It's only Tuesday today, though :smirk:

For the 500gb console, no? This is for the 1TB console.

Admittedly, I'm not 100% sure where the value lays when there is only £30 between a 500gb console and a 1TB console given that you could essentially have 1.5TB for £157 at these prices.

500gb are all but a waste of space and 1TB is pretty much here nor there for gamers. I currently have 2.5TB storage on the One and I'm covering 78% of storage space. That said, I'm pretty sure the RRP for these is £299, so heat applied :smiley:

Grab a cloth, place on Xbox, apply firm but gentle pressure in a swiping motion, to remove excess dust.

I disagree, people get caught up in the bigger HDD sizes but I recently sold an original white (upgraded) 2TB PS4 and replaced with a black 500GB C chassis and simply downsized the number of games I have in 'rotation' - how many games can someone be playing at any one time in their lives. It's nothing more than the old mine is bigger than yours rubbish.. bigger is better.. Opinions are like bum holes, everyone has one and most of them stink.

Honeslty, I'd go for a 2tb, that way no need to have the external HDD.

Back in stock now!

Out of stock now unfortunately.

Not sure how you came to that conclusion, bias perhaps?
The Xbox One S is selling well.
All sales of consoles are healthy for gaming and future games.
For instance I really want the PSVR to succeed even though I have an Oculus Rift and won't be getting one. The more mainstream VR the better the games, the better the prices.
The Pro and The Xbox One S are not comparable tbh. Better to compare it to the PS4 slim.

Price is dropping fast after Pro Announcement.

​Im not sure. Technically not, because the xbox doesn't support UASP but I don't know if it still has any benefit. On a PC that supports it, it makes a huge difference and it's a shame xbox doesn't support it. But an SSD in a standard Usb3.0 caddy will be a whole lot better than the 5400rpm hdd in the xbox. It's sooooo slow. And you can set the SSD to default drive so no fuss when installing new games.

Any benefit using the caddy you have to say a standard USB 3 caddy with a 1TB SSD?

​I bought an 500gb ssd to add to the internal 1tb using a UASP USB 3.0 interface caddy. That has decreased install and load times by upto half on some games. Google ssd and xbox one to real benchmarks. It benefits some games more than others. I don't play games off the internal drive.

He's talking about Very

How did you get the 20% off? At Simplygames? And £50 cash back too??

Completely agree, I am the same - generally I play 1 or 2 games at any one time, play them until I finish, and then remove them. I do the same on PC, so generally have 3-4 game options to play which is plenty for me :smiley:

Thank you

You need to pay postage (3.99) within the next 30 days I think, but the cost of the goods you have 12 months interest free

So create a new one? Also, their CS isn't very good, so I'd definitely talk to the credit team if you haven't already.

I've just ordered it with 20% off and hopefully £50 cashback, do you know how it works in terms of paying it upfront without Interest? Do I have 12 months of no interest? Don't really trust the sales advisors :laughing:

It's automatic, but doesn't get paid until mid November. 15th I think. Key thing is to wait until then before paying off the balance.

Thanks but it seems my account is due to close in November due to inactivity, so they aren't willing to let me use BNPL.

I had the same thing. It was because I'd just opened the account. Call their creditors team directly and explain what you're trying to do. They added bnpl manually for me.
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I can't seem to use 'buy now pay later' with my Very account, the only options I have are 'take 3' and 'add to account' :/

If I remember rightly, buy now pay later was an option at the payment screen?

Have you received the cash back? I'm thinking about doing this deal!

Yes

​It's done by account, I have 2 Xbox Ones and it can only be logged into one at a time.

Here's a question.
Is it worth weighing in my old XB1 for £100ish & buying this?
Also, can you switch XB1 Live Gold to the new 1S from old box? Does it work by machine or simply by ur Account?

HEAT for the cheapness of the 1TB , DocRobotnik.

adding extra storage to PS4 is done in a superior way,neat and clean internal harddtive that is super easy to put in.
without a silly block of hardware connected by wire at the back.[/quo
Blimey!

Is there any deal where you can trade your Xbox One for the One S ???

Hot hot

praying black Friday will have this sort of price with a game inclusion. then ill be likely to bite! great price mind regardless. :smiley:

No, bundled FIFA is a code, so Gumtree or Ebay are your best bets. CEX won't take codes.

Yes it does. Digital Foundry did an article on this a little while ago (Eurogamer)

I paid £250 for my 1tb at amazon.fr last xmas

Nope, privately without using ebay

Grab a cloth, place on Xbox, apply firm but gentle pressure in a swiping motion, to remove excess dust.

