of course Xbox Scorpio will launch at $399 and $499 for a more expensive sku
Xbox One launched at $499
Xbox One S launched at $399
do people here expect Xbox Scorpio to launch at $349 or what?
i do think we'll see the Xbox One S launch again.
The more expensive sku in limited quantities will launch in mid / late September or maybe early October.
The less expensive sku will follow in mid November
Xbox One S had a 500GB $299 with Madden 17 right on the heels of the 2TB $399 launch edition. Then promptly went to $250 with Gears 4 or Battlefield 1 for Black Friday.
It's not out of the ordinary for some people to expect MS to price Scorpio competitively considering their competition has taken pretty much every meaningful marketing deal this Holiday and will most likely be cheaper across all SKUs (plus the Switch will grab some hardcore gamers attention this Holiday).
I thought about the idea that the Microsoft Store might sell multiple versions of Scorpio considering most Xbox fans already have multiple controllers, external hard drive, etc, like a $349 bare bones edition all the way up a $449 premium version with an elite controller, bigger hard drive. Though the more I think about it, those fans are the ones most willing to fork over the $399 - $499 for Scorpio anyways.
We already know Scorpio is a premium console so the question becomes, is Scorpio targeting hardcore gamers or just hardcore Xbox gamers? That question will determine the pricing options.