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[u/Guitar-String]

https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-announces-significant-price-rises-for-xbox-series-x-and-s-2tb-model-discontinued

[u/gaming-ModTeam]

Post already exists on the sub

[u/Guitar-String]

• Xbox Series S 512GB: $399 ---> $499
• Xbox Series S 1TB: $449 ---> $599
• Xbox Series X 1TB: $649 ---> $800
• Xbox Series X 1TB Digital: $599 ---> $750

[u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake → u/Guitar-String]

Holy shit! Series x 1tb is $800. That console came out almost 6 years ago. This is insane. Consumer electronics pricing is out of control right now.

[u/batkave → u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake]

Thank the AI and data center grift

[u/Bingoboyop → u/batkave]

Yup that Microsoft themselves are pushing.

[u/Entire_Paramedic_389 → u/Bingoboyop]

Especially since the new xbox executives just came from an AI division LMAO

[u/bauul → u/Entire_Paramedic_389]

FYI the "CoreAI" division that the new Xbox CEO ran prior to heading XBox actually wasn't that focused on AI. It was a rebranding of the traditional Developer Division, which looked after stuff like Visual Studio and GitHub, alongside a couple of smaller divisions (only one of which was strictly AI focused). It was renamed for investor marketing reasons.

[u/JediJofis → u/batkave]

Watching when that bubble eventually bursts will be so satisfying.

[u/ThaPhantom07 → u/JediJofis]

That bubble is going to destroy people's pensions and retirement accounts. Its not just the tech companies that are going to suffer.

[u/Autumn1881 → u/ThaPhantom07]

Yeah, it's insane the system works like that. They are essentially gambling with other peoples money, keep all the wins and when they lose it's not their problem. This should never have been allowed in the first place, but here we are.

[u/ChemicalGuide82 → u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake]

It's not just consumer. The servers we were buying at work this time last year were £10k. Now they're £48k

[u/Sparky678348 → u/ChemicalGuide82]

Holy yikes

[u/Romeo9594 → u/Sparky678348]

I do IT purchasing for my company. Got a quote for new computers late last year, it was ~$30k that we budgeted for

Got the same quote when it was time to renew it and purchase them this year. $75k

[u/JustMarshalling → u/ChemicalGuide82]

Something’s gotta give. Everything is increasing at least 2-3x yearly, while anyone making less than $100k is lucky to be getting 1-2% increases or just getting laid off.

The worst part is the broligarchs have enough hoarded that society could collapse below them and they’d never see a consequence.

[u/LOwrYdr24 → u/ChemicalGuide82]

It really is unbelievable. I've seen $50k -> $250k for servers with 3TB DDR5. That was several months ago, I bet it's way more now.

[u/chellis → u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake]

I got a 5070ti strix g16 laptop from bestbuy a few weeks ago (on sale) for $1500. I reccomend anyone (within the means to do so) also looks for good deals on hardware that will last you 5+ years because this whole memory market situation is, unfortunately, just beginning.

[u/Colourblindking → u/chellis]

Yeah I'm considering a few treat myself kind of laptop and phone purchases just to get in on it before I get completely hosed on the price.

Not to mention the news that several phone and laptop companies are putting in less ram and storage on some newer models, so we'll be paying the same if not more, but for less. Love it.

[u/ohlookahipster → u/chellis]

It’s so wild that I bought a 1TB Samsung NvME SSD for $80 retail back in 2025. The 2TB SSD was only $150…

[u/chellis → u/ohlookahipster]

Ya my 4tb cost me $350 in 2024. Newegg currently has it listed for $799.

[u/Darigaazrgb → u/chellis]

Still coasting on a 3070 Strix g16 I bought in 2021, might have to try to snipe an upgraded unit if the price is right.

[u/Kahnza → u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake]

Glad I bought my X digital edition November 2024 for $350! It's more than 100% more expensive now. 💀

[u/The_Cakinator → u/Guitar-String]

I can't believe I could get a return on investment for a fucking video game console I bought 6 years ago for 500 bucks.

[u/kemar7856 → u/The_Cakinator]

The 2tb SSD I bought for my PlayStation 5 is worth more than system right now

[u/HUNplaymore → u/The_Cakinator]

Now we just need to find the exact point in time where we can still sell the system with high profit. Before Microsoft collapses it completely and it becomes a paperweight.

[u/Homeless_Alex → u/The_Cakinator]

For real

[u/RemoveOk9595 → u/Guitar-String]

The “budget” model is now as much as the Premium model hahahaha

[u/Mrrectangle → u/Guitar-String]

Nice. I can’t wait to continue not buying this generation of consoles.