The Xbox One S is far from suffering re sales https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/03/xbox-one-console-sales-booming?client=ms-android-motorola

Presumably, with the new game season just getting go in full force from the 11th Oct through to mid Nov, we are going to see lots of deals for console bundles.

It would not surprise me to see the slim PS4 fall in price considerably in the coming weeks. I doubt it will be as good as the 'old' fat PS4 deal of last week but I suspect it will get close.

Lots of consoles for sale and the demand is not really there is it? I mean, many with 'fat' PS4s aren't going to go for the slim version unless they have more money than sense. Or they will opt to go for the Pro. You have a similar thing with the xbox s - for plenty of people the Xbox One will suffice until Scorpio comes out next year.

We could be entering a sweet spot for console prices this Autumn I think where the need to update now is simply not there. I think the price drop at Tesco for the xbox s was an indicator of poor pre-order demand. Should be interesting in the weeks ahea.

Was that to CEX?

PS4 has 'rest mode' - I think you're right that a light is still illuminated albeit in a different colour in that state - amber rather than blue I think. You can use this to have downloads running, usb ports charging.. I agree that the light being on is an irritant.

Yes as there will be plenty of more deals selling the console with Fifa. I sold mine for £30 straight away.

Only by a few seconds, not worth it.

I have not really noticed any difference really but I prefer the system for downloading on standby on the Xbox One. I think it's called instant on. Why does the PS4 have to have to light up to do this? I end up powering it down completely so whenever I turn it on I am met with loads of updates.

aaaaaaaah :smiley:

Great tip to do the install and updates separately (which i do) but still Xbox installs are slower than PS4. I did not mean to agree with a suggestion of xbox taking hours. PS4 installs have always been rarely sub 10 and mostly sub 5 minutes, some almost instant but xbox all seem to be 15 - 30 mins. So they are much longer.

What are other peoples experiences with this?

Lol calm down

Because it was £20

Why the hell would you link to an external 2tb hdd priced at £100 when you can get them at nearer £60?!?

Anyone with FIFA 17, I'd suggest selling it now while you can still get a good price for it

Hours to install a game is not normal, I think it's between 20-30 minutes on average. Don't let it install updates at the same time and wait until after as I would say you both have issues with your internet speed.
My internet speed is around 215mbps and downloading updates is really quick. Also do not connect via wi-fi unless you use 5ghz band. I would recommend always connecting directly to the router.

Also...have a look at:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/how-to/install-xbox-one-games-faster-xb1/

Help. Do not know.

Good price, not much point if you have an Xbox One already - with the better version being out next year.

Would an SSD replacing the HDD speed up install?

Cold. Got a PS4 for £150 :-P

Yes they are much longer load/ install times. I own an Xbox S and PS4 as does a friend and yes unfortunately that is 'normal'.

That's it, finish it, sell it and move on :smiley:

Go with gumtree, I sold two Fifa 17 codes on there within hours of posting and saved on eBay & Paypal fees, i got £30 and then £35..

I was thinking about upgrading the 500GB HDD in my slim but realised the lack of space will force me to finish my backlog. Looking to finish DX:MD first since it's the biggest install at 50GB~.

I recently bought the xbox one s 500gb, does anyone find the install times painfully long compared to the PS4? I find myself having to put my game in and then go do something else for a few hours before I can play... even then sometimes its at like 70%... any way to speed this up, surely it doesn't take that long to install from the disc

im quite tempted by this, but i already got a xbox one, how do i wipe it before i sell it? thanks.

I know that feeling of convenience but it never paid off for me- do you really have 1-2TB of games that are actually being used regularly? Or do all the extra games justify the bigger memory and vice versa? I upgraded my PS4 HDD and found out I really didn't need to. My 2TB 'allowed' me to have a lot of games stored that I simply never played. I had maybe 20 games loaded/ stored and probably played 4. I sold the unit and most of the games and as you say downsized (for profit thanks to the recent £150 PS4 steals... deals?)
As for £7 for extra 500GB? Yes I would take that deal Gary, but there is no Fifa 17 here to sell for £35 dropping your buy cost to £165 as it did for me with the Very deal.
Like everything, it's personal preference and perspective - hence my favourite take on opinions comment - from my perspective 500GB is sufficient. :smiley:

Hemingway..

Was that Shakespeare?..

My mother has a colostomy bag.
I'll tell her to keep her thoights to herself.

You do have the option to set a drive as default install location. Also you can see which games are installed on which drive and move them around. I have a lot of digital titles and like to have them all installed.

