Der er stadig mange åbenlyse spørgsmål omkring Microsofts kommende konsol, Scorpio, og et af de største af dem er konsollens pris. Mange mener at maskinen simpelthen bliver nødt til at være mærkbart dyrere end tidligere konsoller, hvis altså hestekræfterne leverer som lovet.
Microsoft holder dog selv fast i, at konsollen vil blive prissat som forventet af deres forbrugere, og det mener Wedbush-analytikeren Michael Pachter også er ganske nødvendigt. Faktisk mener han, at hvis konsollen koster mere end de traditionelle $399, så er det selvmord. Han siger følgende til GamingBolt:
"Well, I think Microsoft would commit suicide if it was more than $399. And the problem they will face is if they launched it at $399, the PS4 Pro might discount to $349 in the same week. So I'd be really surprised if the Scorpio was more than $399."
"I was really surprised when the Xbox One launched at $499 with Kinect, and it took them a while to unbundle Kinect and drop the price. So Microsoft has not executed well this cycle as far as pricing goes. Just as Sony executed poorly with the PS3's pricing. So Microsoft's playing catchup, and I'm hopeful that they don't make the same mistake with Scorpio that they did with the Xbox One."
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