The Xbox One S is just $199 starting tomorrow
First unveiled at E3 last year, the Xbox One S console is getting a $50 price cut tomorrow — timed alongside the final reveal of Microsoft’s Project Scorpio at 2PM PT / 5PM ET — Microsoft announced on Twitter. This brings the cost of a new Xbox One S to just $199; in contrast, Sony just released a special gold $249 PlayStation 4, down from its normal $300 asking price.
Summer’s coming.
Get ready to play with $50 off starting tomorrow, June 11: https://t.co/d5itkFCIx8 #XboxOneS http://pic.twitter.com/l5dIRKygcf— Xbox (@Xbox) June 10, 2017
While the gold PS4 appears to be a limited offer, it’s not clear if this will be a permanent price cut for the Xbox One S. The Xbox One enjoyed a $50 price cut last year just in advance of the reveal of the Xbox One S, and a further $20 cut following it.
It’s not clear where Microsoft will land on Project Scorpio pricing, but a plethora of powerful components that the company hasn’t been shy about trumpeting in the lead up to tomorrow’s press conference would seem to indicate premium pricing. Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra — corporate vice president of the Xbox and Windows gaming platform at Microsoft — said Scorpio is being built for “that premium customer, the gamer that expects the absolute best versions of the games.”
The Xbox One launched in November of 2013 for $500, compared to a $400 launch price for the PlayStation 4, though Microsoft rapidly reduced the price of the machine in the ensuing months by omitting the originally required Kinect camera.
You can watch Microsoft’s E3 2017 press conference on Polygon.
Source: Polygon – Xbox One
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