so in china,.. you have to have a telcom broadband subscription to buy and xbox? is that what i read?
| kitler53 said: so in china,.. you have to have a telcom broadband subscription to buy and xbox? is that what i read? |
It would seem so, but we need to wait for official pricing to be sure.
Maybe it's like a phone, if you subscribe you pay one price, if you just get the console without contract it's more expensive.
I guess the deciding factor will be possible subscriptions, loyalty bonuses, and ultimately the difference between official and black market price.
Burek said:
It would seem so, but we need to wait for official pricing to be sure. Maybe it's like a phone, if you subscribe you pay one price, if you just get the console without contract it's more expensive. I guess the deciding factor will be possible subscriptions, loyalty bonuses, and ultimately the difference between official and black market price. |
I've posted about this on several occasions and no one really caught on to it, but I think a subscription model is the best way for X1 to go not only in China but on a global scale. When the HW cost is built into the subscription costs and the HW itself lends a better subscribed entertainment experience than a standard cable box -- that's what justifies having an X1.
I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016
| pbroy said: How is it supposed to be a good thing if you can only buy an Xbone at only one place? Or are they trying to say that China Telecom is only selling Xbones and not PS4s? |
The first thing, you can only buy it from CT.
Although the second is also true by default, because XOne is the only console sold in China anyway.
There was rumor before, that the Chinese Xbox One will sport a whopping $800 (4,999 RMB) price tag. But a picture leaked yesterday seems to put consumers at ease, bringing down the price of Xbox One "limited edition" to 3,499 RMB ($565). I should mention that every price tag in China is the after-tax price. For something labeled $500 pre-tax in the United States, $65 extra for tax and tariff isn't bad at all. The price even competes well against Xbox Ones smuggled into China (how the majority of Chinese consumers are buying game consoles in the past decade), which are mostly in the 3,100 - 3,700 RMB range on Taobao, China's most popular online shopping site.
According to the leaked picture, the 3,499 RMB bundle includes the console itself, one "customized" controller, the Kinect sensor, plus:
Plus, by China's government-mandated service standard for consumer electronics, the Chinese Xbox One comes with 2 years of warranty.
Chinese Microsoft-centric news site WPDang consulted their insider source, and confirmed that said price and bundled contents are very credible.
Microsoft and its Chinese partner BesTV are expected to demonstrate the Chinese Xbox One on the ChinaJoy expo (July 31 - August 3, in Shanghai). We will know more about console's launch in China in the coming days.
Very good price. As I said, very important to compete with black market, and it seems it is, with a nice set of perks.
| WhiteEaglePL said: 25K extra sales confirmed. |
weekly or just launch sales?
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