The Xbox One came in three versions: the original (November 2013), the Xbox One S (August 2016) and the Xbox One X (November 2017). There was also the S All-Digital Edition (May 2019), which has no disc drive at all, so it can’t play discs.
What did the original Xbox One cost?
At launch there was one package: the console with a 500 GB hard drive, one controller and the Kinect sensor, at US$499 in the United States. On June 9, 2014 Microsoft added a version without the Kinect at US$399, and the standalone Kinect for it came out that October at US$150. It first said it would launch in 21 markets on November 22, 2013, then cut that to 13.
What’s the Xbox One S?
The S came in 500 GB, 1 TB and a 2 TB special edition, at US$299, US$349 and US$399. The 2 TB model came out on August 2, 2016 and the other two on August 23. It was quietly discontinued by the end of 2020.
What’s the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition?
Microsoft showed it on April 16, 2019. It’s a 1 TB S without the Blu-ray drive, at US$249, and it came with download codes for Forza Horizon 3, Minecraft and Sea of Thieves. It went on sale on May 7, 2019 and was discontinued in July 2020. If you want to play discs, it isn’t the one.
What does the Xbox One X do differently?
It was teased at E3 2016 as Project Scorpio and released on November 7, 2017, at US$499 for 1 TB. It’s built to render games at 4K and to improve performance in existing ones. It has 12 GB of memory with 9 GB for games, and a 6 teraflop GPU. It plays all existing Xbox One games and accessories, including the Xbox and Xbox 360 games that work through backward compatibility. Games marked “Xbox One X Enhanced” have specific optimizations for it. It was discontinued in July 2020.
Which Xbox One should I get?
For discs, the S or the X. The All-Digital Edition can’t play them. The X is the one built for 4K. That’s from the specs, not from owning all three. If you’ve got one, which is it?
The Xbox One games we’ve written up are on our games index.
Source: Wikipedia, Xbox One, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Header image: Xbox One consoles montage.png by Evan-Amos (original photos) (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons.
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