Microsoft Raises the Price of Xbox Consoles, Games, and Accessories - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 May 2025 / 16,080 Views
Microsoft announced it is increasing the price of Xbox consoles, games, and accessories.
"As of May 1, we have adjusted recommended retailer pricing for our consoles and controllers worldwide," said Microsoft. "We also expect to adjust the pricing of some of our new, first-party games starting this holiday season to $79.99. Those titles purchased on the Xbox Store have the benefit of Xbox Play Anywhere, allowing players to buy once and play on console and PC at no additional cost.
"We understand that these changes are challenging, and they were made with careful consideration given market conditions and the rising cost of development. Looking ahead, we continue to focus on offering more ways to play more games across any screen and ensuring value for Xbox players."
The price in the US is seeing the biggest price increase with the Xbox Series S increasing by $80 to $379.99 and $429.99, while the Xbox Series X going up by $100 to $549.99 for the digital model and $599.99 for the disc drive model. The 2TB Xbox Series X has shot up $130 to $729.99.
In the UK, the price of the Xbox Series S is going up by £50 to £299.99 and £349.99, while the Xbox Series X is increasing by £20 to £449.99 for the digital model and £499.99 for the disc drive model. The 2TB Xbox Series X has increased £40 to £589.99.
in Europe, the price of the Xbox Series S is going up by €50 to €349.99 and €399.99, while the Xbox Series X is increasing by €50 to €549.99 for the digital model and €599.99 for the disc drive model. The 2TB Xbox Series X has increased €50 to €699.99.
Here are the new prices in the US:
Consoles
- Xbox Series S 512 - $379.99 (was $299.99)
- Xbox Series S 1TB - $429.99 (was $349.99)
- Xbox Series X Digital - $549.99 (was $449.99)
- Xbox Series X - $599.99 (was $499.99)
- Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Special Edition - $729.99 (was $599.99)
Controllers & headsets
- Xbox Wireless Controller (Core) - $64.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller (Color) - $69.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller - Special Edition - $79.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller - Limited Edition - $89.99 (was $79.99)
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Core) - $149.99 (was $139.99)
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Full) - $199.99 (was $179.99)
- Xbox Stereo Headset -$64.99
- Xbox Wireless Headset - $119.99 (was $109.99)
Here are the new prices in the UK:
Consoles
- Xbox Series S 512 - £299.99
- Xbox Series S 1TB - £349.99
- Xbox Series X Digital - £449.99
- Xbox Series X - £499.99
- Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Special Edition - £589.99
Controllers & headsets
- Xbox Wireless Controller (Core) - £59.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller (Color) - £64.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller - Special Edition - £74.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller - Limited Edition - $£74.99
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Core) - $£124.99
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Full) - £169.99
Here are the new prices in Europe:
Consoles
- Xbox Series S 512 - €349.99
- Xbox Series S 1TB - €399.99
- Xbox Series X Digital - €549.99
- Xbox Series X - €599.99
- Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Special Edition - €699.99
Controllers & headsets
- Xbox Wireless Controller (Core) - €64.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller (Color) - €69.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller - Special Edition - €79.99
- Xbox Wireless Controller - Limited Edition - €89.99
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Core) - €149.99
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Full) - €199.99
Here are the new prices in Australia:
Consoles
- Xbox Series S 512 - AUS$549.00
- Xbox Series S 1TB - AUS$599.00
- Xbox Series X Digital - AUS$749.00
- Xbox Series X - AUS$849.00
- Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Special Edition - AUS$1,049.00
Controllers & headsets
- Xbox Wireless Controller (Core) - AUS$99.95
- Xbox Wireless Controller (Color) - AUS$104.95
- Xbox Wireless Controller - Special Edition - AUS$119.95
- Xbox Wireless Controller - Limited Edition - AUS$129.95
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Core) - AUS$229.95
- Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Full) - AUS$279.95
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600$ for the base Xbox Series X compared to 500$ for the base PS5 we're about to witness levels of ass whooping rarely seen before on the next sale charts
The PS5 will raise the price soon as well.
