Microsoft Discounts Existing Xbox One Consoles to $279 For a "Limited Time"

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Microsoft Discounts Existing Xbox One Consoles to $279 For a "Limited Time"

Microsoft has cut the price of existing Xbox One consoles to $279 one day after announcing two new Xbox One consoles.

Yesterday at E3, we saw Microsoft announce not one, but two new Xbox One consoles. First came the Project Scorpio [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/167703-Microsoft-Shows-Off-New-Xbox-One-S-at-E3-Presser]. Now they're discounting the existingt Xbox One to $279, in what appears to be an attempt to move some inventory out.

Major Nelson made the announcement on Twitter today, and said that the deal was for a "limited time."

[tweet t=https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/742769142810316803]

It's difficult to believe that anyone would run out and grab the existing Xbox One when they Xbox One S is coming in August. Even that console may have issues now that we know Project Scorpio is coming next year. It seems to me that Microsoft may end up with a number of the existing units on their hands unless they make the discount a little more aggressive.

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[Neurotic Void Melody]

Throw them in the fire! Donate them to African children...they may be able to feed themselves finally, as long as they have an internet connection and a credit card.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I really don't understand what MS is trying to do.

I mean, I get that they're trying to get rid of their current ones to make room for the XBone S, but the XBone S is a better console from what I understand. So, what's the point?

Plus, there's this Project Scorpio which sounds like another console. If they're going after the Apple approach then I think this is the wrong line of products to mimic that after. Not everyone has disposable income, so this whole thing puzzles me.

 

[IamLEAM1983]

Not everyone has disposable income, so this whole thing puzzles me.

True, but there's always someone who does. That justifies the investment.

 

[MercurySteam]

In the US? Bah until those discounts come to Aus I don't see the point in even considering a console at the moment.

 

[Zulnam]

Good.... Goooooood... Let the greed flow through you... As you cannibalize the your fleeting market. Yessss... Yessssss!