If it was reductions they'd tell you so in the title. If they aren't doing that it's because they're trying to avoid giving you the bad news for as long as possible.
Woof. Microsoft pre-announced a bunch of layoffs in the gaming division next month. Also had a disastrous price increase in Xbox Live membership followed by a large number of cancelled subscriptions.
Clearly more expensive hardware will bolster the financials.
You need to format it as code. (Blank line followed by code lines, indented by 2+ spaces)
Console Price -> Old New
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Xbox Series S 512GB $399.99 $499.99
Xbox Series S 1TB $449.99 $599.99
Xbox Series X 1TB Digital $599.99 $749.99
Xbox Series X 1TB $649.99 $799.99
Go add the announced price increase to whatever price you find on BestBuy.com? I take your point, but I hardly find it onerous to figure out the new price.
>console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027
As a millennial I love that every year has a "once in a lifetime" event
Sometimes I wonder if this is what the fall of a civilization looks like
Not with a bang but a whimper?
Will we ever get a break for good times?
> Unfortunately, console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027.
I have not seen such pessimistic future prediction from any of major consumer electronics producers yet.
I like how “Update” has become corporate PR's favorite weasel word for headlines bearing bad news.
If it was reductions they'd tell you so in the title. If they aren't doing that it's because they're trying to avoid giving you the bad news for as long as possible.
Woof. Microsoft pre-announced a bunch of layoffs in the gaming division next month. Also had a disastrous price increase in Xbox Live membership followed by a large number of cancelled subscriptions.
Clearly more expensive hardware will bolster the financials.
Hate how nowhere on that page does it say what the price will be. I guess they don't want the full price in the announcement...
Console Old Price New Price
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Xbox Series S 512GB $399.99 $499.99
Xbox Series S 1TB $449.99 $599.99
Xbox Series X 1TB Digital $599.99 $749.99
Xbox Series X 1TB $649.99 $799.99
EDIT: damn how do you make tables on HN
You need to format it as code. (Blank line followed by code lines, indented by 2+ spaces)
Go add the announced price increase to whatever price you find on BestBuy.com? I take your point, but I hardly find it onerous to figure out the new price.
After Apple, Microsoft is now taking up the baton. Who is next?
Anyone who sells hardware with RAM
everyone? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48676382
Sony and Nintendo, probably.
Both already did
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/260508....
https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/27/new-price-changes-fo...
That was the previous round, which Microsoft also did. There have been 3 or 4 such price increases this generation.
So did Microsoft already! They can always do more.