Microsoft has announced today that they will lower the price of the Xbox One back to the $349 price point; this is the same price the company was selling the console at during the holiday season. For those of you who want to buy an Xbox One, the new price point goes live tomorrow.
Microsoft has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season as the NPD market research firm is saying that the company sold 1.2 million consoles during November. The strong sales are directly related to the $50 price cut by Microsoft and the bundle deals available as well.
As part of Microsoft’s ‘12 Days of Deals’ Christmas promotion the company has released the Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Unity bundle with savings of up to $109.99 and the offer of an extra free game.
Buying a new console (or receiving one as a gift) was only half the battle. Now you have to kit it out with all the best accessories. Thankfully, we’ve already done the job for you. This week, we combed through the dozens of accessories for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in order to find the items you’ll need.
Earlier today, the BBC Sport app finally launched on Windows Phone - and now, the BBC has even more love to share with users of Microsoft’s products. The BBC iPlayer app is now available on the Xbox One - over a year after the corporation first confirmed that it was in development.
Last week, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One had surpassed the 10 million sales mark (albeit to retailers, not customers) and now EA is saying that they, too, are seeing that gap is closing when compared to the PS4. This is not a huge surprise considering that the $50 price cut of the console and the game bundles increase the value proposition considerably.
The rerelease of Grand Theft Auto V is one of the most anticipated video game launches of the new generation, but Rockstar is aware that many of the customers who already bought the game once are going to need a few incentives to consider double-dipping.
Every month, Microsoft has been pushing out updates for the Xbox One and it looks like the month of November will bring with it many new features. Everything from custom backgrounds to improvements to IE are on the list and they are rolling out today for those of you in the preview program.
Microsoft keeps on rolling out improvements to the Xbox One, and the latest October Update includes support for MKV streaming via the Media Player app and a completely redesigned ‘Friends’ section, among other enhancements.
Titanfall, Respawn Entertainment’s hotly anticipated mech/first-person shooter video game for Xbox and PC, hits brick-and-mortar stalls Tuesday, Mar. 11.