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Get an Xbox Series S for 149.99! (Verizon required)
- Thread starter OmegaSupreme
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Pedro Motta
Member
I'll wait for when they are available in Pringles Boxes.
HotSauceEnema
Member
crazy good, ordered one just so I can play Xbox BC games.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
First thing I got with mine was Ninja Gaiden Black / Ninja Gaiden 2.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
can someone explain to me how supply and demand works?
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
I don't know. No one wants more supply of shitposts, but they just keep showing up.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
explain
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Verizon is for their customers.
You need to be a Verizon customer to use the offer.
(yes I'm jealous)
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
That your kitty?
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
crackajack
Member
222€ with no strings attached was a great deal here, but I guess that is even better (for anyway verizon customers at least). MS either has ordered way too many and wants to get rid of stock, and will have to balance it differently with XSX in the future, or they actually don't care as long as they get you to subscribe to GP and losing some money is fully part of the plan. Crazy that this price is under used prices of PS4s and pretty much what is asked for used One Ss.
Lunarorbit
Member
I think you change your avatar more than anyone on the site. My wife is threatening to call my bluff and just have 2 pound kitties at the house when I get off work.
I got Verizon. I've threatened to get a Xbox s for bc. I don't know how much time I would dedicate to another machine but this price is ridiculous.
It's cheaper than the snes when it came out (yeah yeah inflation)
Daneel Elijah
Member
Same opinion. The offer is not in my country but at 150 € it get really enticing to have one.
anthony2690
Member
If this was £150 in the UK, I'd buy one for my mum to use as an entertainment unit for mother's Day and show her how to use the device lol
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Seriously. It's at Roku stick prices.
Henry Panic
Banned
Not yetm wait for free with phone on two year contract, or with two years of gamepass first.
WoodyStare
Member
$150 is a steal. I already have a Series X/PS5 in the living-room and a One X in the bedroom, but the difference in speed and features between the One X and Series S is enough to justify the purchase. I’ll use the One X mostly as a 4K player now.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
FUCK!
I have verizon. I hate Series S but i cant pass this up. I hate you Philbo!
I have verizon. I hate Series S but i cant pass this up. I hate you Philbo!
scarlet0pimp
Member
Bargain, lot of peaple here hate the S but its a great bit of kit considering price, power usage and size. Can throw it in a bag to LAN at your mates house or let the kids use it for thier free to play games on a smaller TV in the spare room.
Spitfire098
Gold Member
Expecting better NPD results for March...
ChiefDada
Gold Member
Gotta pad those numbers somehow...
Pelta88
Member
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
You have to be part of a program no one uses that Verizon has been trying to get more people to use to lock customers into their services. That's just another deal to try and get them in, Verizon is probably paying $100 themselves to give you that price.
It's not wide spread as most Series S are still $249-$299. That $150 is to attempt to increase more participation in the rewards program. In fact, they made it so if you are a new customer you're automatically enrolled.
I doubt they have many units for this program as most are still selling at normal price. Unless Verizion wants to lost a boatload of cash paying to reduce the Series S price.
These gaming outlets like Gamespot are doing more marketing for this deal than Verizon is likely a limited supply which explains the March 31st deadline, they probably aren't expecting many to rush for this deal, just a few new and existing customers that may use the program because of this deal.
It's still a pretty great price if you can get it. You can only get one though.
It's not wide spread as most Series S are still $249-$299. That $150 is to attempt to increase more participation in the rewards program. In fact, they made it so if you are a new customer you're automatically enrolled.
I doubt they have many units for this program as most are still selling at normal price. Unless Verizion wants to lost a boatload of cash paying to reduce the Series S price.
These gaming outlets like Gamespot are doing more marketing for this deal than Verizon is likely a limited supply which explains the March 31st deadline, they probably aren't expecting many to rush for this deal, just a few new and existing customers that may use the program because of this deal.
It's still a pretty great price if you can get it. You can only get one though.
twilo99
Member
Or else…
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Why can’t this work for Verizon Fios customers??
Edit: Some of you are nuts. Even as a box just to play Xbox 360 games like Radiant Silvergun, Guardian Heroes, Blue Dragon, Asura’s Wrath, etc it’d be cool to have for $149.
