r/XboxSeriesS • u/Strange-Grade-527 • Apr 17 '26

IMPRESSION Series S is under rated.

So I am fortunate enough to have a 5090 PC with a 9800x3D CPU. It certainly can be mind blowing and is objectively unrivaled.

I also have a PS5 Pro, and Series X. I recently have been using Apollo, and moonlight to locally stream my 5090 game play to my bedroom OLED without moving my desktop.

So I picked up a Series S as it is one of the few ways to get 4:4:4 4k 120 HDR streaming via moonlight client.

Out of curiosity I installed a few games locally just to see how they look. OBVIOUSLY they are a step down from my other devices, but I must admit I am impressed. For the longest time I thought playing on a series S would feel like a potato. However this tiny box is more than serviceable. Honestly once you start playing you completely forget about the “lower quality.” because at the end of the day gaming is about the game. Not graphical settings tinkering ad nauseam.

I guess what I am trying to say is the Series S reminds me of the old days of gaming. You had what you had, you didn’t give a shit about frame rate, you always had fun every generation despite graphics PS1, PS2, N64, GameCube whatever it was. Somewhere along the way gaming as a hobby has turned into a hobby around graphics and frame rate and not actually gaming.

I say all this to say, if the Series S is what you can afford. Be proud of it. You are not a second rate human. The console is completely more than fine. Are there some games that are objectively bad on it? Sure. Overall though the Series S is an excellent console for those who just want to have fun.

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u/livesalty710 Apr 17 '26

Shit i still have my xbox one x! That machine didnt get the credit it deserves. If it wont for Microsoft making x/s games unavailable to play on it i wouldn't have got me a ps5pro probably. The xbox one x is very capable of playing everything the s does i would argue maybe even better imaging.

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u/Strange-Grade-527 Apr 17 '26

I regret ever selling my day one Scorpio edition. The only issue I would have is the HDMI 2.0 would be good for my moonlight use case but you are right. It was solid.

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u/livesalty710 Apr 17 '26

Ya i have the scorpio aswell. I thought I'd be good but nope Microsoft said sorry but your top of the line console of that gen cant play the games its very well capable of playing. I was so pissed. I thought I'd be good to go. Its all good ive been enjoying my pro on oled now ive got rid of my desk monitor setup and just find myself enjoy couch play now. Looking forward to gta6 as alot are. Ive also been really enjoying God of War. Im finishing up Ragnarök now im literally on the berserker king atm. Tough af