It's come to our attention today that Microsoft may have made quite the mistake pricing one of its new Xbox game bundles. As spotted by Omni Gaming, a new two-game package has just gone live on the Microsoft Store - coming in at a whopping $2000 for Xbox players.
The package in question is the Bio Inc. Redemption + Crossroads Inn - Doctors and Bartenders Bundle, and given that picking up both games individually comes to a mere $45, we'd suspect this is one expensive mistake on the Xbox Store right now.
Here in the UK, this bundle pricing translates to £1669, so we haven't escaped this crazy price tag either. It's safe to say we won't be investing in this indie game bundle at its current price point.
The bundle appears to have been spotted over the weekend, and hopefully, Microsoft picks up on it shortly and corrects the pricing. We've seen this sort of pricing error before but in the other direction, which was ultimately revoked and fixed. We wouldn't want anyone accidentally spending $2000 on two Xbox games!
How does this sort of thing actually happen?! Tell us what you make of it down below.
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[source xbox.com, via omnigaming.gg]
Comments 6
Hoping to cash in on Youtubers with more money than sense buying it so they can show off to their subscribers about how foolish they are.
That’s really funny, I noticed it yesterday as it sits next to its normally priced sibling.
I guess Microsoft need to make back some money since most xbox gamers don’t buy games anymore, just use Gamepass! 😅
$1999.99 - OR - Play it now with Game Pass for just $17.99!
@Bionic-Spencer
Yeah, just like TV and Movie streaming, of which most companies are notably failing at making profitable (no wonder why when you devalue the product to only a few cents per hour of viewing), unless MS can be the 'Netflix of gaming', then it will always lose and they will abandon it eventually. However though, MS is such a big company (doing other profitable things) that a loss-leader product like GamePass might be valuable in the whole scheme of customer loyalty/retention to MS products as a whole. I reckon GamePass loses them massively when you factor in upkeep/system/engineering/server costs vs. people buying games old school-like.
Damn it, why did I buy that? Maybe they will give me a refund or adjust the price.
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