In a recent interview with the Spawn On Me podcast, Microsoft executive Aaron Greenberg talked a little bit about the recently announced Xbox One X. During the interview, Greenberg was asked about the $499 price tag and said that he considered it to be an incredible value for the price. Stating…
“It is ultimately giving gamers more choice. The fact is today, in order to experience true 4K gaming, a lot of people are spending a thousand, couple thousand dollars on systems to do that. And that’s great, we’ve been supporting that. But, we believe, there is an opportunity in the console space, at scale, to bring a box with this much power at this price, it’s an incredible value.
“We designed this purposefully with no compromises in power or performance to deliver true 4K gaming [in mind]. It is something that’s significantly ahead of anything that’s out there today…This is a premium product. This is for someone who really wants the very best. Ultimately, we’ll sell more Xbox One S consoles this year than we will see with the X. That said, this is the thing people want to talk about,”