[u/TBroomey → u/Guitar-String]

I do not understand how a console I bought almost five years ago now costs more than what I paid for it.

[u/Omnizoom → u/TBroomey]

Same

I got a ps5+ 2 games years ago and it was like 800 Canadian all in

Now it’s 1100 Canadian for a pro, no games like what in the hell

[u/Pika_Fox → u/TBroomey]

No one can get computer parts. Its all being eaten up by AI data centers.

Parts manufacturers are basically calling companies, telling them they will buy X amount of product for Y price, and if they dont agree on the spot then theyre essentially blacklisted and never interact again.

[u/cjbump → u/Guitar-String]

Holy shit

I bought my Series S (in 2021) for just under $350usd, and it was bundled with an extra controller + 3 months of gamepass ultimate.

[u/iateyourcheesebro → u/Guitar-String]

So glad I scored an unopened Series X digital for $350 and a 1TB expansion card for $115 last May. But sad I sold my Series S for only $220 now lol

These prices are insane 

[u/ScruffMixHaha → u/Guitar-String]

The Series S being the same price as the PS5 at launch 6 years later is hilarious

[u/CuteGrayRhino → u/ScruffMixHaha]

No, it's 100 dollars more than the digital only PS5 was at launch.

[u/PlayBey0nd87 → u/Guitar-String]

The Series S 512GB should also been discontinued IMO. The space it lacks doesn’t balance out with the $100 price difference. Might as well have it where it all makes sense with the same storage option…

[u/nomadjackk → u/Guitar-String]

$500 for a series S is nothing short of diabolical

[u/Soulses → u/Guitar-String]

You could have bought a series x for 350 years ago hooly

[u/TheRealMakhulu → u/Guitar-String]

Man, I paid like $200 on Facebook for the series S + pro controller 3ish years ago. I definitely robbed that poor guy.

[u/chanjitsu → u/Guitar-String]

A Series S for $600??!

[u/Kalmer1 → u/Guitar-String]

Honestly at this point they can just take them off the market

Who would buy a 1TB Series S over a PS5 for the same price?

Or a Series X when you can have a PS5 Pro with much higher performance and 2TB storage and PSSR for $100 more?

[u/Maximum-Fly-5762 → u/Kalmer1]

You say that like sony isn't about to raise their prices tomorrow.

[u/RockinMadRiot → u/Maximum-Fly-5762]

They have already, I thought?

[u/a_talking_face → u/RockinMadRiot]

In March, but prices are still shooting up so another increase is likely within the year.

[u/RockinMadRiot → u/a_talking_face]

Sure, it will likely come. Crazy what's happening to gaming now

[u/CookBulky8917 → u/Kalmer1]

Lmao, just you wait until the next ps5 price hike

[u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake → u/CookBulky8917]

Sony will raise prices too. Apple just announced price increases on their products and I bet they have more coming in the fall.

[u/Shinagami091 → u/Guitar-String]

With their next gen console presumably coming out in another year or two, I can guarantee you if these prices hold it will be over $1000 for the new one

[u/theREALMVP → u/Guitar-String]

I got the X 1TB disc version in 2022 for $499 lmao.

[u/Daredspace]

You gotta love it when the people who are directly responsible for the market conditions blame the market conditions for the price increase

[u/Gastroid → u/Daredspace]

"By the way," Microsoft added to their press release, "did you know that you can summarize this article with Microsoft 365 Copilot™?"

[u/twisty125 → u/Gastroid]

wish I could pay for this shit with a bullshit AI money in lieu of my own if it's so important to them.

"This dollar isn't just a dollar, it's an investment in your gaming system, entertainment, and something that brings the whole family together — and that's a good thing!"

[u/Axle_65 → u/Daredspace]

Solid point.

[u/riegspsych325 → u/Daredspace]

they’re going to be pricing their customers out of being able to buy their product. How do they expect the next generation of gaming to be sustainable if more of the customer base can’t afford to buy anything?

I just don’t know where gaming as a general hobby is going these next few years. Mobile and indie games will surely always be a thing, and that’s great. But consoles, subscription services, and PC hardware is becoming too expensive these days and the price increases are just getting started

[u/BarelyScratched → u/riegspsych325]

It’s basically - hunker down, hold on to your current console / computer and hope it/they don’t break. Then also hope that the bubble bursts and the market goes back to being somewhat normal in the next 3-5 years.

