Is Xbox One X’s $499 price too high?

With the Xbox One X costing $499, GGG wonders whether the high price tag is a risky move for Microsoft's new console.

[PhoenixUp]

It's what the price console originally launched at, and it struggled selling at that cost after the holiday season

[UltraNova]

MS should have absorbed the cost and launch the xb1 x at 399. This is going to hurt, badly. I dont know how will Sony react to this but if they slush the pro's price down to 349 + MS's luckluster future lineup then i suspect the Scorpio will be fighting an uphill battle from the get go.

[BiggerBoss]

$499 is ridiculous. If I wanted to play Halo and Forza that bad i would just pay $200-something for a regular Xbox one.

[Abash]

Way too high for a 4k resolution support for a fraction of the game's library. I think it was a mistake to give so much power for a high priced mid-gen upgrade model. They should have just waited till next gen for a powerhouse console with games that take full advantage of the hardware. The Xbox One X isn't going to do that since all games have to be made to be played on original Xbox One.

[PiNkFaIrYbOi]

I think that even at 499 they are still making it at a lose and really there is only so much of a lose that they can do that at.

[darthv72]

Well... sony doesnt have to slash the price. Pro is still $100 cheaper but i do think they will cut the slim price though.

$499 was my max and said anything higher is crazy. Obviously anything lower would be great but $500 is right where this fits.

Just bring on the games for crying out loud... sheesh.

[LexHazard79]

Abash, you forgot the part where all your games will get a boost. All I see is PlayStation guys giving opinions and crying about $499 pricetag for a console more powerful and feature rich than the PS4 Pro. Yet theyre all upgrading their powerful rigs with "premium" graphic cards..lol Day One! Ill put a picture of me selling the PS4 Pro and picking up the Xbox One X

[monkey602]

The Pro doesn't need to drop price. The price of the One X wouldn't be that bad if it was justified. They failed to showcase why this is a requires step to take.

Nothing is going to change from now. The standard PS4 will remain the undisputed king of the race.

[Skull521]

It would take a significantly more expensive PC to run Gears of War 4 at 4K, so no. This is exactly the price I thought it would be and a great price point for anyone wanting to get in on 4K gaming.

[Kingcorey13]

Just imagine if Sony drops 500gb slim to 199, 1tb to 249 and pro to 299... it would be 2013 all over again

[OB1Biker]

I think the price is not bad but XOX seriously?

[dcbronco]

They just expressin' they love for you, baby.

[WilliamSheridan]

It's not XOX... It's XBoxOneX... Or XBOX

[dcbronco]

They just keepin it on the low. It's all about you.

[Vegamyster]

True but it was also weaker & more expensive than the PS4 with a very similar launch library, didn't help that the reveal/PR was a disaster lol.

[hulk_bash1987]

For casual gamers? Yes $499 is too expensive. But the same can be said about the Pro. These consoles are meant to attract those hardcore, early adopting, 4K tv owning gamers out there. The original consoles will still sell the best, because their lower price points are more appealing to the mass of new/casual gamers out there.

[Retroman]

This all Sony waited for...........Pspro 50.00 bundle price drop will be Announced .
Sony show presentation will HIT the ceiling .
after watching MS E3 presentation today my personal opinion :
Games look Spectacular in 4K , vibrant colors Especially Dragon Fighter Z , Anthem,Black Desert ,Forza Motorsport7 .
im not a MS gamer but, was impress with 4K graphics . Key word (impressed ) can not wait for Sony presentation to Blow me away . as usual MS fuel the Hype but Sony WILL !! ignite the Hype with Vibrant Bang.
of course this MY!!!! personal opinion.

MS you did good ,just not enough to Wow me to buy 1X .

[JasonKCK]

Up until today many of the anti Xbox crowd were screaming $599 and $699. In fact, that's most of the people commenting here.

[JJShredder]

Price wouldn't even be talked about if they had just announced some never before seen exclusives (not "Launch" exclusive BS) for their platform. Otherwise $499 would be acceptable, $399 would of been above and beyond.

[BiggerBoss]

There were zero huge exclusive reveals. I was mucho disappointed. Microsoft needs to start spending some of that money they have.

[RebelWAC]

If your biggest moment was the double back compatibility to an original Xbox library, you have no choice but to worry.

