Xbox One S All Digital launch details and price leaked (May 7th, 229€)
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What's with all these low effort drive by "terrible price" posts?
Can you folks doing these at least explain why you think the price is terrible, please.
Can you folks doing these at least explain why you think the price is terrible, please.
Yes, I can see people buying this by mistake and trying to put a disc in it.
In my country BF is just a light sale day, nothing like NA. Since its a no disk console, yes, I expected it to be 150e. No point in buying this, when with disks it has a lower price.
Well, its 180 even rn, without discounts in amazon.
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I don't get the price.
In The Netherlands we have some deals now at some shops.
Xbox One S 1TB with a second controller and digital Rare Replay, Forza 4, Gears of War 4 and Halo 5 altogether for 199.
So 199 for a console with no disc drive with no games and with JUST 1TB is stupid. Should have been 150.
In The Netherlands we have some deals now at some shops.
Xbox One S 1TB with a second controller and digital Rare Replay, Forza 4, Gears of War 4 and Halo 5 altogether for 199.
So 199 for a console with no disc drive with no games and with JUST 1TB is stupid. Should have been 150.
It's a test balloon for the next gen SKUs and their pricing.
To me, it's pretty easy. I do not care what the MSRP is. I do not care what the difference in MSRP is.
If I go shopping online or in a store or whatever. I check for the best deal. And naturally, I am very aware that in the future, be it near or far, it'll get a sale or a price reduction yes. But I don't care about its price in the future (unless it's the very near future that is). I wanted a good deal on an Xbox as a gift to a friend of mine. I can't do anything with "Sure but it'll possibly be cheaper with sales or so in autumn."
For reference, this is what I can (and probably will) buy right now.
That's pretty much the state of Xbox in Europe as a whole I feel. Look at that ridiculous difference in value. Sale or no sale, I feel with its base price at 230 euro that it'll be a long, long ass time before any deal on that will be worth it compared to deals like this, if ever.
If I go shopping online or in a store or whatever. I check for the best deal. And naturally, I am very aware that in the future, be it near or far, it'll get a sale or a price reduction yes. But I don't care about its price in the future (unless it's the very near future that is). I wanted a good deal on an Xbox as a gift to a friend of mine. I can't do anything with "Sure but it'll possibly be cheaper with sales or so in autumn."
For reference, this is what I can (and probably will) buy right now.
That's pretty much the state of Xbox in Europe as a whole I feel. Look at that ridiculous difference in value. Sale or no sale, I feel with its base price at 230 euro that it'll be a long, long ass time before any deal on that will be worth it compared to deals like this, if ever.
Xbox One S with UHD drive can be bought new for around the same price. The price of the digital console is not stimulating enough to accept the loss of the UHD drive. What's the point? Xbox One S can everything the digital console can and more for almost the same price.
Game Mania? That's one hell of a deal. And new as well, not one of their refurbished/used offers.To me, it's pretty easy. I do not care what the MSRP is. I do not care what the difference in MSRP is.
If I go shopping online or in a store or whatever. I check for the best deal. And naturally, I am very aware that in the future, be it near or far, it'll get a sale or a price reduction yes. But I don't care about its price in the future (unless it's the very near future that is). I wanted a good deal on an Xbox as a gift to a friend of mine. I can't do anything with "Sure but it'll possibly be cheaper with sales or so in autumn."
For reference, this is what I can (and probably will) buy right now.
That's pretty much the state of Xbox in Europe as a whole I feel. Look at that ridiculous difference in value. Sale or no sale, I feel with its base price at 230 euro that it'll be a long, long ass time before any deal on that will be worth it compared to deals like this, if ever.
Yeah it's Game Mania. The Belgian one though. But from a poster above who mentioned the Netherlands and the exact same bundle and price I assume the Dutch one will have it too.
That price if true is abysmal. Xbox One S's are cheaper than that on sale (and if you don't buy the console in the sale then you are either unlucky or impatient as they happen all the time!).
I expect it to have game pass for at least 3 months and a couple of games for life in the box.
They need to make money I get that but this is just laughable.
I expect it to have game pass for at least 3 months and a couple of games for life in the box.
They need to make money I get that but this is just laughable.
I just don't see the value from a consumer standpoint. You remove the optical disk, but there is barely a drop in price. Not to mention the hard drive is only 1 To. For a product meant to be consumer friendly, it misses the mark imo.
They could have at least included FH4 and not FH3. Minecraft and SoT are also not great, or rather cheap for MS to include.
I can get an XBox One S 1TB with Forza Horizon 4 right now for 199€. Sure that's not the MSRP, but that's still cheaper than the all-digital XBox so this thing has to be discounted immediately by retailers to be cheaper than a regular XBox One S.
Xbox One SAD great name.
Honestly, I think a cheaper OneX without a drive would be better.
But a drive itself isn't that expensive tbh
Honestly, I think a cheaper OneX without a drive would be better.
But a drive itself isn't that expensive tbh
If this thing needs deep sales to even become a feasible option for the consumer, why the hell are they even putting the MSRP this high? Surely they can't be blind to the fact that One S units are regularly selling for as low as 160 these days. With a disc drive.
The One S and One X have major pricecuts at retail because they aren't selling at their MSRP. Why not just account for this and put the MSRP price of the diskless version lower? This just makes the launch of this version all the more uninteresting. Yeah sure it's getting sales cuts come holiday season, but the One S will likely be selling for the same amount seeing it's an older SKU that's steadily dropping in price.
