Xbox Series X - $349 (clearing stock for refresh?)

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Even the Diablo IV bundle is $350.

A huge rumor going around is they'll announce the slim (without a disc drive) at the VGAs. Meaning if you want one with a disc, grab it now.
 
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MS probably has the numbers that nobody's buying physical games on Xbox anymore so makes sense to just drop the disk drive and go all out digital. Maybe it'll suck if you have a big collection of BC-compatible games though.
 
There are no leaks (actual leaks from usual APU / GPU leakers) about a mid-gen refresh from MS. As usual they are going to copy Sony's strategy and their next (powerful) console will likely be a discless console. But not before at least 2 years according to the complete lack of leaks.
 
$350 wtf. Thats an insane price and crazy they need to go that low to actually sell their stock.

A $150 price cut with a free game for a 3 year old console. Yikes. Not sure if this is official promotion or retailers just trying to get rid of their stock.
 
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Physiognomonics said:
There are no leaks (actual leaks from usual APU / GPU leakers) about a mid-gen refresh from MS.
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www.polygon.com

New all-digital Xbox Series X design coming next year

According to a huge document leak, Xbox will overhaul its hardware range in 2024 with upgraded (but disc-free) Series X, Series S, and controller
www.polygon.com www.polygon.com

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Bojji said:
"Next gen" right now would be barely any better than (rumored) PS5 pro on GPU front, they could only improve more on CPU front.

It's too soon for big hardware upgrade.
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I didn't say they would start it now. Just that they would be the first ones to release a next gen system.
 
Mowcno said:
$350 wtf. Thats an insane price and crazy they need to go that low to actually sell their stock.

A $150 price cut with a free game for a 3 year old console. Yikes. Not sure if this is official promotion or retailers just trying to get rid of their stock.
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150$ is more than the retailer margin, cuts bigger than the retailer margin are usually by manufacturer order to move stock.
 
Visual Rhino said:
Let me know what planet you live on, because it's still going for $499 on mine.
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They already sold all their stock on Amazon. If you're seeing $500 xbox's they are probably not "sold by Amazon" and are third party sellers.

So it seems they didn't have many Xbox consoles left and decided to heavily discount to ditch what they did have. Begs the question on why they did it and when will they get more stock.
 
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Smells like a beefy update to upcoming games soon, it's like when the 360 hit low $180 to move units back in the day.
 
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I highly doubt a new refresh is suddenly going to drop imminently out of the blue when we're already into December. There would be leaks by now all over the place including retail. Next year sometime, sure, but not now. This is Xbox just trying to shift units due to poor sales I would have thought.
 
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Sign in to Walmart.com and it will show $350
 
Sounds like MS's final step in making everything all digital for Xbox and make the console just a gamepass machine in a way.

Ive also noticed its impossible to get new games anymore from the CDKeys store
 
It could be, but low sales numbers also imply that they are being very aggressive in order to salvage holiday numbers for the console. A refresh is still far away. Announcing a slim at the vga also sounds very very "Xbox fan podcast" rumor material, when it really makes no sense to do that at the vga.

It's a good deal either way.
 
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That's an outstanding deal. If MS REALLY wanted to get aggressive, they would bundle it with 6 months of Gamepass Ultimate or a Year of Core.

MS seems to be doing the Hail Mary.
 
Ordered the Diabo IV edition from my local Walmart. I remember seeing a few of those units on the shelf. We'll see if they magically don't have any by the time the employees catch wind of the deal.
 
MasterCornholio said:
They are eliminating the disk drive? Thought both models would be made available. Seems dumb to eliminate the disk drive entirely.
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According to the leaked documents they're replacing the Series X with the one without disc drive (and possibly selling a disc drive add on which no one will buy).
 
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