This is the 2nd time they raised the price of Xbox consoles this year. You can guess why.

Xbox Series S 512 increased to $399.99 from $379.99
Xbox Series S 1TB increased to $449.99 from $429.99
Xbox Series X Digital increased to $599.99 from $549.99
Xbox Series X increased to $649.99 from $599.99
Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition increased to $799.99 from $729.99

  • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    Me: Always bought consoles when prices started going down

    Console manufacturers: We choose to leave this market untapped this time.

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      6 months ago

      The things that used to allow for them to do that aren’t happening this time around. We’re getting diminishing returns on processor architecture improvements compared to a few decades ago. Also, this one in particular is only in the US, so…this one is tariffs.

      • cabb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 months ago

        Processor architecture was always the same for console refreshes into cheaper slim models. It’s the massive slowdown of manufacturing improvements or nodes that is preventing price cuts. Processor architecture only affects new generations of consoles and premium versions like ps5 pro.