Poor Scorpio Pricing
This is possible the most obvious big mistake that Microsoft could potentially succumb to in 2017. With the Scorpio looking to be far superior to anything else that’s out on the market at the moment, nobody quite knows where the price point is going to fall. Xbox Marketing head Aaron Greenberg said that the device is a “premium product” and would be priced as such back in August. However, a few months later, Phil Spencer implied that the Scorpio would be priced comparably to other consoles.
With so much tech crammed into the system, Microsoft runs the risk of outpricing itself. Just as Sony did with the PS3 all those years ago. If Microsoft wants the Scorpio to succeed as well as they hope, then the price point will have to be as close to the competition as possible. Otherwise, it could be a tough sell to existing Xbox One owners.