Most likely yeah, but i don't think it'll be happening this month
PS5 raised nearly everywhere except Japan and the US as that's where their competitors are the strongest...
Now that both of them have raised prices it makes zero sense to maintain $500
I hope Sony doesn't.... same with the game prices. Let others charge you 80$, while they stay with 70$. Sometimes a little good will is all it takes, for consumers to make a choice one way or the other.
it IS what nintendo's doing in japan after all. ps5 rose 3 times from 550k yen to 850k yen, meanwhile switch 2's reigion locked ver is 500k
Yeah, the only ones getting an ass whooping are us the players lol. Or should I say, payers.
Not when Sony will shortly follow. Games going up inprice actually makes GamePass more valuable also
yeah sony following the price hike will stop xbox from getting outsold and washed monthly like they have been getting now....its already an ass wooping even without this price change lol
Depends what you consider an ass whooping. Both Xbox and PS are making good profits and its the customers that are getting the whooping. GP, GoG and Steam are so far the only consumer friendly services left
Gaming is so cooked. Even if this is reflective of the tariffs, there’s no way companies will drop prices even if things get better. That hasn’t happened a single time this gen where prices are dropped. Better get your PS5 now.
That's what I ended up doing. It's crazy that we're living in a time where we have to expect price hikes instead of price cuts.
I'm going to buy one ASAP. I tried to preorder one, but Gamestop's site was overloaded and I couldn't get in.
Yeah seriously. Game companies are trying to price themselves out of the entire market. No doubt the idiotic US trade war has something to do with this, but this was already a trend before that and will likely continue long after it.
We're entering an age of video games where companies actually increase prices on old systems instead of decreasing, and price gouge the heck out of consumers right out of the gate (Switch 2 cough cough).
Imagine buying a $600 Xbox Series X five years after it came out lol.
I've already put my expected Switch 2 purchase on indefinite hold, as likely have millions of other gamers. PS5 sales have pretty much totally died off in Japan ever since the price increase last Fall, and now the struggling Xbox brand it trying to make sure nobody buys their system. Crazy times. Remember when systems used to drop to like $99-$149 at the end of their lifecycle?!
I always want to give these companies the benefit of the doubt, in some things. Inflation, cost of parts etc, leading to at least prices remaining the same if not just lower but this time?
PS2 release for £300, just before release of the PS3, it was £99. In 2002, PS2 was £199. (literally checked an online argos from that time). £100 cheaper in 2 years. A 3rd off in 2 years. Can you imagine the numbers PS5 would sell at £300 in 2022-3? :P
Yet, what really has happened this gen, Series X released at £450 4.5 years ago, it's now £500. Who's buying it really? I'd be surprised if they sell any more units at all in certain countries.
"We also expect to adjust the pricing of some of our new, first-party games starting this holiday season to $79.99. " - Not even waiting for the next gen to start. The richest company in the world.
We all probably know what Microsoft means by "market conditions." If you want to buy a PS5 you might want to do so ASAP. I wouldn't be surprised Sony raises the price soon. All Xbox Series X|S and PS5 consoles are made in China, which currently has insanely high tariffs if you live in the US.
And yes, the price increase in the US is insane. Even if it makes the most sense the US is seeing by far the highest price increase.
Pro gonna be $750 or $800 before the end of summer
jk... but maybe actually lol
PS5 Pro is a scam.
If PS5 Pro is a scam what does that make the 2tb XBSX?
A good console, great if paired with gamepass.
Ascam
Gamepass: triggering weirdos on the internet since day 1 🤣.
Both are scams for the price.
Is this a competition to see who can be the most greedy.
USA citizens voted for it.
Sadly other regions are also affected by the pricing changes, which shouldn't really be explained by the tariffs.
Let's say a product is $100 in US but £100 in UK (UK includes tax). Suddenly, to get the product in the US it costs 50% more? So, $150. You don't want to put up prices that much to compensate as that would seem "unfair" on the US Market (kinda wish they did, wimp companies), so you raise the prices to $125 and £125, making a loss on US market but making a profit on UK market to level it out.