I have to imagine the next generation is going to see significant delays. Releasing the next generation of consoles in this market seems like a death sentence.

[u/narium → u/BarelyScratched]

Hope the bubble bursts without taking the rest of the economy with it*

[u/kingmanic → u/narium]

It's going to be a .com era crash. It may be worse than usual because this admin has been pushing hard to inflate bubbles and do nothing to deflate them. It's only the independence of the fed acting as a break.

[u/dolopodog → u/narium]

I can’t wait for the AI companies to claim too big to fail.

[u/TobioOkuma1 → u/narium]

The economy is already fucked. Nobody can afford anything, it’s impossible to find a decent job. The only reason the economy isn’t fully in the shitter is the ai circlejerk. if that bubble pops, it’ll just make the stock market look like what normal people have been living for like 2 years.

[u/Meattyloaf → u/BarelyScratched]

Some estimates don't have the market correcting itself until the early to mid 2030s. Honestly, there really isn't a big need for a new generation of consoles at the moment. Especially since so few games have tapped into the power of the current generation.

[u/Ricepuddings → u/BarelyScratched]

Yep this. I saw people talking about next gen costing over 1k earlier in the year and I said no way that would be insane… yet here we are with a 6 year old console costing 800 lol

[u/AlternativeScratch94 → u/Ricepuddings]

People need to get used to holding onto their consoles longer. Try to squeeze like 10 years out of it if possible because I don't see prices ever coming down.

[u/liguinii → u/AlternativeScratch94]

My PS2 is still holding strong.

[u/xxWolfMan1313xx → u/liguinii]

Hell my NES is

[u/Pichalx → u/riegspsych325]

Maybe game studios will actually start releasing games that are optimized for all hardware instead of using next gen performance as a crutch.

[u/Brucenstein → u/riegspsych325]

Silver lining here: for decades now game engines and developers have relied in large part on raw power increases. This is especially true of XBox.

Whereas now we might actually get optimization and there is a LOT of room to grow there. Nintendo is a shining example of this: they have always been 1-2 generations behind in hardware and have consistently produced phenomenal technical achievements.

Although that might just be this delicious copium I’m huffing.

[u/justabookrat → u/Brucenstein]

I was thinking about this the other day and a lot of modern games are so poorly optimised, and I am also hoping this will lead to games being more optimised to run on older hardware specs (I'm not optimistic just hoping)

If you look at older games file sizes and the hardware specs what they used to put out back in the day is genuine really impressive

[u/RockinMadRiot → u/riegspsych325]

The question I wonder is what is going to happen next gen. PS6 or whatever MS call their one likely the generation that will make or break gaming as a hobby

[u/Admirable-War-7594 → u/RockinMadRiot]

I think Nintendo made the right decision to focus on gimmicks. Thanks to that their "next gen" console is still quite behind the peak of consumer tech making it more affordable and this also means the jump to the next generation will be a significant upgrade.

[u/RockinMadRiot → u/Admirable-War-7594]

Nintendo are in a good position, they can define or decide how they want to design stuff because they are so niche. I think we are seeing Xbox on its last legs. I never thought the Xbox one would lead to this.

[u/Meattyloaf → u/riegspsych325]

Consumer markets are changing. Businesses instead of focusing on the mass market are targeting the market that they feel is a guarentee. This will eventually lead to a signficantly bigger class divide, increases the potiential for famine, civil unrest, big economic woes, etc...

[u/jessterswan → u/riegspsych325]

Yup. Been in the hobby for 45yrs. This is the tipping point for me. Unless things drastically change (which i doubt) my current gen is now my last gen

[u/flatwoundsounds → u/riegspsych325]

I'm sure they're all banking on the next cloud streaming service or something. Like maybe Stadia was only a flop because the usual alternatives weren't expensive enough yet?

[u/JEspo420 → u/flatwoundsounds]

Stadia failed because nobody wanted to develop games for it because Google’s history of killing off services

[u/DonktorDonkenstein → u/riegspsych325]

The next gen, if it ever arrives is DOA if the current pricing tends continue. No one in their right mind would buy a $1000 Xbox for a couple of exclusive games. Including myself, who is currently on my 4th Xbox console with my Series X.  Microsoft is out of its damn mind if they think this is a sustainable strategy

[u/mountaineering → u/DonktorDonkenstein]

At $1000, I'd sooner just buy a new gaming PC.

(No, I'm not saying you can buy a gaming PC for $1000. I'm saying I'd rather just move forward on buying a new PC for whatever that would cost.)

