Microsoft aims to compete with PS5 in Japan with Xbox Series S price drop
(Windows Phone Central)

The price has been reduced by 3,000 JPY, or about $28. What you need to know Microsoft is dropping the price of the Xbox Series S in Japan by about 3,000 JPY, or $28. The move was likely made in response to last week`s PS5 price announcement. xCloud will also be coming to Japan in the first half of 2021. Microsoft appears to be working to improve its competiveness in Japan by dropping the sales price of the Xbox Series S there by 3,000 JPY, the equivalent of about $28. The price drop was announced during a Thursday livestream event as part of the Tokyo Game Show. Xbox hasn`t participated in the Tokyo Game Show since 2014 and sales of the American company`s consoles have consistently lagged behind its Japanese competitors Sony and Nintendo. The reduction comes a week after Sony announced the price of the PS5, and seems like an effort to cement the Xbox Series S`s position as the value winner. The Japanese price for the Series S is now about $284, less than the U.S. price of...