Would a £500 Xbox One price tag put you off splashing the cash?
An Xbox One price has emerged ahead of Microsoft’s official confirmation, with the next-gen console listed on the German Amazon with a price tag exceeding the £500 mark.
Suggesting the Xbox One will be a bit of a bank breaker, the German arm of retail giant Amazon has listed the PS4 rival alongside a 599 Euro price tag, a market that converts to £512 in British coin.
Far from the first time an Xbox One price has leaked, last week online outlet Zavvi claimed the 360 follow-on would cost £399, with the former high street chain also pointing towards a November 30 Xbox One release date in the UK.
Officially unveiled last week, the Xbox One has yet to be handed a formal price tag, with manufacturer Microsoft set to confirm further console details ahead of E3 2013 on June 10.
While Amazon UK has yet to offer any indication as to the Xbox One price, the German division has paired the £512 price announcement with Xbox One pre-orders, suggesting avid gamers can “reserve your copy now and get it in time for the release date.” Although a precise Xbox One release date is still to be confirmed, Microsoft revealed during the console’s unveiling that it would launch “later this year.”
Xbox One Features
Prepped as a true home entertainment powerhouse, the Xbox One is far more than a mere games console, with Microsoft bestowing the device with all manner of multimedia credentials.
Powered by an eight-core processor and 8GB of RAM, the Xbox One specs sheet sees a 500GB HDD and integrated Blu-ray player also thrown into the mix.
Set to come boxed with a second-generation Kinect peripheral, the Xbox One will allow gamers to turn on the console simple by saying “Xbox on.” Pairing a 1080p Full HD wide-angle camera with an inbuilt microphone array, the revised Kinect is to allow for all manner of voice and motion based input options.
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