Microsoft Xbox Series X – 1TB Digital Edition $398 (2025)

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Quote from TokenSid :

The digital edition should have come with 2tb as standard.

Quote from Spaceman6969 :

Still no $349.00 deal at this time of the year UNLIKE last year. I know I know I know. Inflation, and this is the DIGITAL series X…however it is pretty clear to me that MS is now prioritize sales on this variant instead of the Disc variant to help with Game Pass revenue. If anyone REALLY WANT (cap for emphasis) the disc Series X, it is worth getting it used from secondary market. I got mine for $300 after waiting 9 months and I couldn't wait anymore. SO GLAD I did. This holiday deals suck unlike last year.

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Quote from TokenSid :

The digital edition should have come with 2tb as standard.

Quote from Spaceman6969 :

Still no $349.00 deal at this time of the year UNLIKE last year.

I know I know I know. Inflation, and this is the DIGITAL series X…however it is pretty clear to me that MS is now prioritize sales on this variant instead of the Disc variant to help with Game Pass revenue.

If anyone REALLY WANT (cap for emphasis) the disc Series X, it is worth getting it used from secondary market. I got mine for $300 after waiting 9 months and I couldn't wait anymore. SO GLAD I did. This holiday deals suck unlike last year.

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Quote from TurtlePerson2 :

I'm confused by this, since 2023->2024 inflation wasn't really that bad (~3%). Why did we see $350 Series X with 4K Blu Ray drive in 2023, but now we're getting the Digital Edition for $400 in 2024? The Series S seems to have gone up in price even more.

Quote from Spaceman6969 :

You're CROSS comparing BF price vs MSRP between then vs now.

There are 2 variants for both Series X** and S.

Series S
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512GB for $299.99 MSRP
1TB for $349.99 MSRP

Series X Disc
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1TB for $499.99 MSRP
2TB for $599.99 MSRP

**Series X Digital is $449.99 MSRP

Quote from VioletTent657 :

To be fair, physical games require that you download the entire game onto internal storage so it's not like digital games are at a storage space disadvantage. Microsoft will likely earn more over the life of a digital system, given that you're always buying through their store, so it might have made sense for them to make it easier to buy and store more.

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Quote from TurtlePerson2 :

I think it's a fair comparison. The $350 price was available throughout the Christmas season. From my emails, I can see that I got one in early December at that price from Walmart. Would've been almost the exact same number of days from Thanksgiving 2023 as today is from Thanksgiving 2024. And furthermore, we didn't get a $350 deal on Black Friday this year, so the point stands that they've effectively "raised" the sale price on the Series X.

Edit: And last year's deal included a bundled game!

Quote from VioletTent657 :

Regardless of the debate of physical vs digital games, note that physical games have much better and more frequent sales vs their digital counterparts. You can easily save the $50 difference between the two console variants by buying physical games when they're on sale vs buying them digitally (even when on sale). Note that this particularly applies to games that have both physical and digital distribution and that are recent enough to still remain in stock at stores.