That is why.
It's a competition to see who can be the worst president, between Trump and Sauron.
I know, a Orc friends of mine that said Sauron provides some of the best healthcare, they even include dentists. You Just need to survive ( even If barely) 1 battles, hell of a deal.
Crap! Price hike is coming to the PS5 for sure.
depends on whether they want to take this opportunity to fully conquer USA like they did Europe.
In case you didn't know, most of the PlayStation 5 consoles are made in China. Sony will certainly increase the price of the console because of the current trade war.
I do know that, but they might take this opportunity to press their advantage. PS5 is not super expensive to make like the XBSX. It was built to be their main selling console. XBSS is MS's main console and XBSX was built to be a premium luxury one, but I suspect when they saw the PS5 being closer to XBSX than XBSS in power, they had to price match XBSX to PS5. I don't think they originally intended to do that.
I thought the base consoles have similar specs to each other. So, wouldn't that make the cost about the same to make?
The XBSX GPU is actually a fair bit more powerful. It's just that PS5 is way more efficient in using it's GPU's power, so that graphical output is practically identical. The XBSX also is also has a much more elaborate design that is a lot more expensive to manufacture.
The Series X has a ~17% larger die, which might not seem like a lot but it decreases silicon wafer yields by a third vs. the PS5. Also more SSD storage and an uncommon memory design.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn the Series X is some $50-100 more expensive to manufacture. Cerny & co. really played it very smart with the PS5.
^ this. Xbox Series X was confirmed to be a good bit more expensive to make than the PS5. Which is why, even if PS5 is weaker (technically than the Series X), its a better design overall. Mark Cerny doesn't miss. He went for a high bang for buck design.... also Scale of production also factors in, the more of something you build, the cheaper you can typically build each unit. Sony makes more consoles ,and can probably get better contracts for prices on components.
Sony reduced materials used to make the later model PS5s and they still raised prices for the sake of it.
Only difference is Sony will make more money when they raise their prices.
PS5 uses a smaller Chip that runs at higher speeds (the size is the biggest cost thing here), while XSX uses more cores, running lower speeds for better efficiency (at the cost of higher prices for said chip).
Interesting.
Sony already increased prices in Europe, America will follow, it doesn't matter if PS5 is more profitable than Xbox, we're talking about a 100%+ tariff, absolutely no company is eating that loss and quite frankly, Sony can get away with it better than Xbox can.
Europe is a different story as there is no competition there. Sony already raised the price of the digital edition by 50$ remember. Sony has an opportunity to completely knock MS out of the US market here, why would they not take that opportunity?
I honestly think Hardstruck in onto something.... Like why go for 60/40 in america, if you can grow that split to be like 80/20 ?
Having 80% of the american console market, might be worth more than earning say 50$ buck more on each unit sold or something.
They're not a charity. They're not going to eat a 145% tariff. Sony don't give a shit about selling more consoles than Microsoft if it's going to eat their profits.
Sony is a business and businesses don't like seeing stagnation or declines in their growth margins. Sony is already easily beating Xbox in the hardware market. You're thinking this too much from the perspective of "Yeah! Go on Sony! End Xbox! Finish them!" and not from the perspective of a purely business one.
Sony increasing their prices won't do fuck all to help Xbox in the Xbox v Sony situation, Sony will still dominate them, Lol. Now they also have room to increase prices but still come under Xbox so it's a bit of a no brainer.
I think you're massively underestimating the effect of a (I think) 145% tariff charge, Lol. That means unless they increase prices, they will be making less money than before and businesses hate making less money than before, it's that simple. Sony is more profitable than Xbox but I doubt their profit margins are enough to offset a 145% tariff, Lol.
Even accepting that Sony is profitable with the PS5 in consoles, they will still "lose" money as a result of the tariffs if something isn't done, a decline in profit margins isn't something any company wants to see, they may make more revenue but it's profit margins that everyone is focused on now.