Good price, heat added

With regards first question the answer is yes but I don't know the answer to the second I'm afraid.

With regards to plugging in external storage, could my son remove his drive and play the games at another location on another Xbox.

Is there an option as to what drive to install onto when loading the games. Guessing they will go to the stock HDD by default until full?

I imagine the AV market for these audio streams is very small still, not to mention the media - so unlikely to be a concern for the majority of owners. Bit like HDR / Dolby vision at the moment

How can it be outdated it has just been released? Makes no sense. The next one is at least year away so hardly just around the corner.
It's an entry level UHD player so if you want all the the other features then of course spend more on a standalone UHD player. At least it actually includes one.

Its over a year away from release, that's not around the corner and some my want a cheaper UHD player. Its not outdated.

Who would buy this now? It's a nice piece of design, but so outdated now - especially with the next one just around the corner.

I see, thanks for the courteous and non-rude reply. That's the kind of info I was after really, I want to get the most out of my 4K Blu-ray experience and knowing this can't fully deliver that I will be on the look out to find something that can.

That's a misprice, but nice try!

A Xbox One S cannot replace a standalone UHD Bluray player if you want Atmos or DTS:X sound as it cannot bitstream uncompressed audio, yes MS have said they are looking at a solution but it's been over 2 years now and still no update for the original Xbox One

you are not the only one who owns both.
alot of people will disagree with you and would argue internal drive is much nicer,neater and better.
to each their own.
PS4 is superior because it has the internal approach and they can add external option anytime they want with a simple software update.no such possibility with Xbox.

I meant more along the lines of firmware updates, particularly ones which may interfere with playing Blu's as I don't plan on buying any games for it. Generally, I'm not an Xbox guy but seeing as how the PS Neo doesn't have a 4K Blu-ray drive I'm considering buying one. However, I've read Xbox One S has an issue concerning HDR so I just wondered if anyone could confirm.

Your not serious? Do you know how a Xbox works? There arent going to be any crazy issues or updates and if so it would be fixed by Microsoft. Besides the Xbox one S is already out so go see what people are saying about the issues.

Good deal but gonna wait for a deal with gears 4, reckon there'll be some good deals just round the corner to push gears of war 4 and tempt PS4 owners (like myself).

I think Microsoft have made a larger step-up than Sony with their next-gen console refreshes. Both camps have shrunk their boxes admirably, but the ONE S has added some additional bells & whistles and bumped up the horsepower.

As an owner of the original PS4 and XBONE I will not be jumping on the refresh wagon. I like both consoles equally, but it is good to see that MS has corrected the perceived CPU/GPU weaknesses, even if they were not really noticeable during gameplay. I still thing Sony has the best UI and Microsoft the better Gamepads, but other than this they are evenly matched.

Interesting

good deal that...

​i guess others have shown you the very deal. yeah, I went for it in the end. if it means I spend around £170 for 500gb instead of £250 for 1tb, I think it's worth it. I can easily use a cheap external hdd, or ssd for that matter.

I'm a little surprised this has ended up being the hottest deal I've posted. Thought it was a good price but damn.

That Smyths deal 269.99 2X controllers, Fifa 17, minecraft and xbox one S 500gb looked decent.

​yeah, I did notice that afterwards. it's going for £35 on eBay though looking at sold listings, so not far off after fees.

When you can get a USB powered 2TB HDD this cheap, is it really worth paying premium for the extra storage?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-external/portableusb3.0/hd-pnf2.0u3gb-eu.html

Yeah, depends on your definition of superior. I have my hard drive sat behind the console so quicker and easier to install, and then I just unplug it when I go to my mates for a Fifa night. You can't do that now can you ! Oh, and when I upgrade to a new console I just plug the external drive into the new console and good to go. I have both consoles by the way and the XB1 is a lot more user friendly.

​that was me not buzz sheesh!!

There is no memory issue and with the Xbox One you can add up to 16 Terabytes of USB 3 hard drive space just by plugging it in, far easier and far more hard drive space options than any other console.

​FIFA 17 is a download code so you cant sell it to CEX.

Is the memory thing really an issue?

I'm not quite sure where bum holes come into the equation, but you seem to have missed my point. I was simply stating that for an extra £7 you could have around an extra 500gb for the convenience of not having to 'rotate'.

It's not about who's got the biggest hard drive, but I own a hell of a lot of games, as I imagine a lot of gamers do. Personally I don't fancy having to download 60+gb of updates every time I fancy an hour on Dragon Age: Inquistion (for example).

