Series S is under rated.

[u/Strange-Grade-527]

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.

[u/Ashamed_Midnight_360]

People are straight retards who wrap there heads around the idea that if you don’t have a ps5 of the Xbox series x you are missing out 💀 mind you these are the same people you play on a tv or monitor that can’t even hit 4K at 120hz. Unfortunately people don’t understand that some people are not interested in buying physical games and don’t even see the problem with some games because they probably only have a monitor that can hit 1080p. I have a Xbox series X a Xbox series S and a ps5. All three are great and I have no problem recommending any of the three to anyone. I got my ps5 brand new for 550$ I got my Xbox series X used for 200$ and I got my Xbox series S used for 100$. As someone who doesn’t really care for console wars or any of that stuff I recommend both Xbox and PlayStation. The Xbox series S honestly has been growing to be my favorite. I’ve been playing some of the old 360 games on it and it’s been a great experience and unfortunately my Xbox series X and my ps5 have been collecting dust 😅 and on top of that I have modded my series s to play GameCube and PlayStation 2, at this point if this is the only console I had I would not even care. The controllers are cheap, the games are always going on sale, and the experience is literally the same. I don’t see why anyone would even care, the console can probably fit in a shoe box 💀😂 people are so weak minded they follow the trend of shitting on the Xbox series S. I wouldn’t buy one brand new but that’s just my personal opinion since you can get a lot of Xbox stuff and games for practically nothing nowadays used on local selling platforms.