Xbox Xbox One to drop price for a limited time

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http://www.yahoo.com/tech/xbox-one-drop-price-limited-time-174321780.html

I hope this will get a lot more gamers interested in the Xbox One! :p

Microsoft will discount all of its Xbox One console bundles by $50 beginning Mar. 20, Xbox Live programming director Larry Hyrb announced on Friday.

The Xbox One has lagged far behind the PlayStation 4 in sales since both consoles were launched in November 2013, but Microsoft has been known to drop the Xbox One’s price below that of the PS4 to try to catch up.

The console’s latest markdown will bring the lowest-priced editions of the console from $350 to $300.

The move is part of the Xbox Spring Sale, which will see discounts on games purchased through Xbox Live as well as the console discount, and will include both Xbox One and PC games. How long the discount on the console itself will last was not announced, but it’s possible given precedent that it will eventually be made permanent.

The Xbox One has a colorful pricing history. When it launched in 2013, Microsoft bundled the console with the Kinect camera and charged $500. In early 2014 it began selling Kinect-free Xbox One consoles for $400, before doing a similar $50-off “limited time” deal later that year. That price drop became permanent in early 2015.

This latest price drop comes in advance of the release of the Microsoft published “Quantum Break,” which comes out for Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs on April 5.
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It's good that console prices are becoming more affordable. But, I feel it is not the best time to buy a new console because the Nintendo NX, and PS4.5 consoles maybe released soon. The NX and PS4.5 maybe better consoles with cooler features, and better games.
 
froggyboy604 said:
It's good that console prices are becoming more affordable. But, I feel it is not the best time to buy a new console because the Nintendo NX, and PS4.5 consoles maybe released soon. The NX and PS4.5 maybe better consoles with cooler features, and better games.
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If you already have a PS 4, it would be better to buy an Xbox One instead of a PS 4.5...
 
alakazam said:
If you already have a PS 4, it would be better to buy an Xbox One instead of a PS 4.5...
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That depends, there may be incentives for upgrading to that next step. There have been tons of rumors swirling around in the gaming press of consoles being purchased like phones in the U.S., subsidized or payment plans.
 
alakazam said:
If you already have a PS 4, it would be better to buy an Xbox One instead of a PS 4.5...
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I think it would be better to wait for all the other consoles like the PS4.5, and Nintendo NX to be released before making a decision because there is a sale going on. The Xbox One may even drop to $199 or less when the PS4.5 and NX is released, so MS can improve their Xbox One sales number because gamers are also buying the PS4, PS4.5, Wii U, NX, Steam machine, and other non-Xbox consoles.

When there are more console choices, the prices of consoles may become more affordable if console makers like Xbox, Sony, and Nintendo want to have more buyers because their consoles are more affordable for people to buy.
 
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