Microsoft is leaning into the Starfield hype by bringing new wraps for Xbox Sequence X consoles that permit players so as to add some customization, the corporate stated in a press launch on Monday.
The wraps, which retail for between $45 and $50, ship “an possibility that is extra reasonably priced and extra sustainable than buying a particular version or restricted version console.” Not like a vinyl pores and skin, these wraps appear to be fabricated from a thicker materials and do not sit almost as flush as a sticker would on the gaming console.
The wraps will even be out there in arctic camo and mineral camo colorways. Already for Starfield, Microsoft has launched a restricted version wi-fi controller and headset, each of that are bought out.
The Starfield version wrap will launch on October 18, with the camo variations following on November 10. You’ll be able to preorder them now.
An instance of the Xbox Sequence X console wrap, Starfield version.
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Microsoft is not the primary console producer to supply players methods to customise their consoles. Sony launched PS5 console covers early final yr in quite a lot of completely different colours. Restricted covers embrace a Spider-Man 2 variant in addition to a LeBron James version. Whereas Sony hasn’t given precise numbers on how nicely its console covers have bought, contemplating the corporate has bought over 40 million PS5 items, accent gross sales are doubtless an necessary consider PlayStation’s general earnings. It is not stunning that Microsoft is providing its followers comparable customization choices.
As a result of the Xbox Sequence X console wrap is not a sticker, it will probably simply be folded round your console and eliminated. The outside is wrapped in microfiber and has a “comfortable clean white high-tech really feel” secured “with a hook and loop enclosure.”