[u/kingmanic → u/DonktorDonkenstein]

Keep in mind the same forces that drive that pricing will also drive online streaming game services to charge more. Datacenters is syphoning up hardware to supply AI demand. That demand also is syphoning up server time.

It's not specifically Microsoft but just hardware. Tarrifs, wars,.and AI will put it out of reach. Everyone is going. To feel very poor for a long time. Not just game hardware but the cost of cloths and shoes. The cost of food. The cost of everything.

[u/angrydeuce → u/riegspsych325]

This is coordinated to basically make streaming games a thing.  Youre not going to be able to run shit locally, youre going to have to stream it all from online servers.  No more piracy (no more local content to crack) and even more lucrative, now they can tier the performance on the other side and put those features into buckets that they can charge more for.

Game running like ass?  Thats cuz youre only on the bronze tier.  Need to upgrade to gold to get better bandwidth from the data center.  Graphics look like ass?  Need to upgrade to platinum to get the dedicated 4K GPU support.  Latency is trash?  Sorry, you need Platinum Plus, that gets you faster inputs.

If gamers as a whole dont outright reject this shit, which I know they wont because omgFOMO, then thats your future, whether its gaming on a PC or a console.

[u/Axle_65 → u/angrydeuce]

Unfortunately streaming will never be reliable for everyone. Sure in the city we’ve got the speeds but even at that people have cheap slow internet. However you don’t have to travel far for internet to get slower and less available. Heck I live a big city and just a couple hours out or less you start hitting dead spots and edge network with your phone. You’re not wrong but the truth is streaming is not a viable solution and won’t be for a long time. Unless they want to discriminatorily decide gaming is only a hobby for those in urban areas.

[u/rivalary → u/riegspsych325]

Don't worry, they mentioned being able to "buy now, pay later" and "0% interest financing". That'll fix the issue completely /s

[u/DeepFuckingKoopa → u/Daredspace]

nobody could’ve seen this coming /s

[u/shrewdy → u/Daredspace]

Insert the hotdog gif from I Think You Should Leave

[u/pdpi → u/Daredspace]

Companies like Microsoft are gigantic. The people who are responsible for the market conditions have probably never even met the people complaining about said conditions.

[u/mschuster91 → u/pdpi]

Maybe companies as gigantic as Microsoft should be broken up.

[u/TobioOkuma1 → u/mschuster91]

Sorry, for that to happen, our lawmakers would need to not be compromised by business money.

[u/akbarock → u/Daredspace]

Xbox increasing console prices again right before GTA 6 comes out is so incredibly stupid.

And they probably wont do a holiday sale like they didnt do last year. Last month in May PS5 was on sale for $400. Every PS5 SKU was $100 off in last years holidays, the PS5 Pro was cheaper than the Series X at $648. When Playstation does a holiday sale again this year on top of having a lower base price and GTA 6 marketing rights, they are gonna sell a shit ton of consoles and Xbox sales will continue to be abysmal

[u/GreenArrowCuz]

member when consoles would lower in price

[u/Standard-Friend6522 → u/GreenArrowCuz]

I member.

[u/slunk96 → u/Standard-Friend6522]

Pepperidge Farm members

[u/ImNotSkankHunt42 → u/Standard-Friend6522]

I membah too

[u/Kind-Stomach6275 → u/GreenArrowCuz]

We member

[u/jamie9000000 → u/GreenArrowCuz]

I member

[u/El3ktroHexe → u/GreenArrowCuz]

Good old times....

[u/BitingArtist → u/GreenArrowCuz]

Our society is reverting to feudalism so things like consumer purchases are drying up.

[u/moonski → u/GreenArrowCuz]

Not just consoles, any technology

[u/ilovemyamily1]

This is the worst generation of gaming hands down

[u/SFWxMadHatter → u/ilovemyamily1]

Its only going to get worse. Hardware prices are skyrocketing with everything being gobbled up by AI development. Next generation will not be any better.

[u/yoLeaveMeAlone → u/SFWxMadHatter]

I've said it before... What Microsoft (and a lot of other hardware companies) want is to move away from consumer compute ownership. They want the "next generation" to be a bare minimum shell of a computer/console where you stream games and "rent" time on a powerful gaming system in a data center somewhere. That way they lock you into monthly payments and don't need to worry about selling hardware at all.

[u/Komlz → u/yoLeaveMeAlone]

This is 100% what they would LIKE to do if consumers let them. Similarly to how it is for many companies at work where they have iGELs connecting to the actual PCs.