The One S and One X have major pricecuts at retail because they aren't selling at their MSRP. Why not just account for this and put the MSRP price of the diskless version lower? This just makes the launch of this version all the more uninteresting. Yeah sure it's getting sales cuts come holiday season, but the One S will likely be selling for the same amount seeing it's an older SKU that's steadily dropping in price.
The disc drive itself will cost very little so I doubt they're really saving that much on the production cost, although every little helps from a profibility POV. I think other posters are right and this is a test balloon for removing the drive rather than any serious attempt to reduce the cost, after all if you include development/tooling costs for the changes to remove the drive then I doubt they're saving much/anything at all in reality.
They probably want to compare the sales of this on a weekly basis against the one with a disc drive and see if consumers treat them interchangeably or not. This isn't an attempt to increase sales, but to see if people care about disc drives or not when making their purchase.
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That's a terrible price. From where I am staying currently, its quite common to see a sale where you can get the One S (1TB) + FH4 bundle for SGD$269 (roughly USD$200 / €165). Thats not the official MSRP but that promotion shows up almost on a monthly basis.
Might as well just get the normal One S and not use the disc drive...
Might as well just get the normal One S and not use the disc drive...
I don't know why this last line made me laugh so much. Made me think of a dad buying the cheaper S , going home and taping up the disk drive and telling the kids to never use it
So you're saying our sacrifice of consumer choice in service of the digital future was for nothing??
If true thats a sad price for the XBox One SAD.
At this point you can get a normal S much cheaper.
At this point you can get a normal S much cheaper.
I can purchase an Xbox One S (w/ UHD) on Amazon right now for $299 CAD. The converted price from EUR puts this at $345 CAD. Hope they're offering some deep discounts.
I kinda want an Xbox for Halo MCC and Forza Horizon, but I kinda want an X and not spend more than 200. The regular XboxOne seems too outdated by now, especially when you have a 4k TV.
So this makes this one pretty unattractive to me.
So this makes this one pretty unattractive to me.
Well quite a few people have mentioned why. The regular xbox is sold for less than that in a lot of european countries at least. I was really tempted to get one for 140 euro for xbox+ FH3. That was 2 years ago. There honeslty seems to be a deal on a weekly basis at this point..
For example:
Realistically you're looking at around £200 here in the UK. For most people that's just too much for an all digital console. You can pick up one with a drive for under £200 these days and then just buy any number of pre-owned titles for a few quid. Plus there's often sales on the console throughout the year, you could get one just before Christmas for £130 at one point!
If they're wanting it to be any kind of success it needs to be sub £150 at the most.
If they're wanting it to be any kind of success it needs to be sub £150 at the most.
Expensive, not worth it. Save up your money and get a good console that isn't already dated (the One X, which is a wonderful system and has frequent deals).
All consoles are dated when the next ones will be coming out next year.
I wouldn't be so sure on that. I speak of the UK, but identical bundles turn up at identical discounted price points at identical times.
They're clearly led by MS in some shape or form.
I didn't say it wouldn't though. Given how Xbox is practically on sale here 24/7, I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't cheaper than the base One S after the launch period. And during the Prime Day/BF sales it'll probably go for around the £150 mark.
Yes, but right now, despite being more expensive, the One X is a much better value than the previous versions of the One. It's worth the extra cost for the enhancements.
It's like the PSP Go all over again.
It's way too expensive and the S with BOTH OPTIONS of physical and digital is cheaper.
Also lol just an S with plastic covering the drive slot. I understand why they wouldn't redesign the console because of cost, but it just looks cheap.
It's way too expensive and the S with BOTH OPTIONS of physical and digital is cheaper.
Also lol just an S with plastic covering the drive slot. I understand why they wouldn't redesign the console because of cost, but it just looks cheap.
At least with a portable, and particularly the PSP, it made a bit more sense.
You got a smaller device (which is more important for a handheld), and you got more internal storage (and expandable storage was expensive for the PSP).
Neither of those advantages for the PSPgo versus the PSP apply to the Xbox One SAD vs the Xbox One S.
I still have a Masterchief XB1 I bought at WalMart for $179 a couple years ago that I haven't used yet.
I expected a similar price to that with at least a 2TB HD this late in the generation.
I expected a similar price to that with at least a 2TB HD this late in the generation.
What a truly terrible price. DOA
Isn't this marketing 101?
Step 1: Introduce new, cheaper console at a "high" MSRP. $250
Step 2: Existing inventory of older console is depleted due to perceived value proposition. $200 - $250
Step 3: After six months on the market the new, cheaper console is primed for the holiday season with a holiday sale. ~$200
Step 4: Older inventory has been sold through and higher volume sales with higher profit margin accomplished on new inventory.
Step 5: Release press release thanking the fans and boasting about triple digit increase in YoY sales.
Step 1: Introduce new, cheaper console at a "high" MSRP. $250
Step 2: Existing inventory of older console is depleted due to perceived value proposition. $200 - $250
Step 3: After six months on the market the new, cheaper console is primed for the holiday season with a holiday sale. ~$200
Step 4: Older inventory has been sold through and higher volume sales with higher profit margin accomplished on new inventory.
Step 5: Release press release thanking the fans and boasting about triple digit increase in YoY sales.
Wonder if this is partially the result of UHD drives not coming down in price due to lack of adoption. Though this is Microsoft, we'll see a 'limited time' promo price soon at $200 and probably less at Black Friday (Sony seems to do this too now with their consoles).
Except the only way to play UHD on any Console to this day at this point is still either getting an X or an S with the disk drive.
There is no loss in value when it still has the most to offer of any Console if you have a 4K TV.
Which is more weird by the fact that it only includes a 1 TB hard drive and you can still get 2 TB Xboxs for nearly the same price
