Updated XBOX Console Prices
Microsoft is raising Xbox console prices for the third time in 13 months, citing rising component costs.
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The brief
Microsoft has updated its Xbox console pricing, resulting in a price increase of $100 or more. This marks the third price hike for the hardware within a 13-month period.
Coverage from CNBC, Bloomberg, and The Verge emphasizes that the price spikes are due to soaring component costs. Polygon.com notes that these increases follow a period where Game Pass pricing had become cheaper.
Future developments center on the impact of these updated prices, as officially announced by Xbox Wire and reported across technology and business outlets.
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Quick answers
How much have Xbox console prices increased?
According to The Verge, prices have spiked by $100 or more.
Why is Microsoft raising the prices?
CNBC reports that the price lifts are due to soaring component costs.
How frequent have these price hikes been?
Bloomberg reports this is the third price increase in 13 months.
Coverage (19)
- Xbox announces prices are going up for its consoles. Here’s when the increase will happen wbbjtv.com · 22h ago
- It's Xbox's turn (again), as console prices keep going up Game File | Stephen Totilo · 22h ago
- Score a discounted Xbox console before the prices jump The Verge · 1d ago
- Apple hikes some prices by nearly 20% while Xbox raises console cost BBC News · 1d ago
- Microsoft and Apple raise prices as AI-driven chip shortages hit Xbox, Macs and iPads Yahoo Finance · 1d ago
- Microsoft significantly increases Xbox prices worldwide and withdraws 2TB model citing "components crisis" GamesIndustry.biz · 1d ago
- Retailer warns of GTA console stock shock. Plus, why is Russian propaganda still on Steam? The Game Business · 1d ago
- Microsoft hikes Xbox prices yet again WAVY.com · 1d ago
- Here We Go Again: Microsoft Raises Xbox Prices Amid Memory Shortage CNET · 1d ago
- Microsoft hikes Xbox prices yet again NEWS10 ABC · 1d ago
- Xbox to raise console prices worldwide from August Reuters · 1d ago
- Xbox Raises Console Prices Up To $150 As AI Depletes Memory And Storage Supply Forbes · 1d ago
- Score a discounted Xbox console before the prices jump The Verge · 1d ago
- Updated Xbox Console Prices Hacker News · 1d ago
- Xbox prices spike another $100 or more The Verge · 1d ago
- A third Xbox price hike is coming, just months after Game Pass got cheaper Polygon.com · 1d ago
- Microsoft lifts price of Xbox consoles due to soaring component costs CNBC · 1d ago
- Microsoft Raises Xbox Console Prices for Third Time in 13 Months Bloomberg.com · 1d ago
- Updated XBOX Console Prices XBOX Wire · 1d ago broke it first
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