Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles in the US again

Microsoft is raising the prices of its Xbox Series S / X consoles successful the US adjacent month. The Xbox Series X volition beryllium priced astatine $649.99 successful the US starting October 3rd, up from its existing $599.99 price. The Xbox Series S volition determination to $399.99, up from $379.99.

Microsoft blames the terms hikes connected “changes successful the macroeconomic environment,” which is simply a batch of words to say: tariffs. Xbox console pricing extracurricular the US volition stay the same. Thankfully, pricing for controllers and headsets volition stay successful the aforesaid successful the US.

The terms rises mean Xbox Series S consoles volition summation by $20, Xbox Series X consoles by $50, and the 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition Xbox Series X is expanding by $70 each the mode up to $799.99.

Here’s the afloat database of terms increases successful the US:

Microsoft lone conscionable raised the prices of its Xbox products worldwide successful May, with terms hikes to the Xbox Series S / X consoles, controllers, and headsets. Those erstwhile terms increases already bumped the Xbox Series X up by $100, and the Xbox Series S by $80. Coupled with today’s announcement, that means the Xbox Series X has accrued successful terms successful the US by $150 and the Series S by $100 successful conscionable six months.

Microsoft’s Xbox Series X 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition primitively debuted astir a twelvemonth ago astatine $599.99, and it’s present astir to beryllium $799.99 — a $200 summation successful conscionable a year. Microsoft’s latest terms increases are the 2nd this year, pursuing initial terms hikes successful 2023.

Microsoft besides planned to hike the terms of immoderate of its first-party Xbox games to $80 this holiday, but past walked backmost those changes successful July.