Xbox Series X and S Price Officially Increased Again - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 5 days ago / 4,551 Views
Following the announcement in June, Microsoft has officially increased the price of the Xbox Series X and S consoles.
In the US, the price increased by $100 for 512 GB models and $150 for 1 TB models. In the Europe, the price increased by €150 for 512 GB models and €200 for 1 TB models. In the UK, the price increased by £130 for 512 GB models and £170 for 1 TB models.
This is the third price increase in the US and the the second worldwide since 2025.
Here are the new prices for the Xbox Series X and S:
US
- Xbox Series S 512GB - $499.99 (was $399.99)
- Xbox Series S 1TB - $599.99 ($449.99)
- Xbox Series X Digital - $749.99 (was $599.99)
- Xbox Series X - $799.99 (was $649.99)
Europe
- Xbox Series S 512GB - €499.99 (was €349.99)
- Xbox Series S 1TB - €599.99 (was €399.99)
- Xbox Series X Digital - €749.99 (was €549.99)
- Xbox Series X - €799.99 (was €599.99)
UK
- Xbox Series S 512GB - £429.99 (was £299.99)
- Xbox Series S 1TB - £519.99 (was £349.99)
- Xbox Series X Digital - £619.99 (was £449.99)
- Xbox Series X - £669.99 (was £499.99)
Sony has also increased the price of the PlayStation 5 multiple times. Most recently in April to $600 for the PS5 Digital Edition, $650 for the PS5 with a disc drive, and $900 for the PS5 Pro.
Nintendo increased the price of the Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan on May 25, and will increase it on September 1 worldwide. The price will be $500 in the US and €500 in Europe.
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why is that funny?
Its more cringe laughing like wtf is going on with this industry its insane! Hahahahahah
A few years ago you could get the 512GB Series S for $150 on Black Friday. What a time to be alive.
That price is more indicative of MS's desire to try and take losses to compete with Sony though. XBSS was never that cheap to make.
Is was relatively cheap to make and they also subsidize it but meanwhile the SSD and RAM prices have exploded. On top of this they dont want to sell at any price cut.
My point still stands though that It never cost them less than 160$ to make. When PS4's were still being sold in late 2022, they were being sold for around 250$
August will be sub-100k worldwide. I wouldnt even be shocked at closer to 50k.
Sorry but this is insane "Xbox Series S 512GB - £429.99 (was £299.99)".
I was in my local John Lewis earlier and they had them for £280. Yet online has already updated.
John Lewis? Look at this baller.
For already purchased stock a price increase is bullocks.
Insanity
.A look at the DRAMeXchange marketplace tells you all you need to know.
If we take January 2025 as reference (100%), current spot market prices are for:
GDDR6: +500%
DDR5: +890%
DDR4: +2400%
NAND: +780%
One might think for contract prices, they would be much better, but:
DRAM: +650%
HBM: +600%
NAND: +500%
I think Xbox will drop the price by $50/100 during black Friday & Christmas sale, but still more expensive than last month price lol
What a time!
Series S priced as a Digital PS5.
Wow, that's is looking bad.
At this rate, are consoles even going to exist in like 5 years lol?
Nintendo will be the only one to survive.
Even they cant last forever if they need to increase their prices eah year,and they will
Nintendo ain't that different bro next month switch 2 price will increase, switch 1 likely increased again too for the rest of the world. Next year switch 2 will increase again to $549/$599
Nintendo may have to increase proces beyond their already announced future increase however theyre in a different position than Sony and MS:
1) Theyve just started a gen and need to build a userbase. Whereas the others have userbases that are what they are and wouldnt increase drastically even without the price increases. Not with their successors due within a year or two. So they have less incentive to take a hit than Nintendo does
2) Switch 2 has less system RAM and less storage so its less impacted by the memory cost increases than the Series X and PS5. Not to the point where it doesnt have to tread carefully, but it is no doubt less impacted
Nintendo can't subsidize Switch 2 forever bro. They will also bleed money, nowadays they are already bleeding >$100 per consoles sold worldwide & bleeding >$200 per consoles sold in Japan. I know Switch 2 has less RAM, but Nintendo is not paying $12.2 per GB like Apple. Nintendo likely get it around $14 per GB. 256GB UFS NAND for Smartphones OEMs nowadays cost >$67. Nintendo likely paid around $70-75 now.
Bro youve missed the point of my post. Literally the 1st line of it shows recognition of the fact that Nintendo will likely have to increase prices further than their already announced increases. However i highlighted how the differences in life cycle stage and RAM configuration of the Switch 2 means increases are not going to be a 1st port of call. They are not going to come as frequent or be as drastic as what we're seeing from their rivals as its in their best interests not to do so.
Well certainly will exist. But consoles become more niche gaming products. Smartphones, tablets, gaming PC/laptops will be the norm for casual gaming
Gaming PCs? Look at this rich kid
WTF!!!
Time to burst the AI bubble and start a new French Revolution.
Well, unless hardware prices start coming down. I think we can anticipate Series X and PS5 support for a long time. It would be difficult to move next gen hardware if its even more expensive.
yeah definitely. if they can't sell current gen stuff for less than $600-$800 (and likely increasing again in a year or so) that means a next gen console would cost more like $1000. No point in releasing a system that costs that much. Xbox at that price would be dead on arrival, and PS at that price would sell far far worse than PS3.
They may as well keep this gen going for at least several more years, even though Xbox is only gonna be selling like 2m/year and PS5 is gonna sell under 10m/year starting next year. It's time to just focus on games and sell to their existing userbases.
Assuming the new hardware comes in a year or two, it will probably 2x to 3x the specs along with enhanced upscaling features. In practice, Series X and PS5 games with better performance and visuals.
I guess that's fine for people that just want the premium experience. However, sales will be crappy until hardware prices becomes more affordable. While developers focus on where the users are.
The increase in Japan is about 30k yen for each model.
The cheapest one, Xbox Series S 1TB has a price of 97480 yen.
Series X Digital is 107980 yen
Series X Disc is 117980 yen
That's ok. No one in Japan knows what an Xbox is
The Series S price in the UK has gone up over 70% since launch. Ludicrous.
Series X has risen by a little under 50%.
I paid 500 Euro for my Series X 1TB back in 2022. Now the console is 4 years older and it costs 800!? I guess I made a pretty good investment :D But seriously, this isn't about selling consoles anymore, it's about checking out how high they can go with the prices for their next systems.
Agree.
Or at least make the price pf the new systems not seem as expensive in comparison.
What a ridiculous situation, the launch prices were enough!
Man XBOX and Playstation are in a race to see who will make the most greedy desicion this year OR they are preparing for the GTA VI, to be honest it doesnt surprise me anymore, to used to reading bad news each month that i dont care anymore.
Exactly, of all 4 companies having to increase hardware price, MS is the one I blame for being directly responsible.
If MS broke tomorrow the world would instantly be thousands of times better.
It's obvious now that the Xbox division is in direct competition for parts to it's AI division and sadly Xbox is just a lowly console maker and proven customers and that's not as important as potential customers and investors.
Xbox is what happens when people act like a trillion dollar corporation is Santa Claus that will eat losses indefinitely.
It now costs over $1100 taxes in for a Series X in Canada, $1142.25 to be exact for me in Nova Scotia.
I do not think we've seen the last price increase this generation.
This is the only generation where consoles will be more expensive than when they launched at the end of the cycle.
We're basically in an industry crash, not the same as the prior two but we're in one, the next Xbox and PS6 at this point can't be below £700.
