Here's How The New Xbox Prices Compare To PS5, Switch 2 & Steam Machine

thank you for the article.
it is quite painful indeed.

It's all literally gone bonkers isn't it 😧

That's actually really bad news. Xbox series S got almost double the price in comparison to its first price. A friend of mine had bought it for 250€ new in an offer. XSX isn't great either for 800€. (I had bought it for 499€, for example). They should have get the loss and at least keep the previous prices and make it up back then from software sales, subscriptions, peripherals. It's not very tempting for anybody to buy a concole at these prices, so I am curious, what's the their plan there?

To think some of us couldn't even outright buy one many years ago is crazy in itself but now we have this.

I'm happy I have a series S but this generation is absolutely turd in many ways.

Couple of things to note and look into:

1) UK has been fairly resistant to price rises. Not sure what it might be in August, but series x on Amazon has been £479 for some time now, with discounts now and again to £440

2) for those who want a console, eBay has loads of deals (including ones with companies like music magpie, which comes with a short guarantee)

So hopefully those who want a console can find reasonable ways around these price rises!

Jesus. Didn't realize the Switch 2 had gone up that much, as well. Absolutely insane and definitely a sign that Series X is probably going to be the last gaming platform I ever own. Between hardware costs climbing and the quality of games having been in decline since 2010, the industry just isn't worth it anymore.

Hell, the best games coming out these days are Indie titles they couldn't run on an Xbox 360 or older. What's the point of paying for overpriced hardware when we couldn't just stayed where we were two generations ago.

@FraserG For now, before PlayStation and Nintendo’s price increases, who will follow soon

The most shocking thing is still the price of the Steam Machine, which is less powerful than an Xbox Series X yet costs twice as much.

@RegnumSolipsi I could be a future where only the wealthy and those willing to pay the price will get consoles and the rest will just start streaming on our current gen machines.
Some people have even started doing that with last gen they never upgraded to series s/x and just stream the new games only available on current gen.

@fatpunkslim Yeah it's crazy isn't it the price for the steam machine.
They also said ram prices will probably double by next the series x could be near 1000 dollar next year!!
Imagine!

@RegnumSolipsi The table is incorrect as the Switch 2 price is actually $449, the same as at launch. It will increase by 50 dollars but not until September and the table claims to be for August.

@Ooccoo_Jr came here to point that out as well. Nintendo announced the price increase fairly early. Plus I assume they'll continue to have bundles with a digital game to soften the increase. Not sure how common this is for XBox and PS these days.

@Skinny-Pete but even if you stream, these games don't run on thin air as well and the underlying hardware is getting more expensive as well.

@fatpunkslim Could Sony's recent PS Plus increase be part of their latest price rise? " Sony's CFO," we intend to minimize the impact of the increased memory costs on this segment going forward by prioritizing monetization of the installed base to date. "

Feb, 2026.
"Given present-day circumstances, even the largest players are very likely paying more for in demand components (memory and storage). During the recent call, Tao(CFO) outlined a plan for offsetting some of these elevated costs: "given the stage of our console cycle, our hardware sales strategy can be adjusted flexibly, and we intend to minimize the impact of the increased memory costs on this segment going forward by prioritizing monetization of the installed base to date and striving to further expand our software and network services revenue."

@Skinny-Pete @Ooccoo_Jr

I'd have sworn the $50 print bump was only going to take it up to $400. Mudt not be remembering the launch cover properly 'cause I'm thinking it was $350.

@RegnumSolipsi It actually hasn’t. The S2 is $449, $499 with a game included. Same as launch.

The price increase to $499 for the version without a game included doesn’t happen till September, this article is jumping the gun a bit.

@tho_mi 500 dollars actually gets you the Switch 2 bundle with Mario Kart World which is looking like an incredible deal these days.

@themightyant I really got lucky. I bought a Laptop for $2200 less than a month before these RAM shortages started jacking everything up, so I at least have a computer that can play 99% of games at recommended settings. Haven't been phased out of the industry yet, but I know it's coming.

@RegnumSolipsi I mean the original Switch was $300 at launch in 2017 so $350 for Switch 2 would have been optimistic.

Incidentally the ROG Alloy Xbox suddenly looks a tad more attractive at these prices, especially over the Series S which is now completely pointless.

I picked up my Series X near launch in the UK for £449 I think, it has done well and plays many third party big games better and higher resolution than my base PS5. I look after it but if it breaks now I would not pay that price and probably pick up a second hand one at most. I still believe the Helix may back track a little from a full expensive PC/Hybrid and just add the essentials to browse online and play Xbox PC games and use more AI upscaling as one last console.