Xbox Series S obtains $50 less costly for Black Friday

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Microsoft’s current-gen Xbox is obtaining a price cut for the holiday. For Black Friday, Microsoft is knocking $50 off the rate of Xbox Series S gaming consoles, bringing the lower-end Xbox to $249.99. The bargain occurs with numerous other discounts in the Microsoft Store, consisting of reduced rates on games and also devices for Xbox and also computer.

Microsoft doesn’t state the length of time the list price for the gaming consoles will certainly last, however it does state that it will certainly at the very least consist of Black Friday and also Cyber Monday, offering followers at the very least the weekend break to benefit from the reduced rate. The sale is readily available via both Xbox.com and also the Microsoft Store.

Along with the $50 price cut, Microsoft is additionally providing to 30% off on choose cordless controllers, and also approximately 50% off of games like Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, Sea of Thieves, and also Grounded — though especially these are additionally readily available on Game Pass.

The momentarily marked down rate comes simply a couple of weeks after Microsoft’s head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, informed the Wall Street Journal Tech Live meeting that the firm might actually need to raise the prices of games, gaming consoles, and also solutions in the future:

“We’ve held price on our console; we’ve held price on games and our subscription,” claimed Spencer. “I don’t think we’ll be able to do that forever. I do think at some point we’ll have to raise some prices on certain things, but going into this holiday we thought it was really important that we maintain the prices we have.”

 

Source: Polygon