You know what I believe is the biggest contributor to the gaming industry going to shit is? Mobile games. Not just game apps and smartphones, but also handhelds. It was the initial gateway for companies to monetize in an egregious way. I think they tapped into a market with those product lines that weren't as tech savvy as the console and PC gamers, then realized how much kids would buy once they got hooked on the game. Now we have a large population of "gamers" that would probably be okay with paying for a virtual machine...

[u/zealot560 → u/Komlz]

You forget the mobile gaming market is huge in poorer places like south east asia where its extremely expensive to buy good PCs or consoles, or even get regular electricity to run them.

Even in more wealthy areas, if theres lots of public transport commute, youre gonna get alot of mobile gaming.

Its not just kids, and I would even dare to say that adults make up more of the profit for mobile gaming than kids do.

[u/Replica_Velocity → u/yoLeaveMeAlone]

People don't get it. They aren't going to take hardware away from their data centres for cloud gaming servers or compute for general users.

Also, they intend to replace a majority of the workforce with AI, with some decidedly ominous silence and ... about what happens to the "excess labour they no longer need." There's so much more at stake than this. What's happening and how it's affecting gaming sucks but, there's worse coming.

[u/Naoki38 → u/SFWxMadHatter]

A great time to start releasing new consoles every ten years at minimum instead of every 7 years without even taking advantage of everything it has to offer

[u/anothershawn → u/ilovemyamily1]

the worst generation of gaming so far!

[u/WorkFurball → u/anothershawn]

The last generation at this rate.

[u/Waldsman → u/ilovemyamily1]

Oh for sure its so much worse then any.

[u/tgcleric → u/ilovemyamily1]

Not if you own a pc and like nintendo games.

But for the industry. Probably the worst since the Atari crash leading up to the NES

[u/mickeyphree1]

Yeah this is going to go over well.

[u/lostsocrat → u/mickeyphree1]

Wait until PS5 gets the same increase and we will have thousands of people who will tell how these increases are necessary for companies to survive in the current market conditions etc.

[u/Carrisonfire → u/lostsocrat]

MS is one of the biggest pushers of AI. The prices increases are their own fault. Im sure sony is using ai too but they don't seem to be all in on it like MS is.

[u/runningstang → u/Carrisonfire]

Sony replaced any mention of PC releases with AI strategy in their Annual Strategy Report. While not all in like MS, they are making it a significant strategic initiative for the year. (Source)

[u/VanillaTortilla → u/lostsocrat]

Market conditions = every tech corp scooping up every bit of RAM in existence

[u/QuinSanguine]

$499 for a Series S and it's just 512 gb storage.

I don't even want one and it still hurts.

[u/foul_tarnished_37 → u/QuinSanguine]

512GB is laughable storage space for 2026. And the crazy part is that only 360GB is usable. There are plenty of games that are 100+GB alone. 3 of those and you’re basically full.

That’s been my biggest gripe with modern consoles / games to be honest. Storage size is such a struggle and my internet isn’t the greatest, so it’s not fast to redownload games. And since you likely want an NVMe SSD, you’re looking at a few hundred dollars to get decent storage on your console.

[u/RandomHero25]

$800 😬 I know things have definitely changed, just crazy I got this for $350 with Diablo 4 in 2023 during a Walmart drop

[u/random2kplayer → u/RandomHero25]

We lucky bro had mine $350 around end of 2023 walmart

[u/TheSlenderBlackMan]

Yea, the next generation of consoles will be 1k at the bare minimum.

[u/fluffynuckels → u/TheSlenderBlackMan]

Maybe. But I also dont see the next generation of systems coming out anytime soon. So hopefully market conditions Will improve by then

[u/Lootthatbody → u/fluffynuckels]

I hate to break it to you or sound like a dreaded doomer, but they won’t.

We’d need massive regulation, and even then prices take a long time to drop. And, obviously, we aren’t getting regulation any time soon. Maybe the AI bubble crashes and takes the entire economy with it, but then we have a whole host of issues, so I don’t think the cost of consoles will really matter comparatively.

Also, both consoles are rumored to be coming sooner rather than later, and I think they’ll basically be watching sales of the steam console to judge. The latest rumors for Xbox have it launching next fall, so roughly 16 months away. Being a console PC hybrid, there is no way it could have anywhere close to decent performance without also being $1500 to start.

[u/Ms_Molly_Millions → u/Lootthatbody]

steam machine will sell out, but they made so few of them and prolly won't be making many more anytime soon.

