Sony has raised prices zero in the US so far. Now are are Mee tooing Sony before they even COPIED MS' greedy move? At the very least wait until the much smaller and poorer Sony raised their prices instead of jumping out in front and taking the brunt of the pushback.
Everyone who thinks this is tariff related, do you think when the trade war is over these prices will go down?
LOL, they won't.
Micrishaft is supposed to be supporting this console by paying for part of it. That's how a subsidy works and why we have had awesome consoles over the years. It wouldn't surprise me if the whole thing wasn't a big loss at MS already and they just don't like throwing good money after bad.
Here's the worst part. Next gen we have been promised a steam machine from MS as their main platform. With no subsidy and no 30% store commission, how much do you think that son of a bitch will cost? This move will doom the Series to obscurity outside of the US for at least the rest of this gen and in the US it will be significantly diminished. If GTA6 releases this year it will be glorious for Sony.