Sony likely has a lot of pre-tariff stock already allocated and will try to wait things out but once that stock is dried up and the new tariff riddled stock is being introduced, I seriously doubt they maintain prices, it just doesn't make sense in this capitalistic world.
Their European price increases were already in part due to Trump's tariffs, but I seriously doubt it was enough to cover the costs, though it's also hard to make a new price increase on America specifically when that orange twat changes his mind on a daily basis.
If you think Sony is eating a 145% tariff then you're delusional. Unless it all goes away, they will increase the PS5 price in the US.
They already raised the price 50$ when they introduced the Ps5 slim (digital edition)
That was way before the tariffs.
They've raised the prices in all the regions that they can afford to. USA is not one of them as Xbox is still competing somewhat there. Sony will eat the short term loss for the long term gain.
Spoiler-They won't.
I wouldn't count on that if I were you.
...and they will increase it again if the tariffs don't go away.
.... OR hear me out here..... Sony Doesn't do that, and win some good will, that then turns into more sales.
I would like Sony to keep the prices where they are, but with an over 100% tariff on products made in China (where most PS5s are made in), I don't see that happening.
sony just might, but they've burned good will outside the US by raising ps5 price 3 times, just so they can keep the US price low.
Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Special Edition - $729.99 (was $599.99)...... Isn't a PS5pro (w 2tb) cheaper than that price? Like wtf?
For now. Sony is going to raise their prices too. Pro price may be $800 or more.
Why are you saying that like they've just made an official announcement?
Cause thats the cope when ever MS screws them over the default response is "but Sony too!" instead of actually calling out MS LOL
Obviously you missed my previous reply. This is a shitty move by MS. Don't be dense.
It's called reading the damn room. I would love to be wrong, but come on. Once 1 does it, they all do. It's not a hard prediction to make. I know your love for Sony blinds you from the obvious.
Yeah sure sony will potentially increase the price but whats the purpose of bringing it up on a news about MS scummy price increase specially when Sony hasnt even made an official announcement yet besides deflecting rather focusing on the real topic at hand?
So because MS is simply the latest to increase prices, we can't bring up your Sony because it's inconvenient to your feelings? Let's not pretend Sony didn't just raise prices weeks ago and Nintendo right before it. You want to talk about the real topic at hand? The real topic is how this is a games industry problem, not only a single company. It's happening across the board and it's niave to think Sony won't raise prices again.
So you wanna bring up Sony which has no relation to the official news of MS doing a scummy price increase because its convenient to your feelings? Whos pretending Sony didnt raise the price before? seems to me you want people to focus what Sony will do instead of MS screwing people over with their own price increase. Speaking of did you drag MS into the Sony price increase news and tell people they will follow and are just as bad? hmmm
Last I checked, I was responding to JRPGFan who brought up the ps5 pro price. I was content with not saying another word until Hardstuck and you kept the conversation going.
That one is crazy to me. That amount that MICROSOFT would pay in difference between 1TB of flash storage and 2TB - the only difference in those models - is probably like $40. To raise that one $130 is insane.
We great yet? Asking for a friend.
Let's see Phil Spencer try to smooth talk his way with this one lol
Seems like some retailers haven't adjust the price just yet so if anybody planning to pick one up do it asap.
Also anybody thinking of picking a PS5 may want to do it soon too incase Sony does the same?
yeah its over. Xbox is about to see >50% YoY decline in its 5th year. For $20 more than the cheapest Series S model, you can purchase a PS5 Digital Edition…that is insanity.
Xbox will continue to decline for sure... but you're crazy if you think Sony won't be raising prices again when everyone else already has lol
they already raised it 50$ when they introduced the PS5 slim digital edition
100% True... most people have forgotten that
But I highly doubt Sony will hold out for another 2-4 years for next get while everyone else raises prices
well it’s a good thing im not crazy lol…tho Sony has been very hesitant to mess with USA prices. I might be wrong, but I don’t think PS5 has even seen a price hike in USA, no? Only JP & EU. If true, then, it wouldn’t be entirely implausible for Sony to maintain the current price…
spend 20$ more, and get over twice the performance..... yeah seems like a no brainer.
