Xbox will be more expensive in 2023: After Sony, Microsoft will also have new price plans
The Xbox Series X/S will be more expensive, Xbox boss Phil Spencer revealed at an event, but probably not before 2023. You can find out the new price plans here.
It was the shock news for all Sony fans in August 2022: The Playstation 5 is officially becoming more expensive, also in Germany! Sony raised the price for the current console by 50 euros. In addition to relief, there was also malice among Nintendo and especially Microsoft fans, after all, the prices for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X/S remained the same. But apparently not for much longer, like Xbox boss Phil Spencer now at an event hosted by The Wall Street Journal (Tech Live).
High inflation makes everything more expensive
The high inflation is currently causing trouble for everyone, the prices for almost everything have risen (sometimes enormously) in the last few months, especially for food and many other things of everyday life. Also the leisure and entertainment area is not spared. While PC gamers have been struggling with graphics card prices that seem unrealistic for a long time, console gamers are now hitting it again. After the price increase of 50 euros for the Playstation 5 a few months ago, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now also revealed upcoming ones Xbox price increases (buy now ) and Xbox games.
Microsoft wants to raise Xbox prices
Specifically, the point was that the prices for the Xbox and Microsoft games and the successful Game Pass have remained stable so far. Phil Spencer indicated that this would not be the case forever. “We kept the price of our console, we kept the price of our games and our subscription. I don’t think we can do this forever,” he revealed Xbox boss at the event.
He emphasized, however, that price increases not imminent. “I think at some point we’ll have to raise the prices on certain things, but ahead of the holidays we felt it was necessary to keep the prices we have,” Spencer explains of the situation. So that means: If you want to buy a new Xbox, you should probably do it this year. If one interprets Phil Spencer’s statements meticulously, a price increase for the Xbox and Microsoft games as well as the Game Pass namely already in the new year, so in a few months.
Will the Nintendo Switch also be more expensive?
Nintendo has not yet announced an official price increase. However, the Japanese company is in a special situation anyway: the current console, the nintendo switch, was launched around five and a half years ago, but the price has never been lowered since then due to the consistently high demand, as is usually the case with consoles after some time. Since the release of the switches the built-in hardware for Nintendo should have become a whole lot cheaper. Ergo, it is probably not necessary to raise the end customer price for the switch and therefore there is no need to expect a price increase from Nintendo.
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