{"id":582648,"date":"2026-03-16T22:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/get-the-xbox-series-s-for-227-down-from-250"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:57:33","slug":"get-the-xbox-series-s-for-227-down-from-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/get-the-xbox-series-s-for-227-down-from-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Get the Xbox Series S for \u00a3227, down from \u00a3250"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/get-the-xbox-series-s-for-227-down-from-250.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox Series S is ideal for those who want to jump into the next generation on the cheap and don&#8217;t mind going all-digital. The Series S is currently on sale on Amazon for just &pound;227, down from the usual &pound;249. That&#8217;s a great price for this compact yet powerful device, and the first time we&#8217;ve seen a next-gen console significantly below its UK RRP. <\/p>\n<p>The Xbox Series S is also an ideal companion for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-reveals-mays-upcoming-game-pass-titles\">Xbox Game Pass<\/a>, with its low cost leaving you with space to get in Game Pass Ultimate, which now includes EA Play for access to a host of games on PC and console. It&#8217;s &pound;11 a month, but you can get your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-GB\/games\/store\/xbox-game-pass-ultimate\/cfq7ttc0khs0\">first month for a pound here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Series S is a great upgrade for those still on Xbox One or even Xbox One X, with similar resolutions but with double the frame rates. The SSD built into the Series S and Xbox&#8217;s Quick Resume setting also mean incredibly snappy loading times, and instant swapping if you&#8217;ve got a few games on the go at once. Compared to the Xbox Series X, you do have a little less storage to play with, but you&#8217;re also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-series-x-s-stock-where-to-buy\">saving a fair bit of money<\/a> that you could use to pick up an expansion card when they&#8217;re on sale down the line. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/get-the-xbox-series-s-for-227-down-from-250\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/get-the-xbox-series-s-for-227-down-from-250\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox Series S is ideal for those who want to jump into the next generation on the cheap and don&#8217;t mind going all-digital. The Series S is currently on sale on Amazon for just &pound;227, down from the usual &pound;249. That&#8217;s a great price for this compact yet powerful device, and the first time we&#8217;ve seen a next-gen console significantly below its UK RRP. The Xbox Series S is also an ideal companion for Xbox Game Pass, with its low cost leaving you with space to get in Game Pass Ultimate, which now includes EA Play for access to a host of games on PC and console. It&#8217;s &pound;11 a month, but you can get your first month for a pound here. The Series&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/get-the-xbox-series-s-for-227-down-from-250\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":582649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[1572,4616],"class_list":["post-582648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-digital-foundry","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Get the Xbox Series S for \u00a3227, down from \u00a3250 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft&#039;s Xbox Series S is ideal for those who want to jump into the next generation on the cheap and don&#039;t mind going all-digital. 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