[The 10th Rider]

Yeah, overall I thought they had a great conference with trailer after trailer, but they really needed one or two big Microsoft published exclusives to show off. Even small teasers for just two high profile exclusives, whether developed by Microsoft or not, would have made for a killer conference. I guess they wanted to avoid running into the same situation they did with Crackdown, Scalebound, and Sea of Thieves . . . showing them year after year, but they could of at least thrown a small bone as to what's coming later next year. Almost everything they showed is supposedly coming before next E3, and we know nothing of their plans for the second half of next year.

[X-Alchemist]

I can understand the reasoning due to the production costs but it just doesn't look attractive to the average consumer at that price, no way.

[SmielmaN]

Bad news for us Canadians too, $499 USD = $599-649 CND.

[bloop]

I can't understand why it's going to cost €499 in Europe when US $499 = €445. Why do we have to pay an extra €50??

[timotim]

The "average consumer" has Xbox One S at a very nice $199 price point...X is for the gamer that needs the latest tech and $499 is a steal for what it can do.

[Kane22]

funny you mention $199 cause phil didn't say that he said $249.99

[SegaGamer]

When a console is priced that high, you need the games to sell it, i didn't see the games from their conference that will help this thing fly off the shelves.

I see no reason why i should give up my original Xbox One for the Xbox One X.

[DeadSilence]

Microsoft continues to show why they're out of touch with gamers. $499 is simply not acceptable in this day and age. The game selection's way too thin to justify gamers to invest in an overpriced console. It will do horribly in Europe and Asia, and will probably not do anything special in America.

Sony's been killing it because of Microsofts inability to read the market, and as things are going, they'll continue to be the industry leader.

[HotMoltenLava]

What conference were you guys watching?

[quiddd]

The M$ press conference

[MagicBeanz]

I think they were watching the same one as you, they just weren't wearing Microsoft blinders at the time.

[The 10th Rider]

From the sound of things after games are optimized for it, the Xbox One X can run games with the performance of a GTX 1080. Considering a 1080 will set you back over $500, and that's just for the GPU, the Xbox One X is a pretty great deal at $500.

[JJShredder]

More like a 980ti or 1070. Yes, there is optimization but that will only go so far. Next year's iterations of graphics cards (1170-1180) should run all of these games at or very near 4K/60 for possibly less than a X1X. Consoles have HDR going for it right now which is good because HDR on PCs is a got-damn mess right now.

[bellyboy]

digital foundry quoted it, they say equal to a 1070 in some games, no optimizing will get you 1080 performance, thats a 9 teraflop card, 1070 is a 6.4 TF card so 1070 not 1080.

[The 10th Rider]

Eh, the issue is that most PC games are poorly optimized. The 1080 struggles to hit 4K 60fps in Forza Horizon 3. Either way the 1070 is a $400 card and the 1080 is a $500+ card. To get a console that rivals the performance of either for $500 is hardly a bad deal at all.

[SCW1982]

Your smoking crack if you think this card is gonna rival a 1080 or 1070. It's a beefy 1060. That's not bad considering the overall package but let's not get delusional.

[The 10th Rider]

@SCW1982,

In raw power it most certainly won't rival even a 1070, but in terms of what they get out of it it can certainly rival the 1070.

[lyvon]

$499 in this economic climate is sadly much too steep. Especially with a real lack of system sellers.

[MagicBeanz]

At $399 they could have really had something, but not at this price.

[ninsigma]

For what the machine can do, no, it's definitely not too high. But for what they've shown software wise, yes it is because that price is not worth it for that poor showing.

[SmielmaN]

Bingo. ^ This guy gets it

[Cupid_Viper_3]

Absolutely, but this is why it has been said, on here, time after time on here: "You cannot play SPECS, you need games"...

[RebelWAC]

Spot on. If Anthem, Forza, A Way Out and Ashen were only available on the Xbox One X, I wouldn't think twice about the price.

You just can't win over today's crowd if games are available anywhere else imo.

[Retroman]

You're Right . that was poor showing, clapping i heard was Dry ,like xbot fans Really wanted to say Booooo!! All Sony NEED to do Announce a price cut bundle for Pspro Sony won E3 2017 automatically .

[Retroman]

My comment above directed to Ninsigma

[King_Lothric]

The price is too high. Even the Xbox community was hoping for a 399 price and with all "exclusive" boring games they showed, the price is just not justified.