You could, but you are not avoiding the game price hike. Xbox atleast has GamePass as an option outside of spending $80+ per game.
My resolve to not upgrade past base PS5 and Xbox Series X grows with every passing month
This gen has truly sucked big time. I'm not buying $80 games. I'll stick to using Game Pass.
Lock in as much time as you can, Game pass will be $30 a month in no time.
Yeah I'll be stacking up soon.
If MS can justify squeezing more money of you people that buy games... you can bet your arse, they think the value of the game pass should be higher as well. Watch that Game Pass price go up 5-10$.
Oof. That 2TB XBSX. You might as well build a PC at this point.
Only issue with that is PC GPU prices are also through the roof right now, most of the budget and low-mid range GPU's are selling at pretty big markup over MSRP, Intel's B570 and B580 are both selling at $110 over MSRP, RTX 4060 is $130 over MSRP, Radeon 7600 XT is $90 over MSRP, RTX 4060 TI is $230 over MSRP, Radeon 7700 XT is $120 over MSRP, most 5060 TI's are at around $200 over MSRP right now (though there are a few models currently on a waiting list for the MSRP of $430).
I am so glad I got a RX 6750 XT for a good price an year or two ago. It suits my needs, and with the prices we have now, it will stay suiting my needs for loooong years to come.
Yeah, I'm so glad I managed to snag an RTX 4060 about a year ago for $270 on a Newegg deal, the cheapest 4060 I see on Amazon right now is $430, $410 on Newegg. The way GPU prices are heading, I probably won't be upgrading my PC anytime soon, maybe in 2027 or 2028 I will look into getting a new GPU for around $300 and upgrade my CPU, motherboard, and RAM at the same time, as well as getting a larger and faster SSD and make my current SSD a back-up drive for older games where speed isn't as important. But will only upgrade then if Intel, AMD, or Nvidia is offering a worthwhile upgrade over my 4060 for around $300, if the best $300 GPU that year is only offering like 4070 Super levels of performance, it won't really be worth the upgrade, I will wait until I can get at least 5070 ti levels of performance for around $300-350.
B580 barely runs unreal 5 games, it is crap.
It's a bit of a weird one since Intel was late to the GPU game and is still playing catch-up with Nvidia and AMD, on some games like Horizon Forbidden West, Ghost of Tsushima, Cyberpunk 2077, F1 24, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and Flight Simulator 2024 it comes in a good bit above the RTX 4060, with an MSRP $50 lower ($250 vs $300) and a current retail price $30 lower ($400 vs $430), but on other games like Starfield, Forza Horizon 5, and most Unreal 5 titles, it's coming in below the 4060.
So yeah, you're probably better off with Nvidia or AMD until Intel gets their Unreal 5 issues sorted out, most AAA studios moving forward are using Unreal 5, as many AAA developers who used to use proprietary in-studio engines have now dropped those in favor of Unreal 5 (for instance CD Projekt dropped Red Engine and TT Games dropped their in-house Lego engine in favor of UE5). UE5 really only has a few noteworthy competitors left; Microsoft's ForzaTech, Creation, and idTech engines, Sony's Decima engine, Ubisoft's Anvil, Snowdrop, and Dunia engines, Remedy's Northlight engine, IOI's Glacier Engine, EA DICE's Frostbite engine, Crytek's CryEngine; but overall far more games will be using Unreal 5 than all of those combined, and Intel cards struggle on a few of those other engines as well.
Nvidia is likely to follow suit with PC hardware.
Yeah, not gonna make It to 40M for sure now. Sales are going to nose dive.
As I said on the "MKW is $80" and "PS5 accessories price increase" articles just a few weeks ago...
$80 GAMES ARE COMING SOONER THAN YOUR THINK
To be fair... This was also sooner than I had thought lmao
Gaming crash is next.
