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Stuck for which Xbox One console is the right one for you? It's not all that surprising! With three separate iterations now on the market it’s completely understandable to be confused about the differences between each. It used to be the case that only one Xbox One model existed back when it first launched in 2013. Now, though, Microsoft offers up multiple options to let Xbox gamers play in their preferred way.

In this handy advice guide, we’ll break down which Xbox One model does what and analyse all their different features, all in the hopes of highlighting which one might be the best for your Xbox gaming needs. We’ll also include the three cheapest deals for all three of the available Xbox One models (the original launch Xbox One is no longer in production) – and you can always hit the ‘view deals’ button to see the cheapest deals available now in the UK.

• The original idea was to find a rule to deduce the hard disk and DVD drive types in an Xbox by only looking at the serial number, which was visible through the unopened packaging. The serial sticker on an Xbox looks like this: MFG. DATE 2002-03-03 SERIAL NO.
• If you are not sure where to find your serial number on your Xbox, read this article to learn how. Once you've located the serial number on your device, enter it in the Serial Number box on the Device Registration page. Click the check box to accept the terms of the Privacy Statement and then click the blue Register button.
• I just bought a xbox one x brand new but when I opened it look that has been used because of cosmetic imperfections, I checked the serial number in the box as same with the console and the information menu, all of 3 matches, do you think is new? Is possible for someone swap/change the stickers of the serial numbers in the box and the console? Sorry for the english.
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The Xbox One X

Previously known as Project Scorpio, the Xbox One X was formally announced at the 2017 E3 conference. 40% more powerful than any other console on the market, the Xbox One X is designed as a competitor to Sony's benchmark console, the PS4 Pro. Capable of playing games in stunning 4K resolution at a staggering 60fps, the One X is the console of choice for those who want only the best when it comes to performance and graphics.

When was the Xbox One X released?

The One X was released on November 7th, 2017. However, if you're hoping for a deal on the Black Friday weekend which follows a few days later, you're not likely to have much luck. You’re much more likely to find a good deal on a One S or PS4 Pro than the newly-released One X.

What is the Xbox One X Scorpio edition?

The Scorpio edition of the One X is a special version, designed for early adopters. It comes with various cosmetic differences, including a printed pattern and serial number on the console and the Scorpio name on the controller. There are no differences in the spec between the two versions of the console.

How much more powerful is the Xbox One X compared to the Xbox One and Xbox One S?

The One X has around 4.5 times the graphical capability of the original Xbox One. Though the One S is capable of upscaling certain games to 4K, the One X can display games at this resolution natively, with processor power to spare that means some games will also play at 60fps.

Is the One X backwards compatible with the two current Xbox One models?

The Xbox One X is backwards compatible with both games, and accessories such as Kinect (via an adaptor) and wireless controllers. The One X is an upgrade to the existing software found in the Xbox One and One S consoles, and it will continue to play the same catalogue of games with the same accessories. Currently, there are no plans for any games to play exclusively on the One X.

Is it worth getting the One X if I don’t have a 4K TV?

If you’re determined to have the best Xbox money can buy, or see yourself buying a 4K TV in the future, then it's worth buying the Xbox One X but it depends on your budget. Otherwise, the difference in quality might not justify the cost.

The Xbox One S

Released in 2016, the Xbox One S was an upgrade to the original Xbox One console. It is now by far the most popular version of the console as it has a budget price tag compared to the pro model, the Xbox One X. Even with the One X surpassing it technically, the price difference will likely ensure the S remains the most popular One model. Unless you are a hardcore gamer, the Xbox One S will likely be the Xbox console of choice for you too.

Has the Xbox One S replaced the original console?

Not entirely, however it is becoming harder and harder to find original consoles. Most bundles we compare now include the One S.

Will the Xbox One X replace the Xbox One S?

The Xbox One X is intended to compete with the PS4 Pro version, and will likely cater to hardcore gamers who are willing to spend more on their gaming setup. The One S will likely continue as the most popular version of the One for the remainder of the console’s lifespan. Therefore it's extremely unlikely that the Xbox One X will replace the Xbox One S any time soon.

How much smaller is the Xbox One S compared to the Xbox One?

The Xbox One S is a smaller console compared to the original Xbox One by approximately 40%, making it a much neater looking console to own.

What can the Xbox One S do that the original Xbox One can’t?

