Xbox Console Prices Are Going Up in the U.S...Again

Xbox console prices are astir to spell up erstwhile again successful the United States, aft already rising backmost successful May.

Announced today, Xbox volition summation the retail pricing of Xbox Series S, Series X, Series X Digital, and Series X 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition Consoles opening connected October 3rd. Prices for controllers and headsets volition not change, and determination volition beryllium nary pricing changes extracurricular of the U.S. astatine this time.

Price increases volition beryllium arsenic follows:

• Xbox Series S 512GB: $399.99 (up $20 from $379.99)
• Xbox Series S 1TB: $449.99 (up $20 from $429.99)
• Xbox Series X Digital: $599.99 (up $50 from $549.99)
• Xbox Series X: $649.99 (up $50 from $599.99)
• Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Special Edition: $799.99 (up $70 from $729.99)

Xbox says the terms increases occurred "due to changes successful the macroeconomic environment," and adds that successful the future, it volition "continue to absorption connected offering much ways to play much games crossed immoderate surface and providing worth for Xbox players."

This determination comes arsenic galore video crippled companies are raising prices connected everything from consoles to accessories to games, with terms increases affecting the U.S. successful peculiar amid ongoing tariff fluctuation and uncertainty. Just past month, Sony implemented a terms summation successful the U.S. connected its hardware, and aft releasing its Nintendo Switch 2 astatine $450, Nintendo raised the terms connected its archetypal Switch 1 and assorted accessories arsenic well. Video games, too, are being impacted: Xbox raised its prices for Game Pass earlier this year, Mario Kart Tour launched astatine an unheard-of $80, and Xbox announced it would besides present $80 games this holiday...though it backtracked connected that determination soon aft (an Xbox spokesperson confirmed to IGN that this volition stay the case, with nary $80 games this holiday).

We've antecedently spoken to adept analysts astir the rising prices of each gaming items, and they explained that each of these terms increases are apt occurring owed to a substance of accrued manufacturing costs, competition, and U.S. tariffs, with the second peculiar applicable successful cases wherever prices are climbing successful the U.S. and obscurity else. Previously, the Entertainment Software Association has issued statements connected the interaction of tariffs successful the U.S., with ESA spokesperson Aubrey Quinn telling maine successful April, "There's going to beryllium a existent interaction careless of company. This is company-agnostic, this is an full industry. There's going to beryllium an interaction connected the full industry.”

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