It's not that risky if you think about it. it's a long term strategy. This is the same crap people have been saying since e3... "Revealed too soon". No it wasn't.

and the best thing would be all the money and time invested into scorpio and it does just as bad as before with xbone

Microsoft is loosing in the console market and they have failed against Sony. They must gamble. They need to do something. This is why we are looking at so many changes like focusing in Windows 10, allowing cross platform play (after so many years of rejecting it), price cuts and other stuff.

I am very interested to see Nintendo's gamble with the NX. If they fail once again, they better leave the console market.

We can't compare Xbox One/Xbox One S to Scorpio in any way. People can save up their money and wait all they want, but they're still going to be shocked by the price.

Scorpio isn't meant to be a console that everyone buys. It's going to be a console for "enthusiast gamers". Microsoft knows this, and everyone needs to realize Scorpio isn't meant to be mainstream.

Interesting... Aside from some people bringing up how killer the PS3 was compared to the 360 when the article is about the X/S and Scorpio. Is anyone commenting going too even buy the X/S when it comes out or what? Who cares about last gen......

There's no difference between MS having a XBO-S SKU and the Scorpio, vs Sony having a PS4 (probably shrinking next year to a "PS4 Slim") and PS4 Neo.

Why do these articles continue to yammer on about MS? Because their slim model comes out earlier?

Having a low-end and a high-end SKU makes perfect sense. If it didn't nVidia would not produce x50, x60, and x70 cards at all for gamers -- it'd be the x80 model, or the highway. These article authors need to open their fanboy eyes some -- they are ridiculously blind to all the surrounding business models, and yammer on about a bunch of assumptions which have no foundation in reality.

It's simple, change nothing and things stay the way it's been the last three years. Shake things up and see what happens. Had they not announced the Scorpion until sometime after the slim, then people would have been really pissed. But they are giving choice and the slim has it's own benefits. What do they have to loose? Now that they have included the PC and console into one ecosystem. So even if the Scorpion cannibalizes the sale of the slim, the combined install base will still be a money maker.

I know I'm excited about MS's direction...I have faith it will work well. Options, more powerful box that will work natively with the best VR options on the market, a great API, fantastic exclusives, play anywhere and possibly even advanced gaming with cloud computing (more than we've already seen)...I'd say the future looks really bright.

They should always roll the dice and take chances like Sony tends to do. And look at them almost nothing ever bombs.

I honestly don't think it will affect its sales. I think your casual gamer doesn't even know the Scorpio is set to come out next year. I think ppl forget that most of us on this site can be classified as hardcore gamers so we see these type of announcements before you're average person does. However I do think the Xbox brand is just not the main household brand right now when it comes to console preference, most ppl I know are buying PS4's and I think that'll continue this fall if the X1S main selling point will be its size. Sonys rumored to be releasing the NEO this fall so it'll go head to head with the X1S and should certainly win, as it has power and better status with the public. Once Scorpio comes out who knows...

Not as huge as the one at the start of this gen. Might be no way back from that one.

I am fine with the gamble. MS as a company doesn't depend on the Xbox brand no matter what happens, but I give them credit as they gave been working overtime since the X1 launch.

The S replaces the original X1 model, which is why MS is trying to blow them out now for $249, so going forward it will be the S until the Scorpio comes out which if history holds will come out in November of 2017.

The Scorpio is not for all gamers so I expect the Scorpio and S, or X1 orig to coexist, like I expect the PS4, Neo to.

Giving gamers options, I am fine with. Those who complained about the power of the X1, well, MS has corrected that with the Scorpio.

If you are fine with the S or orig X1 then continue with that, for those who want to upgrade will have that option, all your accessories, and games will continue to work, so MS is and has been working hard and what they have had to do since launch of the X1 to turn things around, so I am happy with them.

I definitely appreciate MS going back to the drawing board after the xbone which I have been very dissatisfied with. I just dont feel a real sense of direction from them. I totally get the S as it is what the xbone should have been all along, but what about the scorpio? What kinds of gaming improvements will be implemented with roughly 5x the power of the xbone? Or is it just better resolution and framerate? I feel like they are really shooting themselves in the foot with the timing of the scorpio as it will no doubt cannibalize sales of the S while simultaneously sitting in console no mans land as devs finally start to harness the ps4/Neos abilities which will likely offer similar experiences to early scorpio games and......the likely announcement of a ps5 that blows scorpios specs out of the water.

It's not a gamble when you got everything to gain and nothing to lose. If Sony were doing it then yes it would be a gamble.

But it's defiantly the right decision

Can't wait for my X1 slim to come next Tuesday from Amazon! We Happy Few just hit alpha (or whatever it's called on Xbox) and I am excited to play Inside.

What's there to worry about? I don't want the Scorpio due to it's inflated (assumed) price level and I have been playing PS4/Wii U for 3-4 years. Tons of content out there for a new X1 owner.

MS doesn't care that I buy a console or not, I don't like PC gaming so I lean console anyways, they just care I buy their or play their content. Sure it's a business and maybe I don't like MS near as much as the others, but the games I can play there interest me. Maybe they'll eventually come to PS4 or NX or whatever, but I have money to spend and I enjoy games as my #1 hobby probably so it's worth it to me to have all these systems or to have my X1 slim and use it 10 times a year for 10 neat exclusives.

I want the games and the content. I don't care to support either corporation but good people make good games on all platforms and I would prefer to experience them and show my support.

It's like people forget we all play games to ESCAPE from a stressful life. They bitch and moan and complain about corporations. Work sucks, life is stressful, mortgages are expensive... let's just be happy we have 5-6 different consoles and console types to choose from. Choice is the best thing for quality games to be developed.