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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Xbox One X will launch for $499

 

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TOO HIGH! 544 73.81%
 
Is actually a decent price 131 17.77%
 
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greenmedic88 on 14 June 2017
Azuren said:
greenmedic88 said:
I don't know where anyone was getting a $600-700 price based upon the specs; it's still a console and $500 is the upper limit of what a mass consumer console can be moved at without being a small niche product.

For whatever reasons, my assumption was that the XBOX would be priced at $500 realistically. $400 would have been a theatrical E3 style bombshell, but the reality is SCE probably had a contingency plan in place to drop the PS4P down $50-100 to let the air out of that announcement, which MS would have predicted, hence no price war/selling at zero margin.

Uh, because those are the specs of an $800-$1000 PC?

Assuming you're older than 20, you know the console market doesn't work like that. 



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Azuren on 22 June 2017
greenmedic88 said:
Azuren said:

Uh, because those are the specs of an $800-$1000 PC?

Assuming you're older than 20, you know the console market doesn't work like that. 

Assuming you know how money works, you would know it does. MS isn't selling gangbusters with the XB1, so the idea that the XB1X would make up for it's negative margin with software sales is fiscally irresponsible.



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greenmedic88 on 23 June 2017
Azuren said:
greenmedic88 said:

Assuming you're older than 20, you know the console market doesn't work like that. 

Assuming you know how money works, you would know it does. MS isn't selling gangbusters with the XB1, so the idea that the XB1X would make up for it's negative margin with software sales is fiscally irresponsible.

Going to have to correct you. 

$800-1000 is an estimation based upon what an end consumer would pay in retail dollars for similar specs. That's a generous estimation to begin with. 

Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony don't pay end consumer prices; they make contracts with OEM part suppliers for bulk buys based upon projections of estimated sales in addition to contracting the manufacturing of custom logic boards that are designed to minimize components in addition to optimizing performance. 



Pemalite on 23 June 2017
exclusive_console said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:
The price is right, people wanting to spend less can buy a XBOne S.

Really ? I am not big fan of higher res as I prefer gfx over pixel but 1080P should be standard now. I can't see the X competiting with PS4P. Though PS4 will be the most popular I am sure

Resolution comes with the graphics package. You will get improved image quality with games being rendered at 4k on a 1080P display.

LivingMetal said:

Go with a high-end android tablet.  Ploblem solved.

They actually exist?




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squibbfire on 23 June 2017

Xbox one isnt a good buy
xbox one s isnt a good buy
xbox one X isnt a good buy.

I am all for power in a console. But i predicted the price would be 499.
Really if you want another controller and or game with a console. Its gonna be closer to 600 bucks.
I believe you can find my prediction in a previous thread

$$$ 550-600 buy in is too expensive for a console gaming system right now. It will sell a few but Sony is gonna own this year.

if you are gonna spend 600 bucks you might as well get a gaming pc.