Massive Xbox Brand Price Increases

[J4MES OX4D 10,383]

Series S console alone is going up by £50 and standard games will also be up to £74.99 in the UK. US prices have risen further with $100 on the Series S and $130 for the Series X. Absolutely disgusting price increases on mid-gen machines and £75/$80 is unjustifiable.

 

Expedition 33 for instance sold 1m copies in 48 hours at a price of between £33-£37 and will likely reach 5m by June even at the standard £39.99. It is one of most highly rated games of the decade and its growing success will see a decent return. If MS think charging £74.99 for absolute shite is going to make them more money, they are beyond deluded. Also charging more for machines already made, shipped and landed is not going to go down well. 

 

Sony will probably be next as Microsoft weren't too far behind Nintendo. 

[J4MES OX4D 10,383]

For the second time in 4 months, Microsoft have raised their Xbox console prices - this time between $20 and $80. This means the cheapest unit is $400 and the most expensive is $800. Absolutely laughable.

[Luseth 2,151]

They are blaming the tarriff's, but they are made predominantly in China aren't they? So I get the arguement then for raising prices in the US but not elsewhere. I suspect this is more that they are not making as much money from the consoles as they had hoped, they don't seem to understand that it is solely their fault.

 

I mean everyone enjoys an era where games are more open and available on all consoles but the only first party stuff Microsoft has made since the launch of these consoles is flight simulator & Gears of war remastered remastered for a second time. There is no reason in today's world to buy an xbox console as far as I can see, to sell a product it still need's to have something that makes it stand out from competitors and they just don't have that.

 

They have completely bottle this era, I mean Sony have not done a good job but Microsoft just blew them out of the water.

[J4MES OX4D 10,383]

2 hours ago, Luseth said:

They are blaming the tarriff's, but they are made predominantly in China aren't they? So I get the arguement then for raising prices in the US but not elsewhere. I suspect this is more that they are not making as much money from the consoles as they had hoped, they don't seem to understand that it is solely their fault.

 

I mean everyone enjoys an era where games are more open and available on all consoles but the only first party stuff Microsoft has made since the launch of these consoles is flight simulator & Gears of war remastered remastered for a second time. There is no reason in today's world to buy an xbox console as far as I can see, to sell a product it still need's to have something that makes it stand out from competitors and they just don't have that.

 

They have completely bottle this era, I mean Sony have not done a good job but Microsoft just blew them out of the water.

Yeah it's complete nonsense. 95% of stock is already landed so they are upping the price on products already shipped that retailers are selling on commission. The game pass isn't performing as well as it should, they've also culled several studios and cancelled many games plus money is being freed up and funnelled into their AI division. Plus the acquisition of Bethesda and Activision is a monumental debt on their books that needs to be turned around. 

 

I would love for them to release a detailed breakdown on how much revenue each game makes as a dividend on the game pass especially when compared to retail and projected potential missed. That would be telling.