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We're going with... ludicrous pricing.

 

[Little Mac]

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

The MSRP is approaching scalper pricing. Nadella just needs to kiss more ass in Washington like Tim Apple.

The MSRP is approaching scalper pricing.

FTFY

 

[Spyxos]

Wouldn't it be smarter to discontinue them? At these prices, no one will buy them anymore. Or are Xboxes no longer being produced?

 

[MisterXDTV]

In other news, the Sega Dreamcast is now $1200

 

[Xyphie]

Big increases in DRAM/NAND prices in the last few weeks kicking in perhaps.

 

[Deerock71]

GIving him confidence for the inevitable switch 2 price increase?

Not until 2026. Nintendo's feasting and beasting rn.

 

[mayham2199]

Did they really need that $20 from the series S?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

ugh! I got the series s for $150, I could probably double my money at GameStop but I'm supposed to give it to my nephew since I'm not using it . . .

 

[AtomicStarving]

they will blame the orange man ... even for the xbox failure

 

[spookyfish]

Sony: "OH NO YOU DON'T!" >raises prices<

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Console launches are great investment opportunities. This is the new selling tactic for wife approvals.

 

[semiconscious]

'it's the macroeconomy, stupid...'

 

[Pallas]

Glad I got mine back in 2022. Whoever is waiting to jump to current gen are the biggest losers unfortunately.

 

[Three]

You could have literally bought a PS5 bundle with Black ops 6 in June for the price of a toaster Series S today. You could buy a 2TB PS5 Pro for the price of the 2TB Series X. Yet somehow people were championing the idea that we need xbox for console price competition. What competition are xbox offering? They're the ones gouging customers.

 

[dragonyeuw]

Thanks Obama.

 

[apocaliptic]

The 2TB is $800 + tax. WTF

 

[Topher]

 

[Sushi_Combo]

America keeps winning

 

[Daniel_Mallorca1985]

RIP Xbox

 

[SEGAvangelist]

The 2TB is $800 + tax. WTF

$599 was a steal!

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

 

[winjer]

 

[CrimsonTide]

Glad I got my used slim PS5 couple months ago for $280

These companies are out of control

I would see Series S on Facebook all day for $125-$150 and these FUCKING morons want $400 for that 8 year old hardware? basically an Xbox One X with an SSD and better CPU

 

[Astray]

Seems like Microsoft is completely determined not to lose a cent on any console sold. I think this doesn't foreshadow affordable pricing being their priority next-gen.

all of a sudden I don't feel confident about that Xbox Ally X at $899 Topher

They've been cagey over the pricing for a reason imo.

Asus stuff never comes cheap, but now I think we sadly may enter stratospheric pricing.

 

[Panajev2001a]

There's no way in hell Sony and Microsoft can launch a $650 (minimum) next gen console and keep going business as usual.

I'm not a business expert but I'd be pausing my next gen hardware plans if the goal isn't to make it as cheap and cost effective as possible.

We are in for a spec pause for a decade until the decent tools can be streamlined, game development costs can come down, and the economy and cool down. The industry can't keep going at this pace.

Best time to go for the Biggest Technological Leap for Xbox ever no matter the cost you said… right? —Bond, Sarah Bond

 

[clarky]

You have to be beyond retarded to buy an Xbox for $799.

 

[Bernardougf]

Anyone still thinks the ps6 will launch for less than 699 ?

 

[DavidGzz]

Consoles are assets now. My investments keeps increasing. Thanks, Trump.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

They know the Series brand is done, so raising the price doesn't matter to them, because there is no long term strategy for the Series brand of consoles anymore.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Ahahahahaha

 

[Stafford]

I see Twitter blaming it all on Trump, I honestly don't follow much of that stuff. How about it's a combination of that and just pure greed by a mega corporation? Absolute insanity.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

The Switch 2 is $450

Yeah, but a Switch 2 actually has games that will never see the light of day on any other platform and its a hybrid system.

 

[GriffinCorp]

If it doesn't sell well up the price!

 

[Dane]

Wait until Sony does it again two weeks later, and then Nintendo, no one wants to sell at loss and no one absolutely will eat any extra costs that governments incurr to them

I see Twitter blaming it all on Trump, I honestly don't follow much of that stuff. How about it's a combination of that and just pure greed by a mega corporation? Absolute insanity.

Because the consoles are made in China which are hit the hardest from the tariffs.

 

[graywolf323]

wait, the 2TB Series X now costs more than a 2TB PS5 Pro? wtf?

 

[Buggy Loop]

Here we join Ass of Can Whooping for a live reaction :

 

[Markio128]

 

[bender]

Remember that holiday period where you could score a Series S for $150 at Costoco?

 

[//DEVIL//]

How on earth it cost more than the already super expensive PS5 Pro? Like seriously, how?

There is no way in hell the parts of that 5 years old garbage cost anywhere close to this.

Did someone lie to them and tell them that by increasing the price, they would sell more?

A management can't be this dense. Something is wrong.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

How on earth it cost more than the already super expensive PS5 Pro? Like seriously, how?

There is no way in hell the parts of that 5 years old garbage cost anywhere close to this.

Did someone lie to them and tell them that by increasing the price, they would sell more?

A management can't be this dense. Something is wrong.

The tariffs are higher from China. Sony makes the US bound consoles in Vietnam which have lower rates.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Sony too !™

 

[Xbox 360 slim]

I feel like a king picking up a Series X for $300 a couple of years ago.

Got mine on ebay for $370

 

[viveks86]

Remember that holiday period where you could score a Series S for $150 at Costco?

I wonder if they can resell it for profit now.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Wait until Sony does it again two weeks later, and then Nintendo, no one wants to sell at loss and no one absolutely will eat any extra costs that governments incurr to them

Because the consoles are made in China which are hit the hardest from the tariffs.

I don't want to check the numbers right now but you want to bet Sony's and Microsoft's software revenue(which includes their store) is multiple times what they make on hardware?

 

[Horseganador]

If they want to completely kill the brand in the USA, they're on the right track. A digital Series X is $150 more expensive than a digital PS5, or a 2tb Series X for $800, more expensive than a PS5 Pro, crazy.

 

[Venom Snake]

 

[graywolf323]

I feel like a king picking up a Series X for $300 a couple of years ago.

I got the Diablo IV bundle for $350, feels like an absolute steal now

 

[Zacfoldor]

The Switch 2 is $450

The Switch 2 is the flagship console from Nintendo that just came out.

The Series S was...honestly a bad buy the day it came out in 2020 and it's a much worse buy today.

These things aren't the same.

Back in the day I always decided what was good or not by my recommendations. I could never recommend the XSS this gen but especially now when Xbox has failed and the console is just not good. I would feel bad for the person I recommended the XSS to in 2020. I'm a proud XSX owner.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

I see Twitter blaming it all on Trump, I honestly don't follow much of that stuff. How about it's a combination of that and just pure greed by a mega corporation? Absolute insanity.

It's mostly due to Tariffs.

Companies are greedy but not this stupid, they know the price increases will hurt them.

The fact that they did this twice is definitely because of the tariff situation because this move makes zero sense if thats not the case.