As well as being slightly more powerful, the big advantage of the One S is that it supports HDR gaming. It can also play Blu-rays in 4K, but not games. Oh, and it can stand on its side, too.

What storage options can you get with the Xbox One S?

The One S is available in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB versions. It also supports external hard-drives to expand the memory.

The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition

Scheduled to released on 7^th May 2019, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition looks and works just like the original Xbox One S hardware revision released in 2016. It differs in that it completely removes the optical disc drive included with all prior Xbox One models, being the perfect console variant for anyone looking to subtract physical games from their lives and prefer to store them digitally.

Will the All-Digital Edition replace the One S?

No. The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition will sit alongside the standard Xbox One S, giving players the option to play games exclusively via download or digitally as well as physically.

How much does the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition cost?

The current retail price in the UK is £199.99, and that includes three games – Minecraft, Forza Horizon 3 and Sea of Thieves – bundled in.

What storage options can you get Xbox One S All-Digital Edition in?

The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition isn’t available with anything less than 1TB of storage. This is important considering that all games played on it will need to be installed natively on the hard drive.

The original Xbox One

First released in 2014 as Microsoft’s entry for the eighth console generation, the original Xbox One remains a powerful piece of kit.

However, since the introduction of the One S in 2016, the original console is becoming harder to find as retailers run through their stock. Interestingly, although the original console has largely been replaced, you’re still likely to get a better deal on a One S.

• Can the original One do anything the One S can’t? - In a word, no. There’s no real reason to buy an original One unless you find an exceptional deal. With stock running low of the original, that’s becoming increasingly unlikely.
• Should I upgrade my One to a One S?- This is a tough one. While an improvement in multiple departments, the One S isn’t so much of an leap forward that it necessitates upgrading. Both systems play the same games, so you won’t miss out there. If you upgraded to an HDR TV and wanted to enjoy the difference it makes to your graphics, it would perhaps justify upgrading to a One S.

Which Xbox One should I buy?

Now you’re armed with all the knowledge you need, which Xbox should you opt for?

“I want the best of the best, no expense spared” - Buy the One X. The ability to play games in 4K and the added graphical ability will set it apart from the One and One S. Microsoft have claimed it will be the most powerful games console ever.

“I want a good deal” - The One S is your best bet. While you may think that the original One would be the cheapest, this isn’t generally the case. Stock is running low, and most retailers have moved on to using the One S in most of their high profile bundles. Of course, there will always be exceptions to the rule.

“I play a lot of games, so I need the storage space” - The original One went up to a 1TB hard-drive, while the One S offers both 1 and 2TB options. Only a 1TB version of the One X is available currently, but don't be surprised if a larger capacity launches in 2018. As it will play the same games, the file sizes won’t be different, however Microsoft may want to make a statement with the console by including a bigger hard-drive. If you're planning to go all digital the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition has a 1TB hard-drive and will keep you covered for quite some time.

“I’m limited on space, so I need a console that fits my TV stand” - Go for the One S or the X. The S is 40% smaller than the original One, and the power supply is internal, meaning you won’t have an ungainly “brick” plug to worry about. The X, remarkably, is even smaller than the One S, although not by the same margin as the One S to the One.

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Slashdot had a story recently on how in 1942, the allies were able to estimate the number of German taks produced based on the serial numbers of the tanks. In 2010, a German hacker is doing the exact same thing with Xboxes. This article describes the generic approach, shows some results, and provides previously unreleased raw data of 14,000 Xbox serials so you can do your own statistics!

Between October 2003 and January 2005, the Xbox Linux Project asked all visitors to their website to enter their Xbox serial numbers, date and country of manufacture, ROM version, hard disk and DVD drive brand and other properties, and gathered more than 14,000 entries. The original idea was to find a rule to deduce the hard disk and DVD drive types in an Xbox by only looking at the serial number, which was visible through the unopened packaging.

The serial sticker on an Xbox looks like this:

After looking at several serial numbers, it was already clear that the last two digits (“03” in my example) are the location of manufacture: 02 is Mexico, 03 is Hungary, 05 is China and 06 is Taiwan. The three digits before (“209” in my example) are the one-digit year (“2” for “2002”) and the two-digit calender week (“09” for around the first week of March).

Now we want to find out how many devices were manufactured. A first approximation is to look at the manufacturing dates of all Xboxes in our database.

