alot of YouTube shorts of people picking up an Xbox Series S to play GTA 6 it makes me smile because I absolutely love mine, I got mine for only £80 new from a close friend the store he worked for closed down 5 years ago And it's still delivering amazly! Such a great little machine
It's kinda funny, my Xbox Series S is so smoll people don't even realize I own one despite it's actually present on many photos. [...]
[...] When it came to stadia, I've beaten it on my phone. Once I got an Xbox series S, I've beaten it on game pass. [...]
@whitethorngames.bsky.social i finally did it i own my favorite game Lake on PS4/PS5 on Xbox Series S and purchased it last night on Switch and i ordered the physical game from Limited Run! [...]
the autism has been real strong lately bc i bought an xbox series s just so i can play sonic unleashed at 60fps without broken graphics and crashing
I've sold things on FB Marketplace before, I decided to sell my Xbox Series S as I no longer use it, its just collecting dust and since I got the Switch 2 I've actually been using that a lot. I've gotten over 100 offers for it over the day and it boggles my mind
At the 1TB mark you're only looking at an extra £50/£60 from a HDD to portable SSD, so that actually seems worth it. As I am selling the XBox Series S I bought to tide me over to PS5, i can justify that. Especially when the cost to buy these games physical now is more expensive. [...]
[...] Then on the "Series" line you have Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. Wait, the Xbox One S/X and the Xbox Series S/X are different things?! [...]
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
No published claims on file for this product yet.
What owners report
“[...] I ended up getting an Xbox Series S. [...]”
“My 2025 Nintendo Year In Review summary. Turns out that I ended up playing over 2k hours last year between PS5, Xbox Series S, and Switch 2. [...] Xbox Series S: 423 hours.”
after 1 yearView on Bluesky“Hmm. Seeing this I think I will try and re-sell my Xbox Series S that I bought a few years ago. 💰 (Bought it for the sole purpose of wanting to play Starfield but I hated the controller so much that I couldn't stand it, and now Starfield is finally available to Playstation anyway.)”
after 2 yearsView on Bluesky“I bought an Xbox Series S for £250 5 years ago. [...]”
after 5 yearsView on Bluesky
Common Xbox Series S problems
Problems most owners who mention them agree on, plus ones owners are split on.
- Performance3 owners report thisView on Hacker News
“On menu it stays at 1440p but when I start a game, it switches to 4k 120hz- and the input lag becomes horrible!”
- Price & value2 owners report thisView on Bluesky
“Crazy that the Xbox Series S is now priced at £429.”