Xbox Series X Reportedly Expected To Launch Ahead Of PS5 In November

Can’t wait to see actual Cyberpunk gameplay on next gen consoles from Digitalfoundry.

To be honest I'm really bored of the constant competition between them. First Sony then MS waving their dicks in the air over who has the best games/most powerful console.

That would be a nice head start. I wonder if Sony are so stubborn and childish that they would delay the console just to know Series X price first, like they did with the specifications and the console design.

Make Gears 5 optimised for SX a launch title plzzz. That game looks amazing!

@BrilliantBill I am pretty sure The Coalition can make that happen. Digital Foundry saw a Series X version of the game that took 2 weeks (I believe) to develop using the latest upgrades and was running very well.

The Series X version is probably "done" already.

Sold my One X before price decreases ready to throw the money at a series X. Just need to know how much more to pony up for the rest of it. Need prices! This close to release and nothing.

@Z3u5000
Think the true next gen patch is not until sometime next year.
Which I would have loved on day of release.

Can't wait for November..

@BlueOcean
Being honest with just the initial release batch of PS5 it would not matter worldwide if they were second and charged say £50 more
They would sell out easy.
Both camps have enough early adopters and fans to sell their first release batches.

All this release day who’s first and how much. It’s just an internet thing. I’m very sure both companies next generation consoles will sell their initial release day stock as both will have less stock than their fan bases etc.
It’s just internet hype, and also a bit Sony who love the PR hype as can been seen by their USA reserve a console thing they are doing.
It’s after the first six months and the future when the first party game’s and hard sell really starts.

Awesome, will be an exciting November for sure!

@BlueOcean the PS4 spec thing you can blame/thank on developers that kept going back to Sony insisting they had to increase ram no matter the cost. They basically changed that spec as late as possible (Sony really thought for a while they could get away with that little ram,) so late most devs didn't even find out about the increase until we all heard the specs.

@BlueOcean I don't think sony would leave the price reveal until a week before it releases just so it can be cheaper

Both consoles will sell out at launch regardless. And I think both consoles will be hard to come by in 2020.

@Tharsman "the PS4 spec thing..."

I mean the PS5 specifications that were revealed two weeks after Series X and the console itself that was revealed months after Series X.

@Dezzy70 I agree, both consoles will sell out but a home console price is long-term and will influence purchase decisions next year.

@BlueOcean
But even over a short time say six months plus, prices or adding free games etc can happening to compete with each other or gain extra sales.
We live in different world compared to when this generation released.
Well know large shop brands making People redundant in thousands.
New car sales well down to the point they offering things like interest free credit.
I have never so many clothes in sales etc etc

@Dezzy70 I'm not sure that I understood your last comment but almost every not necessary industry is going down except for the entertainment industry.

I just meant, prices can reduce over shorter than normal periods of time maybe as things have changed a lot recently.
Doesn’t effect me I will be day one anyway.

@Dezzy70 I see.

I guess we must be very near to a release date and price, we only about two months away now.

@Dezzy70 You can see Sony's arrogance and stubbornness regarding the chicken game there considering they have waited for Microsoft to make their move twice this year. Firstly, specifications; secondly, design; finally, price.

@BlueOcean
I really don’t think either company has to wait, both will sell out of launch day stock
from their fan bases.
I think the disc versions will be same price.
As series x is more tflop but PS5 has that more expensive SSD. The thing Xbox has to consider is the price of the disc less PS5 and do they match that or even undercut it.

@BlueOcean
It was a very smart move by Sony to have a disc less PS5 because it gives Xbox more of a situation when it comes to pricing the series x. What makes it worse Xbox should have done the same with the series x, as they did it first with the disc less Xbox one s.

Not long now, I must be getting old I need a solid date and price... Hype while nice is just that, hype....
We are now getting to the crunch where exact details will need to be be revealed...
Not long now..

@Dezzy70 I can't imagine a scenario where MS prices XSeX at or below discless PS5. Sony's cutting $100 to chop off a $15 disc drive, on the promise of making that back tenfold with monopoly store sales. XSeX backed itself into a corner without that option (unless it did) by making their "discless" model their entirely down-market model. they can undercut PS5 with XBox Series drastically with the S, but then they're selling a generally inferior machine for less money, getting a different part of the market, effectively competing against Switch more than PS5 with the S (while Sony backed themselves into not really competing against Switch at all.)

I don't see how MS can sell XSeX less than the subsidized dicless PS5. I'm hoping they can match the disc price of PS5 which would put it the same as X1X at launch. If they price over PS5, I can see them banking on "power" and intentionally premium pricing to make the product look premium. But if they go for bare and charge $600, or even $550, I can see it mirroring the XBone launch where the high price instantly made it an internet joke.

@NEStalgia
It’s a tough one this pricing business
Not sure how it works but a month or so ago the one x dropped to £260 with cyber punk
Game and special edition console.
Not that is crazy. Not sure if that’s is a break even price for the one x. Or who pays for the reduced cost.

@Thretosix very true👍🏻

@KelticDevil
I agree. The pandemic really threw a wrench into the works for both companies. I think it'll be a soft launch and as badly as I want to get these new consoles, maybe waiting until each has been on the market for 6+ months and has a few games I want would be the best route to go.

@Gamer83

Same here. I still need a 4k TV & I have a backlog on my Xbox the size of a small country. And with Game Pass, I’ll have tons to play for until I can find a XSX.

@KelticDevil
Need a 4K tv myself so depending on the availability, and build quality of the hardware, of the new consoles, that might move to the top of my end of the year shopping list above everything else.

My prices predictions :

Xbox Series X : 599 $. That will be the most expensive console. Premium product. Microsoft will not expect to sell lot of these.

PS5 : 499 $

PS5 digital : 399 $

Xbox Series S (no disc) : 299 $, ALSO 99 $ with a two year gamepass subscription. Microsoft will play all of its strategy on this model.

@Thretosix The world needs more amazing people like you.

@Bobobiwan

I highly doubt Microsoft is going to release the XSX at a higher price than the PS5.

There has even been rumors that the PS5 will be more expensive than XSX. But who knows at this point? These companies playing “chicken” with each other is growing tiresome.

@KelticDevil Yeah, frankly, I'm also tired by this little game of them.

Just give us the prices, the releases dates, the line-up and a way to preorder !