Starts on Oct. 3 for the US market, due to "changes in the macroeconomic environment." 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/windows-central-tariffs-bite-xbox-fans-even-harder-as-microsoft-again-increases-xbox-series-x-s-prices-in-the-us.1302888/

XBox Series X will now be $649.99 up $50 from $599.99 

XBox Series X 2TB Galaxy Black will now be $799.99 up from $729.99

XBox Series S 512GB $399.99 now up from $379.99

XBox Series S 1TB $449.99 up from $429.99

If you want an XBox Series S or X, I'd probably try and buy one in the next couple of weeks. Same thing with Switch 2 ... I think if you're waiting on the basis of other game releases, you might be waiting yourself into paying more down the line. Nintendo may hold off for a bit, but it's probably inevitable for Switch 2 as well. 

It's not just tariffs. Products that are designed to be mass produced and mass bought are very expensive to make when no longer mass produced. Not enough demand to keep buying in bulk to allow them to keep the costs low. 

It's not just one or two game consoles ... it's basically all of them.

Lets just call this bullshit what it actually is (and always was) ... it's a Trump Tax on consumers. It's a sales tax on top of inflation. 

Nintendo Amiibos too are $10 more in the US then other countries versus how it used to be in the past where there was a roughly $1=1 Euro equivalent. 

Switch 2 price increase seems inevitable or Nintendo will just force people to pay it in other ways (higher software prices, higher Amiibo prices as mentioned above, higher accessory costs, etc.). 

I'm currently out and will get an article written up once I get home, but wanted to add this price increase is only happening in the US and nowhere else.

This must be a fucking joke right?

Thanks, Yam Tits.

PS5 will start to outsell Xbox in the same margin it's doing in Europe

PS5 digital is now the same price as Series S of 512 GB

And base PS5 100 USD less expensive than Series X

But MS will know that very few people are going to buy Xboxes at these prices because only a few (relative to other consoles) are buying it now. It's not a price hike aimed solely aimed at consumers, there's something else going on. MS deliberately stopping people buying it so they can discontinue it is a possibility too. 

I think it was only ten days ago that I saw a poll on CNN that showed that 40% of Americans still approve of tariffs. I cautiously expect that this number will shrink a bit by the time we approach Black Friday.

As for Xbox specifically, this plays into Microsoft's intention to phase out Xbox hardware.

$150 more than launch? Fucking tariffs. This shit will kill the console industry.