Xbox Series X Spotted On Amazon With Placeholder Price

I am trying to decide if I want to buy the 1TB external SSD when I get the Series X - it will depend on the price. I doubt the consoles will have different storage options.

I know I will be keeping all of my legacy games on my 2TB external HDD, so getting another 1TB in External Storage may not be necessary at first.

Hopefully, due to the nature of the new way Series X will use SSD (and PS5), game sizes may actually decrease since the need to replicate resources is removed due to the direct access nature of SSD - something PC versions still can't do because those versions can't assume your PC uses an SSD.

Just like there is a placeholder for the 2TB PS5 at the same price - yet both consoles will have smaller storage capacity at launch. Its clear these are place holders and I don' think Amazon take the money until its dispatched anyway...

Doubt they're the real prices, above $500 would likely be a PS3 style disaster.

@GamingFan4Lyf “ I am trying to decide if I want to buy the 1TB external SSD when I get the Series X”

This might be what you refer to, but in case someone else gets confused (or I am...) the XSX upgrade SSD they will offer ends inside the Xbox, via a proprietary expansion port, so it isn’t really external.

An external SSD, hooked via USB, is almost sure to be treated as a legacy spinner as far as the console cares (only allowing use for archiving or BC games, not to run XSX games.)

@Grumblevolcano as things are going, and the way Sony started to promise value, not low price, I would not be shocked if the PS5 is $550USD or higher.

@Tharsman I did mean the proprietary expansion port SSD, not some random SSD via USB.

@Tharsman I think promising value instead of low price is a result of the rumoured Series S (Lockhart). I think we'll see a situation where Series S is cheapest, Series X is most expensive at $499 and PS5 is in the middle.

@Grumblevolcano not impossible, but Sony did decide to go with a far more expensive SSD and the upgrades to the controller will also likely increase the cost of that pack-in significantly. The SSD alone could have a major price impact with a minimal loading time advantage relative to the XSX.

And then there is the controller now with heart beat sensors, microphones built in and tension feedback on buttons... Plus brand new design... those controllers are going to cost a bundle. While MS controller is reusing most of its design, something that will likely keep the production price about the same as now.

Yea both the XSX & PS5 prices are fake on there. I doubt either one will be more than $500.

@Tharsman Tension feedback is actually the first time tech on a DualShock intrigues me. Whether it's ignored by devs or not like most other features is another story. The heartbeat sensors sound like a wasted money sink though. Some horror devs will put it to use.

I am hoping both MS and Sony end up using Nintendo's superior rumble tech though. I've really grown to like the "HD rumble" and the throbbing controllers on X1/PS4 feel a bit antiquated in contrast. I have 2 spare Elite controllers because I love them so much, but I think I'd buy the new Elite 2 if it had that.