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Xbox Series S presents important changes, the main one is its storage capacity.
The console will be released in September this year.
In the United States it will cost $349.
Xbox has confirmed the launch of its new console that will be part of the Xbox Series S, which is very promising in the world of video games for various reasons.
According to data from Mordor Intelligence, the value of the worldwide video game market has increased significantly over the past decade and is set to grow further in the coming years, surpassing the $200 billion mark by 2023.
Likewise, the statistics platform points out that most of the revenue in this gaming market is generated by mobile games, while console games account for almost a third of the revenue generated worldwide. A similar picture is painted in the United States, where mobile games made up the largest share of video game revenue by category.
Xbox’s new bet
to give it a refresh to the models Xbox Series S, the alternative with a lower cost, now it will be available in “carbon black” color, which can become a favorite among the gamers.
This new version, beyond the design retains its structure, but increases its storage level, a key factor if one takes into account the weight that current games have.
It should be remembered that the original proposal has a 512 GB solid state drive, which on a day-to-day basis ended up being reduced to 364 GB. Now your storage reaches 1TBgiving more space to save favorite games, thus discarding, resorting to expansion cards or USB 3.1 drives.
Its market launch date was confirmed for September 1, so far only its price for the United States is known, which is around $349. In Mexico, this model came to be sold for 8 thousand 499 pesosso this is its first renewal after almost three years on the market.
Xbox Series S is currently Microsoft’s cheapest console, compared to Xbox Series X, which is its most complete platform.
However, Xbox has not been able to match the sales success reported by PlayStation, as data from Statista show that Sony has dominated the game console industry over the past two decades, with three of its PlayStation models occupying the top four spots in the ranking one of the most commercially successful home consoles.
According to the official figures of the Japanese company, it has sold more than 155 million units of the PlayStation 2 since its launch, which makes it the best-selling video game console by a wide margin. Upon its release in 2000, the PlayStation 2 was an instant hit and remained popular for a long time. Although its successor arrived in 2006, it remained in production until 2013.