As a way of ensuring that everyone owns an Xbox One S, Microsoft has come up with different deals to get the device into as many homes as possible. Latest information suggests that customers who purchase an Xbox One S will part away with "The Master Chief Collection," "Halo 5: Guardians," and a $50 Dell gift card.
The whole bundle goes for $299, wherein the Xbox One S comes with a 500 GB hard drive. The bundle is available on Amazon and Best Buy as well, but the $50 gift card is not included. The offer with the gift card is available exclusively on the Dell official website.
The Xbox One S is a slim version of the original Xbox One. According to Microsoft, the device is 40 percent smaller, and the power brick is incorporated inside the console. That is advantageous for users who do not want a huge power brick positioned outside the original Xbox One.
The new device can also play back video content in 4K and HDR through either streaming or the UHD Blu-Ray player. This is a major advantage of the Xbox One S as compared to the Sony PS4 Pro. Since a typical Blu-Ray player goes for $320, the Xbox One S is the cheapest UHD Blu-Ray player now.
Furthermore, the Xbox One S plays games in 4K, although not native. The device upscales all games to 4K through the upscaler built inside the console itself. For those saying that their 4K TV is able to upscale games, it will not be better than the way the Xbox One S handles the process.
Meanwhile, Microsoft unveiled several features at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2016. One of the features was the Xbox Play Anywhere, which is a program that allows players to buy a game from the Xbox Store and play the same on a Windows 10 PC. The game can as well be bought from the Windows Store and played on an Xbox One.
The first game to launch with the Forza Horizon 3 feature was "ReCore." The feature has more in common with car-focused movies like "Fast and Furious" franchise compared to "Forza Motorsport" since the vehicles work more like action heroes as opposed to simple vessels, according to The Verge.
Other titles like "Gear of War 4" and all Microsoft published games are expected to support Xbox Play Anywhere. Watch the footage below for more information on Xbox One S.