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James Bentley

Former Blizzard president criticises Microsoft for two Xbox price hikes in one year: 'Console price increases are not tariff issues, they are profit issues'

Microsoft Xbox Series X.

The reasons to get an Xbox Series X have only plummeted for me in the past few years. Xbox Game Pass is just as good on PC as Xbox for the most part, and yet the console is more expensive than it's ever been. In the last year, Xbox consoles have seen two different price hikes, with the latest (set to go live October 3) being attributed to "the macroeconomic environment".

As noted by GamesRadar, this second price increase would bump the 2 TB Xbox Series X all the way up to $800, which is $200 more than it was in January this year. Ex Blizzard president Mike Ybarra weighed in on this change on his X account.

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