It's a realistic price for the guts. Doesn't sound like they don't want to take a big wash on it. Phil wasn't kidding about that premium price, and I'm sorry I doubted him. This is for the Xbox hardcore, really.

I just don't get what this thing is supposed to achieve with such mismatched components. Those Jaguar cores are gonna be like trying to game on a rig with a GTX 1080 bottlenecked by a Core 2 Quad or something (Maybe not quite that bad, but FX sucked so badly that I wouldn't doubt it). You'd probably be better off ordering a GTX 1070 for almost $100 cheaper and sticking it in a moderately current desktop.

This baby is waiting for me!....
Cannot pre-order yet tho... because the FCC did not approved it yet ffs (in Canada at least...)

True, but some of those niche Japanese games don't appeal to me (I did like Nioh) or a lot of western audience that is why it's a ps4/ps3 exclusive like persona in the first place. I want a lot of PC games like City Skylines, Player Unknown and Star Citizens (please Phil give me this game some how), but I don't want a pc rig at all. 

Overall, I think Microsoft e3 was an 8/10 , but the lack of a NEW AAA exclusive was bullocks. I honestly thought that new EA game they ended with was going to be at least an Xbox / PC exclusive game like the original Titanfall.

Does it come with Kinect at that price?

That's cool, i'll get the Xbox One X before end of year.

That probably only sounds high to some people because they were strongly predicting $399. All things considered it seems like MS doesn't want to take a major financial hit on XOX (kiss hug kiss) in order to get higher sales.

Sensible in the longterm perspective. Profitability of the Xbox is more important than number of units sold and it's clear XOS will be an important unit for entry-level buyers for a few years yet. They possibly looked at PS4 vs PS4P sales and realised that the premium unit is not going to supersede the base unit in sales volume, so there is no point trying to take a volume approach to XOX at the cost of profitability.

Might not be bad for what you get for the money, but I think we'll have to wait and see before making further judgement. That said, it's still expensive.

This isn't a new console generation. Games work on all Xbox devices. They can price it this way as a result. I don't like the price. So guess what? I play on my XBone and still have fun. Upgrade when the price fits my budget.

Definitely agree.  This isn't going to hurt the PS4 at all.  And Sony is going to be cutting the price to $349 this year, too.  They could go $299 if they wanted to put the final nail in the Scorpio, but I only see a $50 cut, now.  But, that's still a $150 difference.  That's too much to justify the purchase for most consumers.  Especially with very few exclusives coming.

And here's the big negative for the Scorpio.  It has no exclusive that is pushing the system to its limits, making a purchase more desirable.  And a lot of what they showed was indies that would look exactly the same on the Pro.  Or multiplats that are still going to look damn good on the Pro.

Crackdown 3 was supposed to be a graphics showcase, but I guess MS cut the budget, cause what they showed was not very impressive.  Generic even.