Microsoft Employee Criticises 'Frustrating' Xbox Series S Leak

I honestly don’t know why they waited so long and why they didn’t just reveal both at the same time

They did an awful job. Since they literally included it on paperwork from products sold DIRECTLY from themselves. They shouldn't have handled the entire console so poorly.

Oh well, Microsoft mismanagement example #547684385 for next gen.

I don't get these employees that betray their employer and I don't mean the name of the console that appears on the Xbox controller package that anyone can buy but the price of the console and the reveal trailer that only they had access to. This could have ruined Microsoft's plans with Sony lurking in the shadows. I hope that they don't leak Series X price or they might be undercut by Sony and ruin Series X launch.

Leaks are incredibly frustrating and disappointing for the people working on the product and keeping the secret for so long but in general the world is a better place today because we got some freaking pricing news and the surprising amount of people who didn't know about Lockhart are now in the loop. It's getting me extra pumped up for the XSX. We're so close!!! Just a bit more PC gaming for me, do happy to get on a console again!

@BlueOcean Jez at windows central wrote that the X will be $499. I've been expecting $499 for a long time and was even thinking $449 or $499 and 6-12 months of GPU in the box after the Halo train wreck. EOD it's positive vibes for Xbox at the moment and that's a rare occurrence since they started their show's.

@Krzzystuff Yes, I read that. That was exactly my prediction as well. I agree about the positive vibes for Xbox now, finally!

It serves Microsoft right for taking soooooooooooooo long to reveal anything! What were they going to do? Announce it on launch day? The annoying thing is this probably means they’ll take forever to announce the Series X pricing and wait for Sony who in turn will wait for Microsoft....

When....in the HELL....did they intend to tell us? the machine launches in 2 MONTHS lol, like seriously, were they going to reveal it on November 9th?! "...and you'll be able to buy it....RIGHT NOW!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!! run nerds, RUUUUN!!!!"

While I was of course excited for the news, I'm sure it does suck when things get leaked especially in this manner. Shame folks can't keep a secret and are concerned about their internet fame score :/

@armondo36 Xbox would have real life fall guys as a launch title this way.

Maybe someone can leak what happened to the Xbox one controllers. I can't find any new wireless ones anywhere where I live. No way I'm buying a wired one. They break easy.

Cool. Now think of how frustrating it is to consumers that you're expecting to spend $300+ on a gaming console to not have a price or even preorderes with right at 2 months until release.

@JON22 Being removed d from shelves to be replaced with the new Co troller design with the share button. Still bummed my eletie series 2 doesn't have one.

I don't know why they were so reluctant to reveal it - its been rumoured for a LONG time, long before any 'evidence' started leaking to prove its existence and even then, they still opted not to officially announce it.

At least now we have an Official price of at least 1 of the four consoles coming this Holiday...

I am very happy someone leaked it already, these guys were probably going to tell us the price at the shop 😂

I mean, xbox peripherals themselves leaked it.........

@NEStalgia that at least is prof that they intended to reveal it a while ago. It's still a game of 🐔 with the XSX and PS5 so will Sony finally start talking? I still think Xbox wants to go last, Series S was only revealed because of the leak

I disappoint you too. Why why xss..

Honestly, I'm blocking the guy that leaked this stuff on tweeter, for one. I am simply not rewarding this quest for scoops.

We all know an event was coming soon, since they had to make one to reveal the full list of GamePass xCloud games, that leaves beta the 15th.

@BlueOcean For all that is on the table, the price for the X was leaked too. Jez Corden from Windows Central wrote another lame scoop with extra details about the price and release date of both consoles just before MS confirmed most of it.

So, 99% certain the XSX is $499, launching Nov 10, unless Sony decides to make an announcement and they react and cut some money off the price tag at the last minute.

Rumor has it Sony was waiting for tomorrow (25th anniversary of US PSX launch) to announce their price and start pre-orders. A $299 announcement just after Sony opened pre-orders would have been a brutal reveal.

They've probably been holding off so long because of the price point. Tbh, this is probably a result of the pricing contest between them and Sony to see who can go lower. Oh well. Too late now. I guess that means that Sony has the advantage and can adjust their marketing appropriately.
c'est la vie, as the elves in Middle-Earth tend to say.

@Tharsman 299 a day before isn't that much less brutal. If they come in at 400 digital they'll still look like they're gauging, and if they drop price to compete, they're getting their pockets drained. Either way i get a ps5 for 400 or less at this point

@Krzzystuff They both want to go last... At this point it's a question of who can hold out longest for business reasons. I wouldn't doubt both of them are ready to undercut the other if they get to go last. One will be $25 cheaper than the other probably for maximum pettiness .

@JON22

I just had the same problem. I went to two different GameStop stores and they were sold out of everything accessory related, controllers included.

I had to order a brand new one off of Ebay.

I mean... it wouldn’t have leaked if they weren’t radio silent about things since the Xbox event earlier this year. 🤷‍♂️ It’s September now, so Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo need to get to talking about what we can expect for the last quarter of 2020 or they can expect impatient people to leak literally everything.

I don’t think Microsoft needed to wait & play the pricing game of chicken this whole time. Most of us knew that the Series X was gonna be $500. And the Series S was the worst kept secret since Fable. And most of us figured it would be $300.

The only reason I could see them wanting to wait was to drop the bomb that the Series S is only $300 after Sony revealed their price point.

And there is no way Sony is launching the disc based console for less than $500. So the big question is what price do they launch the discless PS5 at? If they go down to $400, then they still are $100 higher than the Series S & you de-value your disc based PS5 because there is no way a disc drive costs $100 these days.

And if anyone thinks some of us Xbox fans are picky about not getting a disc drive in our consoles, well go check out how many PlayStation fans love their disc drives. Lol. It’s a WAY higher percentage.

So Sony are kind of stuck in the middle. Microsoft has the power advantage AND they win on price, as well. But my overall point here is.....why did Microsoft even have to wait this long? Unless they wanted to be slick & wait until after Sony announced, I don’t get it. Oh well.

@NEStalgia If Series X costs 500 as some of us predicated and as the leaker claims and Sony undercuts it, I hope that Microsoft announces a price reduction right after as a "consumer-friendly" decision and so "everyone can enjoy the most powerful next-generation console". That would be awesome 😁. Please, Phil, do that!

@BlueOcean heck, there's even precedent for that with x1. After Sony undercut, they dropped price before launch. Yes, the price cut was due to unbundling kinekt, but still, the announced package, price, and distribution method/drm all changed between announcement, Sony undercutting/humiliating, and sale. And that was AFTER preorders went live....

@themightyant @NEStalgia Yes, they dropped Kinect 2.0 soon after launch. If Sony undercuts them after Series X price reveal, which seems exactly what Sony is scheming, Microsoft should react right away and honour pre-orders like retailers do. There are a million excuses since they have the positive vibes on them now and nobody would complain.

@graysoncharles we've known about this for MONTHS lol