We consult users about the possible price that the Microsoft console will have when it goes on sale this Christmas of 2020.
Xbox Series X is destined to be the most powerful console in history to date. After knowing the final specifications of the Microsoft machine, with 12 TFLOPS in its GPU compared to the 10.28 of PS5 (which has opted for a faster SSD memory). Both plan to launch on the market this year, but what about their price? Not a few people assure that this figure can be decisive in deciding who will win the commercial victory; We have already seen this with the current generation. The FreeGameTips community has given its opinion.
FreeGameTips readers bet on 450-500 euros
All that power comes at a cost and, consequently, also comes at a price. At this time, when we approach the month of April, we do not know the starting price that Xbox Series X will have neither in the North American market nor in Europe. Once the final specifications and technological benefits are known, the community of this magazine believes that the Xbox Series X will cost between 450 and 500 euros.
🎮🕹️Once the final specifications of #XboxSeriesX are known, we have a question: PRICE
🤔💰What do you think will be the starting price of Xbox Series X?
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With 32.1% of the 1298 votes cast through the survey carried out on our official Twitter account, almost a third bet on that rank; meanwhile, 30.5% of the participants believe that the figure is more likely to be between 500 and 550 euros.
Another way to interpret the data is through two ranges: the one below 500 euros and the one that places the console above 500 euros. If we stick to this vision, there are more people who believe that Xbox Series X will cost more than 500 euros (50.9%), while the remaining 49.1% bet on a figure less than 500 euros. In any case, the least voted option is that of the range of 400 to 450 euros.
Xbox Series X: everything you need to know about the console
Despite the fact that analyst groups assure that the Xbox Series X and PS5 may be affected by their 2020 launch plan due to the coronavirus – although they do acknowledge that if they go out this year the shortage of units is almost guaranteed – from the console's web portal the official source makes it clear: Christmas 2020.
We already know many things about the machine. This past Monday its final technical characteristics were revealed, as we review in this in-depth article; also everything that awaits us with your command. In the coverage we are doing at FreeGameTips we also have a breakdown with a comparison between PS5 and Xbox Series X, how the Xbox Series X RAM will be distributed for video games, as well as a comparison of load times between the new generation console from Redmond and Xbox One X.
Benji Sales, a market analyst in the United States, has sent a message of calm to those who believe that the generation is won for Sony before starting and assures that the battle will be very interesting in North America, where the power of the Xbox name has much greater strength than in Europe.