Xbox One S and Xbox One X will be sold with a subscription system. This means that consumers can buy this console from Microsoft, such as buying premium mobile phones in installments.

Here's how it works: You can choose Microsoft Xbox One S or a more sophisticated version, Xbox One X. If the console is purchased directly, you have to pay US $ 299 (Rp. 4.37 million) for Xbox One S and US $ 499 (Rp. 7, 29 million) for Xbox One X.

But this purchase does not include important Xbox Live Gold services that provide access to playing online multiplayer games and Xbox Game Pass, which gives you access to more than 100 games that you can download. Both of these additional services are sold for US $ 10 per month.


Now, you can pay in 24 months installments by paying US $ 21.99 per month for Xbox One S and US $ 34.99 per month for the Xbox One X. Monthly payments also include access to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass.

After completing repayments in two years, the Xbox will be entirely yours. Then you can also choose to keep paying for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass or you can cancel this additional service subscription.

Let's compare:

Apart from promotional and gimmick prices, Xbox One S with direct purchase plus additional services, then you have to pay around US $ 659 (Rp. 9.63 million). If purchased by subscription, you will save US $ 130 (Rp. 1.9 million).

Quoting CNBC International, Xbox One X, with direct purchase plus additional services, you will be charged around US $ 859 (Rp. 12.54 million). If purchased by subscription, you will pay US $ 840 (Rp. 12.27 million), which means saving US $ 19 (Rp. 278 thousand).

Judging from this comparison, it is indeed more profitable to buy Xbox One S by subscription compared to the Xbox One X.

In this way, Microsoft has turned the Xbox into more than a recurring revenue service. After two years, they will offer upgrades to new models of Xbox, similar to how Apple and wireless operators offer upgrades to telephone buyers, who keep their customers from competitors.

But there are important things you need to remember, console development happens very quickly and won't last forever. In some cases, the game will run on expensive servers with cloud systems. However, rumors also say Microsoft is also preparing to launch a low-powered system to stream games from the cloud.