Xbox Project Scorpio Will Reportedly Cost $499

If you were expecting Microsoft’s take on 4K gaming to be cheap, then you should probably think again. Geoff Keighley, who is heading up YouTube Live at E3 this year and has deep connections with the games industry as a whole after a long career in games journalism, has taken to Twitter today to reveal that, unless something changes compared to his sources’ information, Xbox Project Scorpio will cost $499.

I can now say with confidence Project Scorpio is $499. Unless something changes today, that is what will be announced.

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) June 11, 2017

This puts its RRP a full $100 higher than the PlayStation 4 Pro, which sells for £349.99 in the UK. It means that the Scorpio will cost as much at launch in the US as the Xbox One did when it launched with the Kinect camera bundled in. At that point in time, that equated to £429.99, but GBP is much weaker now compared to the Dollar than it was in 2013, so it will be interesting to see how Microsoft caters to the shift in currencies.

While a lot more expensive, it’s worth remembering that the specs of Project Scorpio are greatly in excess of the PS4 Pro. It has a similar eight core CPU, but it’s clocked higher, its GPU shares common architectural ground, but it has more computer units and is also clocked higher, and it features 12GB of GDDR5 RAM, compared to the Pro’s 8GB. It will also include a 4K UHD Blu-ray drive.

We’re just a few hours away from Microsoft’s press conference at 10PM UK time, where this will be revealed as true or false, alongside other details of the console’s launch and this year’s exclusive games. With all that in mind, does $499 and a potential £450 price point for Scorpio sound like a good deal to you, or is it too rich for your blood?

Source: Geoff Keighley