[Hardiman]

The price is fine with me but what I'm still in a daze about is the lack of Exclusive megatons. I was really hoping for at least two new exclusive IP's. It is what it is.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

It's not too high considering it is significantly more powerful than the $400 PS4 Pro. My problem is I didn't see enough to justify the upgrade.

[ninsigma]

1.8TF difference is not significantly more powerful.

[ninsigma]

If you think Scorpio will be head and shoulders better you're in for a disappointment. The difference between pro and Scorpio is smaller than the difference between ps4 and Xbox one. A difference that Xbox fans have been saying is tiny this whole gen.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

It's the difference between 4K/60 and 1440 checkerboard/30

Plus it has 9 GB or ram vs 5 GB

[Rude-ro]

Not significantly more powerful due to the fact that power is there to push Xbox one games to 4k.
Xbox one is the issue.

[ninsigma]

Have fun with your delusions. Most 3rd parties will be roughly the same with a slight edge for Scorpio.

[Deathdeliverer]

If they had some stellar announcements that pushed some graphical boundaries in a exclusive. After that conference I honestly don't know whk the hell is going to buy it at that price outside of the extreme fan. Cuphead was at 30 e3s, Ori looked great, Forza is Forza, and Sea of thieves looks fun (and is kinda fun -in the beta-) But that was crackdown? All those timed exclusives? And of the 22 real exclusives, most of them were ID at Xbox indies. I am too disappointed. I'd be shocked if Nintendo doesn't beat the hell outta this and they haven't beat anyone in years. (Love my switch tho!)

[1Victor]

There's no way Microsoft would go with 399.99, $499.99 is a good price sure $449.99 would have been better. Everyone even Sony fanboys was expecting that price only the hardcore delusional Xbox fanboys(moldybrain) thought it would be $399.99

[Matology]

Microsoft could sell it for $100 and PlayStation fans would say it is priced too high. It was stated all along as a premium console and the price is more than fair.

[Last_Boss]

No!! They're realistic people who are consumers.

[Matology]

Yes, and those consumers will save up and buy one if they wish.

[Last_Boss]

People wanted a reason to get another upgrade. They failed. Even Angry Joe believes so. If the system was 100, this shit would fly off the shelves

[LexHazard79]

To those complaining. Didn't MS/Xbox say that Xbox One X was a premium console for the hardcore and expect the Xbox One S to be their main seller.
$499 is fine price for the machine.
Dont let these fake gamers tell you otherwise.

[Matology]

They did, but some kids like to spout hate.

[Silly Mammo]

Oh MS! Will you ever learn?!?

[DuneBuggy]

I thought the elite controller was expensive when it was announced and people bought it. It's not like you can't spend just 200 and play the same games on a Xbox one s if price is everything...so I don't see the big deal. The budget gamer can still play and the graphics freak can get their console on.

[TheGamingArt]

It's completely unjustified from the content lineup and capabilities

[sheik1]

The price is not high but in order for me to get it you need games Microsoft didn't delivery today

[Kingcorey13]

No. but what AAA exclusives did they announce? And did crackdown get a release date?

[81BX]

Watch the press conference

[showtimefolks]

I don't have a problem with the price if there were must have games coming with it. I mean for months I heard xbox fan base saying wait till E3 okay now wait till gamesom than wait till TGS I mean come on

Lackluster isn't a good enough word

Where are the 1st and 2nd party titles oh wait that money is being spent on marketing deals

$499 isn't a bad price for the specs the console supports but I just wish Ms had come out swinging and swung for the fences

Side note

CD project red you said you can't release a patch for pro because you are done with witcher 3 but I guess now hou can release one for Xbox X because you know money

Today you lost a lot of respect because as company many think you are gamer friendly but everyone has a price

[MegaMohsi]

I believe the updates are system side coming from MS, not from the Devs.

[Lennoxb63]

It's not too high for me, but I can understand why casuals wouldn't put up that much.

[Wrightylfc88]

Far too high. I dont understand why ms think its worthy of being this price. 100 more than the ps4 pro when sony are already flying high is a ridiculous move

[81BX]

Far too high? You drunk.

[2cents]

It's high but not unreasonable.

Time and time again, this machine is for the enthusiasts.

