Microsoft Xbox All Access Bundles Return With Project Scarlett Upgrade Option

by Brandon Hill — Monday, October 28, 2019, 09:31 AM EDT

Last summer, Microsoft initially launched its Xbox All Access financing program for Xbox One purchases. Instead of paying the full upfront costs for an Xbox One S or Xbox One X console, those payments could be financed monthly over a 24-month period with Xbox All Access.

Now that the holiday season is starting to ramp up again, Microsoft is burning back Xbox All Access. Like before, the bundle includes the Xbox One hardware along with a 24-month membership to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The base bundle with an Xbox One S All-Digital Edition costs $19.99/month, while stepping up to the Xbox One S will set you back $22.99/month. If you want a flagship Xbox One X, that cost balloons to $30.99 per month.

What makes this reinvigorated program different -- besides the addition of the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition -- is that choosing the Xbox One X bundle will offer you the option to upgrade to the next-generation Project Scarlett "in as few as 12 months". Microsoft makes it a point to say that this bonus promotion is only available through December 31^st, 2019 and is only available to customers in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The company goes on to add that customers must "purchase Project Scarlett with a new Xbox All Access purchase from the same retail partner where they joined the program, and trade-in the console originally purchased with Xbox All Access."

Those that take the Xbox One X route can get Project Scarlett with no changes to their monthly payment regimen. Those that go with the Xbox One S, however, will have to pay an "upgrade fee" to step into Project Scarlett.

Project Scarlett is scheduled to launch during the Holiday 2020 timeframe and will be powered by an octa-core AMD Ryzen 3000 processor and Radeon Navi graphics.

Tags: Microsoft, (nasdaq:msft), xbox one s, xbox one x, xbox all access, project scarlett

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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