Xbox One launching at $499 this November; limited edition for reserving
Start saving your pennies, as Microsoft has announced that its shiny new Xbox One will cost $499 when it launches this November.
Start saving your pennies, as Microsoft has announced that its shiny new Xbox One will cost $499 when it launches this November. Reserving the console in advance at certain retailers will "guarantee" you get a "limited-edition commemorative bundle" on launch day. Reserving certain launch games gets you extra stuff too.
The Day One bundle comes in black packaging with a "limited edition" Day One controller. Yes, it's just a fancy box and a controller with the words "DAY ONE 2013" on it, but it's special.
Xbox One will cost $499 in the USA, £429 in the UK, and €499 in Europe. That's packing a 500GB hard drive and one controller, along with a 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial for new members.
It'll launch across 21 "markets", though exactly which ones and on what day are secrets for now.
Game reservation bonuses! Ryse offers an exclusive multiplayer map and sword, Forza 5 has "access to four cars tuned to the top of their class," Dead Rising 3 gives Frank West and Chuck Greene "Tribute Packs", and Kinect Sports Rivals has exclusive sporting gear. It's fluff, certainly, but pleasant enough I suppose if you'll be reserving any of them to pick up at launch anyway.
So, when will the PlayStation 4 launch and for how much?
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Start saving your pennies, as Microsoft has announced that its shiny new Xbox One will cost $499 when it launches this November.-
How can they announce the price and not tell us what it includes?
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That is interesting.
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Seems like the 'Day One' model is simply the first batch to give you some bragging rights for being an early adopter.
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Am I the only one getting sick and tired of American companies screwing the rest of the world on pricing? $499 = €499 is 25% markup for no reason whatsoever, other than subsidising the American market.
When you talk about $60 games, we pay €60 for the same games. It's just sick!-
goddamn capitalists
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you are nt along here.
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We got lucky in Australia. To give you perspective the PS3 was $599US at launch but $999 in Australia. We're used to paying almost double despite our dollar being comparable to the US dollar. So naturally I expected to pay around $800 for the Xbone. But it's only $599 in Aus, just a hundred bucks more than the US. I'm stoked.
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This. Microsoft finally did this right.
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Lots of stuff is cheaper in the U.S. Clothes are a biggie. We're just a big market, and when you factor in big retailers like Wal-Mart that drive down market prices by importing a ton of cheap shit from China, then yeah we're gonna pay less for a lot of things than Europe/Canada/Australia.
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Nope. USA USA.
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you're assuming they haven't already decided on a price and will adjust in response to a press conference?
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I don't think this is going to happen. With all the crap surrounding the Xbone I bet MS is making a mint off of all the deals with 2nd parties allowing them to sell the box at a big loss. I don't think PS4 will be able to do that. I'd bet the PS4 is $600 at the least. Who knows though.
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I'd bet the PS4 is $600 at the least - No, that's not going to happen.
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Didn't they learn anything from PS3 launched
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$760? SWEET! :(
I'd buy it first day for $499.-
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€499 most probably means 4999 SEK in Sweden (hopefully!), which is $760.
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Every time I read that sentence I swear I see shitty instead of shiny.
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So add one game, extra controller, and a year of Live and you're up to like $680 before tax.
And no rentals or used games.-
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Not to mention the cost it took for your mother to birth you.
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games you bought years ago
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How the hell did you make a movie cost $120?
My ticket was $10.-
1 $10 ticket and 20 pounds of primo borscht to eat during the movie. Shit ain't cheap.
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quick post history seems to indicate living in scandinavia!
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$120?!! Do you have a family of 8?
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How in the flying fuck did you spend $120 to see Iron Man 3?
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did it come with the suit?
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Oh and if you don't have internet at one time or another it makes for a great paperweight.
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No point in ramping up on your shipping. Amazon preorders for games will have it at your door the the same day as release, regardless of selected shipping speed.
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Well as much as I would like an Xbox One, the price tag of 650$ isn't a possibility... I mean 499$ for the Console PLUS the console REQUIRES but does not come with a Kinect 2 which costs 110$ roughly so thats a grand total of...
499+
110=609 + Tax (in California its 8% so thats)=
659 $$$$$
While the PS4 (has pretty much all the same games, because developers do that now.)
399+
59+
+8% Tax=
494 $$$ for a PS4 659 for an Xbox one...
which console do you think will sell more consoles this year? certainly not the 659$ one.. you may as well buy an I7 computer with 16gb of ram and 1TB harddrive... hell most internal video cards can play most games now.. add in card for like 150$ will net you 60-120FPS with medium to high settings...
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