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BraLoD on 19 September 2025
trunkswd said:
BraLoD said:

Series X is $150 more expensive than it was April this year... this is insane.

Series S and X are both up by a third. $300 to $400 and $500 to $650. Tariffs I believe are 30% for China. 

Smartphones and computer parts are exempt from the tariffs, but video game consoles are not exempt. 

Sony and Nintendo were able to shift where the consoles are manufactured to countries with a lower tariff. Microsoft could have done the same, but I guess they don't care enough to do so.

Sony and Nintendo also have many more consumers buying their product, so yes, they do care a lot more on not losing them.



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SanAndreasX on 19 September 2025
trunkswd said:
BraLoD said:

Series X is $150 more expensive than it was April this year... this is insane.

Series S and X are both up by a third. $300 to $400 and $500 to $650. Tariffs I believe are 30% for China. 

Smartphones and computer parts are exempt from the tariffs, but video game consoles are not exempt. 

Sony and Nintendo were able to shift where the consoles are manufactured to countries with a lower tariff. Microsoft could have done the same, but I guess they don't care enough to do so.

Even that isn't working, because Captain Tariffs keeps going after other countries because.. reasons. Nintendo shifted to Vietnam, and they're under tariffs now.



trunkswd on 19 September 2025
BraLoD said:
trunkswd said:

Series S and X are both up by a third. $300 to $400 and $500 to $650. Tariffs I believe are 30% for China. 

Smartphones and computer parts are exempt from the tariffs, but video game consoles are not exempt. 

Sony and Nintendo were able to shift where the consoles are manufactured to countries with a lower tariff. Microsoft could have done the same, but I guess they don't care enough to do so.

Sony and Nintendo also have many more consumers buying their product, so yes, they do care a lot more on not losing them.

Yeah. Microsoft is far less dependent on Xbox consoles now that all their games releases on PC day one, and more and more are coming to PlayStation and Nintendo.



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rapsuperstar31 on 19 September 2025
Cerebralbore101 said:

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

Not sure about conservatives in other countries, but conservatives in the USA don't want you playing video games.  They blame it on shootings, disabled people on medicaid, everything.  They will cheer on the price increases. 



trunkswd on 19 September 2025
SanAndreasX said:
trunkswd said:

Series S and X are both up by a third. $300 to $400 and $500 to $650. Tariffs I believe are 30% for China. 

Smartphones and computer parts are exempt from the tariffs, but video game consoles are not exempt. 

Sony and Nintendo were able to shift where the consoles are manufactured to countries with a lower tariff. Microsoft could have done the same, but I guess they don't care enough to do so.

Even that isn't working, because Captain Tariffs keeps going after other countries because.. reasons. Nintendo shifted to Vietnam, and they're under tariffs now.

A quick search says the Vietnam tariffs are 20%. The PS5 price went up by about 10% depending on the model. I am not saying it will 100% happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 price goes up another $50 to $550/$600/$800. I also wouldn't be surprised if the Switch 2 price goes up in the future. 



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sc94597 on 19 September 2025

I have an Xbox Series X that is mostly being used as a Bluray player. Might sell it.



Wman1996 on 19 September 2025
trunkswd said:
SanAndreasX said:

Even that isn't working, because Captain Tariffs keeps going after other countries because.. reasons. Nintendo shifted to Vietnam, and they're under tariffs now.

A quick search says the Vietnam tariffs are 20%. The PS5 price went up by about 10% depending on the model. I am not saying it will 100% happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 price goes up another $50 to $550/$600/$800. I also wouldn't be surprised if the Switch 2 price goes up in the future. 

All but guaranteed. Sony is watching Microsoft but still wants to undercut them in price.

Between January-April 2026, I strongly believe Switch 2 in the USA will go up to $500 or $550. I think Switch will stay the same as its current upped prices or slightly go up (maybe $420 for Switch OLED as an example). 

Nintendo wanted a strong launch globally, and they got the strongest hardware launch ever by units sold and potentially revenue and profits. They also know the holiday season is key. I think they'd rather risk a disappointing Holiday 2026 than a disappointing Holiday 2025. They want to get tens of millions of players into Switch 2 in the first years. 

The next Xbox is likely to be a premium product in price. 



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SanAndreasX on 19 September 2025
Wman1996 said:
trunkswd said:

A quick search says the Vietnam tariffs are 20%. The PS5 price went up by about 10% depending on the model. I am not saying it will 100% happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 price goes up another $50 to $550/$600/$800. I also wouldn't be surprised if the Switch 2 price goes up in the future. 

All but guaranteed. Sony is watching Microsoft but still wants to undercut them in price.

Between January-April 2026, I strongly believe Switch 2 in the USA will go up to $500 or $550. I think Switch will stay the same as its current upped prices or slightly go up (maybe $420 for Switch OLED as an example). 

Nintendo wanted a strong launch globally, and they got the strongest hardware launch ever by units sold and potentially revenue and profits. They also know the holiday season is key. I think they'd rather risk a disappointing Holiday 2026 than a disappointing Holiday 2025. They want to get tens of millions of players into Switch 2 in the first years. 

The next Xbox is likely to be a premium product in price. 

That's already where they seem to be going with the Xbox Ally and Ally S. 

I'm glad I bought my S2 at launch. I was incentivized to do so by the promise of tariffs. 



Kyuu on 19 September 2025

They're pretty much announcing that Series console and potentially all Xbox hardware are dead. Not "dying" but "dead".



Chris Hu on 19 September 2025
SanAndreasX said:

Thanks, Yam Tits.

You mean Cankles Mctacotits.