Xbox One S in price decline: The cheap entry into the console world

The price of the Xbox One S has been around for some time in a never-ending downward spiral. It's high time that we took a look at the price development of Microsoft's low-cost home console as part of the price decline. GIGA clarifies who is worth buying the Xbox One S for.

Xbox One S: Microsoft's home console goes on sale

It can go so fast. For the market launch, Microsoft still wanted to have around 360 euros for the new Xbox One S, now the current best price of the home console at 169 euros - can be found on Ebay. Please note that the sold models are exhibitors and as interesting as the SugarHouse offer. According to the seller, the consoles are new, only the original packaging is no longer dewy.

If that is not enough, he has to take about 40 euros more into his hands right now. For 208.16 euros you get on Ebay a brand new device * sent directly to your home. But who takes a look at the price history of the console, will notice - that's even cheaper:

Xbox One S: Who is the purchase worth?

Playstation Vs. Xbox - sometimes you get the feeling that this conflict is as old as humanity itself. Ultimately, everyone has to decide for themselves. Sony and Microsoft offer different outstanding exclusive titles for their consoles. If you really want to play Halo or Forza , you can go to Xbox, fans of God of War or Uncharted would rather look for a deal for the PlayStation 4 .

Otherwise, it also plays an important role for many players, what a console their friends own - because cross-console crossplay is so far only possible in the fewest games. What the Xbox One S has in front of the Sony consoles: It can be used as a 4K Blu-ray player.

On the subject: Everyone wants Crossplay, it is not so easy - or is it?

If you've been thinking about buying an Xbox One S for a while, you should be patient. We expect that the Xbox One S could be drastically reduced soon again - a price of about 150 euros seems realistic. Last but not least, because Microsoft has announced at this year's E3 first information on the new Xbox Project Scarlett . After such an announcement usually fall the prices for the current console models.