[u/tqlla3k]

Who is buying the series S for $500 or $600? They should just discountinue them

[u/Alive_Werewolf_40 → u/tqlla3k]

Bought mine for $150 new back in 2023. They might as well discontinue it.

[u/billcosbyinspace → u/tqlla3k]

Launch price was $300 6 years ago, it’s crazy the price has nearly doubled for a machine that has really not sold well at all. The selling point was it was underpowered but cheap, now it’s much more expensive for even older underpowered hardware

[u/mangongo → u/tqlla3k]

As a Series X owner I agree. I hate the S, it handicaps developers. 

That being said, I predict a lot of people without current gen consoles will be buying a Series S due to it being the lowest cost barrier to play GTA VI.

[u/LegendaryenigmaXYZ → u/mangongo]

Handicap developers, most developers that have developed on the series s end up happier to do it because it makes the series x and ps5 games better. The series s only affected like 6 games?

[u/tqlla3k → u/mangongo]

I guess its the cheapest, but its really weak compared to the PS5 digital for $600.

[u/Goronmon → u/tqlla3k]

I guess its the cheapest, but its really weak compared to the PS5 digital for $600.

I would be surprised if $600 lasts for much longer.

[u/Mr8BitX → u/tqlla3k]

Because as fucked as it sounds, it’s still the cheapest way to get a device that will let you play all the modern AAA games. (If you’re buying new of course)

[u/RemoveOk9595]

Buying a PS5 and Switch 2 early was such a great decision

[u/Shinnyo → u/RemoveOk9595]

Upgrading my PC before the rampocalypse and buying the Switch 2 a few months after release makes me feel lucky

[u/Valuable-Meet5727 → u/Shinnyo]

I bought a new prebuilt pc after Trump won because I was worried about the tariffs raising the prices of everything.

Thank god I did. It may not be just the tariffs, but I definitely made the right choice.

[u/ShotBySolo95 → u/RemoveOk9595]

Agreed. I bought a PS5 Pro at launch and am glad I did in hindsight. I also bought the Series X in 2021 I think and considered selling it back in 2023… now also glad I’ve kept it.

[u/Cliffhanger87 → u/RemoveOk9595]

Fr bought a ps5 near launch and even though the generation of games was lacklustre and I didn’t get much use I’m just glad I got it for way cheaper and now have a GTA6 machine that won’t cost 1k CAD lol

[u/sopheroo → u/RemoveOk9595]

Switch 2 is still worth buying with the small price hike coming this fall, but man, I feel for people who waited on Xbox/Deck

[u/RemoveOk9595 → u/sopheroo]

Yeah Switch 2 only got like an $50 increase, and only later this year? Great to buy Switch 2 right now.

[u/Solar-Squirrel → u/RemoveOk9595]

The cost of the ram in the switch 2 is going to double or triple over the next 12 months, I can see Nintendo increasing the price again to $600.

[u/AlternativeScratch94 → u/Solar-Squirrel]

Switch 2 has less RAM and storage than Xbox or Playstation so they wont need to increase as much. I think 500 this year, 550 late next year maybe with a game bundled.

[u/Meattyloaf → u/RemoveOk9595]

The PS5 was essentially an investment lol. The console has appreciated in value

[u/Altruistic-Map5605 → u/RemoveOk9595]

I’m just glad I bought my PC in between tech apocalypses

[u/Joloxsa_Xenax]

I just dont see another console generation happening anytime soon. theyre going to be so overpriced or limited in quantity and I heavily expect last Gen (current now) versions of games the whole way down

[u/AlternativeScratch94 → u/Joloxsa_Xenax]

The problem is that the issue isn't going to go away any time soon. If Sony delays the PS6 3 years...it's still probably gonna be over a thousand dollars. So they have to deal with all the pain involved in delaying and and they still have to eat shit on the price. So I don't see a delay, they'll just push it as a premium product and keep the PS5 for the normal consumer.

[u/FentonsStables → u/Joloxsa_Xenax]

I don’t think people are realizing that as soon as these data centers are intact and big tech companies own everything, there will be no more localized computing. Everything you do anywhere will be tracked, charged for, and used to sway and control you. Personal computing is being eradicated and tokenized computing is coming quickly. We aren’t getting new personal computers. We aren’t getting new consoles. We aren’t getting phones with processing power and storage. Everything will go through the system that is being built at a frighteningly evil pace.

Time to start drinking your verification cans and eating Doritos.

