Select Micro Center Stores have
1TB Microsoft Xbox Series X Disc Drive Gaming Console (RRT-00001) on sale for
$546.42. Available only via free store pickup at select stores where stock permits.
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Note: Pricing and availability may vary by location.
Product Details:
- CPU Brand: AMD
- CPU Cores: 8 Cores
- CPU Speed: 3.8GHz
- RAM: 16GB GDDR6
- Flash Memory: 16GB
- Storage: 1TB
- Optical Drive: HDR Blu-ray Drive
- Cross Game Chat: Yes
- Motion Control: No
- Voice Commands: Yes, Cortana
Top Comments
Community Reviews
The Xbox Series X is still valued for strong backward compatibility, Play Anywhere support, and the convenience of cloud saves across Xbox and PC. It also pairs well with a decent PC through the Xbox app, and some prefer it over other consoles for more consumer friendly features. The main knocks are price and timing, with this $546 deal called expensive compared with past purchases and cheaper promos. There is also hesitation around waiting for Project Helix or Black Friday, and concern about the long term reliability of a used disc drive.
Common Questions (4)
Only if your current console is holding you back. If it already plays everything you want, waiting for Project Helix or Black Friday is the safer move.
Several comments peg it as overpriced compared with past buys, including brand-new units around $350 with a game and another at $430 shipped on sale. The current price is hard to justify if you are only buying for one game.
Yes. A decent PC with the Xbox app can cover the same ecosystem, and it can even be used with LG OLED TVs, making the Series X unnecessary for some buyers.
The 1TB model helps, but the 512GB version is often paired with a USB3 HDD or SSD for legacy games, while Series games can be moved back and forth as needed. That makes external storage a practical workaround until expansion cards get cheaper.
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Series X is an older failed console that had almost all of its exclusives ported to the PS5 and might be out of support for new AAA games in two or three years if a completely different concept for an Xbox follows it.
Not saying it's not a good deal- especially if all you want is a decent machine that plays GTA 6- but a Switch 2 has more relative value because of a longer future lifespan. Hardware power isn't everything or we would all be playing Atari Jaguar 6s nowadays.
Switch 2 is better? Are you a Nintendo fanboy or what. In no world is the Switch 2 better in any manner than the Xbox X.
because it's automatic....... reality is the 2 top selling platforms are the ones with locked cloudsaves, because vast majority of people don't have a use for them until they have to change their box MANY YEARS LATER and you can swap saves so long as the 2 boxes are on the same network . They buy their box, play games, continue with their lives.
even GOG will give you actual DRM free games but STEAM is much more popular because it has features people do care about on PC, like the entire controller configuration and community profiles
both our issues are on the minority and people just have to make a choicer (i chose PC and used nintendo and PS5 for the few exclusives)
People aren't paying attention to cloud save because nothing has happened to their devices, yet. Same with data redundancy on PC. Not a problem until it's a problem.
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I chose PC and Xbox because I can't tolerate no starndard cloud saves. Play Anywhere, the other pro consumer feature solidify it further as well as best back compat out of the 3 console platforms.
People aren't paying attention to cloud save because nothing has happened to their devices, yet. Same with data redundancy on PC. Not a problem until it's a problem.
they just buy one and occasionally game what they like... it's not rocket science
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they just buy one and occasionally game what they like... it's not rocket science
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