This isnt family friendly anymore
Insane prices
STOP SUPPORTING IT.
This is mainly the fault of daft fat yanks voting for the orange idiot.
Every year that passes just makes me feel better about spending $399 on my PS5 Digital Edition back on launch day in 2020 lol
Dedicated console and handheld gaming (not PC) is becoming a rich-person's hobby. Not good.
The americans voted for this
Microsoft is just playing Knifey Spoony with everyone now
Sayanora Xbox Series.
Brutal news during these hard economic times.
It's like they're all competing to see who's gonna destroy the games industry faster. At least Steam/PC gaming is somewhat safe....for now.
Depends your view, for a physical collector steam/pc is out of the question.
Then again i dont collect for modern systems to quz they suck
Steam opens wide his arms to embrace the world come my children, embrace your true father!
It kinda feels like as if someone "tweeted" this price hike to Sony even before it has happened now.
Whereupon Sony well in advance did their most recent one with adjustments to the disc drive.
If Sony now won't follow up with another one, then I guess it's pretty safe to predict we'll see a substantial growth in PS5 hardware sales.
Which could almost exactly be what Microsoft/Xbox want:
After like we today know in December 2024, 64% of Xbox revenue already came from software being sold on Playstation.
I see a ... thing here.
There was a strange situation where there was a trailer for Doom only appearing on the PlayStation channel and not the Xbox one. I think what's happening is MS is realising it's much better to sell your games than it is to have people on Gamepass so they are deliberately making their hardware less accessible as a way to have less people on gamepass and more people on PS5 actually buying their games. This is a deliberate move to get people to buy PlayStation because people that buy PlayStation buy their games too, whereas the people on Xbox don't. They only buy Gamepass.
Personally, that's a theory I at least do support, too, yes.
It ain't a stretch of a theory, but tied closely to data we know is out there.
Indiana actually selling on Playstation, Forza actually selling on Playstation, Call of Duty (!) actually selling on Playstation, etc.
I theorize that:
• GP subs revenue minus D1 licensing fees minus revenue lost through missing retail
produces a lower/negatively tilted number than
• Revenue through Playstation
That...sounds...right.
Weird
If Sony is smart, it will hold prices until the release of GTA 6. If it does that, the PS5 will hit 100 million by the end of the year.
This. They should press their advantage.
Imagine :
You've been last in the consoles war for almost 25 years.
You belong to a company that makes almost $100 billions a year in net profits.
And instead of lowering prices to attract a few more people (because no one cares about you), you raise them just to stay very very very in last position.
Just imagine.
This is the worst generation I have ever witnessed. Games and console prices keep going up and up.
And the worst part is that people are still buying this thing. The only way we could get Sony/MS/Nintendo to stop these crazy prices is if people stopped buying their stuff just to teach them a lesson.
Honestly, this is the worst decade I have ever witnessed, and we're only halfway through it.
Thanks for nothing, Adolf Tariff.
That's wild. The only serious criticism I really have is the Series S just isn't worth $379.
I never buy new games and I have Gamepass. So I am not affected by that price increase. Although, Gamepass will probably go up soon.
If this keeps up... The console I bought for $750 AUD in 2020 will be able to resell for the price of an entire house.
Poor anti-consumer move, 5 year old technology should be getting cheaper, not more expensive...
I hope the backlash is considerable, do not want Sony and Nintendo emulating this trend again as well.
Is this the most commented article on VGChartz ever at 113 comments ?
No. I can't recall exact numbers, but there have been many larger ones.
Sure one of the MS buying Activision ones got loads more. A price hike is big discussion, especially how much and when this time but MS basically giving up and just buying the industry is bigger talk.
Seriously who buys the 2TB Xbox Series X?
Why should the Europeans pay for the mess which is the USA? Piss off Microsoft.
Time for people to go retro
Should raise it more considering what Nintendo charges for ancient tech.
??? You mean the price of Switch 1? Because Switch 2 is not ancient tech.