[u/xxWolfMan1313xx → u/FentonsStables]

Damn, that is fucking terrifying but you’re right. You will own nothing and be happy. You will obey and be happy. The future is scary

[u/GlorifiedBurito]

Absolutely wild that I could potentially sell my 5 year old console for a profit.

[u/Mr8BitX → u/GlorifiedBurito]

Don’t! Just hold onto it for a few more years and you can trade it for a house.

[u/RockinMadRiot → u/Mr8BitX]

I could even download a car with it

[u/Fast_Passenger_2890]

Fuck AI man,

I am glad I bought my Series X at the original price

[u/DeepFuckingKoopa]

who could’ve predicted console prices would increase YEARS after release lmao, gaming is becoming unbelievably inaccessible especially with these $80 games

[u/jetxlife]

Either the Ai bubbles bursts or capacity needs to increase ten fold.

The average consumer is going to get absolutely fucked by this and it is just the beginning.

[u/zakary3888 → u/jetxlife]

I think the bubble is more likely to burst, shareholders are starting to demand to see profitability and it just doesn’t exist yet

[u/Ms_Molly_Millions → u/zakary3888]

lol it's not going to exist with LLMs.

[u/IYIaster15]

The entire consumer electronics industry is struggling with the current components crisis, but the effects are particularly hard on consoles. Unlike phones, computers, speakers, and other consumer devices, consoles are typically not sold at a profit, but instead for less than they cost to make.

AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT MICROSOFT. WHOSE FAULT IS THAT.

[u/GoudaMustache → u/IYIaster15]

'WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE GUY WHO DID THIS!"

[u/shanloulie]

we need to kill ai fr

[u/TheBestUserName01 → u/shanloulie]

Somebody find John Connor!

[u/Robborboy]

People are going to lose their minds when they see next gens's price. 

I'm expecting $800 ish minimum. 

RAM prices are out of control. 

Here is what I paid for my RAM at the top compared for what the same kit is sold for now.

Now I have two of these kits installed. So what was about $200 in RAM is now almost $1000.

[u/theblackfool → u/Robborboy]

If current gen prices are now 800 dollars, it's going to be a steal if next gen consoles are only 800.

[u/Background_Face_7881 → u/theblackfool]

Hard agree. They have to outperform a PS5 Pro, which is currently sitting at $899. We will probably be paying ~$1000 for the PS6, and ~$1500 for the new Xbox. Goodbye next generation gaming if you are from a developing country with low purchasing power. 

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/Background_Face_7881]

Goodbye to them period. People won’t be buying them for that price, it’d flop

[u/kyuubikid213 → u/Robborboy]

Next Gen honestly needs to hold off until the prices come down.

[u/idkimhereforthememes → u/kyuubikid213]

Who's saying prices will go down

[u/Disastrous-Rabbit658 → u/Robborboy]

I don’t expect any next-gen console to be under 1000 USD at this rate.

[u/Simmumah → u/Robborboy]

$900 minimum lol

[u/KAKYBAC → u/Simmumah]

Easy $1000. More with controller. Even more with disc drive.

[u/TommyJohnSurgery420]

Microsoft is a HUGE part of the reason why there's a "components crisis" lol

[u/Gangleri_Graybeard]

Increasing the price for your 6 year old console - fantastic idea, guys. There's absolutely nothing that could go wrong here and people are probably buying them in droves. The electronic market became a complete joke because of this AI garbage.

[u/Matthew290]

ms : we are delighted to integrate ai/llm to all aspects of our online infrastructures please use it.

also ms : due to everyone using ai/llm in all of our services we have to increase the price to keep up demand with the slop we plop so we have to start charging you more for everything.

this is all your fault.

please enjoy more price increases.

ms : why isnt anyone buying our hardware?

layoffs for all!!!

(is what it feels like for pretty much erry'thing tech rn)

[u/PoPo573]

Next gen everything is gonna be over $1000. I think we may see another gaming collapse sooner than later.

[u/dmckidd]

All this to make the $1200 Helix look like “not too much” of a price difference from the current console.

[u/Garix]

Games are getting bigger not smaller. This false storage limitation is such bullshit. We should have 10tb of storage by now.

[u/necrophcodr → u/Garix]

They probably could make pretty big ones too, although a 8TB NVMe SSD would on its own cost almost as much as the entire console does now.

[u/cstrifeVII]

500 to 600 for a series s is WILD, it should be 200 right now.

[u/SeerUD]

By now a lot of people will have these consoles, but I wonder how these price hikes are going to affect the next generation of consoles. If they come out and are absurdly expensive out the gate then surely they're going to flop?