This gives us an idea when production was ramped up (in 2001 and 2002 in November, and in 2003 in August, September and October), but the statistics don’t give us absolute numbers, and they are biased towards older devices (newer devices are not entered yet, and visitors of our site tend to be early adopters).

But what about these first seven digits of the serial number? Shouldn’t these be actual “serial” numbers? Let’s look at all devices from August 2003 and sort the first seven digits by manufacturing date:

This does not look like a serial number. But all numbers are > 1,000,000, which implies that the first digit has a special meaning and is not part of the number. Let’s look at distribution of the first digit:

The first digit seems to be the number of the assembly line in the factory! So let’s look at the remaining 6 digits again:

This looks a lot better! But there are several things interleaved in this chart – because the serial numbers are of course counted independently in every factory. If we filter just all numbers form the Chinese factory, we get this:

We can see serial numbers are counted up every week, but we still see all assembly lines interleaved here, and the different lines don’t reset at the same time. Here is line 6 all by itself:

Looks almost perfect, if we assume the wild shots are caused by typos. Here is a manually fixed version of it:

Voilà! Serial numbers that count up monotonically and get reset on every Sunday.

By inspection of the graph, we can estimate that assembly line 6 of the factory in China produced about 275,000 devices per week in week 33 (mid August) of 2003. This works well, because we have so many samples; but for other weeks, we have as few as five. This is the formula for the German Tank Problem:

k is the sample size and m s the highest serial number observed.

The estimate of Xboxes produced by assembly line 6 in China in week 33 of 2003 is therefore 285,269. Applying this to every assembly line of every factory and every week, it should be easy to get great statistics on the productivity of the different lines and factories, as well as a very good estimate of the total number of devices produced. …and this is where you come in!

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The Data

You want to do your own statistics? Here is the raw data:

xbox_serials.csv (2.5 MB)

It is a comma-separated-value file with the following columns:

Please note that people were able to fill some fields with arbitraty data, so they might not necessarily be in exactly the specified form. There are also lots of typos in the serial numbers and the month and day fields in the data fields have been mixed up sometimes. You probably want to run a script over the data first that sanitizes some of the input, e.g. removes dashes and spaces from serial numbers etc.

Here are some ideas on what you might want to find out:

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1. Is there a better formula to estimate the number of Xboxes produced per week on a certain assembly line?
2. What day does a week start with? Does the factory produce Xboxes on Sundays? Do they produce just as many? Is it different in the respective countries?
3. How many Xboxes were produced per assembly line, per week and per factory?
4. Are all assembly lines in a certain factory just as productive?
5. Are all factories just as productive (per assembly line)?
6. Did productivity go up over time? Did it hit a maximum?
7. How many Xboxes were produced total?
8. Does an assembly line in a certain factory use all the same flash chips, hard drives and DVD drives in a certain week?
9. When did an assembly line in a certan factory switch between board revisions?
10. How long does it take an assembly line to be reconfigured for a different board revision?
11. When did factories open/close? When did assembly lines get created and torn down in certain factories? Is there a correlation? Did assembly lines get migrated between factories? How long does this take?
12. How long does it take on average for an Xbox from manufacuring to when it’s bought, per country? Does it change over the years?
13. Which factories serve which countries? Did it change?
14. How do ROM version, HD software version, motherboard version and video encoder brand correlate to each other?
15. Which countries have PAL, which have NTSC?
16. Where were the non-black Xboxes made?
17. What percentage of Xboxes has a Philips, a Samsung or a Thomson DVD drive?
18. What is the distribution of hard drive types?
19. Some people claim they have a 20 GB hard drive. How credible is this?
20. When and at which factories were certain DVD and HD types introduced?
21. Over time, how did the distribution of DVD and HD types change?
22. What is the distribution of flash chips, how did it change, and how does it correlate to factories?
23. Is there enough data to make statements about the refurbishment process (search for “refurb” in comments)?
24. What percentage of people misses a digit when trying to type in 12 digits?
25. What percentage of people replaced digits of the serial number with an ‘X’ or a ‘*’? What percentage of these chose the right digits to properly anonymize their serial numbers?
26. Any more interesting observations you can come up with?

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Please share your ideas as well as your results (plus source code of your scripts, please)! If you know any statistics teachers looking for a large real-world data set and an interesting set of problems, feel free to refer them to this site! :-)