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Unboxing the Xbox Series X/S

Knives at the ready, Jeff and Brad are on the hunt for new consoles. Let's open up some boxes.

Oct. 28 2020

Cast: Jeff, Brad

Posted by: Jason

In This Episode:

Xbox Series X|S

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Now this is podracing!

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Joey!

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Joey! <3

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Starting the morning off right.

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2 console unboxing on the same week!? Madness

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Joey needs to feed

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Intellivsion Amico unboxing should be just shorts, no shirt.

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Does Jeff have pants on?

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Joey coming in clutch.

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This is the giddiest I've seen Jeff (especially) and Brad in a while. It's great. Love their excitement.

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Yeah the packmule hard-drive will be a good option there for the S and for Ps5's 664ish Gigs.

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Wow I was not prepared for the size of Series S, that's amazing

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I know unboxings aren't always Giant Bomb's thing but I appreciated this video a lot. Good insight and just overall fun.

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@virtualjackalop: I don't know about pants, but I appreciate Jeff wearing blue for the PlayStation and green for the Xbox. +2 for style

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Seems like they should rename the site to GIANT BOX DOT COM am i right?

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that shit soo small, where do u stick the disc????

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DUAL UNBOXINGS PART DUEX! PASTY LEGS BRAD SHOEMAKER!

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Master Chief back turned walking away 😢

Shorts Brad

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T-shirt color matching the brand color. That's how you know Jeff is a professional.

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What's this antenna Brad was talking about?

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Hell yeah! Both Xbox consoles looks smaller than I thought.

Also that S looks really good!

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Brad's got a Cackalacky toothpick

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The unboxing boys are at it again!

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Watching both unboxing videos for impressions of the controllers, as I need to retire my non-bluetooth Xbox One controller I'm using on PC

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I hope we see Joey's input on GOTY in the near future.

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do you not need the usb c cable to pair the controller to the console?

also, i really don´t like the green on the inside of the holes.

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that series s is like a vhs tape case, the double up ones. damn

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What are the sticks like on this one? Really tempted by the Series S as a stopgap until I can afford a full PC rebuild. Hoping the sticks are a little closer to 360 feel - really didn't like how loose the Xbox one controller sticks were and how flimsy the controller felt.

Had two xbox one controllers break on me with light use - bumpers stopped working.

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really wish these unboxings had jeff and brad's cam up at the same time, just think their innovative 2 unboxings at the same time would capitalize more from it

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So is Xbox continuing with the accessible box design, ie easy pull tabs for one handed opening, similar from the packaging with the adaptive controller? Cool if they are, but I do also like the showiness of it.

Nice unboxings guys, thanks for the work.

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Why don't these unboxings show up in the Videos page?

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Making unboxing consoles casual and entertaining at the same time.

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I was quite worried about opening the box, but I think I'm gonna sleep a lot easier tonight. Thanks guys.

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This is a very boring design in my taste

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Unfortunately for Brad, I don't think Joey is quite at the level of "That's not a knife. This is a knife" when compared to Jeff's butterfly knife from yesterday. I hope next unboxing starts with Jeff pulling out a machete or something.

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Ok, great vid but lets get to the point here: what does the HDMI smell of?

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Yay Joey is back!

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Best box of 2020: vote now.

I'm voting for that box of hand sanitizer when things got really scary out there in March.

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I really like the shape of this console compared to the PS5.

Unfortunately for me, the PS5 will probably have the exclusives I'll want to play.

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That series s looks bad Idk. The big black circle does not look good and breaks from the whole aesthetic otherwise its literally just a wii lol. That Series X is pretty wild though

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@brad Thank you for bringing Joey out!

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The Series S is going to be really interesting to watch. I’m very curious how it is going to do during the lifespan of this generation performance-wise. I think the gap between the S and X is going to get bigger and bigger as the generation continues.

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Let's gooooo

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Watching Brad overthink opening the box gave me both a stupid silly grin and crippling anxiety.

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The Series S looks a lot like the adaptive controller.

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I think I figured out why it feels like a fast food case, @brad

That Xbox Series S box looks EXACTLY like when you order catering from Panera. Like I half expected to see a bunch of bagged half sandwiches in there and a few cookies on the side. Anybody who works in an office in the US has probably seen that box at least once.

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Their packaging design reminds me very much of MacBook packaging from over the years. I remember when I bought a Mac 10 years ago and the box was similar to what they did for these consoles.

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That Series S is real tempting for someone like me still stuck on my original release PS4. As mentioned I do worry about the storage and cost of buying storage though.

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So happy to see the return of Joey! These unboxings weren't the same without it.

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Wow, the presentation in the packaging is really impressive.