Xbox boss Phil Spencer has commented on yesterday's Xbox Series S surprise reveal following an unexpected leak earlier in the day, explaining that it was originally intended for next week.
In a post on Twitter, the head of Xbox praised his team for responding so well:
"I know it's been a wait for price, date, pre-order date. Thanks to the community for their support and encouragement Great to see the reactions, really proud of how the team handled the unscripted announce (was supposed to be next week but oh well...). Can't wait for launch."
Microsoft has also revealed more information today about the Xbox Series X including a price and release date, suggesting the company had planned to unveil it all in one go next week. The leak is certainly a shame for the team, but it looks like no harm has been done - everyone seems very excited for the next generation of Xbox right now!
How do you feel about the Xbox Series S leak yesterday? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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He’s cursing the leakers now, got no time to chill after coming from vacations. 😂
I think this has probably worked out much better for them, it got a lot of people talking how it leaked and now they have a bit of free space whilst Sony twiddle their thumbs
@carlos82 This was absolutely intentional and well-planned unlike what the haters were claiming to be. 😂
There’s a reason why only Xbox has been transparent all along, they have disclosed a full naked hardware breakdown with Digitalfoundry way back in February.
So this would suggest Microsoft has more announcements to make next week. Would be nice to get more Flight Sim Xbox info.
@Grumblevolcano It would make sense to hold something back (note there's been no mention of games yet) as you don't want to hand Sony all the momentum back without a counter.
I guess it all worked out then. I know alot of people were getting aggervated with Sony and MS playing games with announcing the price for both machines.
So its "Check!" from MS. What is Sonys move? Its a fascinating game of chess..
I think they’ve done an absolutely superb job today! Very professional, and crinkled release if the information throughout the day, obviously kick started by that huge leak (thanks Brad Sams we owe you:)), they’ve done a much better job then Sony has.. so far.. although some actual Series X gameplay would be nice as we’ve seen some Series S gameplay today and it looks good.
Yeah well, to be honest, scheduled next week or not. This should have been announced sooner than now, I get the world's in the *****, but they should have shown it sooner and taken notes from their fans.
This has worked out perfectly. On the anniversary of PlayStation, Xbox is stealing the show. 😂
I love what they are doing but oh the leaks have been terrible this year. All the game releases that have been leaked early because someone accidentally uploaded to MS Store.
Trouble with lockdowns people have too much time and go digging for sources 🤣
It's been too long a wait. I'm glad to finally have series s confirmation, launch and prices all revealed. I'm just waiting to preorder now.
I bet it was a horror story at MS when all the wheels came off the marketing wagon, got to feel for those guys. However, it's clear the response has been overwhelmingly positive and MS must be feeling pretty smug with their price and package.
A really strong launch model when you throw Xbox All Access into the mix, I'm sure they've won over many fence sitters with the series S offering.
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