Xbox One may be sold at a profit from day one
Xbox chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi said at the Citi Global Technology Conference yesterday (via Seeking Alpha): "We're looking to be breakeven or low margin at worst on hardware and then we make money selling additional games, the Xbox Live service and other capabilities on top.
"And as we can cost reduce our box as we've done with 360, we'll do that to continue to price reduce and get even more competitive with our offering."
Mehdi also said Xbox One is currently in full production after Microsoft boosted the system's CPU from 1.6 GHz to 1.75 GHz.
"From a market demand perspective we've been sold out on pre-orders of Xbox for couple of weeks now," Mehdi continued. "We've built more than we've built for an Xbox launch. We are on track to have the biggest launch we've ever done by a wide margin for a console. I expect there will be multiple millions of people enjoying Xbox through the holiday."
Microsoft said last month that Xbox One's launch had been delayed to 2014 in eight European countries due to Kinect localisation issues rather than supply problems. Xbox One will now launch in 13 markets this November priced at £430 / €500 / $500. The Xbox One release date will be announced later today, a pair of UK retailers suggested this morning.
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MortarPosted:
I wouldn't be surprised. The same will probably go with the PS4. There has been an overwhelming amount of pre-orders placed for each console.
SIKSPosted:
LinzMcNuggets_Jr This will probably be one of the biggest amount of pre orders in history when you think about it. They only come out every 10 years or so...
Seeing as I missed the preorder, I probably wont be getting one for a long time after the release.
Yeah me too, i'm gonna wait for next year and see if they come out with a better console or if people say it's worth it or not but i'm confident that it will be a good console
KatsumiPosted:
570 If I has the money and I knew I was gonna be playing Video Games when I am 17 or so, then I would of got one of these, but since I think I won't be I am playing it safe.
What are you referring to? so you are not going to buy an Xbox One?
DV8Posted:
If I has the money and I knew I was gonna be playing Video Games when I am 17 or so, then I would of got one of these, but since I think I won't be I am playing it safe.
ImpossibilityPosted:
LightyearWokzeLinzMcNuggets_Jr This will probably be one of the biggest amount of pre orders in history when you think about it. They only come out every 10 years or so...
Seeing as I missed the preorder, I probably wont be getting one for a long time after the release.
Me too, in gonna wait until its cheaper anyways.
I managed to pre-order my PS4 aruond August, They said I'd get it around December/January.
If you're lucky you'll get one fairly soon.
i preordered both consoles just in case
MentalistPosted:
WokzeLinzMcNuggets_Jr This will probably be one of the biggest amount of pre orders in history when you think about it. They only come out every 10 years or so...
Seeing as I missed the preorder, I probably wont be getting one for a long time after the release.
Me too, in gonna wait until its cheaper anyways.
I managed to pre-order my PS4 aruond August, They said I'd get it around December/January.
If you're lucky you'll get one fairly soon.
MentalistPosted:
Wokze Well they're gonna make a lot of profit with the amount they sell haha.
I know! I read something about Amazon selling 7,500/second, that means ALOT of money.
WokzePosted:
LinzMcNuggets_Jr This will probably be one of the biggest amount of pre orders in history when you think about it. They only come out every 10 years or so...
Seeing as I missed the preorder, I probably wont be getting one for a long time after the release.
Me too, in gonna wait until its cheaper anyways.
LinzPosted:
McNuggets_Jr This will probably be one of the biggest amount of pre orders in history when you think about it. They only come out every 10 years or so...
Seeing as I missed the preorder, I probably wont be getting one for a long time after the release.
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