Microsoft Xbox One S 1Tb Console - White [Discontinued]

I've had this system for six days, playing daily.Arrived quickly as advertised (2 business days). Had HDMI, power cable and controller all in like new condition. No smudges, mung, dirt or drool on console, clean in as-new condition. The only exception was a strange brown triangle on the controller which looks like it was written in permanent marker, maybe to identify that particular one for someone. (see photo)It came with no stand, box, or instruction manual. No biggie as it's easy to find on the interwebs.It booted right up and operated as it should. I had it in a closed cabinet in my entertainment center and after awhile it sounded like the hard drive clattering/cooling fan making noise. I had heard these consoles can run hot and should not be enclosed, so after that I kept cabinet door open with zero noise.Overall I feel I got a good deal on a used console and am very satisfied with my purchase.

For years my wife and I shared the original Xbox One, and with most of the new games being online co-op only we knew we needed to make a change. So here we are looking for a reasonably priced new Xbox, knowing that a new version will be coming out in 2020. Leave it to Amazon to have amazing deals on brand new (still boxed in original packaging) Xboxes!So glad we purchased the Xbox One S! It is significantly smaller than the original Xbox One, and doesn't even need a charging brick!! Talk about updates. Everything was in brand new original packaging and arrived quickly and in great condition. Got the Xbox set up and running the day it arrived, and have been using it everyday since. It's very quiet and has fast response times. My wife already had an Xbox sport controller, so we haven't used the controller that comes with it yet. But it looks great upon arrival and did come with batteries (extra plus, because we don't keep a lot of those lying around).TL;DR we were hesitant about purchasing from Amazon because of the bad reviews, but SO GLAD we did, because our experience was great. Plus, Amazon has a top notch return policy.

Had nothing but a good experience from the merchant who sold this.Xbox as a platform is terrible though. Xbox has long been the multiplayer focused platform yet because of design flaws in the system and its always on (but we pretend like its not) requirement when instances of big games being released (like the recent Gears 5) or general server outages it renders the console useless if you cannot "call home" to verify your fealty to Microsoft. You have to have already put your machine into offline mode in order to have avoided this which is mostly impossible to predict when it will happen and is simply not possible after the fact of a server outage. Whats worse is you virtually MUST keep it online.Further the system is built around digital distribution from the ground up. Focus on multiplayer games to sell Xbox live, Games with gold and their psuedo netflix style Game Pass service offer the promise of delivering you games. Yet you own nothing. You only get privilege to access these things so long as you have paid your tithe to Microsoft. Stop paying your subscription fees and those "free" games you were given with gold are locked out and inaccessible to you until you DO pay. That keeps you paying, and agreeing to waive more and more of your legal rights each time they feel compelled to take more from you, which 95% of gamers have no clue what they are taking because they just blindly scroll through the terms and conditions just to get to the agree box.Then their gamepass service IS COMPLETELY online required. Despite having a game installed and a valid subscription to it, AND the capacity to run clocks underneath the software that will know when to cut off your access once your subscription cuts off despite not having a connection, you cannot access ANY game pass games offline in any capacity.Everybody talks about it does not have games. That obviously is not true. It has most the same games you would get on PS4 and to a lesser extent Switch. The games where it lacks is exclusives, but technically that is not true. It does have some exclusives, but like with everything else with the console they are hidden and locked away behind digital distribution. When you count how many physical exclusives they have you can just about count them on two hands.The Xbox embodies all the worst traits of gaming this generation. Pointless style over substance (as seen between standard and X model of console that has next to no justification to exist because no games fully utilize its added horsepower) Demanding you swear fealty and give your rights away in perpetuity, trading money for nothing but revocable licenses, forced online need, focus on multiplayer digital sport type experiences instead of on video games, everything about the platform is bad. Its taking the worst practices in the industry and distilling them to an anti consumer driven digital sports focused machine that is more than happy to take your money but expects you to keep handing it over after any transaction has been completed.While the PS4 (PRO ONLY) and Switch have some similar elements, Microsofts anti consumer products are the only field where they are actually innovating. So do not make the mistake I made and hurt the industry by buying this garbage.I give the merchant 5/5 and Microsoft NEGATIVE 5 out of 5 because it should not even exist in this state, to the point that one day in the future it will require legislation to fix the things they are trying to do with this and future incarnations of the Xbox platform.

My son got his first job and wanted to buy himself something. He ordered this. When the unit came the controller had a rattling noise and the cord to the unit fit loosely. My son set up the unit and everything else seemed to work ok. The seller immediately sent me an email once the item was ordered letting me know that if there are any issues to please contact him immediately. Since it was not something I used on a daily basis I kept forgetting to ask my son if everything was working properly. The seller followed up with another email and I finally asked my son if everything was good with his purchase. My son repeated to me that the controller was not the best and the power cord was loose and he had to keep fixing it. I emailed the seller who immediately sent a new controller. Still waiting on the power cord, but I would purchase from this seller anytime. He is big on customer service and selling a good quality product. I greatly appreciated the email follow up to ensure that we were happy with the purchase we had made. My son was so happy to have a controller that worked properly.