PaintTinJr
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Is that just the US, or including Japan and the UK - and wealthy parts of the EU too? I would expect it to just be the US and poorer regions or at least excluding the UK/Japan.
Xbox Series X | S Estimated to Have Sold 37 million units
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demigod
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It's like double 10m less.
Target had it for $349 last Black Friday here in the USA. With the tariffs this year I doubt we'll get those discounts again.
Codes 208
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Youre right, for some reason i was thinking 47m not 37m
They did a die shrink for the Series X and raised prices, should be profitable now.
Dr. Wilkinson
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literally never done that. Nice try, tho! Perhaps you're referring to someone else
Dr. Wilkinson
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It's become a lot more difficult in the current generation of consoles for costs to come down throughout the cycle, as they used to back 10-20 years ago. Hence the lack of price drops like we used to have.
Covid. Supply chain disruption. Inflation. Difficulty sourcing rare minerals. Rising costs of freight. And now tariffs.
There won't be permanent price drops of current consoles. In fact as we've seen they are going up. The last platform holders to hold out on raising prices in the US for current-gen are Nintendo and PS.
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AREYOUOKAY?
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That's the one.
Also that box is deceivingly cheapish. It's basically just a cover over the original Series X box. Then again I suppose I should be thankful for that in this case.
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reinking
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That was meant more as a general statement. Also, I do not want to imply that K KeplerL2 or
Welfare
are cherry picking their data in this thread. I believe both are interpreting the information they have and have come to varying conclusions. Now, are there posters that will cherry-pick from those sources and others? 
IMO, when it comes to the costs of consoles, I am mostly thinking about the sustainability for both console manufactures and cost to consumers. If console manufacturers can keep prices low to consumers and maintain their presence and performance, I don't care what they pay to build them or if consoles are sold as a loss leader. I am concerned that as prices continue to increase, we are going to lose the lower-mid tier income gaming segment. Maybe they will go to PC or maybe they will go to phones (or maybe I am overthinking it?). I would hate to see video game consumer numbers take a nose dive because it is getting too expensive and leaving people behind.
mckmas8808
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That'll be very smart on their behalf. Good plan.
That was meant more as a general statement. Also, I do not want to imply that K KeplerL2 or
IMO, when it comes to the costs of consoles, I am mostly thinking about the sustainability for both console manufactures and cost to consumers. If console manufacturers can keep prices low to consumers and maintain their presence and performance, I don't care what they pay to build them or if consoles are sold as a loss leader. I am concerned that as prices continue to increase, we are going to lose the lower-mid tier income gaming segment. Maybe they will go to PC or maybe they will go to phones (or maybe I am overthinking it?). I would hate to see video game consumer numbers take a nose dive because it is getting too expensive and leaving people behind.
This is why the $500 price point should not be crossed. Nintendo didn't do it, and neither should Sony with the PS6!
Topher
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That was meant more as a general statement. Also, I do not want to imply that K KeplerL2 or
IMO, when it comes to the costs of consoles, I am mostly thinking about the sustainability for both console manufactures and cost to consumers. If console manufacturers can keep prices low to consumers and maintain their presence and performance, I don't care what they pay to build them or if consoles are sold as a loss leader. I am concerned that as prices continue to increase, we are going to lose the lower-mid tier income gaming segment. Maybe they will go to PC or maybe they will go to phones (or maybe I am overthinking it?). I would hate to see video game consumer numbers take a nose dive because it is getting too expensive and leaving people behind.
I don't think anyone was cherry picking here. Not sure why that was ever brought up (not by you, I know).
Yeah, I think it is in everyone's interest for consoles to be sustainable. I'm not sure the lack of competition is in anyone's best interests though. Competition drove prices down and kept complacency at bay, but higher prices is almost certain and I'm not exactly seeing fire from Sony or MS. Not like in the past anyway.
Heisenberg007
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Yeah, true, there was no tariff in 2022.