The Xbox One X could have been a lot more expensive

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If you’re chafed about the Xbox One X’s $499 price point, at least you can take solace in the fact that Microsoft isn’t gouging you for profit.

That’s because, as with most console hardware sales, Microsoft isn’t actually making money off the “world’s most powerful console.”

In an interview with Business Insider, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said that Microsoft does not make any money selling the Xbox One X at its current price point, but he would not confirm that the company is taking a loss, either.

That means that Microsoft might be breaking even on the actual hardware sales, which is an interesting way for Xbox to hedge its bets with its latest console while raking in the cash with its software sales and subscriptions services (like Xbox Live Gold).

There are two major reasons why the Xbox One costs as much as it does: the tech inside that makes it a true 4K gaming machine, and the fact that the package the tech lives inside is so compact.

On top of that, while it is $100 more than the PS4 Pro, the Xbox One X boasts a healthy amount more power than Sony’s equivalent offering.

Of course, the Xbox One X’s price-point doesn’t bring into consideration how much a brand-new 4K TV will cost in order for you to get the most out of the console when it launches on November 7th.

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SakonPosted:

I believe it i figured it would be a couple hundred more, the $500 price tag isnt bad at all.

UberrPosted:

Tv's aren't even that expensive anymore. Most you can do layaway and pay like $50 a month or so for a decent 4k tv. Great console upgrades only come out never less than 5 years so thats plenty of time to save money for a console and such. If people are bitching over another console price thats their problem. You have to upgrade eventually...Most people now don't wait 5 years for a phone upgrade. If you did that you'd till be stuck on the iphone 4s....

PoyumaPosted:

Lye Meh not the end of the world, if you're a PC gamer too you're likely broke anyway, you get used to it


Ever since I switched to main PC, I have saved more money then ever.

EchoPosted:

More power but need the TV to go along with it which costs more than the console in most case's. Still excited for the launch tho!

GaryPosted:

Urf You can have the strongest console all damn day, and you can boast about it all you want but if you have barely any games to play on it then it's useless. There are no good exclusives for Xbone, the best you have is Forza and Halo and those aren't even that good.


Sony has good exclusives but more than 90% of them are single player games that you are going to play to completion a couple times and never touch again.

LyePosted:

Meh not the end of the world, if you're a PC gamer too you're likely broke anyway, you get used to it

UrfPosted:

You can have the strongest console all damn day, and you can boast about it all you want but if you have barely any games to play on it then it's useless. There are no good exclusives for Xbone, the best you have is Forza and Halo and those aren't even that good.


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