Xbox Series S drops £100 to lowest ever price, but won’t be around long

Want to join the latest console generation? It’s never been more affordable, thanks to a huge price cut to the Xbox Series S from Amazon – easily one of the best Prime Day deals in the 2023 sale.

The Xbox Series S console has dropped to just £149.99 for the next 48 hours – the cheapest price we’ve ever seen for a current-generation games console. So, what’s the catch? Well, this is a Certified Refurbished console, which means that it’s been restored by the engineers at Microsoft and ships with the same one-year hardware warranty as brand-new consoles.

Microsoft has inspected the console to ensure it meets its rigorous standards for cosmetic quality. If anything goes awry with the console in the first year, Amazon will honour the usual returns process so you can sleep easy (while gaming hard). 

However, like all deals in the Amazon Prime Day sale – this incredible deal is only available only for Amazon Prime customers only. The good news is there is a way you can get your hands on this great gaming deal.

You can still unlock access to thousands of exclusive discounts and deals for free, thanks to a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime that grants access to all Prime Day deals (as well as other perks). Cancel anytime during the trial period and you’ll pay nothing …while still enjoying your pick of the best deals in the Prime Day sale.

Even if you’ve taken out an Amazon Prime trial in the past, it’s well worth rechecking your eligibility. Amazon typically allows accounts to test its Prime membership for free once each year, so it’s very likely that you’ll be able to take out another tester.

In our Xbox Series S review, we praised its amazing price tag which unlocks the latest generation of games without breaking the bank. The Xbox Series S is compatible with the latest batch of games from Microsoft and third-party studios, it supports cloud gaming so you’ll be able to stream the latest blockbuster titles without waiting for a download to complete, boasts apps for your favourite streaming services, and supports 120 frames-per-second gameplay. 

All of this in an elegant package that fits perfectly underneath any telly – something that we bemoaned in our PS5 review due to that console’s humongous frame, while the sleek white appearance ensures this new Xbox won’t look out of place in the most style-conscious of homes. 

But the Xbox Series S is a digital-only console, which means there’s no disk drive. If you want to play games you’ll need to download them from Microsoft, but with just 500GB of internal storage out-of-the-box, it’s not long before this diddy console is fit to burst.  

It’s possible to connect an external hard drive or buy an official expansion card, but these options all add to the price tag of the console.  

Streaming games from the cloud is another solution, but you’ll need a speedy Wi-Fi connection for that to work. The Series S also allow you to play games up to 120 frames per second depending on the title you decide to sink time into. 

More incredible technology inside the Xbox Series S lets you jump back into your favourite games in seconds – thanks to Quick Resume.  This allows you to jump between titles and resume instantly where you left off. So you can pause mid-jump in the middle of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, switch across to Doom Eternal to blast through a horde of enemies, and then switch back to Tomb Raider to complete the jump seamlessly. 

One of the best parts of Xbox gaming is the Game Pass. Game Pass is a bombastic, disruptive new imitation from Xbox that it hopes will give it a lead over the competition this generation.  

For just £7.99 per month (or £10.99 per month if you opt for an Ultimate subscription, which also bundles online multiplayer access traditionally sold separately as Xbox Live), Xbox Game Pass unlocks dozens of must-play games from Xbox Games Studios, Bethesda, EA, and many more. 

And right now, Xbox has returned with its £1 Game Pass offer for new customers so you can jump into the games straight away without forking out even more.