When comparing Xbox One vs Xbox One S, the Slant community recommends Xbox One S for most people. In the question“What are the best latest generation gaming consoles?” Xbox One S is ranked 5th while Xbox One is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Xbox One S is:
As of late 2017, early 2018.
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Kinect allows controlling the console using voice commands
Pro Kinect enhances normal games
The Kinect is no longer just for new play controls. With its next generation high quality camera, it can now enhance other games with cool features, such as tracking your face and automatically logging you into your account, as well as being able to automatically re-arrange your UI position for multiplayer games.
Pro An external hard-drive can be connected to increase storage space
Pro Kinect is optional
Xbox One can be bought without a Kinect and allows for GPU performance increase of up to 10%.
Pro Stream games to PC
Pro Great Twitch streaming app
Pro Blu-ray playback support
Pro Specs are good enough to last for at least another 2 years.
As of late 2017, early 2018.
Pro Supports 4K Blu Ray
Unlike the PS4 Pro, but like the Xbox One X, the Xbox One S plays 4K Blu Ray movies. So if you're a huge movie buff with a 4K TV, the XBox One S is a good choice.
Pro More powerful than the PS4 Slim
The Xbox One S is more similar in hardware and power to the PS4 Pro than it is to the PS4 Slim since the PS4 Slim's hardware hadn't changed (except for size) or improved since the original PS4.
Cons
Con Very few games with proper Kinect-support
Con Kinect's voice control still needs some work
Con Many games have to resort to upscaling
Many games designed for multiple platforms, those developed for PS4 & XO especially, have to be upscaled when deployed to XO due to lack of raw graphical power.
Con If you have a Windows PC, you aren't losing much.
Most of the XBOX titles get ported to Windows, sooner or later.
Con Pay for online multiplayer
On top of having to pay for the console and games you have to pay for online multiplayer, not once but monthly.