Xbox Series X and Series S Differences: Everything You Need to Know

Disc Drive

Xbox Series X is equipped with a 4K UHD Blu-ray drive that can be used to play current-gen Xbox titles as well as many other titles from all the past generations of Xbox. Of course, Series X can also play 4K Blu-ray movies with HDR.

Xbox Series S, on the other hand, has no physical Blu-ray drive in the console. This is the first generation where Microsoft will have an all-digital console at launch. You can still play titles from older Xbox consoles as long as you own them digitally.

This is another factor that becomes less of a consideration every day with the constant upward trend of digital game purchases. However, if you have a large catalog of physical classic Xbox titles and 4K Blu-ray discs, then you might lean more towards Series X.