[timotim]

Its exactly what I was expecting. Everything Microsoft showed was advertised in ULTRA 4K HD...this from a box that the nay sayers said wouldn't be able native 4K in anything outside of racing games. Original Xbox games added to BC, the most powerful console with the superior multiplats, even smaller than an Xbox One Slim...and capable of giving med-high end PC rigs a run for its money...I say the price fits

[81BX]

Yup. Dudes are so salty. Come over and enjoy a MS console. Let's not act like only 1 has everything, while everyone else has nothing!

[DragonDDark]

It wouldn't be too high if what they showed today was min blowing for a lot of people.
Sony Sold the PS3 with an explosive $599 & people still bought it cause the games were there.

[SonyWarrior]

short answer: ya || long answer: Yeah.

[81BX]

$500? Please take my pre order!

[KakashiHotake]

It's not that it's priced too high but it has no system sellers. Even with impressive hardware, it's lacking in compelling games to play. Even the Switch had Zelda to move units. They do have Forza but then again so did Xbox One.

[Profchaos]

I still don't think it will have proper 4k support the new dues ex two 1080 cards can't do it at 4k without stutter

[Testfire]

Price it too high and the name will only confuse the casual consumers. They will see the "x" right next to the "s" and will most likely get the cheaper console.

[kenwonobi]

I'm not sure I saw a game I had to have that was a exclusive. As I understand it the two best looking games are Metro and Anthem. If I'm not mistaken those are multiplatform. They looked awesome though. Idk it was a mixed signal they sent on showing the power difference. I wish they had conveyed the difference better. Overall I liked it somewhat just not sure it's worth it if I can find most of the experiences on PS4 Pro at a lower price.

[DaFeelz]

It's priced at exactly what I thought it would be. Good thing too. $500 was my cut off price. I'm in. Not happy that Terry Crews is in my Crackdown. If I have to listen to that fool screaming in my ear every 2 seconds, like he's the new Coletrain from gears, I'm gonna be pissed. Where's the old announcer?

[CrimsonWing69]

Nope

[DazaMc]

And you don't even get a Kinect!

[Amongunz]

I think if you have or in the market for a 4k tv.... which a lot of people aren't.. but once holiday season comes around... people will be.... the appeal will grow. Deals on tv and xbox one x will be everywhere. Its not intended to overtake the ps4. Thats impossible at this point. It is made to compete and generate a profit vs. a loss. Im in the xbox family already.. i have them in multiple rooms plus a pc.. plus a massivr 4k tv.. it's a must have for me.... although ill sell my original xbox one. Ps4 and pro will continue to sell well of course. Theres enough money for everyone.. everybody get a long dang it. Lol

[masterfox]

Well after seeing the presentation yes is too high, the presentation was so average, that Forza car Porsche presentation who gives a damn about the release of a new car, not to mention that was awkward as hell but also when they displayed the game it was just a big meh, even thou they claim their 4k 60 fps on forza but it doesn't reach the realism of Driveclub and its stunning weather effects, really disappointing heck that didn't look even better than the Forza running on a GTX years ago on the first xbone e3 presentation, that Anthem game it was imo the best thing shown today but then again this is EA and MS combined so who knows how much of that presentation was real.

Another let down from MS was the console name, Xbox one X ?, yep they blew it, they should it try an part ways and try to forget the Xbox one, the xbone was a failure and literally they manage sold 20 millions cause of the xbox 360 reputation, they should stayed with Xbox Scorpio imo.

[stonecold3]

i could buy it but the games didnt appeal to me and it going to be very expansive here in australia im happy with my ps4 pro with current generation nearly over ps4 won already this generation why drop the money when the next generation could be here in 2 years time ps5 and the next xbox and they charging 500 for this machine that will be out dated by the time the other new console hit the market

[Kiwi66]

Depends upon who you ask

[Tross]

Well, MS's press conference has come and gone, and I was underwhelmed. I was hoping they would drop a lot of exclusives, and not a bunch of BS "launch exclusives". The high price point and a lack of killer exclusives probably won't "doom" the XB1X or anything, but if they were hoping to catch-up to the PS4, or even just the Pro, this wasn't the conference they needed to deliver.

I say, advantage: Sony, and they still haven't had their conference so the net is wide open for them. The Pro is less powerful but it has more software support and is a whopping $100 cheaper even without a price drop. If Sony drops the price of the Pro even just $50 then they will have severely undercut their competitor.

