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Updated XBOX Console Prices
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Topher
Identifies as young
And it is so true. Damn near every time Sony fucks up, Microsoft says "hold my beer"
jm89
Member
Poor shaggy, far worse news is around the corner for Xbox.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Bojji
Member
Mr.Phoenix
Member
Not only can you not get a 512GB SSD for $50 right now, even if you could, it also won't work cause xbox uses a proprietary drive... and those start from 1TB. The cheapest way to get a $1TB Series S, is to buy the 1TB Series S.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
1. Not everyone cares about graphics.
2. As a parent, I can see parents who are living paycheck to paycheck would rather have a monthly payment(whatever the cheapest game pass sub is $15?) rather than having to buy $70 games for their kids all the time.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Exactly! That's why I was comparing the PlayStation 5 DE to the 1 TB Xbox Series S edition. Personally, I think it's fair considering the price of SSDs.
Mr.Phoenix
Member
Oh, it's totally fair, a 1TB Series S costs the same as a 1TB PS5. Doesn't get any simpler than that.
Doesn't take away from the fact that you can still get a Series S for a $100 less, though, and an argument can be made that the only person looking to buy a Series S is a very budget-minded gamer to begin with, so they likely wouldn't be interested in the 1TB SKU to begin with. But if we go down that path, then that same gamer would likely seek out a used console lol.
Topher
Identifies as young
Not following your point here. What 1 TB is $50 more?
RyanEvans21
Member
Or food instead of unnecessary stuff like console?
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
What was the bad news cycle for one day for Sony? As Sony is firing people from Bungie there's god knows how many studios within MS and Activision imploding lmao. The Xbox price wasn't even needed.
Wonder if he was let go from Microsoft/Xbox?
Tobimacoss
Member
It seems a bunch of yous misunderstood Sir
HeisenbergFX4
He was saying, the comparison of Series S to PS5 Digital isn't completely valid, as most buying Series S would go for the $499 model. And they are better off buying the 1 TB memory card for $150, (or $50 more than the $100 bump for 1 TB model). Then they would end up with $1.5 TB storage IF they were wanting to buy a Series S with higher storage to begin with.
I personally still think Series S should've stopped production, unless they already had AMD contracts in place.
TheDarkPhantom
Member
Ahhh yes, lol. To be fair I fully expect both Nintendo and PlayStation to raise prices *again* within the next 12 months. PS5 Pro bros who bought ours day 1 right now:
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
I meant buying the 500 gb Series S and putting the saved $100 from not buying the 1 tb Series S and buying a 1 tb expansion card for another $50 plus the original $100 saved
hououinkyouma00
Gold Member
That ain't shit. I got my Series S (since sold it) for $149 via Verizon.The world you knew no longer exists.
Gambit2483
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Tobimacoss
Member
Technically, I only paid $35 for Series S, which was $239 Black Friday deal, IF you take into account the savings from doing the Essential (Live gold) to Ultimate conversion at the time. This was when it was 1:1 ratio for the conversion.
Topher
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HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Yeah I never did say it very eloquentlyI had to read that three times, but it finally clicked
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
But that would make it $649. How would that help the comparison against a cheaper PS5DE? You're better off getting the actual 1TB Series S and not buying the proprietary cardIt seems a bunch of yous misunderstood Sir
He was saying, the comparison of Series S to PS5 Digital isn't completely valid, as most buying Series S would go for the $499 model. And they are better off buying the 1 TB memory card for $150, (or $50 more than the $100 bump for 1 TB model). Then they would end up with $1.5 TB storage IF they were wanting to buy a Series S with higher storage to begin with.
I personally still think Series S should've stopped production, unless they already had AMD contracts in place.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
You're getting an extra 500GB SSD space for $50 more.
Haint
Member
What's really crazy is that historically speaking, Series S would and should be selling for $199 tops right now, with the Holiday sales at $149 or potentially even $99.Series S now cost the same as Series X launch price is really crazy
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Sure you're getting some extra storage and that might be wise if you were just getting a Series S specifically but my question is how does that help the comparison to PS5DE become more fair?
"$599" for PS5DE vs "$649" for Series S with 0.5TB extra? I think that makes it worse than just 599 PS5DE vs 599 Series S 1TB version.
I'd rather just delete a game I don't play on slightly lower storage than have the potato machine, plus I'd even be paying more for the system in total with that storage.
Mr.Phoenix
Member
This is a stretch... people don't think like that. Especially not someone who is in the market for the cheapest series S to begin with. It doesn't even make sense...
At the end of the day, you are either buying a 512GB console or a 1TB one. Very few people would buy a 512GB console only to spend $150 later to end up with a 1.5TB console.
There is a reason the Xbox expansion cards aren't in the video game top 100 on Amazon. Hell, they aren't even in the Xbox-specific top 100. And you'll be shocked what's on that list......
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Totally agree with you
My point was the whole the Series S is the same price as a digital PS5 is something a mouth breather like Jez would say because it sounds very stupid to just ignore the cheaper variant because it doesn't fit one's agenda
pixelation
Member
Again, how can they justify exclusives?
Sooner
Member
Not for day one adopters.
Gambit2483
Member
I think Jez would rather have the Series S be shown in a better light but it seems completely fair and in good faith to compare the 1TB Series S price to the PS5DE price that also comes with 1TB. It's a pretty like for like comparison. Except you're getting much worse hardware/performance on a Series S.
In terms of talking about ignoring a cheaper variant, I've seen worse. Like the $599 PS3 memes when there was always a $499 PS3 at launch that matched the 20GB of the 360 variant. It's not really a big deal. It's just trying to match a like for like comparison.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
Which is fucked looking at historical trends, lol.
Moriarty1889
Member
AI has crashed the gaming industry….R.I.P.
Easy, they know that they will sell the same amount of consoles at this extortionate price. They know that consoles are going to become hard to find near GTA6 release and people will be scrambling to pick up any old thing even at scalper-like prices like this. The sales of the xbox studio game doesn't get affected by this hike at all.
simpatico
Gold Member
doing a quick Amazon search in my algo:
"xbox"
Xbox Series S $379
"ps5"
PlayStation 5 regular $649
cheapest disc based Series X I can find is Amazon Renewed for $699. I feel like anyone who picked up a disc based Series X at a discount is feeling pretty good right about now. It kinda became the console to have when you consider grabbing old Xbox discs at the flea market.
"xbox"
Xbox Series S $379
"ps5"
PlayStation 5 regular $649
cheapest disc based Series X I can find is Amazon Renewed for $699. I feel like anyone who picked up a disc based Series X at a discount is feeling pretty good right about now. It kinda became the console to have when you consider grabbing old Xbox discs at the flea market.
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