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Geoff Keighley: Scorpio rumored to cost $499 (he's right, flawless victory)
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Rolodzeo
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And we all know how it worked for Microsoft.
Yikes.
I'm going full conspiracy mode, looking at the reactions thus far I'll be surprised if this price sticks by the end of the afternoon.
Geoff knows a lot of what is going on behind the scenes, why would tweet something like this hours before their conference?
My guess:
A. They told him about the price in confidence, and he broke that trust, which i doubt because he wouldn't want to derail his relationship with MS.
B. This is a journalistic effort on his part to find information about Scorpio pricing, and this is a legit leak
C. MS told him to tweet a bad pricing so that they come out on stage and surprise everyone with a low price point, generating more buzz and internet hype. I doubt this is true because it would sbotage Geoff's credibility in the future.
I am going with B.
My guess:
A. They told him about the price in confidence, and he broke that trust, which i doubt because he wouldn't want to derail his relationship with MS.
B. This is a journalistic effort on his part to find information about Scorpio pricing, and this is a legit leak
C. MS told him to tweet a bad pricing so that they come out on stage and surprise everyone with a low price point, generating more buzz and internet hype. I doubt this is true because it would sbotage Geoff's credibility in the future.
I am going with B.
LelouchZero
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Xbox One X is an awesome name!
Brohenheim
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lol I was on #teamfake until Geoff came in here and doubled down. No way someone does that just to get MS a huge applause at the conference
This. Geoff doesn't even work for MS.
I could see MS giving themselves some wiggle room on the price though.
But 499$ isn't all that unexpected, given the most powerful console ev4r PR angle they're going with.
jm89
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You forgot to add the £50 fuck you your not in the USA tax
tmlDan
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No mater what te price is, i already preorder that damm thing
but its gonna be $399 folks!!!
why tho...don't you care about money? lol
Aceofspades
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Its gonna be $399. Mark my words
MagicWithEarvin
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I'll just put that $500 towards Nvidia Volta in early 2018.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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I mean even at $499 it's not unreasonable. I don't get how so much people want so much from a console at that cheap of a price. The system is damn near a $700-1000 PC. Coming in at $499 isn't bad, and if it is he true price, I expect that Microsoft WILL have content to show otherwise why it is worth it. They will have more shit to show to make ppl understand that they aren't messing around and this system will perform up to task. I don't underestimate this at all.
Grim Patron
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Phil-NeoGAF
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This. I want $100 in-store credit for my OG Xbox One.
Mushroomer25
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Watch as this event doesn't actually reveal the price, and this board spends the next month trying to figure out exactly what con got pulled on them.
Well that's not journalism either. Maybe that's the accepted standard for gaem yournalism these days. Doesn't make it any less insane to criticise a rare journalistic act in this industry calling "bad journalist".
Should've mentioned this isn't real. Someone will believe it.
Eh, I'm totally fine with the $499 price point. Realistically, we all should have expected it all along given the target market, "premium" messaging around it, and the components relative to those use in other current gen consoles. It's clearly not meant to push a lot of hardware sales volume (hence the discount of the Xbox One S recently, which is targeted at that) and is, instead, a niche product that allows them to say they have the most powerful console hardware in the market right now. I'm definitely still preordering ASAP.
That being said, MS's biggest problem is that the gaming press are likely to pan them for this price point. It's 2013 all over again when compared to the competition. At least they have the better hardware, this time. They just need to message this during the conference very, very well. The games better show up with it.
That being said, MS's biggest problem is that the gaming press are likely to pan them for this price point. It's 2013 all over again when compared to the competition. At least they have the better hardware, this time. They just need to message this during the conference very, very well. The games better show up with it.
DC1
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Trump Microsoft collusion confirmed!
CalamityPixel
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If Geoff is wrong he's gonna get chewed up. But he is probably right.
Xbox One Elite or Xbox Elite.
I am an enthusiast. I have been with Xbox since its inception and a paying Xbox Live member since it started and was an original Live beta tester.
Just like that Im done.
Dictator93
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mofucking geoffffffffffffff
Brohenheim
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Damn Geoff is going all in this morningsweatin
Tie it in with the Windows eco system which is the direction they've been going.
Curve ball is they call it the Xbox One X but say "ten." That's my stupid bet.
Resident_UA
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if this was real I wouldn't even be mad LOL
Filthy Casual
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Coming out a year after the competitor (or more?) costing $100 more, and it's still using a Jag cpu... smooth moves MS smooth moves.
The system was never going to sell a ton anyways. They've already made it clear that they expect the XBOS to outsell it.
Toni
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Have you honestly not seen Microsoft performing in the hardware side this generation?
I think someone on the MS side may have "leaked" or tipped off Geoff knowing this fake price wasnt true.
Could also have been a "mole search"
Might as well rip the band aid off early and sooth over the pain with games. Yes it's $499 but look at the games you get to play at that price.
Both groups made up a cult leader then blamed the previous leadership on everything so it works out
About 20% of their sales similar to the Pro I would guess.
Called it here
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=233883558&highlight=#post233883558
What ms tend to do is milk maximum profit from their early adopters/fans but they don't like their sticker price in marketing because the hardware is not worth that. So one possibility is that they will hold back a cheaper option but advertise the lower price you can't get until later. The starting price geoff might be refering to the more expensive option.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=233883558&highlight=#post233883558
What ms tend to do is milk maximum profit from their early adopters/fans but they don't like their sticker price in marketing because the hardware is not worth that. So one possibility is that they will hold back a cheaper option but advertise the lower price you can't get until later. The starting price geoff might be refering to the more expensive option.
WrenchNinja
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Ahahahaha
Oh wow
Oh wow
Joelstinton14
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That is the difficulty of making an enthusiast product in what as been a people friendly market. PC is the enthusiast market.
I think Sony realised this, and made consoles to a price point (£350 here in the uk)/
I am looking forward to see whats up Microsoft sleeve though. Think there will be a few surprises.
NinjaCoachZ
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Geoff was the one who snooped around to find out about Tomb Raider's timed exclusivity. I believe.
BotoxAgent
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Yeah I agree. If this is this price, then they are probably pretty confident with what they will show today and we can see a big leap in performance.
Fast Forward
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Xbox One Elite is my guess.
While Xbox 10 would be a perfect bad name, like Xbox One is, I don't think they will go with that name.
While Xbox 10 would be a perfect bad name, like Xbox One is, I don't think they will go with that name.
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