Report: Microsoft Prepping $399 Xbox One Without Blu-ray

Microsoft is rumored to be preparing an Xbox One without a Blu-ray drive that could be sold for $399 at retail. That would knock $100 off the current Xbox One price of $499 and bring it in line with the $399 rival Sony charges for its PlayStation 4.

The rumor comes from gaming site VG247, which on Friday published a report claiming that an unnamed source had confirmed a detail about a new Xbox One SKU without a physical media player that cropped up in a treasure trove of Xbox rumors appearing this week on gaming forum NeoGaf.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Possibly adding some validity to the NeoGaf rumors and VG247's reporting was a Kotaku post on Friday that claimed yet another unnamed source at Microsoft has said the software giant is "currently trying to track down and identify 'ntkrnl'," the online handle of the NeoGaf leaker.

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