Edit: Some of you are nuts. Even as a box just to play Xbox 360 games like Radiant Silvergun, Guardian Heroes, Blue Dragon, Asura’s Wrath, etc it’d be cool to have for $149.
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
I'm not going to say this is an indictment on the Series S as a whole, since it's only for Verizon locations. But I'm guessing the program they already had going for the system was not doing too hot, so they're looking to boost numbers with this aggressive sales promotion.
Now the question is, will we be seeing this with other locations? As that would be a better look into just how much of these systems are (or aren't) moving relative to demand.
Ironically that's what I feel MS should have done in the first place with a cheaper unit: make it a streaming-centric box for Game Pass and multimedia. They could have scaled back on hardware (smaller GPU, smaller & slower CPU, less RAM, smaller storage, less I/O ports etc.) and probably sold it for $150 at launch. Pair it with a controller and a universal remote.
I think their numbers on the lower-powered SKU side would be a lot better and they'd avoid a lot of the development complications that the ecosystem seems to be seeing among more 3P games due to mandating native Series S versions but, that is a bit of another topic.
Now the question is, will we be seeing this with other locations? As that would be a better look into just how much of these systems are (or aren't) moving relative to demand.
Ironically that's what I feel MS should have done in the first place with a cheaper unit: make it a streaming-centric box for Game Pass and multimedia. They could have scaled back on hardware (smaller GPU, smaller & slower CPU, less RAM, smaller storage, less I/O ports etc.) and probably sold it for $150 at launch. Pair it with a controller and a universal remote.
I think their numbers on the lower-powered SKU side would be a lot better and they'd avoid a lot of the development complications that the ecosystem seems to be seeing among more 3P games due to mandating native Series S versions but, that is a bit of another topic.
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yazenov
Member
Going by Ms's Xbox one playbook, there will be promotions and fire sales for the Xbox Series quite frequently since the stock is plentiful and they are collecting dust at retails. I guess they don't have a choice since they lack content and units arent going to move by themselves.
Devaluing your product by constant promotions 101.
Devaluing your product by constant promotions 101.
bluecowboys
Banned
Lol salty. Xbox game pass is legitimately the best deal in gaming right now and this year we are getting Age of empires, Forza, Red fall, star field and more. Xbox series s at 150 dollars is a great deal especially if you just want to play the xbox console exclusive games.
I want one with an xScreen for traveling.
Portugeezer
Member
They must have seen the wild hearts comparisons and thought, "yep, $150 sounds about right."
Shifty1897
Member
As a AT&T user, this makes me sad. $149.99 would have been an insta-buy.
Captain Toad
Banned
Damn, it's already under $150? I under how much they cost MS to produce.
bluecowboys
Banned
How many of you have verizon? I'm using their verizon 5g home internet, but thinking about using their cell phone plan as well. I can get their cell phone plan bundled for 25 dollars a month which will save me about 30 dollars a month.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
I grabbed this. I don’t know why. Haha. Since the series suck is going to hold back Xbox games anyway, I might as well go with this and get the occasional month of gamepass.
VolticArchangel
Member
Holy fuck, that is insane value.
All you need is a 2TB ext HDD + 3 years XBL Gold to GP trick + an extra controller if you really need it + Panasonic Eneloops rechargeable AA batteries and you're set for the next 3 years of Xbox 1st party and all gamepass games + new 3rd party big gamepass gets.
All you need is a 2TB ext HDD + 3 years XBL Gold to GP trick + an extra controller if you really need it + Panasonic Eneloops rechargeable AA batteries and you're set for the next 3 years of Xbox 1st party and all gamepass games + new 3rd party big gamepass gets.
Umbasaborne
Banned
Ill grab one, sold my series x to help pay for my pc, but its be nice to have a box around to play my 360 games
WoodyStare
Member
That was fast
El Muerto
Member
Even if you aren't invested in the Xbox ecosystem, it'll make a great streamer at that price compared to Apple TV, just grab a universal remote as the console has IR. There are also way more apps for Xbox than there are on PlayStation, and you get a full fledged chromium browser capable of running Geforce now.