Microsoft drops Xbox Series S price to $249.99 for the vacations

Microsoft is dropping the worth of its Xbox Series S console to $249.99 for the vacations. The brand new promotional price starts today and includes special holiday-themed packaging. It’s a part of a series of Black Friday deals from Microsoft that features as much as $300 off the brand new Surface Laptop 5, $200 off select Surface Pro 9 models, and as much as 67 percent off Xbox digital games.

While we saw the Xbox Series S drop as little as $249 in a limited offer that lasted just hours at Woot earlier this yr, Microsoft’s official promotion means Best Buy, the Microsoft Store, and other retailers will all offer the console at this promotional price. Goal is even bundling a $50 gift card with its own Xbox Series S deal.

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer hinted at holiday deals for the Xbox Series S in a recent Decoder podcast. “Throughout the holidays you would possibly see some price promotions,” said Spencer. It’s not clear exactly how long the Xbox Series S will remain on the $249.99 promotional pricing, though.

The PS5 price has jumped 10 percent in Europe, 12.5 percent in Japan, and around 6 percent within the UK in a move that Sony blames on high inflation and opposed currency trends. The worth of the PS5 within the US has not modified, though.

While Spencer initially said Microsoft wouldn’t raise its Xbox prices in response to the worldwide economy and Sony’s rises, he did hint that holding prices on subscriptions, games, and consoles won’t last long after the vacations.

“We’ve held price on our console, we’ve held price on games and our subscription. I don’t think we’ll give you the chance to try this without end,” admitted Spencer during a recent Wall Street Journal tech conference. “I do think in some unspecified time in the future we’ll should raise some prices on certain things, but going into this holiday we thought it was really essential that we maintain the costs that we’ve got.”

Listed here are Microsoft’s full Black Friday deals: