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The Xbox One S launches in August, expected to hit SA in November

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When Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One S at their E3 conference, Alessandro and I oohed and aahed for about three hours straight. The new, slimmer hardware is very sexy to say the least, and we couldn’t contain our excitement! Even I, a not-so-fond-of-Xbox person, am finding it incredibly difficult to hush the voices in my head that insist I get my own console when it launches.

Speaking of which, when can we expect the new hardware to land? According to Microsoft, soon.

The 2TB Xbox One S launch edition ($399, $349, and $299 for the 2TB, 1TB and 500GB versions respectively) will hit select regions on August 2nd. Why, that’s just two weeks away!

But wait, don’t get your hopes up just yet. The rest of us unfortunately, namely those of us who live in South Africa, will have to wait a lot longer for the slimmer console. We’ve been in contact with our local Xbox representatives, and they expect the Xbox One S to hit our shores only sometime in November. The exact date and pricing remains unconfirmed unfortunately.

That’s not too long of a wait at least. In fact, the later release here gives me some time to put together a bit of moola – if not for the console, at least for the new controllers, which I can confirm (I drooled over them at E3) are super gorgeous.

Anyways, are you looking to get your hands on the Xbox One S when it launches locally, or are you going to wait it out, and see what the Scorpio is all about? Personally, I have no interest in the latter, but I am curious to see how it shakes up the console market. As much as I love Sony, I think they’re now on the back foot here. What’s their response to all of this?

Last Updated: July 19, 2016

14 Comments

  1. Meh. I don’t believe in astrology.

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    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      July 19, 2016 at 11:38

      Same here,that’s why my star sign is Batman

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      • hairyknees

        July 19, 2016 at 11:41

        XD

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  2. Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

    July 19, 2016 at 11:38

    With the Scorpio on the horizon I think it’s apt that it’s called the Xbox One Slim….. Slim chance of people buying it 😛

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    • Darren Peach

      July 19, 2016 at 11:43

      Scorpio….. I am one of those.

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      • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

        July 19, 2016 at 11:43

        I’d do the same, even if I didn’t own a PS4 or a XBOX

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  3. Jonah Cash

    July 19, 2016 at 13:20

    Don’t even use the one I have now, will not pick up another Microsoft console for quite some time!

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  4. miaau

    July 19, 2016 at 13:52

    I WANT A BIGGER DISK IN MY UNIT. Come on. Not a new Xbox. smaller, bigger. whatever. What can it do for me?

    Just sell me a 2tb disk. Or I suppose I can cable it and have external, but I like things neat.

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    • Fox1 - Retro

      July 19, 2016 at 14:36

      Downloading directly from the store to external drive is slow.

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      • Veeash Lala

        July 20, 2016 at 18:04

        External drives are faster than the standard internal storage.

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  5. Fox1 - Retro

    July 19, 2016 at 14:34

    Will probably trade-in the Xbox One once Scorpio launches. The Xbox is hitting the sweet spot with another annual line-up of strong exclusives.

    I could upgrade my PC to a GTX1060 but that would cost the same as Neo or Scorpio.

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    • Pieter Kruger

      July 19, 2016 at 14:37

      Same here, as long as the trade in program is decent I’ll wait and upgrade to the Scorpio!

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  6. Th3l3LooD

    August 19, 2016 at 04:00

    Definitely getting the One S as soon as it’s available here, going to sell my AW limited edition Xbone and a bunch of games to upgrade to the S, then will do the same when Scorpio hits.

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  7. Jesse Ensor-Smith

    November 4, 2016 at 13:31

    Dying to pre-order this! Any updates from your Xbox rep contacts on a release date? I would think soon, almost certainly before Christmas. Struggling to find anything online.

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