Microsoft increases prices of consoles, accessories, and games...

[DrezKill]

Xbox Support

support.xbox.com

(source)
"As of May 1, we have adjusted recommended retailer pricing for our consoles and controllers worldwide. We also expect to adjust the pricing of some of our new, first-party games starting this holiday season to $79.99."
So they are joining Nintendo there.

New prices for all 9th-gen Xboxes here, as well as accessories: https://cms-assets.xboxservices.com/assets/7b/41/7b41026e-952a-460f-ad96-fc73efdbbeae.pdf?n=Recommended Retail Pricing for Xbox Console and Controllers as of May 1 2025 (US).pdf
- The base controller is now $65.
- XBSX is now $600, good gawd! The one without optical drive is $550. Special edition 2TB one is $730!
- XBSS 1TB is $430, 512GB is $380.

 

[Brian_B]

I guess this is one way to gracefully exit the hardware business, while subtly pushing everyone to your subscription service

They didn’t even have the courtesy to roll this out with a refresh or anything. Had they done anything to the hardware, even a new color or a “slim” or something, they would have had the thin veil of an excuse. This is just a giant “F you guys, we are out” message

 

[Denpepe]

I guess this is one way to gracefully exit the hardware business, while subtly pushing everyone to your subscription service

They didn’t even have the courtesy to roll this out with a refresh or anything. Had they done anything to the hardware, even a new color or a “slim” or something, they would have had the thin veil of an excuse. This is just a giant “F you guys, we are out” message

I guessss then the same goes for every other company that ups their pricing due to the tarriffs?

 

[Brian_B]

It would be convenient if this was due to tariffs… but I don’t think it is.

Not that I agree with them, but that’s an entirely different discussion for another place.