[kenwonobi]

Basically the PS4 could do anything like drop PS4 Pro prices and they win. I hope PS4 just decides to drop megaton exclusives and put away Microsoft though. Not because a whole system war but for just not being complacent. I don't feel Xbox had a great E3. Hopefully PS4 does.

[Tross]

Yeah, an E3 where neither competitor truly brings their A-game is lame IMHO. I mean, Sony has this one in the bag if they so much as try...but merely winning by default is not very exciting, so I hope they do bring it.

[inxine]

we wouldnt care about the price if it had games to bk it up, the whole conference was boring asf. barely anything good was shown. why announce a 4k console if u show the world indie games. but hey, minecraft in 4k yaaay :)

[Xb1ps4]

It's not priced too high.... ms just dropped the ball with games.. I don't get it, it happen with every single console launch, the games are just not there.. and I don't get it the damn company knows they are about to launch a new console and they never work on that one or two games at the least to show why you want that console..

I mean wth they could have gone into better detail about the console it's self... go off with some kind of bang!

[dcbronco]

The fanboys are going fast and furious. You gotta believe some of them are getting paid for the level of hatred some have and the speed at which they get the message out. And the message is price everyone. They want you to focus on that. Those same people cheered Kutaragi and his second job comments, but now $100 is an insurmountable issue.

Should Microsoft have swallowed a slight loss? Yes. They should have launched at $399. Will this kill Scorpio? Of course not. Scorpio will still sell very well. It would have killed at $399 though.

Exclusives? They showed quite a few. The difference is Sony fans will go ape over a game consisting strictly of seven hours of alternately pulling the triggers to make a monkey clap. In 480. They'd even say it was innovative and touched their souls.

The Original BC was a big thing for me. Not only because I look forward to enhanced versions of some of those games. But because it verified something I've been saying for a couple of years now. The OS design can emulate just about any OS. Including a Sony OS. Microsoft could literally offer PS3 BC while Sony can't. I think it's a matter of time before they announce PC games. We could actually get Steam on Xbox. Scorpio is the Steambox you are looking for.

[LP-Eleven]

The difference is Sony actually shows, and releases, plenty of those exclusives. But continue defending a company that offers you far less. If their supporters don't care, why should they try harder?

[dcbronco]

Microsoft shows a game on Xbox and PC and you guys holler that's not exclusive. Sony does it and you remain silent. Sony launches a bunch of exclusives, most of which lose money, you guys brag about it.

Microsoft should have shown more. But last year most of what you guys said made Sony "win" E3 are timed exclusives. Something you criticize Microsoft for. Just learn to be consistent. I could post Sony loses money on most exclusives and get 50 downvotes despite the fact Sony's CEO stated that in an interview. Denying reality is just never a good quality. The appearance of crazy will lead to legitimate crazy over the years as your brain starts accepting your lying to yourself.

[Sunny_D]

Yeah they showed exclusives... the same underwhelming exclusives we've known about for the past 4 years... oh and indies. You know the same indies that used to be on PlayStation and had haters call it the Indiestation. This conference was a bore fest.

[LP-Eleven]

"You guys". - Nah, don't lump me in with fanatics. I presented you with a fact. I cannot help it if you don't like that.

[MagicBeanz]

Of course it is but the defense force will have a myriad of excuses to defend it. The hardcore fanboys will buy it, but they'd buy it at any price, everyone else will avoid it, especially when little Billy asks for one for Christmas and then tells his parents its $500, not gonna happen Billy.

[kenwonobi]

Many will get confused and just buy Billy the Xbox S. Once a parent is told the difference they won't care. They will just hear it plays the same games and get the default cheaper console. They won't be able to quantify little Billy's excitement over the improvements he perceives.

[dcbronco]

Kids are a little more tech savvy now a days. They go online and print out list. And you probably don't have kids yet. Unless the parents are addicts or really struggling they'll figure it out. There are more than a few parents that go to great lengths to please their children. Companies even market things with the kids in mind because they know it is a huge influence.

[Skankinruby]

Of course it is. Ps4 pro is already in place for a price cut and they showed absolute crap for exclusives, leaving zero incentive to buy it. Just like I've been saying for months.

[welly300]

They should have killed of the xbox, gone with scorpio as a new gen machine with its own exclusives. Now it will be in the pro zone.

[SyWolf]

No, it's where it should be