Thankfully, the controller included with the One S represents the revisions Microsoft has made since then. It felt unfinished, with sharp edges and stiff shoulder buttons. I didn't like the gamepad that came with the 2013 Xbox One. It snaps into place easily, but I'm not sure how many people will actually situate their console that way. Oh! And with the One S, there's an included stand you can use to position the console vertically. An HDMI-out socket, a pair of USB 3.0 connections, IR output, optical audio and an Ethernet jack round out the rest of the ports. Microsoft may have given up on Kinect, but it hasn't abandoned the HDMI input for connecting your cable box to the system.
The rest of the back panel remains unchanged. That's thankfully no longer the case: The One S uses a power cable similar to what's included with many other modern devices. Since 2005, every Xbox has needed a bulky external power brick. What finally doesn't require an additional dongle, though, is the power supply.
#Xbox 360 s or e free
If you still want to use the device for Cortana voice commands, for example, you can order a USB adapter from the Xbox website, free of charge. Whereas the Xbox 360 S added a dedicated port for the camera/mic gizmo, the One S strips it away entirely. That take-it-or-leave-it approach to Kinect is obvious from the backside too. That's your not-so-subtle hint that the Kinect is basically dead. Navigating the system dashboard and controlling streaming apps with a universal remote no longer require Microsoft's do-all Kinect sensor, because the One S can take commands from a remote itself. Immediately below that is the most important addition to the console: an IR blaster. Now there's a small, circular eject button sitting in the middle of the front side, while a push-button Xbox jewel near the right edge powers the system on and off. Up front, the USB 3.0 port that was awkwardly stuck on the left side of the Xbox One has been moved to the lower left corner of the front face, below the slot-loading Ultra HD Blu-ray drive. Over seven consecutive hours of gaming Ultra HD Blu-rays and streaming in 4K, I didn't hear it turn on - and if it did, the fan was extremely quiet.
Diagonal slats have given way to circular perforations throughout, with a 5-inch fan opening on the broadest panel. They're here on the One S too, but they look different. After the Xbox 360's overheating epidemic, Microsoft made a concerted effort to cover the Xbox One with vents. The 2TB launch model sports a "robot white" chassis with black accents, whereas the original was a mix of glossy and matte black with chrome accents. Thanks to all of this, putting the console in a backpack or messenger bag to use away from home is actually feasible - especially given the drop in weight, from 7.8 to 6.4 pounds. Every time I glance at them sitting next to each other, I'm in disbelief that Microsoft managed to cram the same hardware and a power supply into a dramatically smaller package. That sounds impressive enough on paper, but the difference is even more striking in person when you place the two consoles side by side. Microsoft boasts that the console is almost half the size of its predecessor. The S measures 9.125 x 11.7 x 2.5 inches, versus the original's 13.1 x 10.8 x 3.1 inches, and it "floats" on a half-inch-thick slab of black plastic that's flush with the back panel but inset a quarter of an inch everywhere else. Though they share a similar name, you're not likely to confuse the Xbox One with the One S.
#Xbox 360 s or e tv
Should you shell out $400 for the One S? What if you don't plan on upgrading your TV anytime soon and don't see the appeal of collecting even more "perfect-er" Blu-rays? After spending a weekend testing the system in each of the above situations, the answer is clear. Let's say you have a 4K TV or plan on buying one in the relatively near future. And that makes the value proposition of the Xbox One S tricky.
#Xbox 360 s or e software
No, thanks to a slew of software updates, the Xbox One's most serious issues have already been mostly addressed. That isn't the case this time around, though: Microsoft didn't have to fix a loud console with an incredibly high failure rate. The benefits of upgrading from 2005's brand-new Xbox 360 to 2010's Xbox 360 S were pretty clear-cut.
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