Microsoft delays Streaming-only consoles due to cost concerns

Spencer shared that he intends for the new device to have a controller. Currently, the most basic Xbox controller retails for $39.99. The higher-end and customizable controllers such as the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 cost upwards of $153.99, saying: I don't want to announce pricing specifically, but I think you've got to be $129, $99, like somewhere in there for that to make sense in my view, that we just weren't there. We weren't there with the controller. And I love the effort. The reason it's on my shelf is the team rolled up their sleeves and in nine months they built that thing. And a bunch of us took it home and it worked. It worked really, really well," Spencer explains during the podcast. Microsoft will find it difficult to achieve the price point that Spencer wants and still include a controller, especially with the ongoing chip shortage. If the device had a controller then the tech giant will have to find a way to produce the device at $80. It has always been known that Microsoft does not profit from selling devices and only recoups costs through its Game Pass subscription service.

He also revealed that he intends for the device to look and feel like an Xbox device and that the silicon choice is what kept them from hitting the ideal price point.

"But we made some decisions to make it easy. The thing, when it is turned on, it looks like an Xbox, the user interface, everything works, but some of the silicon choices that we were making at the time we were designing just didn't let us hit the price point that we wanted to hit."

Spencer also thinks that the device will be "years away" from rolling out.

Speaking of Microsoft, the console manufacturer just revealed a new Xbox Series S bundle. Finally, Spencer revealed that he's very open to keeping Call of Duty on the PlayStation platform.