Game News Xbox Series X|S: a price increase like for the PS5? Microsoft responds to Sony’s decision!
Published on 08/25/2022 at 22:01
This is undoubtedly the news that has caused the most talk today: Sony has made the decision to increase the selling price of its two PlayStation 5 models due to the global economic environment. Inevitably, after such a surprise, all eyes turned to the direct competitor, namely Microsoft and its Xbox Series, and here is the decision made by the Redmond firm!
Summary
- PS5: for Sony, everything that is rare is expensive
- The fate of the Xbox Series X|S sealed by Microsoft!
PS5: for Sony, everything that is rare is expensive
During this week, Sony and PlayStation had good news and bad news for us. Let’s start with the most pleasing first: the Japanese company has given a boost to its material and hardware branch by announcing the release date of the PlayStation VR 2 headset et the upcoming marketing of a joystick supposed to compete with the Elite model of the consoles Xbox Series X|S. Except that the most tragic part of all this, and this concerns the famous bad news, is that in addition to being difficult to find, consoles PS5 will also be more expensive to acquire. The announcement fell in the morning, and it was Jim Ryan, the president and CEO of the firm himself, who explained this decision to increase the price by a few tens of euros on European territory.
Obviously, on the side of the PlayStation community, the decision goes badly. Very badly, even. The reactions on social networks were therefore not long in coming, and netizens did not mince words faced with this choice of Sony. Inevitably, after the players, we expected a response from the competition. This was not immediate, but thanks to the writing of the site Windows Centralit is now possible to know if a similar spell is about to strike the Xbox Series X|S. Will the Redmond firm follow the movement or attract the sympathy of the players?
The fate of the Xbox Series X|S sealed by Microsoft!
Throughout the day, this question has animated more than one debate: will Microsoft increase the price of its consoles, yes or no? Xbox Series ? Now we know the answer. While the new generation of Microsoft consoles is becoming more and more established, thanks in particular to solid arguments such as its performance and its Xbox Game Pass, the Redmond firm has ruled that there was no question of varying the prices of its Xbox Series revising them upwards as Sony did with its PlayStation 5.
One of the company’s spokespersons told Windows Central that there were no plans to increase the price of the consoles., and that these would indeed remain at their recommended retail prices in dollars, pounds sterling and euros. Also according to the spokesperson, Microsoft is constantly evaluating its business to provide fans with great gaming options. Our suggested retail price for Xbox Series S remains at $300; that of the Xbox Series X at €500. Undoubtedly, this decision will be welcomed by the players, but it remains to be seen if there is not a risk that the situation will change in the long termin particular due to difficulties in supply chains and global inflation.