But by all means, you enjoy your downsizing, I'll stick with convenience :smiley:

I'm thinking on buying a 4K Blu-ray player, but wondering if I should get a standalone player for £280 if it means less issues/updates etc.

Clicky

'Very' deal is 500GB console with Fifa 17 and Forza Horizon 3 for £279 and then you get £50 cashback to your account which makes it £229 with 12 months 0% finance if required? Used to receive a discount of between 10-20% from your first order after creating an account. Good deal IMO.

What VERY deal? Can't see anything like what you mention on their website.

adding extra storage to PS4 is done in a superior way,neat and clean internal harddtive that is super easy to put in.
without a silly block of hardware connected by wire at the back.

There is any bundle 1tb with games in decent price?

I disagree, people get caught up in the bigger HDD sizes but I recently sold an original white (upgraded) 2TB PS4 and replaced with a black 500GB C chassis and simply downsized the number of games I have in 'rotation' - how many games can someone be playing at any one time in their lives. It's nothing more than the old mine is bigger than yours rubbish.. bigger is better.. Opinions are like bum holes, everyone has one and most of them stink.

Plus Xbox live..which will end up costing as much as the console itself during it's lifespan - if not more

I got a £199 FIFA 500GB, sold on ebay for £240 and then bought the 1TB FIFA from the Co-Op 20% off day last week for £245 delivered. So any price near to that for a 1TB after last week's price frenzy is good. Have some warmth!

Very good deal :)I've been noticing people complaining about their Xbox one s console making loud clicking noises. Luckily I haven't heard mine do that as it's very quiet, but are there a lot of people experiencing problems with the noise?

Just remember that you can buy a 2TB or bigger external HDD with USB 3.0 for not a huge amount more than the extra charged for the 1TB over 500GB - I only say 2TB as that was what I had lying around when I opened my new console yesterday.

A quick search on Amazon shows a 2TB Seagate at around £65, so a lot less if you're prepared to hunt around I would imagine or flubit

Simply no

The XB1 reserves more space on the HDD for the OS & system files.

Got Xbox One S bundle for £239, bundled games sold for £105 in total, sold my old xbox plus kinect for £190, made profit in upgrading

Heat. Personally a fan of gears red console. Really want that and tempted to trade in my halo Xbox one console. But I should just wait a year until the Scorpio.

No No No sir PS4 Pro on my list

For any ps4 owners who are buying this. You can upgrade your ps4 HDD and use the stock one as an external for this.

True what people are saying about the hard drive filling up quick on the Xbone. Mine more or less full on day one. Only installed quantum break and 3/4 EA Access Games

Tesco had the 500gb one s, Fifa 17, Forza Horizon 3 and Overwatch for £239 which I think is best I've seen. 500GB is fine, can only play one game at a time lol

Very good price.

​Thought so my PS4 has lasted with 500GB nicely for 2 year where as Xbox One 500GB filled first day with hardly any games!! I like the Portable Storage idea though as its easy to plug and play!!

​im still on 500GB until recent 1TB purchase with the PS4 sale, 2TB must go along way with your PS4?? Got any links for decent price 2TB?? :smiley:

Great price

Yes they are. I had to move my games onto external HDD while I kept the same size drive in my PS4. But at least you can swap the internal drive out on the PS4 instead of having an external HDD hanging out the back.

:smile:

Damn, such a good price, I think I'm gonna sell my xbox to cex 133 in cash a buy this. It.gonna cost me only 116 pounds.

I've never given it a thought to be honest, I'm not even sure I've looked. I also have a 2TB in the PS4, but the storage capacity is viewed more on the One due to it being situated in the 'My Games' area.

​The game sizes seem alot bigger on Xbox One compared to PS4?? filled my 500GB up on the day I got it!! Good that you can add portable storage though shame PS4 cant!!

It's only Tuesday today, though :smirk:

See above

Nope,

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbox-one-s-1tb-currys-pc-world-for-239-20-instore-wednesbury-2520705?p=28890993

Still a good price though, if you dont want to bother selling fifa

£239 on Ebay with Fifa

I think everyone here is getting a little confused. This is the 1tb version and I have no doubt you paid those prices for the 500gb one. The 1tb Console with Fifa 17 is £299.

Yeah, lots of people getting confused over the HD size and assuming this deal is for the same one...

Got Mine with Fifa 17 Amazon £199.00 Thanks To Mr Buzz

Got my mine over the weekend in a special sale with Fifa 17 for £239 but it was limited so not going to vote cold because of that.

Have some heat!

£219.99 for 500gb too good prices