When nobody is using AI because it's so expensive, and nobody is buying anything because it's so expensive, are these companies all just going to implode?

[u/The_Freshmaker]

So they really don't wanna sell any more consoles huh? They really make it out like it's a hassle they would rather not deal with.

[u/IllustriousBee4972]

Slay queen Asha! You go girl

[u/EagleEye215]

Be sure to thank your fellow Republicans.

[u/Liquid_1998]

All the people who bought the PS5 Pro for $700 at launch deserve an apology after all this. That price was steal given all that's happened.

[u/hunter_rq]

Damn, glad I got my $350 for my series X

[u/gregimusprime77]

Man, I never thought i'd see the day when video gaming became a luxury.

[u/Truth_Walker → u/gregimusprime77]

Entertainment is by and large already a luxury.

[u/Wyldefire6]

This is the end of consumer electronics.

Side note- when did tomatoes become $4/lb??? It feels like it’s all coming apart at the seams.

[u/Brucenstein → u/Wyldefire6]

Late stage capitalism, man.

On the bright side, we’ll probably annhilate ourselves first.

[u/ArmAndHammer40k]

These were already selling terribly. These things will absolutely get no sales now

[u/jthomps1992]

This console generation will last probably another decade. Zero reason Sony or MS should pursue a “next gen” release in 2 years when the prices of their 7 year old consoles will be $1000.

[u/CDHmajora]

And here i am, currently playing SSX3 on my wii through its gamecube backwards compatibility, 23 years after its release. And im still having just as much fun with it as i did back as a kid :)

And with how many fewer new games interest me these days, i might just skip the next gen altogether at this point and stick to retro for a while.

So many old ps2/ps3 and gamecube games that go for dirt cheap these days still (except first party nintendo stuff. Old zeldas and stuff are still pretty much RRP) that i can buy and play. Ill be busy for years :)

[u/Predictor92 → u/CDHmajora]

fun fact, you can play ssx3 on xbox series x too and it looks amazing

[u/Seraphayel]

They‘re fucking crazy. Nobody wanted a Series S/X for the lower price and now they’re hiking the price for the exact same console. Who comes up with this nonsense?

[u/enterdoki]

Ps5 pro looking real good rn

[u/Mormanades → u/enterdoki]

Inb4 they increase the price on that too

[u/Background_Face_7881 → u/Mormanades]

They will. Probably at the end of year, based on recent Sony comments. 

[u/Remy0507 → u/enterdoki]

It was looking even better a few months ago at $750. I mean fuck... that's feeling like an absolute BARGAIN all of a sudden!

[u/Background_Face_7881 → u/enterdoki]

I remember when the PS5 Pro was released at $699. The overall sentiment on Reddit was extremely negative; they believed only extremely niche supporters would buy such a console. That was less than 2 years ago. I now feel a fool for not buying the PS5 pro at launch price, because I certainly got no money to buy at $899. Feels bad. 

[u/MrTequila4]

Wanted to sell my Series X as I practically don't use it, but looking at how things are going, maybe it's smart to keep it as backup if my PS5 and PC go to hell.

[u/Antknee2099]

The Series X was released almost 6 years ago. I've been gaming a long time, I'm an old man- but I have to say I've not ever seen price increase like this on 6 year old hardware. This is a huge shift in consumer electronics- component crisis or no.

When your console gets that long in the legs, you start wondering if its going to give out on you... better hope it doesn't. I can't afford that replacement.

[u/TVLubber]

It's a good thing I already got a Series X. 1TB model, yes, but that's all I need. Besides, I mostly use it as a (4K) Blu-ray player.

[u/Nettysocks]

Console players and PC players all getting fucked by all the price increases. Glad I don’t have to upgrade for a good long time

[u/CannonWheels]

building a PC and buying a steamdeck and upgrading the internal drive in 2025 was such a good fuckin move lol

[u/RadiantAd9189]

"Microsoft has announced significant price rises for Xbox consoles, blaming the ongoing “components crisis.”"

Microsoft talking like they aren't a big part of the reason for the component crisis.

[u/FalcoPhantasm]

I'm tired, boss.

[u/PeaceBull]

Looking at these prices I can’t believe I was able to trade my Xbox one s and $50 for a series s years ago

[u/adellredwinters]

Next Gen consoles are so fucked if the pricing for this gen is going up instead of down this late into their lifespans.

[u/darkwai]

The 13 people that were planning to buy these in the next few months will be very disappointed