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Still too early to say. I’m hoping for the best but to say that this transition will be anything but difficult would be foolish.

Kids deserve better

I can only offer you my own experience with the S and X. Like others have said it's a speedy little box but you will feel the storage space constraints real quick unless you want to keep lost of your library in an external HDD and constantly moving files around. The thing isn't always 1440p, 1080p is more common. Some games with little overhead power requirements can even hit 4k but not often.

Now here are the main reasons why I switched to a Series X. I recently got a CX OLED which pushed me towards having a stronger console to take full advantage of that TV. Sure my PC can spin circles around these new boxes but I already have a nice high refresh monitor for it that I primarily like to play FPS games with. Consoles still hold some convenience for couch play but the Series X and PS5 have the added the benefit of getting you a high end PC gaming experience for the foreseeable future (i.e. for the next 2 yrs).

If you're not playing on a fancy 4k TV you should be fine with a Series S but you will always feel the constraints of that tiny storage space. I probably will eventually get an S again for the other TVs in my house once they start selling 1TB options.

One last thing to add about the X is that if you're coming from PC gaming and want high framerate in more games then the X will almost always deliver that over the S

Wonderful write-up! I sincerely hope that Jeff manages to stick the landing with this next transition into a new era. I just have my doubts that whatever form the new iteration will take won’t exactly be for me anymore.

I hope I’m wrong.

@tebbit: Glad to hear!!

Claude’s been gone a for a while now. You picked a great time to get back to GB. Fingers crossed the transition will stick the landing.

Talking with creators, huh. Jeff has beaten the odds before but I can’t help but let my pessimistic attitude get in the way of the massive incoming bummer on Friday.

My sub expires at the end of next year so I’m willing to ride this transition period out to see if GB brand finds its footing but as things stand today it sorts feels (to me) like GB was waning for a while and this is the massive gut punch it didn’t need.

I personally would have been more than happy to support Patreon style approach towards supporting their current slate of podcasts but if the duders leaving are wanting a clean break then I can’t expect them to be on board with that idea either.

:(

Uhhh, well it was a good run then. Guess I’ll let my sub expire.

Like others here, I’m surprised they’ve gone on this long at the same price without any increases.