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[VolticArchangel]

Gimme that sale price last winter, $350, and I'll bite for backwards compatibility for the definitive versions of some 3rd party masterpieces from the original Xbox and the 360 gen, and of course, the 3:2 game pass conversion method that MS deliberately turns a blind eye on to increase their sub count.

 

[DeepEnigma]

You think? I was shit-post/drive-by confirming.

I think you should ask him again, just to be sure.

 

[Randall365]

Still not enough - they'd have to pay me $500 minimum.

 

[SRTtoZ]

DAMN. I thought dropping it to $450 WITH a game was bad. This is worse.

 

[ManaByte]

DAMN. I thought dropping it to $450 WITH a game was bad. This is worse.

This is the first generation of consoles EVER where price drops are bad.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Best Buy has the Series X for $400 too (flash deal).

 

[BlackTron]

If you have a collection of old BC games on disc it may be time to strike.

Otherwise just snipe a used Series S for $150 to play the old catalog...

 

[Alan Silvestro]

Thanks no

 

[adamsapple]

Thanks no

Best Buy has the Series X for $400 too (flash deal).

BB is usually very good for price matching anyway, so you could just walk in, show them the Target deal and they'll match it.

 

[JackMcGunns]

Fanboys… fanboys everywhere

 

[ManaByte]

Fanboys… fanboys everywhere

This generation is insane. People should be wanting console price drops. It's the only way the user bases will grow so games can sell to more people and then you can get pure next-gen games without cross-gen. But people want consoles to remain $500 for some bizarre reason.

 

[StereoVsn]

If you have a collection of old BC games on disc it may be time to strike.

Otherwise just snipe a used Series S for $150 to play the old catalog...

Thing is XSS doesn't get additional enahncements on a lot of BC games that were for One X. So for BC unfortunately the full on XSX is by far the best hardware.

Edit: And I agree, price drops should be a normal thing this far into console release cycle.

 

[BlackTron]

Thing is XSS doesn't get additional enahncements on a lot of BC games that were for One X. So for BC unfortunately the full on XSX is by far the best hardware.

Edit: And I agree, price drops should be a normal thing this far into console release cycle.

XSX is definitive BC because it plays disks and yes, extra performance. But for the price difference, and the games I care about. I ended up feeling no functional difference between the two when I owned both. I was throwing nothing at X that S couldn't do.

Of course this won't be true for everyone.

 

[StereoVsn]

XSX is definitive BC because it plays disks and yes, extra performance. But for the price difference, and the games I care about. I ended up feeling no functional difference between the two when I owned both. I was throwing nothing at X that S couldn't do.

Of course this won't be true for everyone.

You don't get frame boosts and resolution enhancements for some of the games on S unfortunately even though the system could do that form hardware perspective.

And yeah, lack of disks is a big issue. That said, if the games that matter work well enough, that's all which is needed at half the price.

 

[Deleted member 848825]

Here in the UK I could get a PS5 digital for £350, a full fat PS5 for £430 or an X for £440. MS need to be far more aggressive with their pricing imo. They need to be heading towards £300 to be in with a chance...

 

[BlackTron]

You don't get frame boosts and resolution enhancements for some of the games on S unfortunately even though the system could do that form hardware perspective.

And yeah, lack of disks is a big issue. That said, if the games that matter work well enough, that's all which is needed at half the price.

For me it's about titles that are trapped, and can't play on PC or something, which is less likely the newer the game is.

Sonic Unleashed is "trapped" on Xbox 360/PS3 and runs on either X or S exactly the same.

 

[SteadyEvo]

Still $450 on the app US

 

[JohnnyFootball]

It boggles my mind that they're not offering a like a 6 or even 3 month Gamepass subscription.

If MS *REALLY* wants to save Gamepass, it would make much tons more sense to get people hooked on it now, so that they're ready to pony up the full subscription price when CoD comes out.

That was what surprised me last year was all of these cheap consoles and none of them offered a free Gamepass trial.

 

[DonF]

Damn, even posts about series x being on sale turn into PS5 price discussions.

 

[simpatico]

If the Gears reveal is a reboot or prequel starring Marcus, this deal will actually matter.

 

[SteadyEvo]

Damn, even posts about series x being on sale turn into PS5 price discussions.

Some things never change

 

[NomenNescio]

I want the rumored white one.